14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung and Oppo have been sued earlier this month in China for including bloatware on some of their smartphones that are available for purchase in this country.
For those who don't remember, the lawsuits have been filed by Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission. As mentioned earlier, the reason is the fact that Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Oppo Find 7 come with pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
On top of that, some of these apps “stole” cellular data because they can't be disabled. For your information, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 packs no less than 44 pre-installed apps, while the Oppo Find 7 comes with 71 pre-loaded apps.
Considering the high amount of apps that come pre-installed on these devices, as well as the fact that some of them could remain active and eat from users' cellular data, it makes perfect sense for both companies to be sued.
Not to mention that 44 pre-installed apps require quite a large amount of storage from Galaxy Note 3's internal memory.
Samsung will deliver a software update that will enable the option to uninstall apps
Today, Korea Times reports that Samsung is now taking into consideration allowing users to delete the bloatware not only from the Galaxy Note 3, but from all Galaxy phones available in China.
In order to do that, the South Korean company will first deploy a software update that will allow users to uninstall all apps that come pre-loaded on the Galaxy phones in China.
“Chinese consumers using Samsung's Galaxy phones can now delete applications that were pre-installed because Samsung Electronics plans to provide software patches so things get done from next month,” explained Samsung.
Even so, it appears that Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission has no intention of dropping its lawsuit against Samsung anytime soon.
The other handset maker that got sued earlier this week, Oppo has yet to make any official statements regarding this lawsuit.