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Samsung trademarks Samsung Micro, Samsung Go, and 5 more names
Well, Samsung is at it again: working on multiple new products that will be probably launched and forgotten by everyone. At least, that's what we can gather from the fact that Samsung has filed with the US patent office (USPTO) to trademark seven new names: Mobile Samsung 5G, Samsung Fit, Samsung Micro, Samsung Expo, Samsung Go, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung speaks out against allegations of benchmark-rigging
Less than a day after Samsung was said to be using tweaks to make the Galaxy S4 score higher in benchmarks (by increasing the clock speed of the GPU when a benchmark app is launched), the company has officially responded to the allegations, saying that they are not doing anything suspicious to make the device […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Water damage not covered in Galaxy S4 Active warranty
One of the biggest selling points of the Galaxy S4 Active, the ruggedized version of the Galaxy S4, is its ability to take pictures underwater, helped by its IP67 water-resistance certification. Samsung was keen to show off this ability in demos by actually showing the phone being used underwater, but it seems owners of the device would […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung announces dual-mode LTE Galaxy S4 and S4 mini variants
Samsung has today announced dual-mode LTE variants of the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini, adding two more Galaxy S4 variants to the laundry list of variants already in the market. The new devices support both the TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE standards, which will let users access LTE networks anywhere they are in the world, something that […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S III and Note II top consumer satisfaction list in the U.S.
The Samsung Galaxy S III and Note II are at the top of the list of phones with the highest level of customer satisfaction in the U.S., according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, beating Apple's iPhone 5. The Galaxy S III scored an 84 (between 0 and 100), the Note II was two points […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Stock Android and TouchWiz will co-exist on Galaxy S4 with MoDaCo Switch
Usually it's only possible to have either the stock manufacturer ROM running on a device or an AOSP (stock Android) one, but there are often times when someone loves something about each but has to decide which ROM to stick to. But that changed, at least on the HTC One, with MoDaCo switch, which lets […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Review: ZENS wireless charging products
Earlier this month, we have received several products regarding wireless charging from a company called ZENS. ZENS claims that their wireless charging products are even more efficient than the original Samsung products. Today we will give you a glimpse of our findings about their products we have received. We will walk you through every product […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
New Galaxy S4 mini variant for South Korea gets Bluetooth certification, exclusive to Korea Telecom
A new Galaxy S4 mini variant for South Korea has been found passing Bluetooth certification. Sporting model number SHV-E370K, it is supposedly exclusive to Korean carrier KT (Korea Telecom) and will come with support for the operator's LTE networks, as opposed to the SHV-E370D, which is the standard Galaxy S4 mini that isn't tied to […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Design patents reveal new smartphone design by Samsung
Ask anyone what's the worst thing about Samsung today, and they'll probably say it's their same old nature-inspired design that they are putting on every single phone that they launch. But that could soon change, as design patents unearthed reveal the company could be working on a new design for their phones. The images show […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung boosts Exynos Galaxy S4’s GPU clock speed to manipulate benchmark scores
Well, here's some surprising news. The folks over at AnandTech have discovered that the octa-core Exynos variant of the Galaxy S4 has a trick up its sleeves that lets it score higher in benchmarks – Samsung has put in a system that boosts the clock speed of the phone's GPU whenever a benchmark app like AnTuTu, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
HTC results might move Samsung away from using expensive build materials
Today HTC confirmed that the coming quarter might be very bad for the Taiwanese smartphone maker. HTC launched the HTC One early this year, a smartphone made out of aluminium. Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 a month after the One, and bloggers and hardcore smartphone customers began to blame Samsung for their build choice. HTC […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Snapdragon 800-powered Galaxy Note III (SM-N900L) appears on GFX Bench
Well, here's round two of the day for Galaxy Note III related news – the upcoming phablet has now appeared on benchmark site GFX benchmark, confirming some specs like a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with Adreno 330 GPU, 1920 x 1080 pixels display, and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (though the test version is running […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy NX camera priced in the UK, available now
The Galaxy NX (EK-GN120), Samsung's first professional-grade Android-based camera, has been priced in the UK at £1299.99 (around $1,990, or €1,500), with British retailer Jessops listing it as available for home delivery today, and Wex Photographic listing it for pre-order. An 18-55mm OIS (optical image stabilization) kit lens is included in that rather steep price. The Galaxy NX sports […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Report: Samsung working on “true octa-core” processor
Samsung's Exynos Octa isn't exactly a true eight-core processor, as only four cores can be active at any time depending on the workload, but a new report says that Samsung is working on a “true octa-core” processor with mass production scheduled for this year, in response to MediaTek, who recently unveiled an octa-core CPU of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S2 might not get Android 4.2 update, due to “adjustment problems with TouchWiz”
Early this year, a listing of the devices Samsung was planning to update to Android 4.2.2 (and 5.0) surfaced, and the presence of the Galaxy S II, which is now more than two years old and has already received two major Android updates, on the list made owners of the device pretty happy. But it […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Pink Twilight and Purple Mirage Galaxy S4 now available in Taiwan
Samsung has already got Blue Arctic, Red Aurora, and Brown Autumn color variants of the Galaxy S4, and now the list is getting bigger and more diverse with the addition of the Pink Twilight and Purple Mirage (which leaked less than a week ago) colors for the flagship, which Samsung has now launched in Taiwan. Both […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Alleged Galaxy Note 3 prototype shows off device’s internals
With each day taking us closer and closer to the official announcement of the Galaxy Note III, leaks and rumors regarding the phablet are bound to start flowing in much faster than before. After an image that seemingly showed the front side of the device, new pictures have emerged that now give us a look […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung could buy Novaled for more than $200 million
As per Bloomberg's sources, Samsung is in talks to acquire German-based OLED display company, Novaled. Samsung Group could buy the company for more than $200 million with the announcement from the Korean company to be official later this week. Gerd Guenther, chief marketing officer for Novaled said they're in talks with Samsung while Cheil Industries' […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S4 explodes and sets apartment on fire
Apparently, a Hong Kong resident, known as Mr. Du, was playing a game of Love Machine on his Galaxy S4 when the device exploded. As soon as the device exploded Mr. Du threw the device at his couch which caused the sofa to set on fire, which then burnt down his apartment. The blazing flames spread to his […]
- By Faryaab S.
- 11 years ago
US patent office rejects Apple’s ‘pinch to zoom’ patent claims
Of all the patents that Apple has sued Samsung over in the past couple of years, the pinch to zoom patent was perhaps the one that always came to the fore in every discussion related to the legal tussles, and in a move that will not make Apple happy, the US patent office (USPTO) has […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
