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Samsung Pay goes through additional tests this week
Samsung has already started live trials for Samsung Pay in South Korea and it appears that the company is putting finishing touches to its new payments service before it's launched in its home country and the United States. A new report points out that Samsung is going to start another round of beta tests for Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
08-03-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S4 LTE, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung will create $85 million fund to compensate cancer-stricken workers
Samsung Electronics has announced today that it will create a 100 billion won ($85.8 million) fund to compensate cancer-stricken workers and their families, the money will also be used to prevent such diseases at its chip and display manufacturing facilities. According to the company's statement this fund is going to make payments to workers or […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
‘Playin’ with the Big Boys’: Galaxy Note 5 criticisms shed light on the 2016 Flagship Killer
The Galaxy Note 5 unveil is set for August 13th in New York City, but the smartphone that will be the top flagship for 2015 has already faced its ocean of criticism from our readers and commenters on the World Wide Web. We continue to get leaks of images and photos showing off the soon-to-be-announced […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Sprint releases software update for the Galaxy Note 4 to fix Stagefright vulnerability
Sprint has just released a software update for the Galaxy Note 4, it's the only major carrier in the United States right now that has released an update to fix the Stagefright vulnerability that was discovered recently. The carrier's update brings a patch for this critical security vulnerability alongside device stability improvements, bug fixes and […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 will be available in South Korea starting August 11
The Galaxy Tab S2 was announced a couple of weeks ago, and as promised, the company will roll out the high-end tablet in its homeland next week. The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 will be available in South Korea starting August 11 for KRW 599,000 ($513) and KRW 719,000 ($617) […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy A8 launched in India, priced at INR 32,500
After officially unveiling its thinnest smartphone till date last month, and pushing it to the retail shelves in its homeland, Samsung has launched the Galaxy A8 in India today. The near bezel-free, metal-clad smartphone from the smartphone giant is priced at INR 32,500 in the country, and will be available in three colours; black, gold, […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom won’t be getting Lollipop in the UK
According to Samsung Mobile UK the Galaxy K Zoom will not be upgraded to the latest iteration of Android OS. Released last year the handset is still running on KitKat. The reason why the Galaxy K Zoom won't be getting Android Lollipop is unknown right now, but it could be that the hardware is outdated […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Egypt gets first Tizen smartphone early next year
Tizen OS is already powering various Samsung products but so far the company has not been aggressively pushing it in the mobile arena, it has only released a couple of handsets and that too in very few markets. It's expected that the upcoming Samsung Z3 is going to make it to Europe and North America […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Major retailers and carriers in Russia have stopped buying Samsung handsets
Two of the largest mobile retailers in Russia and as many wireless carriers have stopped buying Samsung smartphone because of growing concerns about defective units and disagreements over repair guarantees, these carriers and retailers operate over 11,000 stores combined in the country so their decision to not buy Samsung's products is certainly going to eat […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Twelve new themes were released by Samsung in the Theme Store last week
We were busy covering the Tizen Developer Summit 2015 that was being conducted in Bengaluru, India, so we missed out on publishing our regular ‘Themes Thursday‘ story on time. Samsung released twelve new themes in the Theme Store last week, and seven of them are paid. Samsung has still not started publishing paid themes in the European […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung & LG increase production of flexible OLED displays
A new report from The Korea Herald says that LG and Samsung are pumping up their flexible OLED displays after the LCD earnings declined. Samsung claims that OLED technology is the only one that they expect a growth in next year but they have much bigger plans for this type of display. LCD panels brought […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge prices adjusted to €599.00 and €699.00
If you were struggling to purchase a Galaxy S6 or a Galaxy S6 Edge then you should know that Samsung has lowered the price to both devices by €100. This puts the Galaxy S6 32GB at €599.00 and the Galaxy S6 Edge 32GB at €699.00. The new prices are already listed in Samsung's online shop […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Galaxy Note 3 Neo confirmed to receive Lollipop in the UK
A new tweet from Samsung UK confirms that after a long wait, Galaxy Note 3 Neo customers will finally receive Android Lollipop on their devices. Aside from confirmation we don't have an official date yet but it's great to see Samsung still focusing on older devices too. It's worth mentioning that the Galaxy Note 3 […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
The Gear A’s rotating ring bezel will enable very limited gaming on the smartwatch
At the Tizen Developer Summit 2015 in Bengaluru, India, Samsung talked a lot about its upcoming round smartwatch. It didn't actually reveal the watch itself, but it did repeat numerous times that the Orbis/Gear A will feature a rotating bezel ring that will allow users to use the watch without covering up the entire screen. Well, an […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920) tech specs and S6 edge + leaked
We have a new leak on the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 from @evleaks. According to the serial leakster Evan Blass, the device will pack a 5.66-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels and an octa-core Exynos 7420 processor (four cores are clocked at 2.1GHz whereas the other four cores at 1.5GHz). Other tech specs included are: […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Amazon India announces it will sell refurbished Samsung smartphones
Big news from Amazon India as the e-commerce company is going to start selling refurbished devices starting with Samsung and Xiaomi smartphones. This is a big move especially in a region where cheaper devices sell better. If you're going to order a refurbished device off Amazon India then you'll get a minimum of 6 months […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Samsung working with MasterCard to bring Samsung Pay in Europe
Samsung Pay is starting to kick off but unfortunately this service is limited to a very short array of regions. This is why Samsung is now teaming up with MasterCard in hope of bringing this service to Europe. The service recently started as a trial in South Korea, and it's coming Stateside very soon. Right […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Chinese customers can now remove bloatware from their Samsung devices
Samsung has always been criticized with loading up too much bloatware on its devices which negatively affects performance and while the company has changed gears by allowing Galaxy S6 and S6 edge users to disable more pre-installed apps than before it's penchant for bloatware has made it the target of a lawsuit in China. A committee […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Galaxy S5 Neo spotted on Dutch retailer’s website
We reported a couple of months back that Samsung is developing another variant of last year's flagship smartphone which it will launch as the Galaxy S5 Neo, just a fortnight back the Galaxy S5 Neo (SM-G903F) visited Geekbench and provided us more information about its specifications. The handset has now surfaced on Dutch online retailer Belsimpel cementing […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
