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Telus releases its Marshmallow update plan for Samsung’s flagship smartphones
Telus, the second-largest cellular operator in Canada, has today announced that it's planning to roll out the much-anticipated Marshmallow update to its carrier-branded variants of the Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 on March 9, followed closely by the Galaxy S6 edge on March 16 and, trailing up rear, the Galaxy S6 on April 13. […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
Samsung takes up residence next to an Apple Store in Barcelona ahead of Galaxy S7 launch
Samsung's next flagship will be going official in Barcelona, and it looks like the company wants everyone in the city to know. Well, everyone who happens to be passing by the Apple Store located in the heart of Barcelona, where Samsung has taken up residence with a huge board of glass with its logo on top. […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung launches Gear S2 classic 3G with programmable eSIM for wearables
Samsung has announced that it will soon be launching a 3G/cellular version of the Gear S2 classic with the world's first eSIM for wearable devices. In 2014, the Apple iPad Air 2 became the first mainstream mobile device to offer a SIM that could be programmed to work with different carriers without the need to change between […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung takes us back to its history of innovations in a new video
Samsung has decided to take a trip down memory lane in order to give us a brief glimpse of what it has achieved in the mobile industry so far. In a new video titled “Unpacking History”, the company shows us how its first mobile device came to existence. The video ends with Samsung's dual edge display-toting […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
Does this confirm an always-on display for the Galaxy S7?
A tip from one of our loyal readers has partly confirmed the existence of an always-on display on the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. Samsung's Theme Store apparently has a new theme called “Cuzco”. In one of the theme screenshots, we can see something that is very similar to an always-on display, with the background […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
Mergers and acquisitions helping Samsung boost business overseas
A new report by the Financial Supervisory Service shows that aggressive mergers and acquisitions are helping Samsung boost business overseas. The company has reportedly added eight new overseas subsidiaries in 2015 by either acquiring substantial stakes or setting up new companies. The total number of subsidiaries is said to have reached 159 last year with […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung may expand VR beyond smartphones
Samsung is already a major player in the VR arena due to the fact that it has one of the most affordable VR headsets on the market right now, granted that you need a compatible Samsung device for it to work, but the Gear VR has proven to be a differentiating factor for its smartphones. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s latest ‘7 Days of Unboxing’ video features an ice sculptor
Yesterday, we stumbled across two videos belonging to Samsung's “7 Days of Unboxing” series, with each one being more peculiar than the other. Today's video, however, brings us back to normality, as it includes an ice sculptor giving us his interpretation of what he saw inside that room with the Galaxy S7. The result is […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
NextVR and Fox Sports will live stream sports in VR to the Gear VR
NextVR has been a very good addition to the content sources available for the Gear VR headset. It has provided VR broadcasts of live sporting events enabling users to get the most out of their headset. NextVR has now inked a five-year deal with Fox Sports to live stream sporting events to the Gear VR through […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
The Galaxy S7 rumored to have an always-on display
Rumor has it that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge flagships could pack always-on displays. Eldar Murtazin has revealed this information while mentioning how the device would differentiate itself from the predecessor, the Galaxy S6. This could be a major breakthrough for Samsung as this feature is quickly turning out to be an industry standard. The […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
New app from Samsung and BBC micro:bit lets you push code to the phone over Bluetooth
Samsung has just released a new Android app for BBC micro:bit. Using this app, users can push code on their Android devices over Bluetooth. Pushing code previously required a computer, so this is a major breakthrough as far as convenience is concerned. For those unaware, BBC micro:bit is a small hardware programming kit that is offered to […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
Wallpaper Wednesday: Material Design
Welcome to the third edition of our weekly Wallpaper Wednesday segment. If you happen to have missed the previous two posts, let me enlighten you. Every Wednesday, we’ll be bringing you a selection of our favourite backgrounds to download and install on your devices. All images are available in a QHD resolution, which is a […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
2-17-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Core Prime, Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note 3, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung and Qualcomm team up to deliver products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum
Samsung and Qualcomm announced today that they have teamed up to provide small cell technologies and products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum designed to improve the speed and capacity of mobile networks, enabling mobile carriers to provide improved user experiences for their customers. As data services and smartphones put enormous strain on cellular networks the need […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
New fingerprint sensor by Synaptics can be placed underneath the volume rocker
Synaptics has announced its newest fingerprint scanner which is so small that it can even fit into the volume rocker. If we're being specific, the sensor is just 3.5mm wide, paving the way for potentially innovative placements of the scanner. While it's not guaranteed that this fingerprint scanner will be used under the volume rocker […]
- By Valerie R.
- 9 years ago
Samsung will showcase technologies that pave the way towards a 5G future at MWC 2016
Samsung has announced today that at the Mobile World Congress 2016 later this week it's going to showcase 4G LTE and advanced mobile technologies that pave a way toward a 5G future. The company will also introduce multilink connectivity technology, centralized radio, mmWave radio access solutions as well as Internet of Things to further provide […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung has pretty much confirmed that the Galaxy S7 will be water resistant
It has consistently been rumored that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge will be water resistant. The existing flagships don't play nice with water but it looks like the upcoming handsets will get along with it just fine. Soon after Samsung Indonesia posted a video online which more or less confirmed that the next flagship handsets […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Pay now supports 15 more banks and credit unions in the US
Samsung has just updated its mobile payment gateway with support for fifteen new banks and credit unions in the United States. This brings the total of supported Visa and MasterCard issuers up to an astonishing 68. However, despite the South Korean company’s best efforts, the third-largest bank in America, Wells Fargo, is still missing from […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
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[Poll] Does Samsung’s update policy affect your decision to buy a new Galaxy smartphone?
Samsung announced earlier this week that Android 6.0 will be rolling out to the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and other Galaxy devices in the coming weeks. It was a welcome announcement, but it also got us thinking: Why did the release of the newest version of Android for existing devices come just a week […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) with a 3,300 mAh battery hits FCC
The Galaxy J7 (2016) has paid a visit to the FCC, leaving behind the documentation of its 3,300 mAh battery. Recently, the 2016 iteration of the Galaxy J7 surfaced on several occasions. Specifications of the device were revealed in GFXBench's database, and certification at the Bluetooth SIG marked a major step towards its release. Now, with […]
- By Michel G.
- 9 years ago
