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Samsung Galaxy S4 price drops to INR 17,999 on Amazon India

Samsung Galaxy S4 price drops to INR 17,999 on Amazon India

The Galaxy S4 is almost two years old at this point, but Indian consumers might just find good reason to purchase the device as Amazon India is currently selling it for just INR 17,999 ($290). Both the white version and the Black Edition are included in the offer – those who need a refresher, the […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Samsung gained substantial ground in the global LCD TV market last year

Samsung gained substantial ground in the global LCD TV market last year

Research firm Witsview has published a new report which shows that Samsung had a good year in 2014 as far as its position in the global LCD TV market is concerned. The company accounted for 22.8 percent of all LCD TV shipments across the world, registering an year-over-year increase of 14.5 percent. Its native rival […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Samsung overtakes Apple in popularity

Samsung overtakes Apple in popularity

Samsung may be under pressure from Apple when it comes to smartphone sales but the company has overtaken its rival in popularity among American consumers, this according to a report by Harris Poll. Samsung has been gaining ground since the past four years and for the first time ever it has overtaken Apple to clinch […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Nepal, Sri Lanka And Indonesia might be next in line for the Samsung Z1

Nepal, Sri Lanka And Indonesia might be next in line for the Samsung Z1

Samsung released its first Tizen-powered smartphone, the Z1, in India. The smartphone is reported to have done well in the country. Samsung's second market for this smartphone was Bangladesh where once again we saw a good start by the Z1 given that it offers people a completely new platform that hasn't been around for long. […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Samsung claims its Exynos 7420 is 30-35% more power efficient compared to 20nm SoCs

Samsung claims its Exynos 7420 is 30-35% more power efficient compared to 20nm SoCs

It's no secret that the upcoming Exynos 7420 is a powerhouse. Preliminary and leaked benchmark scores of the SoC have pointed at an SoC that's pretty much unparalleled in terms of performance, save for the top-of-the-line Qualcomm — the Snapdragon 810 — up to an extent. The octa-core CPU that the SoC houses, along with […]

  • By Yash G.
  • 10 years ago
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Active is coming to India, but it won’t be cheap

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Active is coming to India, but it won’t be cheap

Today at the annual and ongoing Samsung Forum event in Thailand, Samsung announced that the company would be bringing its enterprise tablet offering, the Galaxy Tab Active, to the Indian market. There was no timeline provided; all the company had to offer in that regard was ‘soon'. Besides that, Samsung also revealed that the slate […]

  • By Yash G.
  • 10 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S6 to feature a 2,600mAh battery?

Samsung Galaxy S6 to feature a 2,600mAh battery?

The Galaxy S6 is set to be a major upgrade over the Galaxy S5 in many aspects, but if the latest report out of the Korean media is to be believed, the S6 might bring a step back in the battery capacity. According to ITCLE, the Galaxy S6 will feature a 2,600mAh battery, 200mAh less […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
Exclusive: The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 will be thinner than the Apple iPad Air 2

Exclusive: The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 will be thinner than the Apple iPad Air 2

Now that we largely know what to expect from the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, it's time for some new information about Samsung's upcoming high-end tablet. We have been able to eek out some new information from our insiders about the successor to the Galaxy Tab S, and according to them, the Galaxy […]

  • By Danny Dorresteijn
  • 10 years ago
Samsung SUHD TVs coming to the Philippines in April, prices confirmed

Samsung SUHD TVs coming to the Philippines in April, prices confirmed

At the International Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in January Samsung showed off its latest television lineup powered by the company's new SUHD technology. These televisions tout Samsung's proprietary display technology, a unique re-mastering engine as well as the world's first Smart TV dashboard that's based on the Tizen OS. At the Samsung Forum 2015 in Bangkok, […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India, priced at INR 17,286

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India, priced at INR 17,286

Remember when we told you that Samsung might launch the Galaxy Grand 3 in India? Well, it turns out that the device in the teased image was actually the Galaxy Grand Max. Today, Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Grand Max in India, and it is already available for purchase for INR 17,286 through, exclusively through […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
NBA films All-Stars Game in virtual reality for Samsung Gear VR

NBA films All-Stars Game in virtual reality for Samsung Gear VR

The NBA's All-Star Game was held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, yesterday and thousands were in attendance. Those who like to get real close to the action paid as much as $9,000 for courtside seats, but if you didn't have that kind of dough lying around for a courtside experience, fret not as […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Spreadtrum announces support for Tizen OS

Spreadtrum announces support for Tizen OS

Spreadtrum has officially announced support for the Tizen operating system. Spreadtrum is a fabless semiconductor company from China that has now announced successful completion of the integration of Tizen OS with its WCDMA chipsets. The Z1 from Samsung is the first Tizen powered smartphone that features the SC7727S WCDMA chipset from Spreadtrum. The company makes mobile […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 10 years ago
Samsung announces that it started mass producing industry’s first 14nm FinFET processors for mobile devices

Samsung announces that it started mass producing industry’s first 14nm FinFET processors for mobile devices

Samsung has announced that it has started mass producing the industry’s first 14nm FinFET application processors for mobile devices. Samsung claims that this technology, which will be used in the upcoming Exynos 7 Octa processor, provides highest levels of efficiency, performance and productivity. When compared to Samsung’s 20 fabrication process, the new 14nm FinFET process […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
Samsung Z1 sales higher than expected, over 100,000 units sold in India

Samsung Z1 sales higher than expected, over 100,000 units sold in India

Samsung's first Tizen-based smartphone, the Z1, was released in India last month and in Bangladesh earlier this month. According to a new report from Business Korea, Samsung is experiencing higher than expected sales of the Z1 in these countries. Since its release in India, the Z1 has been purchased by over 100,000 consumers, while more […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
SamMobile 4.0: The Journey Continues

SamMobile 4.0: The Journey Continues

From humble beginnings as a portal for firmware for Samsung smartphones and tablets to a popular source of exclusive news, inside info and other important scoops about all things Samsung, SamMobile has come a long way. We have managed to grow to a point that we wouldn't have dreamed of a couple of years ago, […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Samsung to bet on its homebrew SoCs by reducing dependency on Qualcomm’s chipsets

Samsung to bet on its homebrew SoCs by reducing dependency on Qualcomm’s chipsets

Samsung and Qualcomm share a unique, long standing relationship. However, the former seems to have changed its mind about being dependent on the latter for its chipset supply. For a good few years now, Samsung has been shipping phones (including its top-tier models) with Qualcomm's Snapdragon series of chipsets. It turns out that the Korean fabricator […]

  • By Yash G.
  • 10 years ago
Samsung ordered to pay another $15 million for patent infringement

Samsung ordered to pay another $15 million for patent infringement

Samsung might be spending a lot of resources on getting its patents right, but apparently the scheme isn't working as well as the company would be hoping for. Earlier today, Samsung was ordered to pay US$15.7 million to patent investment company Rembrandt Wireless Technologies LP for — no points for guessing — patent infringement. “24,000 companies believe Bluetooth […]

  • By Yash G.
  • 10 years ago
Samsung Galaxy A7 now available in India for INR 30,499

Samsung Galaxy A7 now available in India for INR 30,499

When Samsung officially launched the Galaxy A and the Galaxy E series smartphones in India last month, the Galaxy A7 was mysteriously missing from the lineup, which got everything thinking whether it would be launched in India, especially since its price would make it compete with the company's own Galaxy S5. However, the Galaxy A7 […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
2-13-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 3 LTE, Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, and more

2-13-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 3 LTE, Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, 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 […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
[Updated] Samsung teases “TheNextGalaxy”, focuses on Galaxy S6′ camera

[Updated] Samsung teases “TheNextGalaxy”, focuses on Galaxy S6′ camera

Samsung has posted a new teaser video on Twitter about its Unpacked 2015 event which will happen during Mobile World Congress 2015 on March 1. The video talks about inspiration from a “Great vision” and “A unique view” for #TheNextGalaxy, which is nothing but Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6. The short 17 seconds long […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago