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We are glad to say that our exclusively report about Project Zero and Samsung radically changing its next-generation flagship smartphones' hardware and software design turned out to be true. After Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S6 and the beautiful Galaxy S6 edge at the MWC 2015 expo, we had a chance to play with them. Personally, […]
Samsung's decision to support multi-standard wireless charging straight out of the box for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge is going to do wonders to increase adoption of wireless charging technology. Currently there are two major wireless charging standards, Powermat and Qi, championed by Power Matters Association and Wireless Power Consortium respectively. Compatibility has […]
A Reddit user, Jjhend, claims his Samsung Galaxy S5 from T-Mobile caught fire on its own. He says that he left the device behind on his desk as he was heading out for a quick stop at the grocery store. Since Jjhend didn't intend on being out for long he didn't take his phone along […]
It would be an understatement to say that Samsung is a big company, because it happens to be a massive company, electronics and mobile devices just happen to be part of the company's business that's widely popular. Samsung is actually South Korea's biggest business group and according to the latest data revealed this week its […]
T-Mobile was one of the first major carriers in the United States to confirm that it will be carrying the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. While all of us have to wait until April 10th in order to pick up Samsung's latest smartphone there's a certain advantage to being the CEO of a […]
Only a week after the official announcement of the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, reports about certain hardware issues on these handsets have started to surface. According to a new report from Asia Today, Samsung's latest flagship smartphones are facing display issues where the touch inputs are hardly being recognised near the bezels. An […]
The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are two of the most beautiful smartphones on the market, sure to command respect for not only Samsung but also those who own them. There are a number of smartphone owners who like to carry their smartphones “naked,” but you may not want to create your own torture […]
Samsung and Microsoft have worked through their troubles and now appear to be in what might turn out to be a very fruitful relationship. As part of a recent deal between the two companies several Microsoft apps now come pre-installed on the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. It doesn't stop here. The man behind […]
According to a new report published today Samsung is losing the man behind its “Next Big Thing” campaign, which is iconic in its own right, it's a campaign that Samsung has been using for a few years now particularly for its high-end smartphones. Todd Pendleton, who has been the chief marketing officer for Samsung's mobile business […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]