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TECHNOLOGY Thursday 24 augusT 2017
Up from the ashes: Samsung unveils successor to Note 7 phone

By ANICK JESDANUN tweaking capabilities af-
AP Technology Writer ter the shot, though Apple
NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung may be adding improve-
is trying to move past last ments as well in the up-
year’s disastrous Galaxy coming iPhones.
Note 7 launch with a suc- PEN FEATURES
cessor sporting a dual-lens Samsung’s Note line is no-
camera, animated mes- table for its stylus, and the
sages, expanded note- new pen restores some of
taking — and lower battery the hardware improve-
capacity. ments introduced — then
The South Korean tech gi- taken away — with the
ant is no longer trying to Note 7. A popular feature
squeeze more battery has been the ability to
power into each phone. write notes on the phone’s
Last year’s Note 7 had to lock screen, much like a
be recalled after dozens chalkboard. Samsung is ex-
spontaneously caught fire panding how much peo-
because of defective bat- ple can write — up to 100
teries. screens full of notes, rather
Samsung responded by than just one.
subjecting new phones to Also coming is the ability
multiple inspections and to handwrite text messag-
giving the battery more This Aug. 16, 2017, photo, shows a Samsung Galaxy S8, left, a Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, center, es, rather than just typing
physical protection, taking and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 on display, in New York. them. They are sent as ani-
up room normally avail- Associated Press mated GIF files, so friends
able for the charge. for the Note 8 begin Thurs- Jan Dawson, chief analyst the Note 7’s 5.7 inches, without Note 8 phones
Although the success of day. at Jackdaw Research, said without feeling much big- can read them, too. With
this past spring’s Galaxy S8 The phone is among the the phone should be popu- ger. Apple’s Messages app, re-
phone suggests that Sam- most expensive, at about lar among loyal Note users The Note 8 also matches cipients must have iPhones
sung has recovered from $950. By contrast, the who have had to wait two the S8 in offering the abil- or iPads with a recent soft-
the Note 7 debacle, which iPhone 7 starts at about years since the last model. ity to unlock phones with iris ware update for animation
included bans on airline $650 and the S8 at $750. But Dawson said the price patterns, free premium ear- to work.
flights , any further mistakes Samsung’s Note phones could give consumers buds from Samsung’s AKG The pen will also enable
could prove fatal. tend to be niche products pause. brand and a slot for adding full-sentence translations
“Here it is from the ashes, aimed at people who use NEW AND NOT storage beyond the 64 gi- for travelers, with automat-
literally, a rebirth of this their phones more than the The Note 8 phone offers sig- gabytes included. ic conversions of curren-
pretty iconic brand,” said average consumer. nificant improvements over Unlike the S8, the Note 8 will cies and units such as feet
Bob O’Donnell, a veteran But O’Donnell said the the last Note model still have two camera lenses and meters.
consumer tech analyst at Note 8 launch could boost selling. But the S8 already on the back — one with POWER MATTERS
Technalysis Research. interest in Samsung’s main- has one of the Note 8’s sig- twice the magnification — Samsung is taking a con-
THE PRICE TAG stream phones. nature features, an “infin- allowing for sharper close- servative approach to its
Unveiled Monday, the Gal- “Having a halo product ity display” that maximizes ups. The Note 8 will match battery, as it did with the S8
axy Note 8 will go on sale at the top of the line helps screen size by reducing the Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus in . Capacity is reduced by
Sept. 15 in the U.S., about drive interest across the frame, or bezel, surround- using that second lens for 6 percent, as thicker walls
the time Apple is expect- line,” he said. “The Note ing the display. The Note software tricks that blur out and other safety measures
ed to come out with new 8 will make more people 8’s screen will measure 6.3 the background in portrait take away room once de-
iPhones. Advance orders aware of the S8.” inches diagonally, up from shots. Samsung offers more voted to the charge. q

Former CIA agent wants to buy Twitter to kick Trump off

WASHINGTON (AP) — For- she had raised less than enough money to buy a ter’s largest shareholder
mer undercover CIA agent $6,000 of her $1 billion goal. controlling interest of Twit- and give her a very strong
Valerie Plame Wilson is look- In an emailed statement, ter stock. If she doesn’t position to exert influence
ing to crowdfund enough White House press secre- have enough to purchase on the company.
money to buy Twitter so tary Sarah Huckabee Sand- a majority of shares, she Twitter declined to com-
President Donald Trump ers said the low total shows said that she will explore ment Wednesday on Wil-
can’t use it. that the American people options to buy “a signifi- son’s tweet about seeking
Wilson launched the fund- like the president’s use of cant stake” and champion to buy the San Francisco-
raiser last week, tweet- Twitter. the proposal at Twitter’s an- based company.
ing: “If @Twitter executives “Her ridiculous attempt to nual shareholder meeting. Wilson’s identity as a CIA
won’t shut down Trump’s shut down his first amend- If Plame were to hit her $1 operative was leaked
violence and hate, then ment is the only clear vio- billion goal, she’d still fall by an official in President
it’s up to us. #BuyTwitter lation and expression of far short of gaining a con- George W. Bush’s adminis-
#BanTrump.” The GoFund- hate and intolerance in this trolling interest in the com- tration in 2003 in an effort to In this June. 21, 2011, file
Me page for the fundraiser equation,” the statement pany. discredit her husband, Joe photo, former U.S. CIA Opera-
says Trump’s tweets “dam- read. As of Wednesday, a major- Wilson, a former diplomat tions Officer, Valerie Plame
age the country and put Wilson wrote on the fund- ity stake would cost roughly who criticized Bush’s deci- Wilson arrives for the UK film
people in harm’s way.” raiser’s GoFundMe page $6 billion. But a $1 billion sion to invade Iraq. She left premiere of Countdown to
As of Wednesday morning, that she hopes to raise stake would make her Twit- the agency in 2005.q Zero in London.
Associated Press