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Samsung unveils Galaxy S III mini Crystal Edition
Galaxy S III mini maybe a year-old phone but that doesn't stop Samsung to launch the device again with improved aesthetics. They've announced the Galaxy S III mini Crystal Edition in Germany that is laden with 166 Swarovski crystal elements and a design attractive enough to woo the fashion-conscious ladies. As far as the phone […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung maintains lead in worldwide mobile market despite stagnant share
Android is continuing to take over the mobile market as the months go by, with the latest figures putting its market share at nearly percent. While Samsung still holds the lion's share of the Android market, according to the latest data released by Gartner for worldwide smartphone sales, Samsung lead over total smartphone sales remained […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung and Apple take all the profits, leave nothing but scraps for other manufacturers
The mobile industry has been a two-horse race for quite some time now, with Android and iOS being the most popular operating systems, and Samsung and Apple have similarly been the two major manufacturers that dwarf all others in the market. Well, the dominance of the two carries over to mobile industry profits as well, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung smartphone with wraparound display coming next year, patent shows usage scenarios
The Galaxy Round's curved display does offer a few benefits, but they're mostly just related to passive usage, i.e. looking at and viewing content on the screen. However, the first “flexible” display-toting smartphone Samsung showed us way back in January this year did have practical use, such as showing the time and date on the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Second generation Galaxy Camera (EK-GC200) coming soon?
Was the Galaxy Camera, Samsung's first Android-based camera, a success? Did it sell well enough to justify or recoup the costs of developing the device? These are some of the questions we'll probably never get an answer to, and while we personally believe it was a failed experiment, Samsung doesn't run its business based on […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
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[Infographic] Samsung takes a look at its achievements in 2013 and decade-long history of wearable devices
Well, 2013 is still a couple of months away from making way for 2014, but Samsung feels it's time to look back on what it has achieved in this rather eventful year for mobile technology. Launching the Galaxy S4, Note 3, and the Galaxy Gear, achieving millions of sales for its devices (enough units of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung issues yet another statement to clarify its regional lock policy
Right when we had almost pushed Samsung's regional lock policy – which debuted on the Galaxy Note 3 – out of our minds, we're getting a nice little refresher that will keep it haunting us for some time to come. Yes, Samsung isn't backing down and throwing the whole practice of regional locking down the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Apple asks for additional $380 million in damages, Samsung willing to pay only $52 million
Apple and Samsung are at it again. Sparks are flying from both directions in a retrial that will decide how much damages Samsung will pay to the Cupertino company, over the $600 million that was earlier supposed to be awared to Apple. Apple is now demanding an additional $380 million in damages from Samsung, but […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung to ship 50 percent of smartphones in Africa this year, aims to double sales in 2014
Africa is proving to be quite the stronghold for Samsung, as the company has announced that it has shipped more than 50 percent of all the smartphones sold in the continent this year. “Samsung this year will ship 50 percent of all the smartphones in Africa,” Thabiet Allie, head of content and services for Samsung Electronics […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T Galaxy S4 receiving Android 4.3 update
Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular variants of the Galaxy S4 are being joined by the AT&T variant of Samsung's flagship today in the list of S4s that have been updated to Android 4.3. The update's now available over-the-air, at a gigantic size of 719MB, and as expected, brings features such as Galaxy Gear support, KNOX […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S III causing major issues, might have been put on hold
Well, it looks like Samsung may have skipped properly testing the Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S III in a bid to get it out there as soon as possible. The update, which started rolling out to unlocked international variants of the S III today and to Vodafone-branded handsets a few days ago, is […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung honoured with 24 CES 2014 Innovations Awards
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), show organisers of CES technology tradeshow award consumer electronic products every year on the basis of their quality, design and engineering. This year, CEA has announced the Innovation Awards list for the upcoming CES and Samsung has been honoured with 24 CES 2014 Innovation Awards, taking their total to 258 awards […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
South Korean Galaxy S III (SHV-E210K) gets Android 4.3 update
Well, it certainly seems to be the day when the Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S III will begin heading out to users all across the world. The S III only recently started receiving the Android 4.3 update for the international unlocked variant in the UK, and now the update is rolling out to […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung launches Galaxy Core Plus in Taiwan
When a smartphone's successor comes along with a “Plus” in its name, it stands to reason that it will have upgraded internals at least in some aspects. Well, that's a tradition Samsung has gone against with the Galaxy Core Plus, a successor to the Galaxy Core that has been silently launched in Taiwan and comes […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung to outsource production of low-end devices, focus its own manufacturing plants on premium models
Samsung has all the resources it needs to build its own smartphones, and also build components for other manufacturers (like the processor for Apple's iPhone). However, according to the Korean media and an unnamed industry insider, Samsung is looking to outsource some of the manufacturing work to other companies, especially for its low-end and mid-range […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung launches KNOX partner program
Samsung has been pushing its KNOX security suite pretty strongly since it was introduced back in early 2013, and now the company has announced that it has launched a program that will allow resellers, carriers and others to partner with Samsung to bring KNOX to more and more customers, giving them the option to customize […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Android 4.3 update arrives on the Galaxy S III in the UK
Update: Looks like the update is causing a few issues, so it would be a good idea to read this and refrain from updating for the time being. It's been a painfully long wait for the Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S III owners, and while the update began rolling out for the S III […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T Galaxy Note 3 receiving minor OTA update
The AT&T variant of the Galaxy Note 3 is receiving a minor over-the-air update today according to users, following an update for the Verizon variant a few days back. According to preliminary reports, the device's responsive has improved, the Samsung keyboard's background has been changed from white to dark blue, and there's also a fix […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Android 4.4 KitKat update for Nexus 10 to start rolling out today
Android 4.4 KitKat was unveiled almost two weeks ago, but the actual update hasn't started rolling out for any Nexus device yet (let alone any non-Nexus device). But that will be changing in a few hours today, as Google has announced that the Android 4.4 update will begin streaming down to the Nexus 10. There's […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
NTT DoCoMo pressuring Samsung to release first Tizen phone in January 2014
Samsung might be looking towards making Tizen a force to reckon with in the mobile industry (and also the automobile and other sectors), but constant delays mean we're yet to see a smartphone running on the company's upcoming OS. We have a camera based on Tizen, but as far as mobile devices are concerned, the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
