Michael R.

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Why is Samsung releasing a device like the Galaxy Alpha?

A few hours ago, Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Alpha, a device that has nothing ground-breaking but is something of a refined mix of the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy S III. Its specs include a 4.7-inch 720p Super AMOLED display, an Exynos 5430 octa-core processor (one of the fastest in the market), 2 GB […]

By Michael R.
10 years ago

Why a premium GALAXY S5 make sense

The rumor mill started weeks and even months before the Unpacked event invitations were sent out by Samsung. If you read all those rumors, it was clear that the successor of the GALAXY S4 would be packed with some state-of-the-art hardware, like a 64-bit Exynos processor, iris or fingerprint scanner, water and dust resistance, an […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Thoughts on the Samsung GALAXY S5

When Samsung announced that they will have an Unpacked event in Barcelona on February 24th for unveiling their “Next GALAXY”, we all knew that Samsung was talking about the GALAXY S5, especially when they named the event as Unpacked 5. If you watched the Unpacked event, you may have noticed that the presentation was different from […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Experimental version of Tizen SDK 3.0 available unofficially

Tizen may be running into obstacles and staying away from the consumer market at the moment, but whenever it does make its way to market, developers will be the major force deciding how Samsung's home-brewed OS does in the extremely competitive mobile operating system landscape. If you're one of the developers who are already dipping their […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Round 2014: Samsung vs. HTC

Building successful brands and businesses is definitely and infinitely more difficult than the over simplified formulas presented in business seminars and text books. The often cited product characteristic of Quality, and management strategy of Perseverance, are definitely not as important as the experts in suits want us to believe. There are many instances in the […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung launching Garnet Red Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 in the US

Being the most successful (in terms of sales) tablet for Samsung, the company isn't letting up on freshening up the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 just yet. Samsung has announced a limited edition Garnet Red color variant of the Tab 3 7.0 for the US, which we have to say looks quite striking, at least in […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

SamMobile Weekly Samsung Firmware Update List, Volume 1 Issue 2

Last week, we started off with a weekly update list that will let our followers know which device was updated and in which region by Samsung in the last week. Well, you can now download the latest list of firmware updates from the link below. For those who would like to get these updates daily, […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung: Tizen isn’t coming to the US any time soon

Tizen has been in development for ages now, but an actual smartphone running on the OS is still missing from the market. Samsung has announced its plans to address that glaring fault in the near future, but if you're in the U.S. and are looking forward to trying out Samsung's new OS, then you might […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Apple and Samsung agree to talk things out before next patent battle

In a rather welcome bit of news, Apple and Samsung have agreed to try to resolve their disputes over smartphone patents through a mediation session in February. The two companies will take a trip back to the courts in March for their next patent battle, but Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon will […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung’s prototype bike connects to and charges a Galaxy Note 3

Have you ever been on a long ride on your bicycle and hoped that there was an easy way to be able to access your phone, and perhaps charge it while on the go? Well, if you have, then Samsung has just the solution for you. Well, at least in prototype form at the moment. […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 announced with 2,560×1,600 display and Snapdragon 800 SoC

Samsung has announced the third member of its TabPRO series of tablets, the Galaxy TabPRO 8.4. With an 8.4-inch screen, it's the smallest member of the company's new premium tablet line, though the smaller dimensions don't mean you have to settle for middling specs. The Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 retains the 2,560×1,600 resolution screen of its […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung announces Galaxy Camera 2

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Camera 2, the second iteration of its Android-powered dedicated point and shoot camera. The new camera has a new design that makes use of Samsung's faux-leather material that we've seen on the Galaxy Note 3; it sports the same 16-megapixel camera with 1/2.33-inch sensor size, Xenon flash, and 21x optical […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung VP seemingly confirms MWC announcement, new build material for Galaxy S5

Remember how so many rumors have pointed to the fact that Samsung might somehow announce the Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress in February instead of at a dedicated event of their own? Well, according to the Korean media, those rumors might have been right – at a New Year’s party at Shilla Hotel in […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Galaxy Note 3 Lite (SM-N750) to feature 720p display, Android 4.3?

The Galaxy Note 3 Lite has been rumored quite a few times, and we've also confirmed recently that the device does exist and will be making its way to market in Q1 2014 (after an announcement at the MWC). We haven't yet seen any info on exactly how “lite” the device will be compared to […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

Samsung develops 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM, hints at 4GB RAM in mobile devices

Fancy a mobile device with 4GB of RAM? It will soon be possible as Samsung has successfully managed to develop an 8Gb (1GB) LPDDR4 RAM meant for mobile devices. Samsung says the newly developed DRAM could easily be integrated in a single package for a high-end mobile device, thus giving a total memory of whopping […]

By Michael R.
11 years ago

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