Samsung Galaxy Note9 with Snapdragon 845, Android 8.1 surfaces in benchmarks

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 (SM-N960U) running Android 8.0 appeared on HTML5 test browser benchmark last month. Now the smartphone has surfaced on Geekbench listing that reveals that it will be powered by Snapdragon 845 with 6GB RAM and run Android 8.1 (Oreo). It doesn’t reveal another specifications. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note9 with Snapdragon 845, Android 8.1 surfaces in benchmarks”

Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ 128GB storage variants now available in India for Rs. 61900 and Rs. 68900

Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, its latest flagship smartphones at an event in India earlier this month in 64GB and 256GB variants starting at Rs. 57,900 and Rs. 64,900, respectively. The phones went on sale with several offers a couple of weeks back. Now the company has started selling the 128GB variants of the phones in the country. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ 128GB storage variants now available in India for Rs. 61900 and Rs. 68900”

Samsung Galaxy Note8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India

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Samsung started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for Galaxy Note8 in France recently. Today it has finally started rolling out the update in India. This bring Samsung Experience 9.0 replacing older 8.5 version along with Oreo and brings features like a customizable keyboard, new emoji, stickers, Bixby briefing, new color lens display settings, dual apps, enhanced DeX support, and many more changes.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”

Samsung investigating Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ touchscreen issues

While Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ might sport the world’s best-performing smartphone display, numerous complaints are now surfacing over Samsung forum, Reddit and XDA about the touchscreen dead spots. Users claim that the touchscreen won’t respond to touch input.  Continue reading “Samsung investigating Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ touchscreen issues”

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front and rear cameras unveiled in India for Rs. 13990

Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 Prime (SM-G610F) smartphone back in 2016. Now the company listed the Galaxy J7 Prime 2 (SM-G611F). It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is powered by a 1.6GHz Octa-Core processor, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a fingerprint sensor on the front, but this comes with a 13-megapixel front camera, runs Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) and has 32GB of storage compared to 16GB in the predecessor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front and rear cameras unveiled in India for Rs. 13990”

Samsung said to decide on in-display fingerprint sensor on the Galaxy Note9 soon

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In-display fingerprint technology though took sometime are finally making their way. Vivo was the first one to introduce and it looks like Samsung might be finally bringing their flagship Galaxy Note9 with an in-display fingerprint sensor and there are reports that say Samsung will take a call on the same by the end of this month.  Continue reading “Samsung said to decide on in-display fingerprint sensor on the Galaxy Note9 soon”

Samsung Exynos 7 Series 9610 10nm processor with AI features, 1080p 480fps slow-mo recording announced

Samsung today introduced Exynos 7 Series 9610 processor, successor of Exynos 7885 that powers the latest Galaxy A8 and A8+. It is based on the 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, and has eight-core CPU with four of Cortex-A73 CPU cores along with other four Cortex-A53 cores. It also supports slow motion video recording at 480 frames per second (fps), and has AI features such as vision image processing unit based on a deep-learning technology and image processing with a neural network engine for more intelligently enhanced face detection, as well as single camera out-focusing and augmented low-light images.  Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 7 Series 9610 10nm processor with AI features, 1080p 480fps slow-mo recording announced”

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review

Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones in India last week starting at Rs. 57,900. As the name indicates, the S9 is the eighth smartphone in the ‘Galaxy S’ series. Even though both the phones don’t feature a major improvement in terms of design, display and the battery, the S9+ stands out with its dual rear cameras. Is the Galaxy S9+ a good successor to the S8+? Let us find out in the review.

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Samsung Flip interactive digital whiteboard display launched in India for Rs. 3,00,000

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Samsung India has announced the launch of Flip interactive digital whiteboard display with an aim to solve most prominent challenges businesses face during meetings. Samsung Flip packs multiple tools and processes required for a traditional meeting in a sleek, all-in-one design. Continue reading “Samsung Flip interactive digital whiteboard display launched in India for Rs. 3,00,000”

Samsung Carnival on Amazon India: Up to Rs. 4000 discount, No-cost EMI, exchange offers and more

Samsung today started its 4-day Samsung Carnival on Amazon India, couple of weeks after the first Carnival sale earlier this month. This offers up to Rs. 4000 discount on smartphones .  Samsung Galaxy Note8 buyers get Amazon Pay cashback of Rs. 8,000 making the effective price of the phone Rs. 59,900. Continue reading “Samsung Carnival on Amazon India: Up to Rs. 4000 discount, No-cost EMI, exchange offers and more”

Samsung patent files hint at unique pull-to-expand smartphone display

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Foldable smartphone display is long overdue in the smartphone space that makes news every once in a while, but except for ZTE Axon M, we really don’t have a mainstream foldable display smartphone. Samsung yet again has filed a patent at a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office back in July 2017 for a smartphone display that expands when you pull on the sides. Continue reading “Samsung patent files hint at unique pull-to-expand smartphone display”

Samsung Galaxy S9+ reportedly costs $379 to make, costlier than Galaxy Note8

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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 Galaxy Note8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out

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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 Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ get first update in India as global roll out of the smartphones begin

Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones in India last week. Now both the smartphones have received a new update that brings March 2018 Android security patch. It also brings improved stability to Face Unlock and camera for the Galaxy S9+ along with usual set of stability improvements and bug fixes for the phone. For me, the fingerprint sensor issue that doesn’t respond after sometime has been fixed with this update.

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Samsung Galaxy S9+ Camera Samples

Samsung launched  Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing of the Galaxy S9+, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Galaxy S9+ has a new 12-megapixel primary camera with wide-angle lens that has 1.4µm pixel size, 1/2.55″ sensor size, 77-degree FOV and OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), sames as the S8+ and Note 8, but it comes with a new dual aperture mode to switch between f/1.5 and f/2.4. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9+ Camera Samples”