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• Early Galaxy S9 launch shores up Samsung financials

  Strong chip margins and the early launch of the Galaxy S9 likely masked broader weakness in the mobile market.

• Samsung’s rocky run continues

  ​As Samsung prepares to share the findings of its probe into last year's Galaxy Note7 issues, the company looks set to face further challenges in 2017.

• Apple takes more than 100 percent of smartphone profits after Samsung's Galaxy recall

  Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple in Q3 2016, but the Galaxy S7 recall devastated its profits.

• Hands on with the new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+

  Samsung today showed the world its latest two "phablet" devices, the Galaxy S6 (GS6) edge+ and the Galaxy Note5, at a press event in New York City. The curvy, sleek GS6 edge+ is an upsized evolution of the company's smaller GS6 edge, which was released in the United States last April. The stylus-equipped Note5 is the newest member of the popular Note phablet family. The Note 4 first hit the U.S. market last October.

• Hands on with the new Samsung Galaxy Note5

  Samsung today showed the world its latest two "phablet" devices -- the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 (GS6) edge+ -- at a press event in New York City. The stylus-, nay, S-Pen-equipped Note5 is the newest member of the popular Note family of phablets, and it follows the Note 4, which first hit the U.S. market last October. The curvy, sleek GS6 edge+ is an upsized evolution of the company's GS6 edge, which was released in the United States last April.

• Review: Ikea wireless-charging furniture is stylish and functional but not without issues

  Last spring, Ikea announced it would be selling a wireless-charging collection of furniture with built-in Qi-enabled wireless chargers for compatible mobile phones and adapter phone cases.

• Is the smartphone market saturated?

  Smartphone sales increased substantially in the second quarter of 2015, but the rate of growth continued to slow, fueling concerns that the market has started to become saturated, according to a study released today by Juniper Research.

• Motorola launches 3 new Android phones with 'amazing value'

  Motorola announced three new Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) phones on Tuesday, including a high-end model that will be sold this fall in the U.S. as the Moto X Style Pure Edition, starting at the low price of $400 unlocked.

• There's a silver lining in the Cloudy tablet forecast: Workplace tablets

  With global tablet sales flat, or even falling in some cases, there is a bright spot for hardware manufacturers: Company purchases of tablets for workers in jobs such as retail sales or field work.

• Wireless charging gets faster thanks to new Qi power spec

  The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) this week announced the latest version of its Qi (pronounced "chee") wireless charging specification, which provides three times the amount of power as the majority of in-market Qi charging products. In fact, the new 15w WPC wireless spec offers the same amount of power as many wired charging options available today for mobile phones.

• Attention Samsung Galaxy Users: Your phone has a big security flaw

  As many 600 million Samsung phones may have a security flaw that could allow hackers to monitor the camera and microphone, read incoming and outgoing text messages, and install malicious apps. Fortunately, Samsung says it will release a fix in a few days.

• How good is the LG G4 camera? A real-world evaluation

  It's been a long time coming, but top-notch photography is finally making its way to Android phones.

• Is Samsung's new Wireless Charging Pad worth the price?

  Cords. Who needs 'em?

• Samsung confirms screen-rotation problem with some Galaxy S6 Edge phones

  Samsung has acknowledged a screen rotation problem on a "very limited" number of Galaxy S6 Edge devices, which went on sale April 10.

• Samsung expects 70 million Galaxy S6 and Edge phones to be sold

  Samsung has publicly described the first week of Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge sales as "impressive" and predicted overall sales for both devices will break a record, passing 70 million globally for both.