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Galaxy Note 7 is the first commercial smartphone to support 4×4 MIMO
Samsung talked about the Galaxy Note 7's major features at its event but there are always some features that are only discovered later. One such discovery has now been made for the Galaxy Note 7 as well, it turns out that Samsung's new flagship is actually the first commercial handset to support 4×4 MIMO. Users […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
SamMobile Premium July giveaway winners
July is over, and we have selected the winners of the month’s SamMobile Premium giveaway! The prize for July was the Gear Fit 2, Samsung's latest fitness tracker. Who got lucky? Well, here are the winners for July 2016! Username: lowfire Country: Sweden Username: AcquirE Country: Germany Username: edge27 Country: Australia For this month (August), we will be giving the Gear Fit 2 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Galaxy S6 edge gets August security update, includes patch for ‘critical security vulnerability’
Samsung is pushing out an update to the Galaxy S6 edge to get the device on the security patches from the month of July. The changelog mentions a “patch for a critical security vulnerability”, although it's not clear if this for the recently discovered QuadRooter vulnerability. It probably isn't, as that exploit can only work when someone […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Powered by Gear VR, a British man is cycling across the UK in virtual reality
The magic of immersive virtual reality experiences is that they make you feel as if you're in a completely different place even if you can't find the motivation to get off the couch. Samsung's Gear VR headset is great for experiencing virtual reality and a British man is using it to do something truly unique. Aaron […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Gear Fit 2 fitness tracker already discounted by $30
It has been around two months since Samsung launched its new fitness tracking wearable device called the Gear Fit 2. It was released in a handful of countries initially including but not limited to the United States, Germany, France and Spain. One of Samsung's major retail partners has decided to cut the price of the Gear […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Galaxy Note 7 with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage may cost over $900
Prior to the Galaxy Note 7's official announcement it was rumored that the handset would feature 6GB of RAM. That's not the case as the handset comes with 4GB of RAM which is more than enough but for some fans more is never enough. We recently found out that Samsung could soon launch a variant of […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung is now leading the global enterprise SSD market
Following data reported by several analyst firms, Samsung today announced that it's now leading the global enterprise SSD market and is the number one supplier of enterprise solid state drives used in corporate data centers. IDC's latest report shows that Samsung rose to this position in the first quarter of this year and that it now […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
DisplayMate finds that the Galaxy Note 7′s display can go as high as 1048 nits of peak brightness
Samsung somehow manages to surprise us every six months by improving display quality on its smartphones even further just when we start to think that it can't get any better. Just six months ago, DisplayMate conducted an in-depth test on Galaxy S7 and S7 edge's displays and found them to be the best in the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Exclusive: Samsung Z2 specifications confirmed, will be available in these countries
Samsung is planning on launching its third Tizen-powered smartphone in the very near future. There have been a lot of rumors and reports about this handset but now we can exclusively confirm the full specifications of the Samsung Z2. It's still a low-end handset that has specs comparable to its predecessor so don't keep your fingers crossed for […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung rolls out July security patch for the Galaxy J5, Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy S3 Neo
Samsung has started distributing the July security update to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy J5, Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy S3 Neo located in Europe. The upgrade weighs in at 90MB and brings the security level to July 1 and not July 5 like the upgrade Vodafone pushed out for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
‘Explorer’ is likely the third variant of the Gear S3 smartwatch
We exclusively reported recently that the Gear S3 smartwatch has a rotary bezel like its predecessor and that it's going to be unveiled at IFA 2016 next month. Previous reports reveal that there will be a Frontier variant of the Gear S3 and today we told you that the new smartwatch will be available in […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung reportedly testing 10nm Exynos 8895 processor with 4GHz peak speed
Samsung has reportedly started testing its next-generation mobile processor and if reports are to be believed, it's an absolute beast. The Exynos 8895 is said to be built on the 10nm process with a 30 percent increase in performance compared to the Exynos 8890. Test batches of this processor are reportedly hitting staggering peak speeds […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Master Android app development with SamMobile Shop, take 95 percent off the course
Have you ever wanted to get in the business of making Android apps? If you have but lack the technical skills, there's a way to fix that. We have a course available on the SamMobile Shop which provides you with more than 60 hours of training to enable you to make Android apps, games and more. The […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
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[Poll Results!] Do you think Samsung made a mistake by removing the IR blaster from flagship devices?
Samsung took a lot of flak for removing the IR blaster from the Galaxy Note 5 and it wasn't surprising when we found out that the IR blaster was not going to be present on the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge as well. The infrared sensor had been present on all of Samsung's flagship […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Upcoming Gear S3 watch will come in a Classic variant like the Gear S2
It's no secret Samsung is preparing the launch of its next, round smartwatch, unsurprisingly called the Gear S3. Now, a trademark application confirms the device, like it predecessor, will come in a Classic variant as well. Last year, Samsung launched the much-praised Gear S2, which is sold in a regular as well as a classic version […]
- By Michel G.
- 8 years ago
Galaxy S7 Active owners are getting the short end of the stick
Multiple reports last month revealed that the Galaxy S7 Active's waterproofing claims did not hold up. Samsung initially said that it “stands behind” the waterproofing certification of the Galaxy S7 Active but later conceded that it had found an issue on a production line that exclusively manufactures this handset and that the issue had been […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung enlists the help of Danny Glover to showcase the Galaxy S7 edge’s impressive battery life
Samsung has taken to its YouTube channel to share a short commercial featuring Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover that's set to start airing on TV sometime over the course of the next couple of weeks. The 30-second clip has been designed to cleverly showcase the Galaxy S7 edge's impressive battery life. In the advert, Glover can be […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung now lets you choose an app as default or use it “just once”
One of the reasons we all love Android is because it lets us choose an app as default for particular actions or file types, just like desktop operating systems. Starting with the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, Samsung modified this behavior by automatically setting an app as default after the first selection. This […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Samsung will give you two tickets to see Suicide Squad if you buy one of its tablets
Samsung will happily give you two tickets to one of the most highly anticipated movies of this year if you just buy one of its tablets. The company is running a new promotion for a limited time in which it's promising two tickets to see Suicide Squad as long as an eligible Galaxy tablet is […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung details the contents of August security update
Samsung has taken to its official Security Blog to detail the contents of this month's security update. Just like every other upgrade, this release consists of a plethora of patches that Google has developed for the Android operating system, in addition to a handful of tweaks made by the South Korean company exclusively for Galaxy-branded devices. This latest update is […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
