Tag: samsung

July 26, 2019

For more than a year before Samsung even announced the Galaxy Fold, I was warning people that it would end up being a mess. No, I didn’t have any inside track into Samsung’s secret design labs. I’ve just been doing […]

May 29, 2019

Most people know about the Fold’s screen problems experienced by tech reviewers. The issues caused Samsung to delay the device on the eve of its launch, with no new release date announced. But a report from earlier this month revealed […]

March 1, 2019

Launching around the globe a few days ahead of the world’s largest mobile show was the ultimate big-dog move. Samsung celebrated the 10th anniversary of its flagship phone line by launching its latest device on Apple’s sometimes-stomping grounds at San […]

February 15, 2019

Bixby’s been on a bunch of phones and several appliances. Until now, however, Samsung’s smart assistant has been largely MIA on the company’s tablets. Of course, I’ve never pretended to have the faintest idea of the company’s strategy here. Anyway, […]

April 4, 2018

You’re probably familiar with Samsung smartphones, Samsung TVs, and maybe even Samsung home appliances, like futuristic refrigerators. People know Samsung for a lot of reasons, but their PC business generally isn’t one of them. While the South Korean tech giant […]

February 26, 2018

It’s likely encoded somewhere deep in Samsung’s DNA that the company can’t release a new Galaxy S iteration without trying to advance the form factor. Unless you were beholding the company’s bold lilac offering for the U.S., you’d be hard-pressed […]

October 27, 2017

Samsung already makes flexible displays, but so far they’ve only appeared in rigid TVs and curved Galaxy Edge phones, as engineers puzzle over how hard and flat internals, like the battery and circuit boards, could be reimagined to support a […]

August 24, 2017

Samsung launched its newest phone on Wednesday – the Galaxy Note8 – and the company is relying on its channel partners to rack up sales from its enterprise customer base. Kevin Gilroy, executive vice president and general manager of the […]

July 28, 2017

Intel has lost its long-held title as the world’s top computer chip maker—at least by one important yardstick. Samsung’s semiconductor unit brought in $15.8 billion during the latest quarter, surpassing Intel, which reported $14.76 billion in chip sales during the […]

May 4, 2017

Intel has been the world’s biggest chipmaker by revenue since January of 1993, when sales of its 386 and 486 processors helped it surpass Japanese companies like NEC and Toshiba. The release of the first Pentium CPU later that year […]

April 27, 2017

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it was planning to launch in the second half of this year a new flagship phone, leading to speculation that the company is planning an alternative to the ill-fated Galaxy Note7 that had to be recalled […]

April 24, 2017

It’s impossible to keep up with the nonstop news coverage and multiple storylines around the recent Wikileaks CIA dump. The initial Vault 7 data drop led to Assange’s press conference about “helping” private companies patch vulnerabilities, all while fear started […]

March 30, 2017

Just a few years back, Samsung’s mobility efforts were dominated by the interests of the consumer. Not so today. With the launch of the Galaxy S8, it’s clear that the needs of businesses wield significant influence within Samsung. “Now there’s […]

February 27, 2017

BARCELONA — Samsung promoted its smartphone device testing and upgraded safety review processes during a major press event prior to Mobile World Congress on Sunday, almost without mentioning the disastrous Galaxy Note7 by name. That was the infamous smartphone that […]

February 23, 2017

Samsung unveiled Thursday a new octa-core application processor that combines a custom CPU with a gigabit LTE modem and a separate processing unit for security applications, leading to speculation that it could be designed into the new flagship Galaxy S8 […]

February 17, 2017

Samsung vice-chairman/heir-apparent Jay Y. Lee has been arrested in Korea on charges of corruption. Lee is accused of paying bribes to an advisor of President Park Geun-hye in exchange for political favors. The New York Times reported that he is […]

February 15, 2017

Apple has overtaken Samsung Electronics in smartphone sales for the first time in two years — but don’t count on it staying ahead for long. Samsung sold 76.8 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, giving it a market share of […]

February 6, 2017

In the wake of the Note7 debacle, South Korea is introducing new tests and regulations to ensure battery and smartphone safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said. The new measures will include requiring manufacturers to certify the safety […]

October 27, 2016

Samsung’s smartphone division struggled to breakeven between July and September as sales plunged due to the recall of its high-end Note 7. The smartphone giant said quarterly sales in its IT and Mobile Communications division were down 15 percent on […]

October 12, 2016

The long legal war between Apple and Samsung reached the Supreme Court today. For the first time in a century, the high court considered what the limits of “design patents” should be. Until they took up a starring role in […]