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Australian retailer Dick Smith selling Galaxy XCover 2 for $299
Looking for a rugged Android smartphone that doesn't cut a big hole in your pockets? Then you might want to head to Dick Smith's website to grab hold of the Samsung Galaxy XCover 2, which the retailer is currently selling at a low price of $299. The Xcover 2 is IP67-certified, which gives it the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Note 8.0, Tab 3, and Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition buyers to get 50GB Dropbox and other goodies
If you've been thinking of buying the Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition, or a 7-inch, 8-inch, or 10-inch Galaxy Tab 3 but can't make the final decision, then Samsung has a few perks that might help you along the path to owning one of those devices – every new purchase of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung faces sales ban
Well, it looks like Samsung isn't having the best time in its legal spat with Apple in the U.S. – the U.S. International Trade Commission has banned some of Samsung's previous phones in the country in a ruling yesterday, after deciding they infringed on two of Apple's patents, one regarding touchscreen technology and one dealing with […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
ATIV Book 9 Plus arrives this month in USA, ATIV Tab 3 on Sep 1
We reported last night about Samsung bringing its high-end ultrabook to America this month and now Samsung has confirmed the availability for the American market. The ATIV Book 9 Plus will be on pre-sale from August 18 for $1,399.99 and the stylish looking notebook brings a 13.3-inch touchscreen display supporting a QHD+ resolution (3200×1800 pixels) […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung’s smartphone success in U.S. helps them sell… refrigerators?
It's no secret that after Apple, it's Samsung that sells the highest amount of smartphones in the U.S.. Well, people must be really impressed by Samsung's marketing for smartphones, as according to a report by Wall Street Journal, the company's reputation as a heavyweight in the smartphone market has helped them increase sales of refrigerators as […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung buys German OLED company Novaled AG
Over a week after rumors indicated that Samsung may be interested in buying German-based OLED company Novaled, the Korean manufacturer has officially confirmed that it will be acquiring a 90 percent stake in Novaled for 311 billion won ($279.42 million), through its affiliate Cheil Industries Inc. (an electronic material, chemical and textile unit of the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung starts August Updates for Galaxy S4 in Germany
Samsung just started with the first August updates for the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505. The update is currently only available in Germany under productcode number DBT. At this moment the Samsung servers are maximum loaded which means Galaxy S4 owners in Germany might have to wait a couple of hours to get the update again. You […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Apple seeks to ban Samsung phones after dodging iPhone ban
After dodging a ban on its iPhone and iPad thanks to a veto by the U.S. government, Apple is looking to turn the tables and go after Samsung now, to get a few of the company's devices banned from import into the country, devices that have been found to violate some of Apple's patents. Meanwhile, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung Wallet launched on the Google Play Store
Samsung introduced Samsung Wallet in February this year, an app that was available through Samsung Apps on the Galaxy S3, S4, Note and Note II but is now downloadable from the Google Play Store. The app is free as always, but seems to be limited to U.S. customers at the moment, and also doesn't support […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung explains Exynos 5420 and its capabilities in greater detail
Only a few months after the first octa-core Exynos launched in the market via the Galaxy S4, Samsung unleashed the new and improved Exynos 5420 chipset, which offers up to 20 percent more CPU power and almost twice the graphical power of its predecessor, and today Samsung has put the spotlight on their new chip […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung shows off merit of removable batteries in awesome marketing move
There is one debate in the smartphone world that often wages between consumers (at least those on online websites and forums): are removable batteries on smartphones a great feature, or are they given more importance than they deserve? Samsung has been consistently putting in removable batteries in their phones while other manufacturers have gone the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
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[Concept] Here’s what the Samsung ‘Gear’ smartwatch could look like
The rumor mills have had no dearth of news related to the upcoming smartwatch – expected to be named Galaxy Gear – by Samsung since the last few months, but it was only over the course of the last few days that we got a look at what could be the final design of the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Grand DUOS (GT-I9082) receiving Android 4.2.2 update
Well, the saga of the mid-range devices receiving an official taste of Android 4.2 before the high-end ones continues: Samsung has released the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Grand DUOS in Russia. This comes after Samsung updated the Galaxy S II Plus, Galaxy Note 8.0, and the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 to […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung gains on Apple in U.S. smartphone market share
According to the latest data from comScore, which regularly surveys over 30,000 mobile subscribers in the U.S., Samsung was able to increase its market share in the country from 21.7 to 23.7 percent in the last quarter, at the expense of negative growth of basically every other manufacturer that makes Android phones. Apple still leads with […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung India adds Brown and Red colours for Galaxy Grand Duos
Samsung has listed Luxury Brown and Wine Red colours for its Galaxy Grand Duos. The colours are available right now on Samsung India's online store and are bundling two flip covers along with the device. The introduction of these two colours brings the total number of colour options for the Galaxy Grand Duos to four […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Deutsche Telekom: Galaxy S III will get Android 4.3
German carrier Deutsche Telekom via its official forum has confirmed that its Galaxy S III variant will get Android 4.3. The confirmation is interesting because there's a strong rumour of Samsung skipping Android 4.2.2 for Android 4.3 for the Galaxy S III and though the carrier talks about the variant they sell, we can assume […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Galaxy NX’s kernel source code now available for download
Samsung has just made Galaxy NX's kernel source code available on its Open Source Release Center, even though the device has not yet gone on sale. Samsung has always complied with the GPL, it has an amazing record of releasing kernel source code of new devices on time, even before making the device itself available […]
- By Faryaab S.
- 11 years ago
Samsung reportedly supplying next generation iPad displays to Apple
With the intense legal battle that has been waging between Apple and Samsung since 2011, it's no secret that Apple has tried to reduce its dependence on Samsung for components for the iPhone and iPad. However, according to an NPD DisplaySearch report, Samsung has supplied the highest amount of displays to the Cupertino company in the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung Developers Conference registration opens on August 16
With phones, tablets, a smartwatch, and even a new OS coming out from Samsung in the next few months, the company has naturally planned to court developers towards, well, developing for the aforementioned products. The Samsung Developers Conference has been set for October 27 in San Francisco, USA, and now Samsung has announced that registrations […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus with 3,200 x 1,800 screen launching on August 20 for $1,399
With Apple launching a MacBook Pro Retina and Google launching a similar high-resolution Chromebook Pixel, Samsung jumped in on the trend with the ATIV Book 9 Plus and one upped the MacBook and Chromebook by putting in a 3,200 x 1,800 13.3-inch screen, but up until now we've had no clue to when we'll actually be […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
