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Samsung GALAXY S III reaches 20 million sales milestone in record time

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Ergonomic design, user-friendly features, and the latest technologies drive record-breaking success for Samsung’s flagship smartphone SEOUL, Korea – September 6, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced that the GALAXY S III smartphone has achieved 20 million unit sales in just 100 days since [...]

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SAMMY Hub: Samsung announces Galaxy Y Hello Kitty Edition for Germany

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Samsung has announced the Hello Kitty Edition of Galaxy Y for the German market. Samsung’s affordable Android is laden with Hello Kitty customizations like a special Home button, Hello Kitty logo at the back, ringtones and even wallpapers. Apart from that, we’re looking at the same Galaxy Y with Android 2.3 OS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 2MP [...]

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Business Insider:
For the first time since it launched, the iPhone 4S is not the best selling phone in the U.S.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S III outsold the iPhone 4S in the U.S. in August, according to channel checks from Michael Walkley at Canaccord Genuity. This is the first time since the iPhone 4S launched that it’s not the top selling phone in the U.S. Most people are holding off buying an iPhone right now because Apple [...]

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The NY Times: After verdict, assessing the Samsung strategy in South Korea

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When a jury in San Jose, Calif., ordered Samsung Electronics to pay $1.05 billion in damages for violating Apple’s patents for the iPhone and iPad, it did more than decide who had infringed upon whose intellectual property. To South Koreans, the legal battle highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of both Samsung and their economy in [...]

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Regarding Samsung’s action plans to review working conditions at Chinese factories

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Update to the August 9th ‘Samsung to investigate working conditions at HEG Electronics’ post The following are audit results regarding a field audit Samsung Electronics made into working conditions at an HEG Electronics facility in Huizhou, China, which is a supplier to the company. These audits were conducted in August 2012 in response to a [...]

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the Inquirer: Samsung Galaxy S3 can now make NFC payments on Orange

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UK MOBILE NETWORK Orange and Barclaycard have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be the first Android phone to take advantage of the Quicktap NFC payments technology. Thanks to Orange, Samsung Galaxy S3 users will be able to load their handset with up to £150 from their debit or credit card and make payments [...]

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AppleInsider: Samsung says it will review 250 suppliers for labor violations

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Samsung has said it will investigate 250 Chinese manufacturing partners after a third-party audit found the use of child labor. The U.S.-based operation China Labor Watch found seven children younger than 16 wroking in a factory that makes DVD players for Samsung. The company responded on Monday and said it will inspect 250 Chinese companies [...]

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phoneArena: Samsung joins AMD’s HSA Foundation, faster chipsets coming?

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It has become clear during AMD’s IFA keynote that Samsung is the latest company to join the recently-founded HSA Foundation. What’s this foundation all about? AMD, together with ARM, Texas Instruments, MediaTek and Imagination Technologies, announced the HSA Foundation in June. The HSA Foundation is a non-profit organization which will deal with the popularization of [...]

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