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Samsung launched its new Galaxy M lineup of affordable devices in India earlier this year. It created these devices with the sole purpose of reclaiming lost market share in the highly competitive entry-level segment. The devices had respectable specs for the price and were able to stand out against the competition. In a bid to […]
The Exynos 990, the flagship 5G-enabled mobile chipset Samsung launched a few weeks ago, is the Exynos 9830 that will power the Galaxy S11. The part number for the Exynos 990 is S5E9830, as seen on Samsung's website, which is how we have learned that the Exynos 990 is what should have been the Exynos 9830. […]
As you would expect, Samsung is working on the successor to the Galaxy Buds. We've found evidence of a device with model number SM-R175 that Samsung is currently developing. The Galaxy Buds have model number SM-R170; if we put two and two together, we can only surmise that the Galaxy Buds 2 — or Galaxy […]
The most recent Android 10 beta that was released for the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 broke a very important functionality: support for Samsung DeX on Windows and Mac. Samsung had said that a beta version of DeX for PC would allow S10 and Note 10 owners on the Android 10 beta to use […]
The Galaxy S11 rumor mill keeps spinning as we approach the holiday shopping season, and a few new bits and pieces of information pertaining to the upcoming series emerged over the weekend via industry leaker @evleaks. He claims that the Galaxy S11 series will likely comprise three models, with the smaller Galaxy S11e switching from […]
The Galaxy Fold is just a few months old but the work that went into the first-gen device goes way back. Samsung has been exploring both the foldable and dual-screen concepts for many years now, and interestingly enough, one of the company's older patents for a dual-screen phone was granted by the U.S. Patent and […]
Samsung announced three months ago that it had made a 108-megapixel smartphone ISOCELL Bright HMX camera sensor. Since then, many have been wondering if we'd see the company use the sensor for one of its smartphones. It hasn't done that yet but one of Samsung's own apps has now dropped a hint that this sensor […]
Samsung is reportedly having some issues with its foundry business at home. According to a Business Korea report, Samsung has recently discovered defects in its foundry products which may lead to considerable financial losses. The defects were reportedly caused by contaminated 8-inch wafer line equipment at the Giheung plant. The publication cites an unnamed Samsung Electronics official […]
CES 2020 is two months away and Samsung is seemingly already making preparations for the upcoming event. The trade show will officially open its doors to attendees on January 8. CEO Kim Hyun-seok will take the stage at CES in Las Vegas on January 6, according to Korean publication The Investor. He will reportedly discuss […]
The Galaxy A10s and Galaxy A20s have been confirmed by Samsung to arrive in Brazil. The company didn't reveal an exact date when prospective buyers will find the smartphones on shelves, but both devices have already been released in various markets around the world so it shouldn't take long for them to reach the Brazilian […]
Update: The Disney+ app seems to have popped up again on Samsung smart TVs – at least in the Netherlands – as seen in the image gallery below the original story. 4K, HDR, and Dolby Digital are still unsupported. Original story follows The Walt Disney Company's upcoming video-on-demand streaming service Disney+ is set to debut […]
The Galaxy Watch Active 2 came out barely six months after the original Galaxy Watch Active. The latter represented a turning point for Samsung's smartwatches. The physical rotating bezel, which had long been a fixture on its smartwatches, had been removed. Samsung also went with a smaller and lighter footprint overall. The result was one […]
There are a few things that are certain in life, and one of those things is that batteries need to be recharged when you use them. Smartphones are still mostly charged the conventional way: hooked up with a wire to a wall charger, and you can never have enough of those chargers, no matter if […]
Samsung Electronics has bagged 46 CES 2020 Innovation Awards for outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology, the company said in a press release. These include three Best of Innovation awards for the Galaxy Note10+ 5G and a couple of Samsung Visual Display products. The awards are sponsored by the organiser of CES, the Consumer […]
The Galaxy S11e might have a battery that's considerably larger than the Galaxy S10e, as it was revealed earlier this week. However, a sizable increase in battery capacity may not be exclusive to just the smallest of the Galaxy S11 models, either. A certification for a battery with product code EB-BG985ABY suggests the regular Galaxy […]
Samsung’s Exynos chipsets are mainly used in Galaxy devices, but vendors like Motorola and Meizu have used them in a few of their devices in the past. Now, Vivo is doing the same by powering its upper-midrange Vivo X30 with the Exynos 980 SoC, making it the first smartphone (not just the first non-Galaxy smartphone) […]
When we previewed the Galaxy A70s, we pointed out how the device doesn't come with the latest version of Samsung's software on-board, despite having launched after the Galaxy A50s, a lower-end phone with a lower price tag. The Galaxy A70s runs One UI 1.1 out of the box instead of version 1.5 like the Galaxy […]
The November security update is rolling out for another flagship Galaxy device. The Galaxy Tab S6 is receiving an update in Korea that bundles the latest security patch and comes with software version T860XXS1ASK2. It’s just a security update with no new features and is available for the Wi-Fi variant at this time. The LTE […]
The front-facing 3D depth camera on the Galaxy S10 5G may finally be put to use for 3D face unlocking. Unlike the Galaxy S10+, the Galaxy S10 5G's second front-facing camera is not a regular depth camera – it is a ToF (time-of-flight) sensor. A ToF camera emits an infrared light signal and measures the […]
The Galaxy Fold has slowly been making its way to more and more markets in recent weeks, and today, the foldable device was launched in China. The Fold is priced at 15,999 Chinese Yuan, which translates to around $2290, in the country and comes in black and silver. As has been the case in other […]