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Report: Samsung to release smartphone with fingerprint sensor next year
According to a Reuters report, Samsung (and other manufacturers) is expected to start implementing fingerprint sensors in their smartphones from next year, in order to keep up with Apple. Fingerprint Cards CEO Johan Carlstrom says Samsung will be launching a smartphone with some form of fingerprint identification next year, and that the company is hoping to […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Samsung SM-G900F shows up in shipping. Is this the “super premium” Galaxy S5?
Just when a device that could possibly be the Galaxy S5 showed up in benchmarks (SM-G900S), another device that looks to be a separate variant of the S5 has made an appearance in a shipping manifest, further cementing the possibility that Samsung has begun testing its next flagship in earnest. A SM-G900F was shipped to […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Eldar Murtazin: Galaxy S5 to launch in late April, not Q1 2014
A lot of rumors have been making the rounds lately, suggesting the Galaxy S5 will be launched in the first quarter of 2014, earlier than usual than previous Galaxy S flagships have launched. The latest rumor supporting the fact came just today, but according to Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin, the Galaxy S5 will be launched […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung working on tablets with flexible displays and digitzer-less stylus support?
Samsung is expected to focus on the tablet market next year, and a report published in the Korean media suggests the company is working on changing its display technology for tablets. Samsung is reportedly planning on adopting metal mesh touch screen panels, and has begun testing a few panels for approval, aiming to complete the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung patents backside touch controls for devices with transparent displays
Flexible displays are already a reality on smartphones (even if they aren't exactly flexible in the real sense), and Samsung is already looking at innovative ways to make use of transparent displays, which are currently in development but will take considerable time to make their way to actual devices. A patent application of Samsung's describes […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Amazon offering 50GB of free cloud storage with numerous Samsung handsets in the US
Cloud storage isn't exactly the most optimal solution for the data storage needs of most folks, but it's still always nice to see that your cloud storage accounts have lots of space available. Amazon understands that, and as a holiday promotion, the retailer is offering 50 GB of free storage on its Cloud Drive service […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Samsung increases tablet shipments for Q4 2013 to 12 million
The holiday season has pretty much begun, and it's that time of the year when many folks will be buying new smartphones and tablets, especially through deals and other discounts that run amok among retailers and carriers. To prepare for the increased demand of tablets in the holiday season, Samsung has reportedly increased its tablet […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Win Pro listed on Samsung China website
Samsung will soon release Galaxy Win's successor in the Chinese market. The phone will be known as Galaxy Win Pro and going by the feature set, the phone looks to be a variant of Galaxy Express 2 with some changes suited for the Chinese market. The phone is equipped with a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and […]
- By Johan Nenzén
- 11 years ago
We’re switching to Terafile.co for firmware hosting, as Hotfile shuts down on infringement charges
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has scored another victory against piracy, this time against Hotfile, which has shut down all operations and taken its site down, which means it's a file host we can't use for hosting our firmware files anymore (which, by the way, are completely legal). Therefore, since the last few […]
- By Martin R.
- 11 years ago
Report: Samsung to launch Galaxy S5, Note 3 Lite, Grand Lite, and two entry-level handsets in Q1 2014
We recently revealed, thanks to our awesome insiders, that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy Note 3 Lite and Galaxy Grand Lite sometime in the first quarter of 2014, and now a report in the Korean media has reconfirmed what our insider told us. The report also mentions that the Galaxy S5 will be launched […]
- By Michael R.
- 11 years ago
Samsung granted patents on new phone and phone case design. Could the former be for the Galaxy S5?
Samsung was recently granted a couple of design patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office, and two of them reveal possible upcoming designs for the company's phones and also cases for those phones. The new phone design shows a device that's similar to the Galaxy Note 3 in that it sports rather square edges with […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung and Nokia reign supreme in J.D Power’s feature phone Customer Satisfaction survey
Samsung already has a substantial lead in the smartphone market, and according to J.D Power's latest survey, the company's feature phones also sit right at the top in terms of consumer satisfaction, a position it shares with Nokia. The survey was conducted among 1929 feature phone owners who have had their current device for less than […]
- By Johan Nenzén
- 11 years ago
SM-G900S shows up in benchmark with 2k display, could be Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Round 2
There have been a lot of rumors making the rounds about the Galaxy S5, but now we finally have what we could consider concrete details on Samsung's next flagship, including a model number and a few of its specs. A device with model number SM-G900S has made an appearance on GFXBench – the model number suggests […]
- By Johan Nenzén
- 11 years ago
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[Video] Galaxy Gear meets its demise at the hands of an HK 417 rifle
There's a certain section of society that takes pleasure in dropping mobile devices on to the floor in drop tests that are painful to see, and then there's Richard Ryan, who goes several steps further and blasts devices to smithereens with one of the many weapons in his arsenal, all in slow motion video that lets […]
- By Michael R.
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S5 with metal construction almost a certainty, says report
One of the most interesting rumors about the Galaxy S5 has been about the possibility of Samsung finally moving away from plastic and adopting a metallic build for its flagship. It was rumored that Taiwanese company Catcher was one of the prime candidates Samsung had selected to acquire metal casings for the S5, and now […]
- By Michael R.
- 11 years ago
Sprint Galaxy S4 getting MK2 update, fixes sleep mode issues
There are major upgrades, like the Android 4.3 update that everyone waited so long for, and there are minor ones, like the one Sprint is pushing out to the Galaxy S4 right now. Like, extremely minor – the MK2 update resolves sleep mode issues that some users were apparently facing, but doesn't do anything other […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung Galaxy J Taiwan launch seemingly confirmed in press invitation
When an unknown variant of the Galaxy J, a device that's a cross between the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3, showed up recently, it wasn't clear which market or carrier it was intended for. However, it is now pretty much a given that Taiwan's the market where the Galaxy J will be making its […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Android 4.3 update is live Galaxy Note II in Canada
The Android 4.3 update is now rolling out to the Galaxy Note II in Canada, on multiple carriers, such as Mobilicity (SGH-T889V) and Videotron (SGH-T999V). The OTA update should be showing up on devices in the next few hours, though users can also update via Kies or download the firmware from our firmware section and upgrade […]
- By Martin R.
- 11 years ago
Flexible OLED TV tipped for CES 2014
Ready for another innovation from Samsung? If the Korea Times report holds any water, we may see a flexible OLED TV from Samsung early next month at CES. Samsung has not officially commented on the report but the things we know for now comes from an “industry official” who says that a prototype of the […]
- By Martin R.
- 11 years ago
Patent shows possible Galaxy S5 feature: improved one-hand operation with custom orientation of on-screen apps
One-hand operation of smartphones is becoming more and more of an inconvenience as display sizes become bigger with each passing year. Samsung mitigates the issue by offering a one-handed operation mode on the Galaxy Note 3, which reduces the size of the on-screen content and pushes it to a particular side of the screen, and […]
- By Martin R.
- 11 years ago
