Posts tagged samsung

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Samsung wants to be one of the world’s top 10 places to work by 2020, but according to the latest third-party labor conditions report, working for the South Korean smartphone maker is still a horrible experience, especially if you’re one of its Chinese suppliers.

An audit of 100 of Samsung’s suppliers in China found issues like overtime, proper saftey gear and training are still prominent issues. You can read the full 69-page report on Samsung’s site, but here’s a quick rundown of the egregious conditions:

Wikipad MicroSD

After being killed by Google and nearly disappearing from all the popular Android devices released last year, microSD card slots have made a comeback in all the major devices unveiled this year. This includes the likes of the HTC One M8, the Xperia Z2, the Moto E, LG G3, Desire 816 and the One mini 2.

Most of these handsets support microSD cards of up to 32 or 64GB capacity as advertised by their OEM. But did you know that you can safely use a 128GB card on your smartphone as well without any issues?

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Samsung has today announced that its set up a new trial program designed to let potential customers try out some of its latest Galaxy smartphone and smartwatch devices completely ‘free’ of charge for a 21 day period whilst they decide whether or not to purchase the product in question.

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Samsung is the only major OEM in the emerging smart watch market with four devices on sale, giving the company a key advantage over its competitors. Today, the company confirmed its dominance in the smartwatch market where it managed to grab a market share of 71.4% in the first quarter of this year.

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Samsung’s latest Exynos 5433 processor, which is expected to make its debut in the Galaxy Note 4 this September, is faster than Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 805, according to early AnTuTu benchmarks. The super-speedy chip comes second only to NVIDIA’s 64-bit Tegra K1 processor.

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