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Samsung Wireless media device combines a battery, 1.5TB hard drive, and Wi-Fi hotspot
A standard 1.5 terabyte portable hard drive? Check. A battery that can charge your mobile device. Check that, too. A Wi-Fi-enabled media hub that you can connect any smartphone or tablet? Well, yeah, mark that down as well. That's the three main features Samsung is touting with its “Samsung Wireless” device, a $179 drive that […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Note 8.0 getting KitKat update in South Korea and Poland
The Galaxy Note 8.0 is taking a giant leap forward today in terms of the software – Samsung has started pushing out the KitKat update to the 8-inch Note in its home country. The update should be available over the air and via Kies at the moment, and will bump up the firmware version of the device […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung SM-G906K (Galaxy S5 Prime) appears on Korean website
A Galaxy S5 with a QHD (2560×1440) display – tentatively called Galaxy S5 Prime – seems to be getting closer and closer to becoming official, as after a recent appearance in Hong Kong, it has (temporarily) reared its face on a Korean website. An SM-G906K (the Korean variant of the phone) was spotted at the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
SamMobile firmware page having server issues, details here
If you've tried to download a firmware from our firmware section in the last few days, you've probably noticed slow download speeds on both free and premium accounts. We're currently having some issues with our main firmware hosting server and are hence working to rebuild it – as a result, we've offloaded files to a […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T to possibly get new Galaxy Note device, Galaxy S5 Active headed to Sprint?
Samsung seems to be working on more than just new Galaxy S5 variants, if a tweet by @evleaks is to be believed. According to the notorious leakster, a new device with model number SM-N910 is headed to AT&T in the U.S. – there's no device name mentioned, but judging by the model number, it seems […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S5 update brings faster camera and improved fingerprint scanning
Samsung is currently rolling out the first software update for the month to the international variant of the Galaxy S5, starting in the UK. We took our Galaxy S5 for a spin after installing the update and found two very useful improvements. First, the camera is now noticeably faster to open, and so is the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Details leak on Samsung’s 13.3-inch tablet, codenamed ‘Warhol’
Last year, there were quite a few rumors of Samsung working on a 13.3-inch tablet, one that the company hopes would bridge the gap between tablets and laptops. Today, a leak by the folks over at GSMArena is offering some details on what will be the largest tablet from the Korean manufacturer. The 13.3-inch slate […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee suffers heart attack, now stable
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, the man who helped in making Samsung the technology giant it is today, suffered an acute myocardial infarction, commonly called a heart attack, late Saturday, but is now reported to be stable. The 72-year-old business tycoon had trouble breathing and was sent to an emergency hospital room near his home – he showed symptoms […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
SamMobile Recap: Galaxy S5 Prime news, 10 million Galaxy S5’s shipped, Samsung’s AMOLED tablet pictured
There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in last Friday, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. It was a day full of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung to launch Tizen phones in India and Russia soon, possibly four of them
It looks like Samsung could finally be on the verge of actually launching phones running on its in-house mobile OS Tizen. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Korean manufacturer is targeting Russia and India, two of the so-called emerging smartphone markets, for the launch of the first Tizen handsets as soon as sometime in the next […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S5 Prime (SM-G906), Galaxy K (S5) mini display details leaked
Samsung is expected to launch both a higher and lower-end variant of the Galaxy S5 in the form of the Galaxy S5 Prime (a tentative name) and the Galaxy S5 mini. Today, info obtained by GSMArena is confirming details on the displays of the two phones, details that we had already revealed in a couple […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung ships 10 million Galaxy S5s in 25 days
Galaxy S5 just became the bestselling smartphone for the Korean giant. A report by South Korea’s Hankyung claims Galaxy S5’s sales to have surpassed a figure of 10 million units. This figure, just like the previous ones, highlights Samsung shipment to channels and not to consumers but is an impressive feat, nonetheless. The phone’s shipment […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Opinion: Samsung needs to update its multimillion selling devices for longer than 18 months
Google has a simple policy that all Android manufacturers follow: any Android device will get a software update for 18 months after its launch. That is usually enough to get every flagship device two major updates, something that has been true for all of Samsung's flagship phones since the original Galaxy S took the smartphone […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung SM-G870A visits FCC, could launch soon as Galaxy S5 Active
We've heard rumors of an Active variant of the Galaxy S5 being in the works with model number SM-G870, and now, a SM-G870A has been certified by the FCC, hinting at the device's imminent arrival. The SM-G870A is expected to be the AT&T variant of the Galaxy S5 Active – according to the FCC, the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung SM-G906S appears in Hong Kong with QHD display, Snapdragon 805, Android 4.4.3
The Samsung SM-G906S, which is expected to be one of the variants of the upcoming Galaxy S5 Prime, has decided to make yet another appearance in the wild. We saw it get mentioned in a Samsung document recently without any details attached, but now, the SM-G906S has appeared in a pricing database in Hong Kong along with […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
EXCLUSIVE: First photos of Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Samsung’s AMOLED tablet
We recently published exclusive info on Samsung's upcoming tablet with an AMOLED display, the Galaxy Tab S. The Galaxy Tab S will come in 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch variants and will be Samsung's return to OLED tablets after the Galaxy Tab 7.7 back in 2011, and today, we have the first live photos of the 10.5-inch […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Turn-by-turn navigation comes to Samsung’s Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo
Your Gear 2 just got a lot more useful, especially if you use navigation frequently in your day-to-day life. Symphony Teleca has released its TurnByTurn navigation app for Samsung's second-generation smartwatch, an app that was made available for the original Galaxy Gear earlier this year and was promised for the Gear 2. Using Nokia's HERE […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
SamMobile Recap: No KitKat for Galaxy S III, Apple trial to be fruitless
There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. Well, it was a […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung lawyer: Apple will go empty-handed in latest patent trial verdict
Samsung was found to infringe on two of Apple's patents in the latest court battle between the two smartphone giants, for which Samsung is supposed to pay $119.6 million in damages to the iPhone maker. However, Samsung's top attorney, John Quinn, believes that Apple will walk away empty-handed as Samsung intends to appeal the decision. He […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Refurbished original Galaxy Gear going for $99 on eBay
The Galaxy Gear has seen a lot of discounts come its way, but the latest one is the best one you could hope for. The original Samsung smartwatch is available in “manufacturer refurbished” form on eBay for only $99, in colors grey, black and rose gold. The deal is only applicable for today, and given […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
