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Review: Samsung Gear S (SM-R750)

Samsung isn’t exactly new to the wearables market, having released six wearables till date. While the Gear S is the most beautiful one they’ve released, we have the feeling Samsung doesn’t really know which way it wants to go with its wearable devices. As they’ve already made six of them, they’re definitely shooting a lot […]

By Martin R.
10 years ago

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910F)

The Galaxy Note series is Samsung’s own creation, one that gave the world the first phablet. Back in 2011, Samsung created an entirely new market and a lot of people thought these so-called phablets wouldn’t sell. Well, they were wrong, as the first Note sold about 10 million units within eight months. The second Note sold […]

By Martin R.
10 years ago

Review: Samsung Galaxy Alpha (SM-G850K)

While other companies have adopted metal frames or even metal unibodies for their smartphones, Samsung has stuck with its not-so-popular polycarbonate bodies. Some say the company has done that for far too long; we’ve always though plastic has its advantages, but the community kept screaming for more premium builds on Samsung’s flagships. Then the rumors […]

By Martin R.
10 years ago

Comparison: Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G906S) VS. Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F)

First of all, we would like to thank the folks over at 28Mobile.com for providing us with a Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A review unit. 28Mobile is a Hong Kong based, Swedish owned, wholesale dealer and retailer of unlocked smartphones, tablets, and more. We picked the Charcoal Black variant of the Galaxy S5 LTE-A, however, 28Mobile […]

By Martin R.
10 years ago

Review: Samsung Galaxy K Zoom

Last year, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 zoom, a phone and camera hybrid that was bulky but boasted a high-resolution 16-megapixel camera sensor with 10x optical zoom. The S4 zoom was more of a camera that you could use as a phone, and was mainly intended by Samsung to try and create a new market. […]

By Martin R.
10 years ago

Review: Samsung LEVELover (EO-AG9008) over-ear headphones

Nowadays you see a lot of people walking around with all kinds of headphones, with quite a few of them sporting the Beats Audio logo. Samsung might have thought that there was a spot to fill and become a headphone producer as well. The company is investing in every market – wearables, TV’s and refrigerators […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Samsung says no KitKat for Galaxy S III, community devs say otherwise

A few days back, Samsung announced that the Galaxy S III wouldn't be getting updated to KitKat, which naturally raised quite a few angry responses. Samsung touted memory issues as being the reason, but it's something the devs over at XDA weren't willing to accept. As a result, a few devs namely Kryten2k35, arter97, forumber2 and JustArchi, have […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

AT&T’s Galaxy S4 to start getting Android 4.4 KitKat tomorrow

While you can't get your hands on the Galaxy S5 just yet, if you're using a Galaxy S5 on AT&T, you can take a jump to the next version of Android starting tomorrow. AT&T has revealed that an update to Android 4.4 KitKat will start rolling out to the Galaxy S4 on its network from […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Samsung to create “new tablet category” out of big-screen high-resolution tablets

Samsung's focus on tablets in 2014 includes creating an entire new category of tablets that will see the company release tablets with big high-resolution screens, aimed at the business market. The 12.2.-inch Galaxy TabPRO and NotePRO have already kicked off this new category for the company, but Samsung has suggested that tablets with bigger screens […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Galaxy Note 3 Neo LTE (SM-N7505) reaches the FCC

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo has been leaked rather extensively in the last couple of weeks, but Samsung still hasn't made it official, despite having things like the promotional material all ready to go. However, it looks that could change very soon, as the LTE variant of the Note 3 Neo has just hit the […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Samsung secretly showcased 5.68-inch foldable AMOLED display at CES

Back in November at Samsung's Analyst Day in South Korea, the company reportedly showed off foldable displays to high-ranking officials behind closed doors, and now a report by ETNews claims the Korean manufacturer did the same at CES as well. Samsung reportedly showed off a 5.68-inch foldable AMOLED display, made of a film-like polyamide substrate that […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Galaxy S5 might feature head tracking gesture controls

Samsung's phones offer many gesture-based features such as Smart Stay and Smart Pause, and the Galaxy S5 might come with even more advanced gesture control functionality, according to a patent application filed by Samsung. The patent listing describes things such as a nod of the head and a wink being used to carry out a […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Gear: Custom watch faces!

The Galaxy Gear is Samsung most controversial device of 2013, it was released and was hated for the lack of notifications. But what it did have was a beautiful 273ppi Super AMOLED display. Shortly after its release, there was an app in Samsung's Gear Appstore called Watch Styler. At first I started playing around with it and created personal […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Premium Galaxy S5 might sport a mix of stainless steel and plastic, not a full metal body

Numerous rumors have suggested that there's a high chance the Galaxy S5 will come in a standard and a premium variant, with the latter sporting a metal body. However, a report from the Korean media says that the premium Galaxy S5 won't feature a full metal construction; instead, the device will employ a stainless steel […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Report: Samsung to launch Tizen phones sometime in spring

Samsung recently announced that it would show off Tizen at MWC in February, and now a report suggests that the first Tizen phones will start coming out in spring, which means we could be able to buy a Tizen smartphone as early as March. According to unnamed sources, there will be an announcement on a […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

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