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Samsung quick fix for Note 7 is no full recharge

Reports say Samsung plans to issue a software update for its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that will prevent them from overheating by limiting battery recharges to under 60 percent.

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60,000 S.Korean switch carriers to buy Samsung's new smartphone

Almost 60,000 mobile phone users switched carriers over two days to buy Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

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Samsung Electronics posts better-than-expected earnings in Q2

Samsung Electronics, South Korean tech behemoth, posted better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter thanks to solid demand for its flagship Galaxy smartphones, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.

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S.Korean tax authorities probe Huawei

The National Tax Service is investigating the Korean subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker Huawei.

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Flooding in central China takes toll on smartphone makers

​Serious flooding in central China is affecting some smartphone vendors, with a factory besieged by water, aftersale services partially suspended and online retailers short of products.

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Heads up! Seoul launches campaign to keep smartphone users safe

Pedestrians glued to their smartphones were given something else to look at this week, as officials in Seoul launched a safety campaign to keep them from walking into busy traffic.

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China's Huawei launches new smartphone in Kenya

Chinese tech firm, Huawei, on Tuesday introduced P9, the latest addition to its smartphone family, into the Kenyan market.

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Xiaomi gets 2,500 patents from Microsoft in transfer, cross-licensing deal

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has secured 2,500 patents from Microsoft through a patent transfer and cross-licensing deal, a Xiaomi senior executive said in Beijing on Wednesday.

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Apple, Samsung supplier counters rising labor cost with higher technology

As wages rise, labor-intensive manufacturers in China are faced with a dilemma: Should they stay or should they go? Biel Crystal Manufactory (HK) Ltd., however, is happy it stayed put.

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Apple, Samsung supplier counters rising labor cost with tech-intensive offerings

As wages rise, labor-intensive manufacturers in China are faced with a dilemma: Should they stay or should they go?

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To halt smartphone slide, Samsung rewrites playbook

From the way it chooses smartphone components to the models it brings to market, Samsung Electronics has undergone a painful process of breaking from its past to reverse a slide in its handset business.

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Samsung to partner with Alibaba on mobile payments in China

Users of Samsung Pay will also have the option of paying with their Alipay accounts without having separately access the Alipay application.

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Xiaomi, Huawei go head-to-head in China's smartphone market

Competition between China's two largest smartphone makers is toughening up, as both scramble for a bigger share of the world's largest smartphone market with new device launches on the same day.

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Smartphones are boring: Here's what happens next

LG’s G5 offers a glimpse of what groundbreaking technologies are coming to your smartphone in the future, Joanna Stern writes

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Feature: Apple launches new iPhone SE in Japan to lukewarm response

​Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone hit stores across Japan Thursday but far from the throngs of crowds lining up outside stores like Apple's flagship store in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district and large Apple and mobile retailers in shopping hubs like Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku, the response compared to previous launches has been somewhat muted.