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