Naresh Nekkanti

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Samsung and Telefónica Deutschland team up for 5G FWA trials in Germany

Samsung has been working with many telecom operators around the world to develop and deploy 5G networks in the near future. The company and its industry partners have been conducting many demos and trials to test their 5G solutions and drum up the excitement for the launch of 5G networks. The latest in the series […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung launches LED for Home screens for the super-rich in India

Samsung makes TVs at various price points to target different customer segments in the market. The company is expanding the lineup further by launching the ‘LED for Home’ range in India. Though the company doesn’t refer to them as TVs anywhere in the press release, these LED screens, also called Active LED, are essentially large […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung is reportedly planning to kill the Galaxy J series

Though Samsung has been launching a number of new models in its smartphone lineup, the structure of its lineup has mostly remained the same. Barring some region-specific models like the P series and On series, Samsung primarily categorizes its phones into three groups – Galaxy J series targeting the budget segment, Galaxy A series for […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy J6 Plus dummy unit ‘confirms’ side-mounted fingerprint sensor

We have come across enough evidence in the past couple of months showing that Samsung is working on a larger variant of the Galaxy J6, believed to be the Galaxy J6+. Device certifications show the same model might be sold as the Galaxy J6 Prime in some markets. The device was supposed to be just […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung reportedly not the sole OLED supplier for iPhones any longer

iPhones went through a major redesign last year when Apple launched the iPhone X with a bezel-less display. The company had to swap the LCD for a flexible OLED panel to make the new design possible. Samsung benefitted from this move by emerging as the sole supplier of OLED panels for the iPhone X last […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung’s new patent envisions a way for braille input on smartwatches

Samsung files hundreds of patent applications every year across the world. While most of them are very technical whose use cases may not be immediately apparent, some are relatively simple with a fairly obvious use case. Samsung’s ‘Electronic apparatus for inputting braille and operating method thereof’ patent filed in South Korea in March last year […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung and KPN telecom bring masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum to the Galaxy smartphones

Given the number of brands and new launches, it is difficult for companies to keep the excitement around their devices for long in the Android ecosystem. Samsung tries to overcome with fatigue by launching new editions of its flagship smartphones throughout the year. As part of this strategy, we have seen Red Bull, Batman, and […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung is shutting down the dedicated SmartThings online store

Samsung is aiming to be a dominant player in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, and the company is positioned well to reach that goal. It acquired the IoT start-up SmartThings in 2014 for a reported $200 million to strengthen its portfolio in the smart home category. Eventually, SmartThings turned into Samsung’s umbrella-brand for all […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung Internet 7.4 goes stable with new features

Samsung Internet is one of the better first-party apps from Samsung. It has a fanbase beyond Samsung users due to its performance and features. The developers behind the app are quite active and push out feature-filled updates regularly. The team is now out with another substantial update to users in the stable channel. Samsung Internet […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy J7 Nxt and Galaxy J5 Prime start receiving the Android Oreo update

After updating its flagship and midrange smartphones to Android 8.0 Oreo, Samsung has finally started pushing out the much-awaited update to its budget models as well. While the delay may disappoint some of the Galaxy J series users, Samsung is making the wait worthwhile to an extent by skipping the Android 8.0 update in favor […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

CAD renders show a side-mounted fingerprint reader on the Galaxy J6 Plus

Certifications and support pages have revealed that Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy J6 Plus in the near future. There is also evidence showing that the company will market this model as the Galaxy J6 Prime in some markets. While the ‘Plus’ suffix is a hint for what to expect from this device, […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung Opera House in India is the company’s largest mobile experience center

Samsung has massively increased its presence in India over the years. It is currently the leading brand in the country across multiple product categories. Its investments in India have gone beyond selling products as the company now sees the country as the export hub to manufacture many of its products. The company made its intentions […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung launches an LTE-enabled SmartThings Tracker

Samsung has announced the launch of an LTE-enabled SmartThings Tracker. It’s a small GPS tracking device that relies on LTE-M (a specialized network for IoT devices) to share location information. The tracker can be easily attached to anything and anyone such as pets, children, laptop bags, luggage, keys, etc. to track them. The concept is […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy J6 Prime may be launched as the Galaxy J6+ in some markets

We reported about a new Galaxy device with the model number SM-J610F that surfaced at the FCC last week. It was believed to be the rumored Galaxy J6+, but the FCC listing mentions the device name as the Galaxy J6 Prime. Interestingly, the same model has now been spotted on the Bluetooth SIG website as the […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung’s W2019 flip phone may be powered by a Snapdragon 845 SoC

Samsung has been launching a premium flip phone every year exclusively for the Chinese market. The first one, Samsung W2017, was launched in November 2016 with a Snapdragon 820 SoC. The second phone in the W series, W2018, was unveiled in December 2017 and was powered by a Snapdragon 835 chipset. Following the pattern, Samsung […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

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