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Samsung Pay could arrive on cheaper Galaxy handsets
Samsung's payment service is already live in South Korea where it's reported to be doing well, the company is already seeing a lot of interest among US consumers as it gears up to launch the service later this month. For now Samsung Pay only works with the company's expensive Galaxy handsets including but not limited to the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
The Galaxy Note 5 is still for power users
The Galaxy Note 5 is the best productivity device Samsung’s ever made, but the new phablet hasn’t arrived to market without its share of criticism. Of the criticisms out there that I can think of (the so-called stylus flaw, glass construction, lack of removable battery, no microSD card slot, removal of the IR blaster, etc.) […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Gear S2 3G model bypassing the UK and Europe, for now
Europeans who’ve been dying to get their hands on a Galaxy Note5 (which has yet to launch on the continent; only the Galaxy S6 edge+ is available) now have more bad news: the Gear S2 3G will not arrive in the UK or Europe next month. Bluetooth models could be available in Europe on October […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Samsung could release its own Turtle Glass displays soon
Samsung's display division has recently issued a registration for a brand new display entitled ‘Turtle Glass', which could be an alternative to Gorilla Glass. Following a long collaboration with Corning it seems the two companies will part ways for now, and Turtle Glass could have many applications in Samsung's TVs, watches and other products as […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
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[Poll results are in!] Would the Gear S2 Classic be better this way?
So once in awhile a gadget grabs your attention and you immediately know it will be a hit, the Gear S2 classic is one of those gadgets. Ever since we came to know about “Project Orbis” Samsung was sticking with a digital crown for the smartwatch. However when we saw the first real life pictures of […]
- By Martin R.
- 9 years ago
Angry Birds will be landing on Tizen soon
Tizen is a fairly nascent platform when compared against established rivals like Android and iOS, it goes without saying that apps are absolutely essential for any mobile platform to succeed in this highly competitive market. Samsung has been working hard with developers to get them to build more apps for Tizen, it's going to be […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Pay hits 500,000 registrants as US debut nears
It was only a week ago that we were reporting 25,000 sign-ups for Samsung Pay and now a new report from Business Korea tells us that Samsung Pay has passed 500,000 registrations in the United States. If the mobile payment service keeps this up it's expected to surpass one million subscribers in a month or […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Retailer may have revealed the Gear S2 release date for Europe
Earlier this month Samsung formally announced the Gear S2 smartwatch, the company has kept fans waiting for a long time for its round smartwatch and now that it has been revealed many of them just can't wait to get their hands on one. Samsung has already confirmed that it will release the Gear S2 in October […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung reportedly plans to cut jobs in China
Even after Samsung rubbished claims about reducing its workforce, the company can't seem to escape such reports. A new report from China claims that the South Korean consumer electronics giant is planning to cut jobs. According to local media, Samsung is apparently planning to cut 1,000 jobs in China, which would affect around 9 percent of the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung shows how to easily make the most out of the Galaxy Note 5 with the S Pen
Samsung has always improved the S Pen-related features with each new Galaxy Note release. Apart from adding the click-to-release mechanism to the S Pen, Samsung has also introduced some new ways to enhance and improve the stylus with the Galaxy Note 5. These new features include capturing long screenshots and adding custom app shortcuts to […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Could this be how Samsung’s upcoming foldable display smartphone will work?
A smartphone with a foldable display is the next interesting thing on Samsung's roadmap, and as we exclusively revealed earlier this year, the Korean company is currently working on Project Valley. Project Valley, according to our insiders, is a smartphone that has two displays and could even be foldable; we heard yesterday that Samsung's first foldable phone […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung won’t be manufacturing Nvidia’s Pascal GPU
Nvidia will launch the Pascal GPU next year as a successor of the Maxwell GPU with much better performance. Pascal features the latest HBM2 and 16-nm FinFET based designs so it's really quite a piece of work, but unfortunately Samsung isn't going to manufacture the Pascal GPU according to Business Korea. Instead, Nvidia has offered a […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Samsung smartphone shipments predicted to rise by 0.95% this year
It's no secret that Samsung is increasingly coming under pressure in all segments of the market and in some places it's struggling to hold on to the top position, the plethora of Chinese OEMs are eroding its market share in the low-end and mid-range segment while Apple isn't making things any easier in the high-end. Despite […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Galaxy Tab S2 will ‘elevate your downtime,’ says Samsung
Since last week Apple's new iPad Pro is hogging the spotlight, rightly so, it's the first 12-inch tablet that the company has ever made. Samsung has been making 12-inch tablets for quite some time now and it has released a new ad for the Galaxy Tab S2 to remind you of that, aside from proclaiming […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
10nm Samsung chipset based on ARM Ananke rumored for 2016
Rumor has it that Samsung is working on a new chipset that's based on ARM's “Ananke” cores and that the chipset is going to be ready for sampling next year, possibly around the same time Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S7 and even its highly anticipated foldable smartphone. ARM's “Ananke” cores were mentioned in […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy View launch nears as it nabs Bluetooth SIG certification
Even though all of the attention was on the Gear S2 during Samsung's press conference at IFA 2015 earlier this month the company did take some time out to tease an entirely new product it introduced as the Galaxy View. Samsung didn't provide many details about this device but from the looks of it this […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Gear S2 will be available from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and US Cellular starting October 2
Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch was formally unveiled at IFA 2015 and now many consumers across the globe are waiting for this wearable device to be released. Many of Samsung's retail partners have started taking pre-orders for the device but the company is yet to confirm the release date in many markets. As far as the United […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung launches Socializer Messenger app based on Telegram for Android
After the company's ChatON instant messaging app failed to gain enough traction, Samsung is taking another chance by entering the messenger app war. The technology giant has announced that it is “taking mobile communications to the next level” with its new messaging app dubbed Socializer Messenger. An interesting aspect about the Social Messenger app is that it […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s new commercial focuses on themes, user customization
We loved the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, and on the software front, one of our favorite features was the support for themes. Samsung took a long time to implement themes into its TouchWiz UX, but the company did a stellar job in the end. The Theme Store offers some great themes that allow […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Galaxy A8 Review (SM-A8000): An awesome mid-range smartphone with a hefty price tag!
Samsung was losing ground in the mid-range section of the smartphone market and the A series was a much needed lineup for the company. Samsung made a step in the right direction with the Galaxy A series, which offered mid-range smartphones with premium build quality and design. The Galaxy A8 isn’t an exception and it […]
- By Martin R.
- 9 years ago
