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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
Dual-mode LTE-enabled Galaxy S4 mini (GT-I9197) passes through FCC
It was only a few days back that Samsung announced the dual-mode LTE variant of the Galaxy S4 mini (and its bigger brother), and now the device has been found visiting the FCC to get its radios certified. The model number is listed as GT-I9197 and it is supposedly headed for Australian carrier Optus. Thanks […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung announces Galaxy Mega 6.3 in South Korea
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Mega 6.3 for South Korea. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 will be available from this month in its own country on SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ and will add some Korea specific features like ImageOn, DMB for live TV and support for DRM content that will be available from September. […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S4 Zoom Customer Consultant Guide explains every feature, download now!
With the gargantuan amount of features that Samsung has added to TouchWiz over the past couple of years, it can be pretty daunting for some people to figure out what most of they features do or how they work. On the camera-focused Galaxy S4 Zoom, the camera alone has so many features that it's hard […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Amazon selling Verizon Galaxy S4 for $119 on new contract, Autumn Brown version included
The Galaxy S4 is one of the best smartphones you can buy with your hard-earned money today, and if you're a Verizon subscriber looking to buy Samsung's flagship, then you'll want to make good use of Amazon's deal which will get you the S4 for just $119.99 on a new 2-year contract, and for $149.99 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung’s WatchON app update adds dark theme, trailer previews, and more
Samsung has pushed out a major update to its WatchON app, with the most major change being the switch to a darker theme for the whole app, which makes it look better than it did before (at least to me, if you prefer light themes you'll probably hate the dark theme). You can also watch […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Another purported Galaxy Note III photo leaks, shows off battery and two SIM slots
Benchmark scores. Alleged camera samples. Full frontal picture of a prototype. We've seen a lot of info related to the Galaxy Note III leak recently, including an all but confirmed September 4 unveiling date. Now, a photo of the back of what is allegedly the same Note III prototype has surfaced, showing off the battery […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy 070 YP-GI2 info and picture leaked
With Android phones and tablets spread over different price points, a dedicated media player running Android OS does not make much sense. But Samsung thinks differently and is evident with the recently leaked YP-GI2. The device has been certified by the usual standard certification agencies but according to the new info, the YP-GI2 will be […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung and AT&T will most likely swap water-damaged Galaxy S4 Active
What good a water resistant phone is if it's not covered under warranty for liquid damage? Such is the case of Galaxy S4 Active where Samsung and AT&T won't acknowledge the warranty if a user damages the device due to water. Phone Arena now reports and though it's unofficial at the moment, Samsung and AT&T […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung ATIV S 16GB now available for €209 from retailer Notebooksbilliger
Samsung's only Windows Phone 8 phone, the ATIV S, is now available for an awesome price of €209 (with free shipping) from German retailer Notebooksbilliger – if you can live with Windows Phone and its lack of apps compared to Android (and iOS), that's as great a deal as you can ever get for such a high-end […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung aims high, wants Tizen to power everything from mobile to cars to banks
While Samsung may be ruling the roost with its Android-based smartphones, the company isn't keeping its eggs in just one basket and has been working actively on Tizen, an open source operating system that Samsung teamed up with Intel to create. But it's not just mobile devices they're aiming for, according to co-CEO J.K. Shin, who […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung mass producing 3D vertical NAND flash chips
Samsung has announced that it will begin mass producing 3D “vertical NAND” (V-NAND) flash chips, to get around the current scaling limit for existing NAND flash technology: instead of using a traditional flat structure, Samsung is now stacking components on the chip vertically – up to 24 cell layers high – to enable higher density NAND flash […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung appealing ITC ruling on 3 patent claims against Apple
Samsung was dealt a huge blow when the U.S. government overturned a ban the company had managed to obtain over some of Apple's products over a patent claim, so it looks like they're going after the other 3 patents whose claims were rejected in the same ruling: the company has confirmed that it is appealing […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
BlackBerry Messenger for Android coming to Samsung Apps store in Africa
Samsung and BlackBerry joining hands isn't something we would expect normally (especially since the former is trying take over the latter's enterprise market), but that's exactly what the two companies have done: Samsung will offer BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android to owners of its Galaxy devices in Africa, through the Samsung Apps app store. BBM […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
