Jason Kempin / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new model of its Galaxy Note as it seeks to leave behind the debacle over exploding batteries in the previous generation of the device, and mount a renewed challenge to Apple and its soon-to-come iPhone 8. Introducing the Note 8 “phablet” at an event in New York City, executives repeatedly thanked fans who had remained loyal to the device. “None of us will ever forget what happened last year,” said Samsung president of mobile communications business DJ Koh. “But, I will never forget how millions of dedicated Note loyalists stayed with us, so let me express my deepest gratitude.” But the device left some analysts underwhelmed by its lack of new features beyond a dual-lens camera for telephoto zoom — already available on the iPhone7 Plus. Shares in Samsung Electronics ended almost unchanged at 2,376,000 won, up just 0.08 per cent, in its native South Korea Thursday with uncertainty over the ...
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