Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are facing problems with supplies

A recent report has pointed out that Samsung is facing an acute shortage of supplies for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The report pointed out that the company failed to predict the popularity of the smartphone and did not get enough stock ready in time. The high demand of the smartphone can be put into perspective after the pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ reached about 1.04 million. The company issued a statement stating that it was facing ‘an imbalance of inventories by colour or model at retail stores’ while extending the deadline.

The company continued in the statement adding that it has extended the registration period of both the models till 30 April 2017 from the initial plan of 24 April 2017. The interesting, yet worrying, part here is that this is not the first time that the company has extended the deadline.

According to the report in Yonhap News Agency, a South Korean publication, smartphone retailers across the country are facing tight supply of the Midnight Black models.

Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+ on 19 April in India. The smartphones were announced alongside a long lineup of accessories and will go on sale at Rs 57,900 and Rs 64,900 for the S8 and S8+ models respectively.

Both the Galaxy S8 and S8+ come with Android 7.0 out of the box with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI atop it. The devices are powered by Samsung’s very own Exynos 8895 – Octa-core (2.35 GHz Quad + 1.9 GHz Quad), 64-bit, 10 nm process. The chipsets make the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, the first phones to come to India with a 10nm framework that is supposed to deliver better battery life along with a 10 percent bump in CPU performance.

The phones will come with 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64 GB of UFS 2.1 storage which is expandable to up to 256 GB using a microSD card.

In terms of camera, both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ come with a 12 MP dual pixel rear camera with an f/1.7 aperture and a front 8 MP camera with an f/1.7 aperture. The rear camera supports optical image stabilisation.

Publish date: April 25, 2017 11:00 am| Modified date: April 25, 2017 11:00 am

Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ found more prone to screen cracks after extensive tests

Samsung’s latest phones feature big wraparound screens and lots of glass. They also appear to break more easily, according to tests run by SquareTrade, a company that sells gadget-repair plans. The nearly all-glass design of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus makes them beautiful, SquareTrade said, but also “extremely susceptible to cracking when dropped from any angle.”

Samsung had no comment. The new phones have received positive reviews from The Associated Press and other outlets. Samsung says advanced orders for the S8 were 30 percent higher than that for the Galaxy S7 phones. The company didn’t release specific figures. The S8 starts at $750, which is about $100 higher than the S7.

SquareTrade said Monday that cracks appeared on screens of both the S8 and S8 Plus after just one face-down drop onto a sidewalk from six feet. The phones had similar problems when dropped on the backs and sides. Unsurprisingly, both models did well in water-drop tests. The phones had some audio distortion, but that is typical and temporary. The S8 has water-resistance features.

SquareTrade didn’t test the phones’ battery, the source of problems that led to a recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone. This report comes right after we raised our concernaround shattering the Galaxy S8 to Samsung to which Asim Warsi, Chief of Marketing and Product at Samsung Mobile India, said “Don’t drop it.” A sound advice, but not convincing enough.

With inputs from Associated Press

Publish date: April 25, 2017 10:32 am| Modified date: April 25, 2017 10:32 am

New press images of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ in ‘Black Sky’, ‘Orchid Grey’ and ‘Arctic Silver’ leak

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By tech2 News Staff /  20 Mar 2017 , 12:07

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus leaks are coming out at a constant pace with no signs of slowing down. Latest leaks involve new press images posted by prolific tipster Evan Blass on Twitter. The new photos show how Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will look like in the three colour variants, ‘Black Sky’, ‘Orchid Grey, and Arctic Silver. This is not the first time that we have seen the photos of the upcoming flagship but this is the first time we are seeing images of other colour variants in renders.

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According to previous leaks, the standard Galaxy S8 would feature a 5.8-inch screen while the larger smartphone tagged as the Galaxy S8+ would come with a 6.2-inch display. Both displays would feature a WQHD+ resolution of 2,960 x 2,400 pixels and would also come with dual-edge curved displays.

Coming to the batteries, the S8 features a 3,000mAh unit while the bigger S8+ would feature a 3,500mAh unit. Other details are to do with availability. Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that users in the United States, Japan and China will get the Galaxy S8 smartphones that are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, while the European and Asian markets would get the Exynos 8895 chipset. Higher 6GB RAM versions are expected to only be available in South Korea and China and not in the international variants of the smartphones. The standard versions are to come with 4GB RAM.

Additionally, Samsung is not going in for a dual lens, dual ISP format either. According to Kuo, Samsung thinks that the current day dual-camera ISP design is “immature” so both the S8 and S8+ will arrive with 12MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing unit. As previously reported, the company may add a rear camera with embedded DRAM that can allow slow-mo recording up to 1000 frames per second.

This is not the first time that a smartphone is equipped with embedded DRAM in the rear camera, as Sony has been using this in their cameras and other products. Sony launched its flagship Sony Xperia XZ Premium with the same embedded DRAM technology giving it the ability to shoot slow motion video up to 960 frames per second.

Last but not the least, Kuo also claims that a new Type-C USB port (not present on the current model) will also allow the smartphone to be used in ‘Desktop Mode’. The Dex feature is supposed to offer a Windows Continuum like experience, that will let the user connect the phone to a display and use a mouse a keyboard emulating a desktop experience.

Samsung likely to launch Galaxy A series smartphones during CES 2017 as new renders surface

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By tech2 News Staff /  29 Dec 2016 , 12:47

Samsung is all set to launch latest smartphones from its Galaxy A series. The smartphone company is working on trying to rebuild trust after the forgettable Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco earlier this year. The company is hoping to bank on the good reception of the Galaxy A series till the time Samsung Galaxy S8 is ready for the market as reported by winfuture.de.

The report includes latest renders of the smartphones that include Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017).

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The render leak comes right after Samsung Malaysia tweeted out hints about the A series being waterproof. The company is expected to launch Samsung Galaxy A3, Samsung Galaxy A5 and Samsung Galaxy A7. According to the reports, A7 is likely to pack 5.7 inches, Full HD Super AMOLED display panel with an effective resolution of 1080×1920 while A5 comes with 5.5-inch display with the same panel and resolution.

A7 will further pack 16MP camera sensors on the front as well as on the back with f/1.9 aperture. The device will be powered by an octa-core Exynos 7880 processor along with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage with a microSD card slot.

Galaxy A5 is reported to pack an octa-core Exynos 7880 processor along with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage along with a microSD card slot. A5 will follow A7 with 16MP camera sensor on the front as well as back. Samsung Galaxy A3 is expected to come with a 4.7 inch an HD Super AMOLED display panel, Exynos 7870 processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage along with expandable microSD slot.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 woes continue; 5-7 million users may switch to iPhone 7

A burnt Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in an aircraft

By tech2 News Staff /  18 Oct 2016 , 16:42

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is dead! The new replacement devices began catching fire, and finally the company decided on a recall and provide users refund or other device options. This conundrum is believed to be beneficial to arch-rival Apple.

With slowing smartphone markets, everyone knew how important the new device was for Samsung. But, as luck would have it, Apple will be eating into Samsung’s share as prolific analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI (via 9To5Mac) says atleast 5-7 million ex-Note 7 users will switch to the iPhone 7, and majorly to the larger iPhone 7 Plus.

Kuo explains the new dual camera would prove to be an attractive feature for users. Moreover, the report adds that the intersection of users has shown very little loyalty to any particular manufacture, and many may choose to switch to iOS, who may have previously used the iPhone devices.

However, the analyst does add that the impact of Note 7 will not last for too long. But, Kuo does warn that repetition of such an event may destroy the Samsung brand. However, iPhone 7 isn’t the only alternative, and there are others in the queue too, such as the all-new Google Pixel and Galaxy S7 edge. In fact, Samsung is already known to be offeringalternatives like Galaxy S7, S7 Edge to appease India customers.

Samsung to lose $17 billion in sales as it permanently discontinues Galaxy Note 7

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By tech2 News Staff /  11 Oct 2016 , 17:18

Samsung just announced that the company would permanently stop the production of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices. This is a massive blow to Samsung as it has decided to stop Galaxy Note 7 production despite doing a round of global recalls and replacements. The company had taken around three weeks to ship what it called ‘safe phones,’ after the first recall.

By ‘Safe’ the company meant that the new phones would not explode. But, within three weeks, we have heard about five cases of the ‘safe phones’ exploding. This is just the number that we know of through media reports. Samsung responded saying that the company is looking into the matter after the second case of replacement devices caught fire.

Soon after the report, the company announced that it will be halting the production of Note 7 to fix the matter. But, soon after the announcement the company issued a freshstatement to Al Jazeera stating that they will halt the production permanently:

“We recently readjusted the production volume for thorough investigation and quality control, but putting consumer safety as top priority, we have reached a final decision to halt production of Galaxy Note 7s.”

It is better for the company to move away from the Galaxy Note 7 and concentrate on Samsung Galaxy S8 next year. Earlier the company estimated a loss of $1 billion during the first recall but now the loss is estimated up to $17 billion in the sales as reported by Android Authority. According to the estimate by analysts, the company will lose $17 billion just in terms of sales, the loss related to the disposing the current Samsung Note 7 devices safely along with compensation.

The existing Note 7 users have been requested to switch off their devices and return them to the place of purchase. The company has instructed all the carriers to allow Note 7 users to switch the troubled device with any other device from Samsung or any other manufacturer.

(Oooh) 🚧🚧Samsung Galaxy Note 7 problems far from over; a ‘safe’ replaced device explodes on a US flight

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 11:11

Samsung is just not able to live down the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. Replacement devices have only just started reaching customer’s hands and it looks like they’ve already started blowing up.

Brain Green got his Note 7 replaced on 21 September at an AT&T store. The phone’s box had the black square that marks a replacement, safe, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device and Green also claims that his device showed the green battery icon that is also meant to be an indicator of a safe device.

At the request of flight attendants, Green turned off the device and put it in his pocket when it began to smoke. Green dropped the phone to the floor of the aircraft and flight attendants immediately evacuated the plane.

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The Verge and Reuters independently confirmed the story. The Verge also got their hands on images which confirm the presence of the black mark on the packaging. They also verified the phone’s IMEI number with

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices purchased since 15 September will not be banned: DGCA

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By tech2 News Staff /  30 Sep 2016 , 17:23

Samsung India has issued a statement saying that the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India has lifted the restrictions on in-flight use of new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices purchased after 15 September 2016.

Samsung states that the safe Galaxy Note 7 devices will feature a green battery status indicator and that these devices are safe for use on flights. Samsung is also quick to point out that the phone hasn’t actually launched in India and that when it will, the units sold will only be the safe units.

“We recognize the inconvenience this has caused to customers, flyers and airline authorities, and remain committed towards customer safety,” said Samsung, in its statement.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been at the centre of a global controversy these past few weeks. Reports of at least 35 Note 7 devices blowing up at random forced Samsung to issue a worldwide recall of the devices.

Samsung is expecting to process at least 2.5 million affected devices. It’s important to note that Chinese Note 7 devices were unaffected by the recall since those devices used a battery from a different manufacturer. The replacement Note 7 devices will host batteries made by that same manufacturer.