Samsung pumps up workforce for optimizing Snapdragon 820 on Galaxy S7?

Rumors from couple of months have stated that Samsung is testing Snapdragon 820 Soc for its next flagship Galaxy S7. Today, another one has surfaced which says that the company has expanded the team to work on the chipset for the S7.

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 launched in India starting at Rs. 53900

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note5 smartphone in India, as we expected. It was announced at the Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event last month along with the Galaxy S6 edge+ that was launched in India recently for Rs. 57,900 and packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display, is powered by a Octa-Core (Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos 7420 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 India launch confirmed for September 7

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Samsung is finally set to launch its latest Note flagship – Galaxy Note5 – in India on September 7. The device was recently unveiled at company’s Unpacked event in New York alongside the Galaxy S6 Edge+, and has been already up for purchase in the U.S. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 5 India launch confirmed for September 7”

Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic pricing revealed, will roll out starting from October

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Samsung announced its Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic watches running on Tizen based wearable platform earlier this week, ahead of IFA. At the official event yesterday, Samsung confirmed that the new Gear S2 series will work with Android devices running on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) or later with 1.5GB RAM and above. The first Gear S smartwatch worked only with some Samsung devices. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic pricing revealed, will roll out starting from October”

Samsung Galaxy View large screen tablet teased, coming in October

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Samsung teased the Gear S2 smartwatch at its Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event last month, which was officially unveiled at the IFA event yesterday. At yesterday’s event Samsung teased a new Galaxy View tablet, saying that it will offer a whole new mobile viewing experience for a new generation. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy View large screen tablet teased, coming in October”

Samsung Gear S2 Photo Gallery

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Samsung previewed its new Tizen –based Gear S2 smartwatch at IFA 2015 in Berlin and we have spent some time with the device – so do checkout our first impressions and see what all has changed. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Gear S2 Classic Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced its Tizen-based Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches couple of days back and our team in Berlin got a chance to spend some time with both smartwatches at firm’s preview event at IFA 2015. Let’s give you a closer look and quick run through of the hardware specifications of Gear S2 Classic. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Classic Photo Gallery”

Samsung Gear S2 Hands On Impressions

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Two years back, at a similar event in Berlin, Samsung announced its first smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear along with other smartphones and tablets. Fast forward two years, we have an event dedicated to its latest smartwatch, the Gear S2, which was teased at the Note 5 event in New York. Announced a couple of days back, the first circular smart wearable from Samsung brings not only a completely circular UI, but also a circular UX, with a rotating bezel. We think it’s quite an interesting take on properly utilizing a smartwatch’s miniscule screen real estate. Naturally, we went hands on with it and here are our impressions –

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Samsung next generation SmartThings Hub announced

Samsung has announced a line of products for the next generation of SmartThings Hub at IFA 2015.  The company has also launched new and improved hub along with a brand-new SmartThings app experience.

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Samsung introduces SleepSense smart sleep tracker that connects to IoT devices

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Samsung has announced SleepSense, a tracker that lets you monitor and manage your sleep. It is a small sensor in the form of a flat disk that tracks your sleep by placing it under a bed’s mattress, providing contact-less monitoring of a person’s heart and respiratory rate including movements during sleep.

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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 – What’s different?

Sony has officially entered the phablet category with its Xperia Z5 Premium. The device has 5.5-inch display with a whopping 4K resolution. The device is a direct competition for Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and will rub its shoulders against Apple iPhone 6 Plus.

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We were just wondering how the device shapes up against Galaxy Note 5, so we decided to put specifications of both the devices in a table. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 – What’s different?”

Sony Xperia Z5 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 – What’s different?

Sony unleashed its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z5 at its IFA press event in Berlin. The hardware configuration of the Z5 is quite similar to that of its predecessor except for its primary camera.

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Today, we are taking a closer look at the Z5’s specifications and stacking it up against its direct rival, the Samsung Galaxy S6 in order to see how they compete against each other. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 – What’s different?”

IFA 2015 Coverage

IFA is one of the most popular events in the mobile industry and the show has kick started today. IFA used to be Samsung’s home to introduce its new Note flagship, but the company has done that ahead of schedule this year.

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However, brands like Sony, Lenovo, LG, Motorola Acer, Huawei and others will be announcing their products here in the next couple of days. So, the expectations and excitement is still very high. Continue reading “IFA 2015 Coverage”

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with QXGA Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 39400

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 (SM-T815Y), the latest tablet in the Galaxy Tab S series in India. It has a 9.7-inch Super AMOLED display at QXGA resolution, is powered by a Octa-Core Exynos SoCs and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It is just 5.6mm thick, making it the world’s thinnest tablet currently. It also has 4G LTE support and built-in Fingerprint Scanner on the home button. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with QXGA Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 39400”

Samsung Galaxy Grand On and Mega On imported to India for testing

Last week, two smartphones from Samsung, Galaxy Grand On and Mega On had surfaced in different leaks. Now, both the devices have been imported to India for testing.

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