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Samsung Electronics is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off a smartphone that became a major headache for the South Korean electronics maker. After halting sales of the

The end of the smartphone wars is almost here. Six years after Apple filed its first lawsuit alleging unauthorised copying of the iPhone, the company will square off at the US supreme court on Tuesday against rival Samsung Electronics. They will argue over

Samsung Electronics suffered another blow in its effort to move past a crisis over exploding smartphone batteries, as customers reported problems with replacement devices and the company was forced to halt production

Samsung Electronics could face an unusual second recall of its Note7 smartphones if one that caught fire aboard an airliner this week is a replacement device as its owner says, two former US safety officials said. The US Federal Aviation

Samsung Electronics’s global recall of Note7 smartphones received a fresh blow after a replacement device was blamed for smoke that led to the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines plane in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Consumer Product Safety

In electronics manufacturing, there’s no better sign you’ve made the big league than winning a deal to supply an international brand. Conversely, nothing says loser more than an international brand

Google is embarking on a wholesale revamp of its mobile phone strategy, debuting a pair of slick and powerful handsets that for the first time will go head-to-head with Apple’s iconic iPhone. The company on

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