Feature phones dying? Not in Africa, they aren’t. New research from International Data Corp shows that shipments of feature phones in Africa in the second quarter of 2016 surged by 31,9% year on year, to 29,8m units
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Following the global recall of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7, due to problems with some of the devices’ batteries, the Korean consumer electronics giant has announced a new launch date for the
Few things motivate Samsung employees like the opportunity to take advantage of weakness at Apple. Earlier this year, managers at the Korean company began hearing the next iPhone wouldn’t have any eye-popping innovations. The device would look
Twenty-two billion dollars. That’s the value that was wiped off the market capitalisation of Samsung Electronics in two days last week as investors took stock of implications of a global recall of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy
It’s podcast time! Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg gather around the mic to discuss the week’s biggest local and international tech news. This week, they chat about South Africa’s never-ending digital
Samsung Electronics will push out a software update for Korea that caps the capacity of Galaxy Note7 smartphone batteries at 60%, a stop-gap measure to prevent overheating as the device’s global recall proceeds. The unusual move, announced
Apple faced an embarrassing technical glitch after some customers reported difficulties updating their iPhone operating system to the latest software, which became available on Tuesday. After downloading the iOS 10 update, the smartphones
Samsung Electronics has blamed a minor battery manufacturing flaw for prompting a global recall of its Galaxy Note7 smartphones and is seeking more time to investigate the cause behind its deepest crisis in
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Samsung Electronics lost US$22bn of market value over two days as investors factor in a bigger hit to its bottom line from widening bans and warnings on its Note7 smartphones. Shares have plunged 11% since Friday, the biggest