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South Korean phone manufacturers Samsung have closed down a smartphone factory in South Korea. Reports say that a factory worker came down with the deadly coronavirus and had to be placed under quarantine.
The factory however would not be closed indefinitely, as it is set to be reopened today, with the affected floor to be ready for work on the 25 th of February. Samsung maintained that display and chip makers across South Korea were not affected by this. The affected plant, located in Gumi is close to Daegu, which has also experienced an outbreak of the deadly virus.
Samsung’s Gumi plant manufactures high-end handsets mainly for the South Korean market, but is also expected to cater to new arrivals like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip . While this may not particularly have an immediate impact, it may lead to a bigger problem, as certain devices are already in short supply owing to the virus, and with another plant affected, this could affect the supply situation of Samsung devices.
With the resumption of work at this factory just around the corner, we hope that these setbacks do not overtly disrupt the flow of Samsung smartphones, especially with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip still relatively new in the market.
We hope that Samsung can handle this effectively and ensure that they can get their plants manufacturing at optimum level again.
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Author:Alfa Baye
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Taiwanese tech company HTC may have gone off the boil with smartphones in recent times, with a number of other makers like Samsung and Huawei taking the charge ahead of them but they have not entirely forgotten about smartphones. According to reports, company CEO Yves Maitre has confirmed that HTC will release a 5G phone this year.
Maitre did not reveal much about the said device, but with the prospect of supporting 5G technology, the device is expected to be one with high-end specs. With the tech company seemingly more interested in virtual reality, it will be interesting to see how the new HTC device will perform on the market.
HTC Vive VR Headset
HTC were popularly one of the first brands to start the creation of Android phones, but somehow could not evolve and keep up with the times, eventually getting left behind by smartphone makers like Samsung, Huawei and Apple.
With the glory days of HTC smartphones now history, this will be one smartphone that will be received with mixed reactions, as we will wait to see how this smartphone does and what kind of reviews it would receive. It would be recalled that the last high-end device released by HTC in 2018, the U12+ got a number of mediocre reviews online, with the company seemingly focusing on devices like the Exodus going forward.
The HTC device may not be anticipated by so many techies due to their falling stock in smartphones, but we will be keeping our eyes peeled out to see how the phone fares when it is finally released.
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