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Samsung Engineering Unit chief fired over water tank explosion that killed three workers
Samsung has fired the chief of its engineering unit Samsung Engineering Co., after holding him responsible for the death of three workers that were victims of an exploding water tank during a stress test at a polysilicon plant construction site, inside Samsung Fine Chemicals in Ulsan, about 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul. 10 other workers were […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Folder (SHV-E400K) specs leaked
Clamshell phones may have run its course in majority of the markets but Samsung sees an opportunity in China where Samsung Hennessy is expected and in their own country with the Galaxy Folder (SHV-E400K). Compared to the Hennessy, this phone is a mid-range device with decent specifications. Thanks to the user manual posted by Samsung, […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S4 Active could also get Snapdragon 800 processor
With the original Galaxy S4 getting a processor bump to Snapdragon 800, how could the water resistant variant be left behind? A benchmark listing at GFXBench shows a Korean variant of the Galaxy S4 Active (SHV-E470S) having MSM8974 which is nothing but the Snapdragon 800. Just like the Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S4 Active will […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S4 mini to get three new colors: Scarlet Dawn, Bronze Autumn, and Blue Iceberg
Oh look, more color! This time, it's the Galaxy S4 mini that will be arriving with fresh paint jobs: hi-tech.mail.ru has published press photos of the Scarlet Dawn (red), Bronze Autumn (brown), and Blue Iceberg (catchy name, this one) variants of the S4 mini. There's no mention of when these new colors will launch, but that should […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Tizen 2.2 brings many interface enhancements, hardware back and menu button support
Whether you like it or not, and no matter what some “media personalities” might think, Tizen is under active development by Samsung and Intel, which resulted in version 2.2 of the Tizen SDK being released over a week ago. Now, some of the changes 2.2 brings in terms of the user interface (UI) and user […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T Galaxy S III Premium Suite update rolling out, brings Multi-Window (Build UCDMG2)
Well, this is why carriers suck and should never be involved in the OS upgrade procedure: AT&T is finally rolling out the Premium Suite update for the Galaxy S III, bringing the fabled Multi-Window multitasking feature, a full eight months after Samsung announced the Premium Suite for its 2012 flagship. The build number of the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung launches MangaCamera and Paper Artist apps for Windows Phone
Samsung isn't too focused on Windows Phone, with Nokia selling the bulk of devices based on Microsoft's young mobile operating system. Samsung's ATIV phones didn't sell much (or, at all, compared to Nokia's Lumias), but the company has still found reason to launch two new photo effects apps for the few users that are using […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Meet Samsung Hennessy: Clamshell quad-core phone with dual screens and hardware keypad
Do you fondly remember those days of flip phones with numeric keypads (that were great in letting you enter phone numbers quickly without having to open a dialer and stuff) and would like a phone just like that but with a touchscreen to go along with it? Well, Samsung has your back with the Hennessy, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
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
