SamMobile Daily Recap: May 25, 2017 — Galaxy A8 (2016), Gear 360 (2017) and more!

We publish a decent amount of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up with every post. But, we think we’ve come up with an ideal solution — a daily recap.

So, without further ado, here’s what went live today:

Business

Samsung drops plans to sell its home network business

Camera

Gear 360 (2017) price and release date confirmed for the United States

Deals

Daily Deal: Save 15% on a pair of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earphones

Display

Samsung details world’s first 9.1-inch stretchable AMOLED display

Firmware News

Galaxy A8 (2016) Nougat update release possibly due soon

Galaxy J5 (2016) receives April security patch in Europe

General

Samsung bets big on foundry business, reveals roadmap for 4nm process

Samsung Newsroom Mexico is now live

Samsung will release the DeX station in Canada tomorrow

Phones

Samsung explains how it optimized the Galaxy S8 for the Chinese market

Samsung says tricking Galaxy S8′s iris scanner is ‘unrealistic’

32GB storage variants of Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime and J7 Prime are now available in India

Samsung Pay

Samsung Pay is now available in Hong Kong

TV

Samsung to fix automatic HDMI switching issue on select TVs via firmware update

Watches

Samsung patents a smartwatch with a wristband display

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