Rumors have surfaced that Samsung will debut the Galaxy Note 3 at IFA with a brand new unbreakable OLED display. The screen is expected to utilize a plastic substrate with active LTPS matrix instead of the glass substrate used on the current Galaxy Note 2. The screen will have an RGB matrix.
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Forming the third part of the Android flagship trifecta, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is scheduled to launch in India on 26th April. The phone will take its place alongside the Sony Xperia Z and the HTC One to compete for the position of Android flagship of 2013.
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Hot on the heels of Google’s breakup with webkit, Samsung has announced that it will be partnering with Mozilla to come up with the core for its next generation browser. Mozilla and Samsung have now begun collaborating on an advanced web browser engine called Servo.
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A new report suggests that Samsung might be working on a new line of devices even larger than the Galaxy Note phablet. Dubbed the Galaxy Mega, the ‘phones’ will sport displays ranging between 5.8 inches and 6.3 inches. The operating system of choice is expected to be Android.
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Wireless charging, much like many other technologies that find their ways into the hands of the everyday consumer has a long and unspectacular past. First attempted, at least in the public sphere, in the early 1900’s by one Nikolas Tesla, whose many brilliant ideas and even more spectacular failures (this being one of them) coloured a rather interesting period in innovation and developments for consumer-facing products. The idea was revived in the mid-2000’s by a number of independent individuals working out of MIT, Jeff Lieberman and Marin Soljacic and team. Wireless power transmission is a bit of a misnomer as wires are almost certainly involved in nearly every step of the way with the sole exception being the wire usually linking the power supply to the “sink” which is the device using the power in the first place.
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Samsung launched its 2013 flagship, the Galaxy S4 at an event in New York a few weeks back but rumors have already started spreading around the launch of its next and arguably more exciting device. The Galaxy Note line of giant sized smartphones have pioneered and set the tone for the phablet category and we expect to see the next generation later this year.
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If you are looking forward to the Samsung Galaxy S4, be prepared to stay up tonight or wake up really early tomorrow morning. Samsung is holding its Unpacked event for the next big galaxy phone in New York City and might be also live streaming it. We should be live blogging the launch of the Galaxy S4 here on FoneArena. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Live Blog”
Samsung is set to launch its flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S IV next week. Rumors are trickling in about the features of this device and the latest scoop is that the device will have a feature which will track the movement of your eyeballs and will help you scroll and do other things without touching the screen.
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It was already known just a week back that the launch is going to happen on March 14th, but Samsung has gone and just unveiled a teaser video for the Samsung Galaxy S4, undoubtedly one of the most awaited flagship devices this year. The video has “4” prominently written all over it and suggests all kinds of adjectives for the upcoming phone, in a white unpacked box. Here’s the teaser –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEfNaNCkKM
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The Samsung Xcover 2 was announced last month. We’ve managed to get our hands on the device and here are photos and videos of it.
Part of Samsung’s entry level Android phone range, the Samsung Galaxy Young sports a 3.27 inch display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. The capacitive display is multi touch capable.
Inside you can find a 1Ghz processor paired with 768MB of RAM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Young Hands On”
Here at the Mobile World Congress, Samsung showcased its product portfolio that includes the Galaxy Express. One of its newest phones, it has a 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus capactive screen which looks quite nice though slightly blurred out because of the low pixel density.
The size of the phone is on the larger side but it manages to fit in well in the hand. The smooth curves mean that it fits comfortably well in the hand though the cheap plastic used doesn’t look too good. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Express Hands On”
Walking through the Samsung booth at the Mobile World Congress we ran into the Samsung Fame. Part of the new budget range of Android handsets, the phone looks quite interesting.
The screen is 3.5 inches in size and has a resolution of 480×320 pixels. The phone runs Android 4.1 JellyBean. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Fame Hands On”
Since we got our hands-on with the LG Optimus G Pro, we took the opportunity to compare it to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as well. In this video, we compare the physical design and the features of both the smartphones.
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LG’s Optimus G Pro is a rival to the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Both the devices are very similar in terms of design. Both have rounded corners, large home button and 16:9 ratio 5.5″ touchscreens.
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