The Korean company also unveiled an upgraded version of its Gear VR, a gadget that twins with a Samsung phone to display virtual reality images. In the three months through May, Samsung had the biggest slice of the US smartphone market with 37% while Apple had 29%, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s 13 July report. The Note 7 will go on sale starting 19 August and roll out gradually across the globe, Samsung said. “It is Samsung’s first smartphone to be equipped with the iris-scanning capability,” said Kang Byung-jin, Samsung’s director of global product planning. Seoul/London/New York: After extending its lead over Apple Inc. in the global smartphone market with the Galaxy S7, Samsung Electronics Co. is now trying to keep that spirit alive before a new iPhone arrives.

Source: Mint August 02, 2016 16:07 UTC