Reports surfaced two weeks ago of an exploding Samsung Galaxy S III. The news came just as Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone was launching in North America. Samsung promised to investigate and hired Fire Investigations UK (FIUK), an independent third-party organization, to help. It has now published the results. The explosion was caused by “an external energy source.” The investigation adds […]
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Galaxy S III to help power Samsung to US$5.9 billion Q2 profits
Samsung earlier today provided guidance for its April to June quarter ahead of the announcement of its financial results later this month. It expects to announce a record quarterly profit of US$5.9 billion and attributes much of this to the success of its Galaxy line of smartphones and the Galaxy S III in particular. Revenues are estimated to come in […]
Samsung Galaxy S III available in Canada today
The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III makes its Canadian debut today. Two models are available in Canada: The LTE-enabled SGH-i747 model is headed to Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile, SaskTel, TELUS and Rogers Wireless with the SGH-iT999 model to be available from Mobilicity, Vidéotron, and WIND Mobile. The following carriers are offering the Samsung Galaxy S III: Bell Mobility: 16GB […]
Samsung expects Galaxy S III to top 10 million in July
The Samsung Galaxy S III is likely to match if not top the success of its predecessors, the Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S II which have now sold in excess of 50 million units. The Galaxy S III’s run to the top started early with Samsung announcing that pre-orders had topped 9 million devices about two weeks ahead of […]
Samsung investigating Galaxy S III explosion
An exploding Samsung Galaxy S III is probably not the kind of news that Samsung wanted to hear the week that the Samsung Galaxy S III launched in the U.S. Unfortunately, an Irish Samsung Galaxy S III owner known as ‘dillo2k10’ posted pictures showing his charred device on Boards.ie. The damage is located at the bottom near the microUSB slot. […]
Video: Samsung Galaxy S III ads
Samsung has put an end to its Apple taunting at least for now. It has released two new ads for the Samsung Galaxy S III and these focus on the smartphone’s capabilities while retaining Samsung’s tagline “The Next Big Thing Is Here.” The first video shows off the new Pop Up Play feature: The second video touts the Galaxy S […]
Canadian Samsung Galaxy S III launch delayed to June 27th
Samsung Canada today announced that the launch of its much anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone has been delayed by a week. Originally set to launch on June 20th, it will now launch on June 27th. Due to unprecedented demand, our launch of GALAXY S III will happen June 27th, rather than June 20th. Thanks for your understanding. Last month, Samsung […]
Apple fails to block to U.S. Samsung Galaxy S III launch
Apple’s bid to delay the U.S. launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III has failed. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh late Monday denied the request. She explained that it would overload her calendar given that the launch is just over a week away and that the trial is set to start in July. Koh last week said that Apple […]