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New ads put the spotlight back on the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+
Given that some new flagship handsets like the latest iPhones or the new Lumia flagships from Microsoft are hogging the spotlight these days it's not wrong for Samsung to want some attention for its flagship devices as well. Samsung today released two new ads which try to put the spotlight back on the Galaxy Note […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung clarifies that attack on LoopPay was limited to its office network and didn’t impact Samsung Pay at all
The New York Times reported today that LoopPay was hit with a cyberattack earlier this year and that the attackers were presumably after the company's magnetic secure transmission technology which is essential to Samsung Pay. As many of you might be aware Samsung acquired LoopPay back in February and used its technology to make Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Barnes & Noble teams up with Samsung yet again for the Galaxy Tab E Nook
There was a time when Barnes & Noble used to develop its own tablets but the practice proved to be very costly for the company and it decided to go down a completely different route, it teamed up with Samsung to develop Nook tablets which basically had B&N custom software on a standard Samsung tablet. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
FCC listing reveals dimensions of the Galaxy View, AT&T likely to carry it in the US
Not too long ago Samsung teased an entirely new product called the Galaxy View, it's the 18.4-inch tablet that we exclusively reported on over a month back. Over the past few weeks there have been several leaks which have revealed some new information about this tablet, today an FCC listing has been spotted which not […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung rumored to launch three Galaxy S7 variants, each with a different processor
We had reported yesterday that Samsung is currently optimising its brand new Exynos 8890 SoC with Mongoose CPU cores for better performance, and that it might be used in the Galaxy S7 next year. Now, we are back with yet another important piece of information regarding the Galaxy S7 and the chipsets that might be used in different […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung patents new screen designs with curved edges at the top and bottom
Samsung introduced the curved-edge display with the Galaxy Note Edge, and then improved it with the Galaxy S6 edge. Now, Samsung wants to take the curved edge display scheme to a new level with a couple of brand new patents that are showing some interesting concepts. If you can recall, there have been some interesting designs from […]
- By Octav G.
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s Q3 2015 earnings guidance predicts first profit growth in a couple of years
Samsung has had a tough few quarters owing to increased competition in the low-end and mid-range segments of the market while it struggles to maintain momentum in the high-end market segment. All of this has contributed to seven straight quarters of year-over-year profit decline but things might finally be looking up for the company, Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Exynos chipsets rumored to feature Samsung GPUs in a couple of years
Samsung is quite capable of making its own processors, the biggest endorsement of this came from the company itself when it decided to use its own Exynos chipset in the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge as opposed to the Snapdragon 810. There have been rumors that in the future Samsung will also develop its […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Verizon confirms Samsung Pay support
Samsung Pay was launched in the United States last month, the payments service requires carrier support to work and naturally it raised a few eyebrows when it was confirmed that Verizon will not be supporting the service at launch. This means that Verizon users are unable to use Samsung Pay on their carrier-branded devices, even […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung struggling to bring back once-stellar smartphone profits
Even an year after tidying up its smartphone lineup and ditching plastic for metal in its high-end smartphones, Samsung seems to be struggling in bringing back its once stellar profits, which is clouding the company's growth outlook. The world's largest smartphone brand (by marketshare) is expected to showcase its first profit increase in two years, but […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s flagship launches are something of a joke
Being a fan of the Galaxy Note lineup, I went out to buy the Galaxy Note 5 the day it launched in my country. I was sure I wanted the 64GB variant, but I was undecided between the black and silver color options. But unfortunately, I was made to choose between getting more storage or the color […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s Mongoose SoC benchmarks leak, shows incredible performance
As we reported earlier, Samsung is working on a new Exynos processor that has a new CPU architecture dubbed Mongoose (also called Exynos M1). Similar to Qualcomm and Apple, Samsung is developing custom CPU cores for better performance and efficiency. It could be the Exynos 8890 processor, but we are not too sure about the model number […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Best Buy cuts Gear VR Innovator Edition price
Samsung has released a couple of variants of the Gear VR headset, though initially it only started selling the “Innovator Edition” which was more geared towards developers and enthusiasts instead of the average consumer. Nevertheless the Innovator Edition virtual reality headsets were sold through retailers like Best Buy so really anyone who wanted one could […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s smart glasses may offer features Google Glass can only dream of
Google Glass was launched with much fanfare, the company tightly controlled how many people could purchase the wearable device and in what markets. However the device failed to take off, instead Google had to discontinue sales and accept that it needed to rethink the entire strategy behind this product. That's what it's doing right now […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
T-Mobile lists Samsung devices slated to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow in the first round
Google released the much awaited Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Nexus devices yesterday, whenever there's a major Android release people can't help but ask when the update is going to be released for their devices. Many folks who own Samsung Galaxy smartphones are no doubt wondering the same thing, and if they're on T-Mobile, at least […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
US presidential candidate Donald Trump uses a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to tweet
Donald Trump is many things, he's a big fan of golf, he has been on a reality TV show, he's a real estate mogul and these days he's also one of the Republican candidates vying for the office of the president of the United States in 2016. All candidates are heavily relying on social media to […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy A9 components land in India for testing
As we reported last week, Samsung is prepping the Galaxy A9, along with the spiritual successors to the Galaxy A3, the Galaxy A5, and the Galaxy A7. Now, we have found out that accessories for the Galaxy A9 have landed on the Indian shores for testing and evaluation purposes. Samsung is testing various components of the Galaxy […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Interbrand ranks Samsung as the seventh best global brand for 2015
Interbrand releases a list of 100 best global brands every year, and it has released a refreshed list yesterday for this year. As per the brand consultancy firm's new list, Samsung is the seventh best global brand for 2015, ahead of the likes of Amazon, BMW, and Intel. When compared to last year's ranking, Samsung has held […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung-made A9 chipset for Apple iPhone 6s is smaller than the one made by TSMC
Earlier this year, it was being reported that Apple was in talks with Samsung as well as GlobalFoundries to manufacture its A9 chipset, and that Samsung had finalised the deal. Now, it is being reported that the recently released smartphones from Apple, the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus, are equipped with A9 SoCs that are […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung rolls out Android 5.1 Lollipop to Verizon’s Galaxy Core Prime
When Samsung released one of its entry-level smartphones, the Galaxy Core Prime, late last year with Android 4.4 KitKat onboard, many thought that it would not receive any major Android update. However, the South Korean smartphone giant surprised everyone by rolling out Android 5.0.2 to the device a few months ago. Now, the Galaxy Core Prime […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
