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Galaxy S24 sales surpass 1 million mark in South Korea, beating Galaxy S8

The Galaxy S24 series has received tremendous response since its launch last month. Samsung's new flagship smartphone series broke pre-order records in several countries, including India and South Korea. Samsung has revealed that the Galaxy S24 series sales have crossed 1 million in its home country in record time. Galaxy S24 sales cross 1 million […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 months ago

Samsung releases new firmware update for the Galaxy S6 series

Several old Samsung Galaxy S-series phones were suffering from the GPS issue, which the company has been fixing by delivering updates. Galaxy devices such as the Galaxy S8 from 2017, and the Galaxy S7 from 2016, have already bagged the GPS bug fix update, and now it is time for an even older series, the […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung releases important update for discontinued Galaxy S7 and S8

Up until a couple of years ago, even Samsung flagship smartphones only received two major Android OS upgrades and three years of security updates. The company now provides the best software support of any Android OEM. Many devices now receive four Android OS upgrades and five years of security updates. The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 years ago

5-year-old Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ get new software update

Earlier this year, Samsung had removed the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ from its software support list. However, the company surprised everyone by releasing a new security update to the smartphones in September 2021. Now, the South Korean firm has released one more software update to its five-year-old phones. The Galaxy S8 and the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 years ago

T-Mobile will buy these Galaxy phones for you just for switching networks

The offer includes various Galaxy S and Galaxy Note models and comes with a prepaid card worth up to $1,000.

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Samsung surprises Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ users with new software update

Samsung had launched the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ four years ago, and the company had removed them from its software update list two months ago. However, the South Korean firm has now released a new update to those smartphones and managed to surprise long-time Galaxy S8 users. The Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 years ago

Samsung stops updating the Galaxy S8, four years after its release

The Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+, which were launched way back in April 2017, will no longer get new software updates. Four years after their launch, Samsung has quietly removed the two smartphones from its software update schedule. The two phones have been on a quarterly update schedule for the past year. Samsung has […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

Samsung rolling out April 2021 security patch to Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+

Samsung was the first Android OEM to release the April 2021 security patch. The company has already rolled out the latest security update to a bunch of Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Now, Samsung's flagship smartphones from 2017, the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+, have started receiving the new security patch. The South Korean smartphone […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

This is how the Galaxy S eco packaging has changed over the years

Samsung's sustainability efforts in recent years have led to a few key changes to the company's manufacturing processes as well as the retail packaging of its products. And in recent news, Samsung has released a new infographic that tells the eco-conscious journey of the Galaxy S flagship series — or rather its packaging — over […]

By Mihai Matei
4 years ago

PSA: Third-party app Brawl Stars is freezing some Galaxy phones

Usually we don't talk about bugs in third-party apps unless they're somehow related to Samsung's Galaxy phones, but that's what seems to be happening with the latest update to the mobile game Brawl Stars. Numerous Brawl Stars enthusiasts are raising complaints about the latest update to the game, which appears to be causing major issues […]

By Mihai Matei
4 years ago

Galaxy S8 starts receiving January 2021 security update

The January 2021 security update has now started hitting select variants of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, Samsung's popular flagship duo from 2017. More specifically, the new over-the-air release has reached the Exynos models across Latin America. These firmware revisions are identified by version numbers G950FXXSBDUA3 and G955FXXSBDUA3 for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, respectively. Beyond the […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

Galaxy S8, S8+ now receiving September 2020 security update

An over-the-air software update containing the September 2020 Android security patch level is now making its way to select variants of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. Unsurprisingly, the release carries no other changes or additions. That train sailed a while ago, but that isn't to say the Galaxy S8 lineup – released in February […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

Galaxy S8/S8+ start receiving June 2020 security update

The Galaxy S8 series may be pushing four, but it's still doing a rather decent job at keeping up with its (much) younger siblings in terms of software support. Case in point: the timely arrival of the June 2020 Android security update to the 2017 flagships. Samsung started deploying the said firmware to unlocked, Exynos […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

Galaxy S8/S8+ begin receiving update with May 2020 security patch

Samsung's version of the May 2020 Android security patch is now hitting international variants of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, its seminal 2017 flagships.

By Dominik Bosnjak
5 years ago

Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will only receive quarterly security updates now

Samsung doesn't release more than two major Android OS updates for its devices and doesn't really keep flagship devices on the monthly release schedule for security updates beyond three years. That's just the way it is and there's no indication of this changing any time soon. With the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ now crossing […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

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