Most of us would probably know that Apple make huge profits from their smartphone sales. But what is shocking is the amount of profit they make when you compare it to the entire smartphone industry. Apparently, Apple received 94% of all the profits generated in the smartphone industry during Q3 2015.
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Just yesterday, we reported the leaked roadmap for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade path for Samsung phones. In the roadmap, the Galaxy Note5 along with the S6 edge+ was scheduled to receive an update to Marshmallow in December 2015. However, one lucky user has apparently already received the update to Marshmallow on his T-Mobile Note5.
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A software update roadmap for Samsung devices has just appeared online and it lists out 2 phases of updates for phones to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Samsung Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ will be the first to get it as they are scheduled for an update in December 2015 itself.
After several leaks Samsung has made the Exynos 8 Octa 8890 official. It is based on 14nm FinFET process technology, similar to the Exynos 7 Octa that was introduced earlier this year, but this uses the company’s first custom designed CPU cores based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture. Instead of ARM Cortex-A57 cores and Cortex-A53 cores in the Exynos 7 Octa, this uses four custom cores and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores. It also uses heterogeneous big.LITTLE structure for efficient usage of the eight cores, similar to its earlier Exynos Octa processors. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm 64-bit processor with custom CPU cores, Mali T880 GPU official”
Recently, there have been rumors going around that Samsung Galaxy S7 might be released ahead of schedule but we haven’t had any dates until now. Apparently, the smartphone will be launched at the Samsung Unpacked event in Barcelona which is happening on February 21st.
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Samsung and Oculus announced a new Gear VR headset aimed at consumers, back in September. Now the latest Gear VR headset is available for pre-order in the U.S. It is compatible with Samsung Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung Gear VR Powered by Oculus now available for pre-order at $99.99”
New report is claiming that the Exynos 8890 chipset from Samsung has now entered mass production. The Exynos 8890 is rumored to be featured on a variant of Samsung’s next-generation flagship smartphone.
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Samsung introduced Galaxy Golden, a flip phone with dual displays in China back in 2013 and the phone was launched in India in the same year at a huge price tag of Rs. 49,900. The Galaxy Golden 2 (SM-W2015) got certified on TENAA last year, but Samsung did not release the phone, now the Galaxy Golden 3 (SM-W2016) has passed through TENAA, but it is not clear if Samsung would release the phone. Check out the specifications of the smartphone below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 (SM-W2016) flip phone with dual displays gets certified in China”
As with the case of most phones prior to being launched in India, an import listing usually pops up courtesy of Zauba. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A9 is no different as it too has now popped up on an import listing.
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Samsung has announced its first ever laptop with a 4K display. Dubbed the ATIV Book 9 Pro comes with a 15.6-inch touchscreen with resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. Continue reading “Samsung ATIV Book 9 Pro laptop with 4K display and USB Type C announced”
Group of expert researchers from Google’s Project Zero have found “11 high-impact security issues” on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
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Samsung Galaxy J3 which recently received FCC certification has now appeared in photos on TENAA. The phone has a model number SM-J3109 and was spotted on GFXBench last month.
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Only one day to go before Huawei announces their latest Kirin 950 SoC based on the big.LITTLE architecture. We already showed you the leak of the Mate 8 and it’s specs on a benchmark page however, we didn’t get any scores until now.
Samsung launched the Galaxy J2, it’s entry-level 4G smartphone in India for Rs. 8,490 recently. We brought you the review of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. It packs a 2000mAh Lithium Ion battery, has a 4.7-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, check out the battery test results. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J2 Battery Life Test”
Samsung just launched the Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 4G smartphones in the new Galaxy On series in India priced at Rs. 8,990 and Rs. 10,990, respectively. Here we have the unboxing of both these smartphones, check out the video below.
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