Samsung has officially launched the Gear VR headset in the US. Announced in September at IFA 2014, the virtual reality headset is available on Samsung and AT &T website for $199.99.
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Samsung Galaxy A7 is inching closer to its launch. The third device from Samsung’s metal A series is mere 6.6mm thick making it the thinnest smartphone made by the company yet.
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Photos of Android 5.0 update for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition have surfaced. Although the update has not been released for this particular device yet,the leaked screenshots provide us with a preview of Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition running Android 5.0 Lollipop.
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Samsung is all set to launch the Tizen based smartphone in India this month. The company has scheduled the phone launch on December 10th, as per a report from South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper.
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Samsung revealed that mobile chief J K Shin will retain his position in spite of falling profits. The company dismissed speculations of dropping the head of its under performing mobile division.
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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery,benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 that was launched last year. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Photo Gallery”
Samsung Galaxy A7, the third smartphone from the A series has just landed at FCC. The specifications of the phone which has a model number (SM-A700) have been leaked earlier.
Earlier this week, a Korea Time report said that Samsung is planning to shut down its ChatOn messaging service. However, Samsung is denying the reports and calling them as rumors.
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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in a photo gallery. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Photo Gallery”
Samsung is planning to shut down ChatOn instant messaging service in certain markets, according to latest report from the Korea Times. The move comes from the company as it restructuring the unprofitable business.
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Samsung has retired the Fitness with gear app and replaced it with the new S Health app. The new data about all your health activities will now be integrated into the new S Health app.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 sales has failed to pick up and meet company’s expectations. The sales of Galaxy S5 have been 40% less than what the company had expected, as per a latest report from The Wall Street Journal.
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Samsung has launched a WiFi only variant of the Gear S in Japan for ¥38,880 ($330). The WiFi-only version of the Gear S is currently offered by Japanese carrier KDDI au while the and NTT DoCoMo is selling the SIM card slot equipped Gear S.
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Samsung has filed a complaint with a US International Trade Commission asking them to block imports of NVIDIA’s computer graphic chips in the U.S. markets.
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Samsung announced the Gear S smartwatch in August and it went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs 27,900. We have already seen the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartwatch and also went handson with it at IFA Berlin. Now lets compare the smartwatch to Samsung Gear Live that was announced at Google I/O conference in June. It launched in India in July for Rs 15,900.
The Gear S runs on company’s homegrown OS Tizen. It sports a 2 inch (360 x 480 pixels) curved Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 1GHz Dual-Core processor. While the Gear Live runs on Android Wear and has a 1.63 inch touchscreen with a 320×320 resolution and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor. Both the smartwatches have 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage.
The Gear S has sensors like Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient Light, UV, Barometer. On the other hand the Gear Live has a heart rate sensor, pedometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass. Both the devices are IP67 Certified for dust and water resistance. Both the devices have the heart rate sensor and charging pins below the device. The Gear S comes with a built in SIM Card slot while the Gear Live does not have one.
The Gear S measure 23.4 x 57.4 x 11.95 mm and weighs 27g while the Gear Live is 8.9mm thick and weighs over 60g. Both the devices have 300mAh battery. In terms of connectivity Gear S supports 3G and Bluetooth 4.1 while the Gear Live supports Bluetooth 4.0.
Gear S has a signature home button below the display and the ambient light sensor is present next to it and has a stainless steel body and blue, black and white changing straps. The Gear Live also comes with a stainless steel body and a usual rubbery strap.
