The South Korean electronics company will be looking to make amends for its Galaxy Note 7 fiasco | Photo Credit: APmore-inThe world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung will unveil its latest flagship, the Galaxy S8, today in New York as it seeks to move on from last year’s humiliating recall crisis. Samsung Electronics was forced to discontinue the Galaxy Note 7, originally intended to compete with Apple’s iPhone, after a chaotic recall that saw replacement devices also catching fire. Samsung blamed the Galaxy Note 7 crisis on faulty batteries, apologised to consumers for causing concern and was forced to postpone the S8 launch. The Verge, a US-based online news network specialising on technology, described the new device as Samsung’s “biggest test ever”. Some leaked images of the new phone suggest the Galaxy S8 will sport a larger curved display than its predecessor the S7, at 5.8 inches, while maintaining a similar body size.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2017 06:11 UTC