Samsung’s chief product officer for the mobile division of Samsung Electronics, Kevin Packingham, has left the company after being a key player in the introduction of several of the past Samsung Galaxy devices.

Packingham’s reasons for leaving the company aren’t clear at this time, as the New York Times reports that Samsung and Packingham have declined to provide details about the departure. However, a Samsung spokeswoman did offer the following statement regarding the departure:

Maybe it would be safer without the back…

Over the years, thousands of exploding cell phone stories have emerged – but only a fraction of them turn out to be true and the rest are stories designed to sue phone manufactures. The latest story to come to our attention was posted on Reddit, and shows a users Samsung Galaxy S3.

Amazon Wireless has been slashing prices on Samsung’s popular Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II devices following the unveiling of the Galaxy S4 on Thursday evening. Available through Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, the Galaxy S III is now on sale for just a penny, while the Galaxy Note II can be picked up for $69.99 — that’s more than $500 off its regular retail price.

With analysts openly chattering about how Cupertino needs to take a few lessons from Samsung on how to innovate in the smartphone market, a reality check: during the last quarter of 2012, the iPhone 5 was the best selling smartphone in the world. And the second best-selling smartphone? The iPhone 4S, edging the Galaxy S3 out by over 2 million units.