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An upgraded Galaxy S4 Active with LTE-A connectivity has pretty much been confirmed to exist through various rumors and leaks, and now a leaked manual of the device further confirms its imminent arrival and also some of its specs. According to the manual, the S4 Active will sport the MS8974 CPU, aka the Snapdragon 800, […]
Samsung is reportedly working on a rugged water- and dust-proof variant of the Galaxy Note 3, according to ETNews, and is also considering making the Galaxy S5 rugged and tough out of the box, similar to Sony's Xperia Z and Xperia Z1. Samsung won't be downgrading the hardware on either device for the rugged variants, […]
At long last, the Wi-Fi-only variant of the Galaxy Note 8.0 is beginning to receive the Android 4.2.2 update, almost two months after the 3G and LTE variants were updated. The update was reportedly making its way sporadically to a few users over the last few weeks, but it seems the rollout has started gathering […]
Sprint has announced that it will be offering the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 to consumers starting October 11th, for $49.99 on a two-year contract either as a new connection or upgrade. The white color model will be made available at first, followed by the black version in “time for the holidays.” The $49.99 price tag […]
There has been a lot of chatter around flexible display in the past few days and it seems Samsung Display has started mass producing the said display panels. According to OLED-Info, Samsung is now mass producing its 5.7-inch flexible OLED panel that will be supplied to Samsung Electronics for the rumored Galaxy Round smartphone. Samsung's […]
The Galaxy Round, which is expected to be announced this week as the first smartphone with a flexible display, will have the same specs as the Galaxy Note 3, according to a report published by ETNews, and will be launched in Korea by SK Telecom just a few days after going official. According to Rbmen, […]
We recently got wind through an FCC certification that Samsung is developing Galaxy J (SC-02F) for the Japanese market. Now Japanese blog, RBMen has published images of the Galaxy J that will be a part of NTT Docomo's 2013-14 Winter-Spring lineup to be announced on October 10. The Galaxy J will be available in three […]
It's been less than two weeks since the Galaxy Note 3 went on sale, and Samsung has already started rolling out updates for both the Exynos and Snapdragon variants of the device for the month of October. A new OTA update is currently making its way to devices in countries like France and Russia, firmware […]
Most of you tinkerers and flashaholics are familiar with TriangleAway, an app by popular developer Chainfire that resets the flash counter that gets incremented every time you flash a Samsung device with a custom firmware or kernel, and now, it's time to meet RegionLock Away, Chainfire's latest creation that can disable the region lock that […]
Samsung showed off a new game pad at the IFA in September, as a followup to the Galaxy S4 Game Pad that was launched earlier this year, and now the second-generation game pad is one step closer to launch as it has passed Bluetooth certification. Carrying the model number El-GP20), it will likely be sold […]
That $299 price keeping you away from buying the Galaxy Gear? Well, if don't mind purchasing one from T-Mobile, you can now get the Gear at only $209.99 with the promo code “FALLFUN30″, for a 30 percent discount. The deal seems to be present only on T-Mobile's website, and since there's no mention of how long […]
With the achievement of launching the first true smart watch under its belt, Samsung could be turning its attention to another category of the wearable market – according to Eldar Murtazin, Samsung is working on head-mounted wearable glasses similar to Google's Glass, which will be marketed under the ‘Gear Glass' brand and launch sometime in […]
There's been talk recently of Samsung wanting to acquire a few stocks in Best Buy, in a bid to help the struggling retailer and also increase the exposure of its products across Best Buy stores. However, in a post on its blog, Samsung has officially denied it is looking to do any such thing, and […]
We have seen literally nothing substantial (like actually photos, etc.) about Samsung's upcoming flexible display smartphone, but it continues to be talked about in the media, specially since a Samsung officially reportedly confirmed its existence. We had heard that it would be announced this week, and now the Korean media is confirming that the device […]
Samsung launched the original Galaxy Note with a 5.3-inch screen in 2011, which went on to define what we call the phablet market today, thanks to its beautiful big screen and S Pen stylus. It was followed up by the Note II, which was a major improvement over its predecessor and sported a 5.5-inch screen. […]
Simultaneously with the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung announced its first real smart watch called the Galaxy Gear. JK Shin showed the watch during the presentation in Berlin, and our first impressions were quite positive. We have had some time with the Galaxy Gear since we received it last week, and it's now time to discuss […]
The megapixel battle amongst mobile phone manufacturers may have stagnated but the war to own the best camera in a smartphone is far from over. Samsung's Electro-Mechanics subsidiary confirmed the development of a new 13 megapixel camera sensor that promises better performance than the rest of the 13 megapixel lot. For instance, the sensor has […]
Samsung yesterday night released the first ads of its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The two ads published on YouTube show famous characters from movies and cartoons communicating on their smartwatches and finally moving onto to reveal the Galaxy Gear in the end. The ads emphasize on the futuristic value of the watch, which is now a […]
Perhaps “lied” is a strong word, but we were told in no uncertain terms that Samsung's “Galaxy Gear” smart watch would *only* work with the Galaxy Note 3. At least, until they pushed out compatibility to other higher end Galaxy smartphones. Contrary to this, however, XDA Developers member ‘clifford' discovered that he was able to […]
Remember the Galaxy Golden / Folder? Today we can confirm that Samsung will bring the GT-I9230 aka Galaxy Golden / Galaxy Folder to Asian countries like India. Some specifications of the device are: 3.7″ LCD display with a resolution of 480×800, 8 Megapixel back camera 1.9 megapixel front camera, Android 4.2, Samsung's own Touch-Wiz Nature UI, […]