There were rumors and reports on Chinese social network Weibo from earlier this week suggesting that the upcoming Gear smartwatch might run on the Wear OS instead of Tizen. While these rumors might be a hit or a miss, now comes another confirmation from none other than Evan Blass who said to have spotted Samsung employees wearing Gear watches running not Tizen, but Wear OS. Continue reading “Samsung’s upcoming Gear smartwatch said to use Wear OS instead of Tizen”
Samsung Research today has announced that it is establishing three new artificial intelligence (AI) Centers in Cambridge, the U.K. on May 22nd, Toronto, Canada May 24th and Moscow, Russia on May 29th to strengthen the company’s AI capabilities and explore the potential of user-centric AI. Continue reading “Samsung is opening three new artificial intelligence centers to strengthen AI capabilities, explore user-centric AI”
Samsung has announced the Galaxy J4 (SM-J400) in the J-series. It comes with 5.5-inches AMOLED display with good old 16:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by the Samsung’s very own Exynos 7570 Quad-Core 14nm processor with 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J4 with 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, Exynos 7570 14nm SoC, Android 8.0 announced”
Samsung Electronics today announced that it is hosting the ‘3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) working group’ to complete the 5G mobile communication standards in Busan from May 21st to 25th. This meeting will finalize the relevant standard technologies for 5G commercialization. Continue reading “Samsung hosts 3GPP final meeting for 5G network commercialization”
Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in India last year in April and exactly a year later, the company launched the Galaxy S8 Burgundy Red variant in India with exact similar specifications, but in a new color. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Burgundy Red Photo Gallery”
Update: Samsung has resumed the roll out of Oreo update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge with firmware version G930FXXU2ERE8 and G935FXXU2ERE8, respectively in Portual. Other countries should get the update soon.
In-display fingerprint sensors are slowly catching up with tier one brands like Huawei, Vivo included the tech, and it’s about time Samsung jump in on the bandwagon as well. Adding to the speculation that the 10th anniversary model of Samsung’s flagship series might be a standout, in-display fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 might feature an in-display fingerprint sensor”
According to IDC, Indian smartphone shipments reached 30 million units in Q1 2018 and has seen a healthy 11% YoY growth, but it remained flat when compared to the previous quarter; Q4 2017. As expected Xiaomi retained the top position for the second quarter in a row. Continue reading “Smartphone shipments up 11% YoY in Q1 2018 in India, Xiaomi continues to lead with 30.3% share: IDC”
Samsung is prepping to launch the Galaxy J4 in the J-series, and now the live images of the phone have surfaced online including the official Galaxy J4 support pages. This new series of leaks suggest that the phone is on the verge of going official. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J4 with 5.5-inch display, Exynos 7570 14nm SoC, Android 8.0 Oreo live images surface”
Samsung usually launches its S-series flagships at the MWC event in February or after that in a separate event in March. However, a new report from Korea suggests that the Galaxy S10 launch date will be set for January 2019. Considering S9 this year launched a month ahead of the S8 from last year, this report is not unusual in any way. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 said to launch in January 2019, foldable phone in February at MWC”
Earlier this week IDC reported that global smartphone shipments reached a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018. Now Strategy Analytics has reported that global smartphone shipments reached 345 million units in Q1 2018. Despite the claims of being on the costlier side, the Apple’s iPhone X becomes the best selling model with shipping touching an impressive 16 million units during the quarter. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X world’s best-selling smartphone with 16 million shipments in Q1 2018: Report”
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 launch might happen very soon as the device is now spotted receiving WiFi certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The first benchmark listing revealed a possible 10.5-inch display, Snapdragon 845 SoC, 4GB RAM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 with Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, Android Oreo gets Wi-Fi Certification”
Worldwide smartphone shipments have declined 2.9% YoY in Q1 2018. The smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018. This is a sharp decline compared to the 344.4 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2017. Continue reading “Worldwide smartphone shipments decline 2.9% YoY in Q1 2018, Xiaomi posts 87.8% YoY growth: IDC”
Samsung is on the verge of rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to the Galaxy Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. While the exact date is unknown, a note posted by the company in the Samsung Members app for Korean users hints at a possible roll out of Oreo for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge around mid-May. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Oreo update said to start rolling out in mid-May”
Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ smartphones. Earlier this week we have seen the press images of the A6+ surfacing on the internet, and today the device is back again, but this time it surfaces in live images. Falling in-line with the earlier rumors and leaks, it packs a unibody metal design, dual rear cameras, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A6+ with 6-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, dual rear cameras gets certified”
