In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the launch of Samsung’s new flagship “phablet”, the Galaxy Note9, Vodacom and MTN’s squabbles at the Advertising Standards Authority, and the launch of Android 9 Pie.
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Samsung’s tap-and-go payments platform, Samsung Pay, is now live in a trial phase for Standard Bank customers. This follows the soft-launch of the service earlier this month with Absa.
The Spotify app will be available when customers set up their new Samsung phones, a deal that could boost the music streaming service’s user base.
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy Note9, banking on the larger-screen device to rejuvenate sales of a struggling flagship line and fend off Apple’s upcoming iPhones over the holidays.
Apple and Samsung’s domination of the smartphone world is being challenged like never before, with Chinese companies muscling in with cheaper and just as innovative devices.
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Huawei Technologies, which just edged past Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone maker, wants to be top of the heap before the end of 2019.
Samsung Pay went live in South Africa on Tuesday in beta form, with Absa clients getting exclusive access and Standard Bank to follow “soon”. Nafisa Akabor put it to the test.
The slowdown in the global smartphone market is starting to take a toll on Samsung Electronics, with net income falling short of analysts’ estimates as the sluggish market hit demand for its Galaxy devices.
In the podcast this week, rumours of a new foldable Samsung phone, the growing importance of WhatsApp as a communications platform in South Africa, mirrorless cameras, a new Lego store and much more.