Calculating cost of making a flagship phone is not a simple task and even the companies don’t often share such details. Third-party companies rely on various sources or component costs to estimate the making costs. As for the recently launched Galaxy S9+, according to TechInisghts, it costs $379 to make which is more expensive than the Note 8’s $369. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9+ reportedly costs $379 to make, costlier than Galaxy Note8”
Samsung has recently resumed the roll out of Oreo update to the S8 and S8 Plus globally, and finally, it is now rolling out to the Galaxy Note 8 in France. Just like before, the major OS update is rolling out to Samsung’s flagship device just as its S-series flagship goes on sale, a trend that Samsung has been following for quite some time now. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Samsung-owned HARMAN International today launched the JBL Soundgear in India which is an around the neck wearable device for a hands-free and ear-free intimate sound experience. It connects to smartphones via Bluetooth for immersive mobile virtual reality headset experience. Continue reading “JBL Soundgear wearable neck-band launched in India for Rs. 14999”
Back in December 2017 Google had teased about a VR display that will have 10x more pixels than any commercially available VR display today. It looks Google is now all set to introduce the next-big-thing in the VR space. The search engine giant at the SID 2018 in May is expected introduce the super high-resolution display. Continue reading “Google’s 1443 PPI 120Hz AMOLED display for VR to be announced in May”
Xiaomi has surpassed Samsung in the largest smartphone market in India in the Q4 2017 to become the number one brand, according to a report from Cybermedia Research. Xiaomi outshined Samsung in Maharashtra which alone amounted to 13.7% of the sales during the last quarter of 2017. According to CMR, Xiaomi sold over 31.2% of the Smartphones during the period compared to Samsung which sold 15.3%. Continue reading “Xiaomi surpasses Samsung in the largest smartphone market in India in Q4 2017: CMR”
Samsung rolled out the Android Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 and the S8+ recently and its just a matter of time before it goes live to Note8. The company didn’t announce any launch date for the update, but now it looks like an official Samsung website has possibly revealed the Galaxy Note 8 Oreo release date and it will get the update starting from March 30th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 Android Oreo update possibly to roll out from March 30, Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in April”
Samsung at the company’s First Look in New York event has introduced a array of QLED, UHD and Premium UHD TVs. The company says that the TVs come with groundbreaking design elements, enhanced picture quality, and smart, intuitive capabilities. The new QLED TV features Direct Full Array, Bixby and Ambient Mode for an immersive viewing experience. Continue reading “Samsung QLED TVs with Direct Full Array, Bixby and Premium UHD TVs announced”
According to Counterpoint, Global refurbished smartphone market was up 13% in 2017 with over 140 million units shipped. 2017 has been a complete contrast with the global smartphone market that grew a mere 3% last year and is outperformed by the refurbished smartphones. Continue reading “Global refurbished smartphone market saw 13% growth 2017, 140 million units shipped: Counterpoint”
Samsung has released the new Galaxy S9 and S9+ Experience demo app for Android. The Experience App basically offers a close insight into how and what it feels like using the latest Samsung flagship phones. The company did the same with the Galaxy Note8 last year as well. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Experience demo app released”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note 8 Enterprise Edition last year and now following the same trend; it has announced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition smartphones in Germany. The company is promoting the enterprise edition as truly “business-first” offering for the product line. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition announced”
After DisplayMate rating the Galaxy S9 as the best smartphone display, DxOMark now rated the S9+ camera as the best on a smartphone and rated it a whopping 99 points. DxOMark is a standard for cameras of smartphones and Pixel 2 was the previous best with 98 points until the S9 came out. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9+ outshines Google Pixel 2 for the top spot on DxOMark”
Samsung is known for their best-in-class displays and like always DisplayMate has tested the Galaxy S9; the recently introduced Samsung Flagship and rated it an A+ unsurprisingly. The S9 indeed went on to beat the iPhone X bezel-less panel which was rated as the ‘most innovative and high-performance smartphone display ever tested.’ Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 has best-performing smartphone display: DisplayMate”
Indian tablet market has yet again seen a dip by 11% in 2017, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. A total of 717 thousand tablets were shipped in India with a 32% sequential decline in 2017, which is more or less similar YoY. Continue reading “Indian tablet Shipments decline by 11% in 2017, Lenovo leads with 26.1% share: IDC”
Samsung at the Unpacked event along with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ also introduced the new DexPad accessory. It is an upgrade to the original Dex Station that was introduced last year. It removes the need for a keyboard and a trackpad. Continue reading “Samsung Dex Pad Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ desktop dock announced”
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ launch are just two days away, and we almost have every detail including specifications about the flagships that is there and today we also have the pricing as well. According to popular leakster Evan Blass, the Galaxy S9 is said to start at 841 Euros (US$1035 / Rs. 67125 approx.), while the bigger variant; the S9+ is expected to retail at 997 Euros (US$1228 / Rs. 79560 approx.) in Europe. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ pricing surface ahead of the launch, said to start at $1035”
