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Samsung’s budget smartphone lineup is getting frustratingly crowded
The budget smartphone market has seen major competition in the last year or so. Large manufacturers like Samsung, HTC and LG have been unable to match the value offered by smartphones from Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi and Lenovo. Recently, new players like LeEco have further heated up the competition. Last year, Samsung decided it could sit […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Clearest picture yet of the Black Onyx Galaxy Note 7 leaked
We no longer need to make any guesses about what the Galaxy Note 7 is going to look like. Multiple high-quality renders have already been leaked online alongside several blurry live pictures of the upcoming flagship handset. The latest leak brings us the clearest picture yet of the Galaxy Note 7 in Black Onyx, we have […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) gets a software update in India with July 1 security patch
Samsung is pushing out a software update to the Galaxy J7 (2016), the highest-end model in the company's budget Galaxy J lineup, in India. It's a sizeable update with an over-the-air download of 254 MB (and build number J710FXXU1APG5), but Samsung doesn't mention any specific changes or improvements. The update does bring the security patch […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Market watchers suggest that the Galaxy Note 7’s iris scanner could fail to satisfy consumers
Over the course of the past few weeks, we've heard an awful lot about Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, and its integrated iris scanner. The speculation first kicked off when a couple of screenshots taken on the device were leaked online with the option to “Use Iris” as a method of unlocking […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung fixes Galaxy S7 Active’s waterproofing issue
A couple of weeks ago we reported on tests conducted by Consumer Reports on the Galaxy S7 Active's waterproofing claims. Samsung says that the Galaxy S7 Active can survive in up to five feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Two Galaxy S7 Active units went through a similar test and both of them […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung finally starts distributing Marshmallow OTA for the Galaxy Note 4 in Australia
Two months after it started rolling out the long-awaited Marshmallow update for unlocked variants of the Galaxy Note 4 in Europe, Samsung has today started distributing an identical upgrade for unbranded models of the handset in Australia. This release marks one of the last continents to receive the firmware, so it should now be live on […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung patents ‘artificial muscle’ for flexible smartphones
Samsung has been awarded countless patents that detail its technological inventions concerning flexible and foldable smartphones. We spotted some more Samsung patents a couple of weeks ago that detailed both foldable smartphones and tablets. Samsung has now filed for two patents in the United States, the patents are for flexible smartphones that can bend using ‘artificial […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Wallpaper Wednesday: Water
Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on nine great water-based backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung may launch the Gear S3 and Galaxy Tab S3 at IFA 2016
Samsung traditionally releases new devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin every year and in 2016 the company is expected to unveil a new tablet and smartwatch. Samsung has previously unveiled new Galaxy Note flagships at IFA but given that the new phablet is being unveiled in New York on August 2, it means […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Leaked video shows the Galaxy Note 7 in action
By now you have already seen several leaked renders of the Galaxy Note 7, including the absolutely gorgeous one in Blue Coral that we reported on earlier today, but now you can get your first glimpse of the Galaxy Note 7 in action. A leaked video has been posted online which shows the Galaxy Note […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Blue Coral Galaxy Note 7 looks fantastic in new leaked render
Leaked renders have already shown us the colors in which Samsung is going to offer the Galaxy Note 7. The new Blue Coral color is a nice addition as its very understated yet eye-catching as well as a great alternative to the conventional silver and black color options. A new render has been leaked online […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung rolls out July SMR for the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+
Samsung has already started pushing out the July 1 version of this month's Security Maintenance Release to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy S7 located in Europe, and now it's in the midst of distributing an identical update for all unbranded models of the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+ in the […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Canada’s first VR popup cinema uses the Gear VR
Samsung's Gear VR headset has been installed in the first Virtual Reality popup cinema to be erected in North America. More specifically, the VIVID VR Cinema was constructed in Toronto, Canada, where a total of three different films were being shown — The Visitor, where a young couple prepares for the woman’s greatest fear to […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Young drivers taught about the horrors of a car crash with the Gear VR
The Gear VR is capable of providing an immersive virtual reality experience which makes the user feel as if they have been transported to another time and place. This technology is being put to use in movies, concerts, sporting events and more but Leicestershire Fire and Rescue have come up with another novel way of using […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Not alone: the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, along with the LG G5, have a notification shade shortcut
LG has for years let users add a fourth soft button (along with the standard set of three navigation buttons) to bring down the notification shade. Huawei's P9 has that feature too. But you still can't do this one [sic] a myriad of phones, from the HTC 10 to Samsung Galaxy S7. So if you're on those […]
- By Deidre R.
- 8 years ago
Galaxy Tab S3 launch reportedly set for September 1
Samsung is yet to release a proper next-generation tablet this year. Back in April it quietly released an updated version of its high-end Galaxy Tab S2 which featured a new processor but everything else remained the same, including the name. A new report by well-known Russian technology journalist Eldar Murtazin claims that Samsung has set the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
T-Mobile to offer buy-one-get-one promotion for the Galaxy Note 7
Samsung confirmed about a week ago that it's going to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 at an event in New York City on August 2. There have been rumors that perhaps the Galaxy Note 7 is going to be released on the same day in select markets. While that's yet to be confirmed, it appears that T-Mobile […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Pay Rewards program reportedly launching soon
Samsung rolled out support for membership and loyalty cards to Samsung Pay two months ago and a new report suggests that the company is going to launch its own loyalty program for Samsung Pay users in the near future. It's tentatively called Samsung Pay Rewards and this loyalty program is expected to be launched in the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Carriers listing confirms 64GB base variant for the Galaxy Note 7
Internal storage on phones hasn't grown as quickly as one would like. We have ultra-powerful SoCs, brilliant displays, amazing cameras and more on smartphones these days, but manufacturers have taken a long time getting around to offering even 32GB of internal storage on their flagships. Last year, Samsung took away expandable storage from its flagships and compensated for […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s standalone virtual reality headset might be called Odyssey
Samsung confirmed three months ago that it's working on a standalone virtual reality headset which is going to feature positional tracking, a technology found in high-end handsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This means that Samsung is developing a headset that's going to compete against the Vive and the Rift. This also means that […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
