Samsung delays Galaxy Fold phone launch over screen problems
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will delay the retail launch of its Galaxy Fold smartphone for an unspecified period of time after reviewers discovered problems with the display, a hit to the reputation of the world's largest handset maker. Last week, reviewers started posting ...
Huawei Technologies has unveiled a $2,600 (¥290,000) folding smartphone it says is primed for next-generation 5G mobile connections, even as the United States campaigns to bar the Chinese company from such networks over security concerns. Huawei, the world's second-largest smartphone vendor after Samsung, said Sunday ...
Samsung smartphone users get a shock: They can't delete Facebook
Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific Northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren't allowed to delete the Facebook app. Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that ...
Samsung previews smartphone with screen that folds like a book
Samsung Electronics Co. showed off a new phone with a foldable screen in a bid to shake up a smartphone business awash with black, shiny rectangles that look increasingly similar. At its conference Wednesday for software developers in San Francisco, the company previewed what it ...
The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week to attend an inter-Korean summit, officials in Seoul announced Sunday. Samsung's Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and LG groups will all ...
Former IAAF chief Lamine Diack faces fresh corruption charges
French authorities have added to former IAAF president Lamine Diack's legal problems by charging him with favoring his son in negotiations over sponsorship and TV rights, sources close to the case told AFP on Friday. Diack was head of the governing body of global athletics ...
Samsung to unveil new Galaxy device in October, teases '4x fun'
Samsung sent out invitations Friday for an Oct. 11 event to launch a new mobile device under its Galaxy line. The invitation offered few details but the mention of "4x fun" led to speculation about a new smartphone with four cameras or possibly a foldable ...
Samsung's new $1,000 power-user phone reflects slowdown in hardware innovation
Samsung's new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances have slowed. The new phone, the Galaxy Note 9, will be faster and will last longer without a recharge. But while earth-shattering new features are in short supply, it will carry ...
Google shrugs off EU fine; damage to hinge on rivals' next moves
The European Union's record $5 billion fine against Google, levied Wednesday morning, marks the biggest regulatory attack yet on technology giants. But investors and analysts largely shrugged off the ruling's potential to immediately dent Google's business. The real damage will hinge on how aggressively the ...
South Korea's LG Group heads for fourth generation of family control
South Korea's LG Group on Friday welcomed the heir to its late patriarch as holding company board member, paving the way for yet another family transfer of corporate power in the country. LG is the South's fourth-biggest conglomerate and perhaps best known internationally for its ...
Apple and Samsung end lengthy iPhone patent battle with undisclosed settlement
Apple and Samsung have ended a years-long patent battle over copied iPhone design with an undisclosed settlement, according to a U.S. court filing Tuesday. The world's two biggest smartphone makers reached a truce in their seven-year-old court battle a month after a federal court jury ...
