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Cyanogen CEO predicts Samsung will get ‘slaughtered’ in five years
It's true that Samsung's mobile business didn't have a good year in 2014. The company's market share came under increasing pressure from the likes of Apple and even upcoming OEMs in emerging markets. Samsung is hoping to turn its fortunes around with the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge but they don't seem to […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
3-5-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, Galaxy Note Edge, 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 These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs.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 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
The ball’s rolling for Samsung: Galaxy S6 Edge given ‘best new handset’ award at MWC
The MWC (Mobile World Congress) is a spectacle no technology enthusiast wants to miss. This year's edition saw a host of new phone launches, the biggest of which came from Samsung, and HTC respectively. However, it turns out SamMobile isn't the only organization impressed by Samsung's latest Galaxy S6 series of phones; the Edge of […]
- By Yash G.
- 10 years ago
Galaxy S5 Active (SM-G870F) receives Android 5.0 Lollipop in Nordic countries
Samsung appears to be on a roll today. After releasing the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for a handful of its devices on a variety of carriers, the company is now busy rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 Active (SM-G870F) in Nordic countries. The update has a file size of 1.4GB and […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Sprint’s Galaxy Note 4 is now getting treated to Lollipop
It seems Galaxy Note 4 owners in the US are set to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update on all the major carriers this month. Soon after T-Mobile started updating the device to Lollipop, Sprint has started doing the same. It's unclear if the update has started rolling out yet, but Sprint's support page says […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Canadian carrier reveals pricing for the Galaxy S6’s wireless charging pad
Samsung's latest smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, both support wireless charging straight out of the box. This is one of the advantages of the unibody construction which doesn't allow the user to swap batteries when they please. Regardless of that obvious downside, wireless charging is a feature that many Samsung fans […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge manuals are now available on the Internet
The Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge are yet to be released for purchase, but their manuals are already available on the Internet. The manuals for Galaxy S6 variants – SM-G920F, SM-G920FQ, and SM-G920I – are available in English, French and Dutch, but the manual for the Galaxy S6 edge (SM-G925F, SM-G925FQ, and SM-G925I) is only available in […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 10 years ago
Samsung ranks third in semiconductor R&D investment
Market research firm IC Insights reports that Samsung Electronics has ranked third for investment in semiconductor research and development, retaining its position from last year, with Intel taking the top spot followed by Qualcomm in second. Samsung is said to have invested $2.965 billion towards semiconductor research to cement its place as one of the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Galaxy S6 devices to come preloaded with mobile antivirus program
Hackers are on the rise, and thus, so are hacker attacks. “Celebgate” (iOS), “The Snappening” (Snapchat), and other targeted attacks on apps, websites, and business data systems worldwide remind us that behind the display of the electronic world lies “terrorists” who will do anything to undermine our sense of security. Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy […]
- By Deidre R.
- 10 years ago
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi, a 7-inch budget Android tablet, goes official
A budget Android tablet from Samsung, which we exclusively mentioned about a couple of months ago as the SM-T113, just went official as the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi through Samsung's official website for the Netherlands. It is a budget Android tablet featuring a 7-inch WSVGA display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 10 years ago
Samsung going ahead with deal to use MediaTek chips in its smartphones
Qualcomm probably isn't happy that Samsung has decided to opt out of using the latest Snapdragon chipset on its newest flagship, and it seems the bad news isn't over yet for the US chip maker. We've heard reports of Samsung working on a deal with MediaTek in order to use the latter's processors in Tizen-powered […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Galaxy S6 memory benchmarks provide no equal for Samsung
With all the discussion surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 edge design and TouchWiz de-bloating, it’d be easy to believe that Samsung’s latest is simply catching up to the level of other Android OEMs. While Samsung’s design may have been a little behind the times in the eyes of some Android consumers, Samsung’s latest has […]
- By Deidre R.
- 10 years ago
T-Mobile reveals retail price for the Samsung Galaxy S6
Wondering how the carriers in the US will price the Galaxy S6 (and its curved sibling)? T-Mobile might have provided us the answer through a contest that it is currently running in order to give a Galaxy S6 away for free, and following the rules that apply when a company runs such a contest, the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Galaxy Note 3 also getting Lollipop update in India
Samsung is continuing its streak of updating older devices to Lollipop ahead of newer ones as the company has started pushing out the Android 5.0 update to the Galaxy Note 3 in India. It was only a few hours back that T-Mobile also released the update for its variant of the Note 3, so it […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 Lollipop update released
T-Mobile updated the progress tracker for software updates on its website to reflect that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy Note 3 was being tested by the carrier. It was the second step of a three step process which ultimately delivered this update to Galaxy Note 3 owners on T-Mobile. A changelog posted […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Galaxy S5 owners on Bell are receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update
Those who own the Galaxy S5 on Canada's Bell network should keep an eye out for a major software update that the carrier has pushed out today. Galaxy S5 on Bell is now finally receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update. As is the case with most software updates these days this one is being rolled […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Watch Samsung Pay in action on the Galaxy S6 edge
At its MWC 2015 event Samsung confirmed something that we had all been expecting, Samsung Pay, a new payments service that will go up against Apple Pay this year. Both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge support this service. Samsung has a demo booth set up at MWC 2015 and the folks at […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
Gear VR to get a full scale consumer launch with Samsung’s next hardware cycle
There is a reason why the second-generation Gear VR headset hasn't dropped the “innovator edition” tag. Up till now Samsung and Oculus have positioned the virtual reality headset as more of an enthusiast device, or one that's meant for developers, they've never really targeted the headset directly towards consumers. That's going to change later this […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 10 years ago
10 apps from Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge can now be installed on your phones
We've been talking about the newest couple of kids on the block — the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge — extensively since the launch of the two phones from three days back. Design is, without doubt, what was on top of Samsung's mind when developing the Galaxy S6 series; however, the company also emphasized […]
- By Yash G.
- 10 years ago
Three-part video series from Samsung details the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
Samsung may have pulled off its most critically acclaimed launch yet in the form of the Galaxy S6 Edge, which launched alongside the Galaxy S6 earlier this week. Technology enthusiasts from around the world their dose of the devices from media, which (like SamMobile) posted information and news bits about the devices. Samsung, however, seems […]
- By Yash G.
- 10 years ago
