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Brazil ministry sues Samsung over improper working conditions
Brazil's Ministry of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Samsung for poor working conditions at one of its factories located at Zona Franca de Manaus. Samsung is accused of improper working conditions with many workers working for 10-15 hours a day on foot without break and for almost 27 days in a row. The plant […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung’s clamshell “Hennessy” phone now listed on official website
A remnant of a time long past, Samsung's “Hennessy” clamshell flip phone, press images of which were leaked yesterday, has now been officially listed on the manufacturer's Chinese website. Oddly, the device is simply named W789, which indicates even Samsung was hard pressed to come up with a suitable name for the phone. In terms of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Canada to get Galaxy Mega 6.3 soon
Samsung is expanding the availability of its huge Galaxy Mega device. After reaching the Korean market last week, Samsung has announced the phone for Canada. Samsung says the gadget is perfect for students as it offers large display and is convenient enough to multitask with Multi Window feature and reading study books. Galaxy Mega 6.3 […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung announces competition for interesting flexible display business ideas
Samsung has been teasing us with the flexible display technology for quite a while now and if you have some idea where you can make lives better with this technology, Samsung is inviting interested participants to submit their idea for a cash prize. They've announced the Create: Flexible Future Business Plan contest wherein you can […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Sprint ATIV S Neo specs made official on Samsung’s website, launching this Friday
Sprint's first high-end Windows Phone 8 device, the ATIV S Neo, was unveiled by the carrier back in June, but the complete spec list wasn't revealed. That has changed now, as Samsung has officially listed the ATIV S Neo on its website, along with a complete list of specs. There are a couple of changes […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T selling refurbished Samsung Galaxy S4 for $29.99
If a new Galaxy S4 is too costly for you at $199.99 on a two-year contract, then AT&T may have just the deal for you – the carrier is selling a certified like-new (an attractive way of saying refurbished) Galaxy S4 16GB only for $29.99 on a two-year contract. Only the black and white color […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Intel Bay Trail-powered Samsung tablet shipped for testing, could be Windows 8 and Android hybrid
Intel's most powerful mobile chip, the Bay Trail quad-core SoC, is expected to arrive this fall and offer processing power that blurs the line between PCs and tablets, and the first Samsung tablet to use the beastly chipset has been found to have shipped for testing, according to Zauba's shipping documents. The tablet has a reference […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Purple Mirage Galaxy S4 coming to Sprint as an exclusive
Remember the purple mirage color variant of the Galaxy S4 that was recently launched in Taiwan, making Samsung's flagship's color options more diverse than ever? Well, that purple Galaxy S4 will now be heading to American carrier Sprint as an exclusive. Both AT&T and Verizon have an exclusive color offering, and now Sprint is the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung official says mocking Apple fanboys was “a tipping point” for the company
Some of the best advertising for smartphones has come from Samsung in recent memory, especially the ones in which the Korean manufacturer makes fun of all the Apple fans that stand in line to get a new iPhone, without ever looking at the alternatives. It all started in 2011 with an ad for the Galaxy […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
NTT DoCoMo’s Tizen phone confirmed by bug report, to have model number SGH-N055
A bug report page on the Tizen project website has confirmed that Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has a Tizen smartphone in the making, sporting the model number SGH-N055 (it's strange Samsung is using SGH as a model number on Tizen, something that could cause confusion with the company's Android devices). The device was mentioned by […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung Curved OLED TV announced in US
Samsung this week reduced the curved OLED TV price in South Korea and today they've launched the television in United States for a similar price. The KN55S9C curved OLED TV is available today at select retailers for $8,999.99 and boasts an amazing design and picture quality. The TV features ‘Timeless Arena’ design – like the […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Another Galaxy S4 gets damaged when charging, owner unhurt
Here we go again. The Galaxy S4 has been involved in a new accident, this time in Pakistan where the USB port on the device was found burnt while it was on charging, the second time this has happened in the last month. The owner of the device was unhurt, and while the USB port […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Does this patent hint at Galaxy Note III’s design?
Just like many other companies, Samsung files a number of patents related to the functions and design for its future devices. While Samsung may or may not use each of them, a patent filed in June, 2012 and issued today by the USPTO is interesting enough to take a look at. We're not sure if […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
Samsung to launch smartphone UI and apps in 9 Indian languages
Samsung is making a big move towards supporting local Indian languages on their devices and has announced that it will offer its smartphone and tablet UI in nine Indian languages – Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati. The Galaxy S4, Grand, and Tab 3 will get support for the new languages from […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung sold over 15m smartphones in China
Samsung's strategy of offering devices at different price points has made them retain its position as the top handset maker in the Chinese market. Research data by Strategy Analytics claims that Samsung sold more than 15 million smartphones in the world's biggest telecom market, earning them the top position for sixth consecutive quarter. 78.8 million […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
SamMobile confirms third Galaxy Note III variant: SM-N9002, exclusive to China
Only yesterday we brought you exclusive information on the specs of the Galaxy Note III, while confirming its standard and LTE-enabled variants. Today, we can confirm that the Chinese variant of the Note III will have the model number SM-N9002, and is currently being tested with firmware N9002ZNUBMG7/N9002CHUBMG7/N9002ZNUBMG7. That's all we could learn from our insiders, […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Wi-Fi (GT-P3110) receiving Android 4.2.2 update in UK
Following the official Android 4.2.2 update rollout for the 3G variant of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Samsung has now released the update for the Wi-Fi variant of the 7-inch tablet, starting with the United Kingdom. The build number is P3110XXDMH1, and the update will be available both over-the-air (OTA) and via Samsung's Kies PC suite […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
First Tizen smartphone to launch in October in five countries?
According to industry sources in Korea, Samsung could launch the first Tizen smartphone in October in Japan, France, United States, China and Russia. Samsung has apparently made the decision to launch in the aforementioned countries based on the fact that Tizen currently supports the languages spoken in these countries, and has created applications in those languages […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
New pictures of Samsung Hennessy leaked
We got to first know about Samsung's SCH-W789 (Hennessy) last month through a leak. We also posted detailed specs on our Twitter account earlier this month and now Sammy Hub has published new pictures of the device showing it from every angle. Going by the specs and images, the device seems a mid-range one and […]
- By Kunal G.
- 11 years ago
QWERTY-equipped Samsung Freeform M coming to MetroPCS soon
QWERTY-equipped smartphones may not be a common sight any more, but feature phones are still keeping the tradition alive in many parts of the world. Soon, U.S. carrier MetroPCS will offer the Samsung Freeform M, a 2.4-inch feature phone that comes with a QWERTY keyboard and is a successor to the Freeform III, with support […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
