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Samsung is steadily expanding its Galaxy J series of enty-level smartphones. It officially announced the Galaxy J1 and the Galaxy J1 4G earlier this year, and is already working on the Galaxy J1 Ace and Galaxy J1 pop. Both these devices appear to be slightly different variants of the Galaxy J1. Now, we've been able to […]
Samsung has started rolling out the first software update to the Z1 for the month of July. Like most updates for the Tizen-powered device, this one doesn't seem to have any major changes, but you can expect a couple of bug fixes and device stability improvements as mentioned in the vague changelog. If you're using […]
Samsung has announced a new handset in Malaysia today called the Galaxy V Plus, don't confuse it with the Galaxy S5 Plus because these two handsets are nothing like each other. The Galaxy V Plus is actually a low-end handset that costs under $100 and consequently doesn't have very impressive specifications, but it's going to […]
We reported about a month ago that Samsung is working on a successor to the Galaxy J1 which it might introduce as the Galaxy J1 Pop in select markets such as Russia, Brazil and India. It was later reported that the Pop might actually come to market as the Galaxy J1 Ace and while back […]
After releasing Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge in the US, UK, and a host of other countries, Samsung has released the update in India. The new updates for the Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I) Galaxy S6 edge (SM-G925I) with the firmware numbers G920IDVU2COF8 and G925IDVU2COF8 are now available for download from our […]
Samsung has announced that its earnings guidance for the second quarter of 2015, and according to the numbers published by the South Korean smartphone giant, they will see a straight seventh profit decline. Samsung will announce the final numbers by the end of this month. The company expects sales of KRW 47.1 trillion and an operating […]
There's a minor software update being sent out today by Sprint for Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5 users on its network, so don't be excited for a major update when the notification pops up on your device. Even the changelog isn't that descriptive as it only mentions updates for one single feature known as Reactivation […]
Samsung has added two new models to its 3D Vertical NAND based retail SSDs as it has introduced the 850 PRO and 850 EVO solid state drives with 2TB capacity so it now offers 20 different products in this lineup across 50 countries. Samsung has launched the 2TB models to address the increasing consumer demand for […]
About two weeks ago Samsung released the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5, these are the first smartphones from the company that come with a front-facing LED flash. The company has initially made these handsets available in China only and so far hasn't confirmed if and when they will be released in other markets. Today the […]
The Galaxy S series handsets from Samsung have almost always performed very well in Consumer Reports' smartphone ratings and the company's latest flagship smartphones stick to the script. Consumer Reports finds the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge to be among the best smartphones money can buy but interestingly it ranks both of them […]
Samsung and Marvel have a good thing going, they're working together to promote their separate products and further expand their brands. The two recently partnered on an Iron Man edition of the Galaxy S6 edge which is a limited edition device that went for as much as $91,000 in some locations. Samsung isn't giving the Iron Man […]
Here at SamMobile, none of us are fans of the way Samsung handles software updates. We have written about how the company makes a mess of updates by upgrading various devices to different versions of Android, often putting focus on older devices over the latest ones. However, there's another huge issue that we are beginning to […]
With merely a couple of months to go until Samsung is due to unveil the Galaxy Note 5 there's already a lot of anticipation regarding this handset, there have been many rumors and reports about its specifications but nothing substantial came up regarding the design and that changes today. A video has been published online which shows […]
Earlier today, we exclusively reported the specifications of the Samsung Z3, the next Tizen-based smartphone after the Z1, and it is expected to be announced sometime in H2 2015. It appears that Samsung has already imported it into India last week. As per the information available in the import listings, the Z3 is imported not only […]
Reports of dwindling sales of the Galaxy S6 are not doing any favors for Samsung Electronics even as the company looks on track to report solid profit growth for the second quarter following last year's troubles. The company's stock price peaked in March following very favorable reviews for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge […]
Galaxy Note 2 owners across the globe have been anxiously waiting to receive the Lollipop update on their handset and conflicting information about the status of this update has created a lot of confusion, Samsung has not come out with a strong statement that applies to all markets and settles once and for all whether […]
According to a new report Samsung appears to be more cautious towards investing in production facilities of mobile phone components, it's adjusting existing facilities in Vietnam following expansion in production capacity until the first quarter of this year. With sales of the Galaxy S6 dwindling in Q2 Samsung has reportedly stopped purchasing more computer numerical control […]
After months of work on Tizen, Samsung released the Z1, an entry-level smartphone that was meant to compete with low-end Android and Windows Phone devices in developing markets like India and Bangladesh. No one expected it to achieve good sales figures, but it did. Samsung managed to sell more than a million units of the Z1 […]
We are now just two months away from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 unveiling, and, while we’ve seen leaks of what could be the Galaxy Note 5 (and potential cases for the behemoth productivity phablet), very little about Samsung’s software changes are public knowledge. One of the first clues about what software changes we’ll see has […]
Samsung has been testing Android 5.1.1 on the Galaxy Note 4 for some time now, and it looks like the company has started rolling out the update over the air. One of our readers has sent us a screenshot showing Android 5.1.1 running on the Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C), and while we don't have a […]