Gear S2 now comes in rose gold and platinum. Photo: Samsung

Samsung finally has an answer to the Apple Watch Edition. The South Korean company today added 18-karat rose gold and platinum Gear S2 Classic options to its smartwatch lineup, and they’ll cost you about $9,500 less than a gold Apple Watch.

Galaxy S7 gets benchmarked again. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 has again appeared in benchmark tests ahead of its official unveiling. This time, however, the device was tested with a brand new Exynos processor — not the Snapdragon 820 chip it was running last time.

Apple and Samsung both say they have a zero tolerance policy toward underage labor. Photo: iFixit

Amnesty International has accused Apple, Samsung, Sony and other smartphone makers of not making basic checks which would have prevented their using batteries made with minerals mined by children.

In a report focused on cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, children as young as seven were found working in unsafe conditions. Cobalt is an essential part of the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.

Galaxy Note 5 gets a hardware fix. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Samsung has quietly tweaked the internals of its Galaxy Note 5 to prevent S Pens from getting jammed inside the device when inserted upside down.

Newer logic boards have a redesigned mechanism that looks less likely to become stuck on the S Pen’s eject button.

Samsung’s been working on an S Pen case. Photo: Samsung

If you’ve been longing for the Galaxy Note’s S Pen functionality but simply can’t manage its size, Samsung could soon deliver a case that fixes your problem. In a new patent filing, the South Korean company describes a neat case that adds an S Pen stylus to other Galaxy smartphones.