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Samsung's China smartphone sales expected to be hit amid turmoil from Note 7 recall

Demand for Samsung Electronics smartphones in mainland China are expected by analysts to decline fast, as the international recall of its Galaxy Note 7 model casts a pall on the company's sales in the world's largest mobile phone market.Samsung's turmoil from its first large-scale withdrawal of a smartphone is largely predicted to benefit rivals Huawei Technologies, Oppo Electronics, Vivo, Xiaomi and Apple on the mainland, according to analysts and Chinese retailers interviewed by the South China Morning Post.Tay Xiaohan, a senior market analyst at technology research firm IDC, said Samsung smartphone sales in the Chinese mainland "have been stagnant in the past few quarters" amid intense competition from major Chinese brands.

Google's next smartphone expected at Oct. 4 event

Google announced that it will be holding an event Oct. 4 in San Francisco, where it's widely expected to announce its new smartphones.A teaser video shows Google's ubiquitous search bar morphing into the familiar outline of a smartphone.The animation also shows up on a promotional "Made By Google" page.
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Google smartphone expected at Oct. 4 event

Google already distributes its own smartphone OS, Android 7 or "Nougat"Google late Monday sent out invitations to an October 4 event, hinting that the Internet titan will show off a new smartphone powered by its Android mobile software.Emailed invitations revealed only the time and place for the gathering in San Francisco, the message topped by blue, red, yellow, and green dots of color.Google fired off a Twitter message with hashtag #madebygoogle and a video of what appeared to be a long rectangular search term box morphing into a silhouette of a smartphone.