Samsung just launched the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker with a new watch-style clasp and the Gear Sport smartwatch in India. Both these were introduced at the IFA 2017. The Gear Fit2 Pro has a 1.5-inch Curved Super AMOLED screen and built-in GPS and runs Tizen OS, similar to the predecessor The Gear Sport has a 1.2-inch Circular Super AMOLED Always On display and comes with GPS, Heart rate sensor and NFC for Samsung Pay. It has easily changeable standard 20mm straps.
Samsung announced back in April that its second generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, 10LPP (Low Power Plus), has been qualified and is ready for production. Today the Korean giant has announced that its Foundry Business has started mass production of these SoCs based on second-gen 10nm process tech, 10LPP .
A team of researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) developed a ‘graphene’ ball battery material that enables up to 45% increase in capacity, and five times faster-charging speeds than standard lithium-ion batteries. This breakthrough ensures next-generation secondary battery market related to mobile devices and electric vehicles. Continue reading “Samsung develops ‘Graphene Ball’ battery material with 5x faster charging speed”
Samsung introduced its flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone earlier this year in Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Coral Blue, Arctic Silver, and Maple Gold colors. Today it has introduced new Burgundy Red color variant for the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Burgundy Red Galaxy S8”
Samsung has filed multiple smartphone patents to house the Antenna bands on the frame of both full-screen display and traditional units. The company has filed the patents at the Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service. Continue reading “Samsung files multiple patents for smartphones with full-screen display”
Samsung launched the Galaxy J5 Prime (SM-G570F) smartphone in India back in September last year. Now the Galaxy J5 Prime 2017 (SM-G571F) has been certified by the FCC in the U.S. This reveals the model number of the smartphone that had already surfaced in GFXBench benchmark, but it doesn’t reveal any specifications.
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Back when Apple launched the iPhone X, Samsung mocked it with an Ad taking all the past features that Apple iPhones were missing leading back to the iPhone X top-notch. Now it is Moto who takes a dig at Samsung with their Projector mod for the Moto Z2 series. Continue reading “Motorola takes a dig at Samsung’s iPhone X parody with ‘up-upgrade’ Moto Z2 ad”
Rumors of upcoming Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ started surfacing a few weeks back. Now @evleaks aka Evan Blass at VentureBeat is reporting that the Galaxy S9 series will be an iterative update in “tock” cycle, since the Galaxy S8 was a major upgrade as a part of “tick” cycle. These flagships are expected to be previewed at the CES 2018 in Las Vegas in January, but it is not clear how much information about the devices will be revealed at CES, says the report. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ specifications surface, might be previewed at CES 2018”
Samsung launched the flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone in India back in September. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3300mAh battery battery, slightly smaller than the 3500mAh battery on the S8+ and supports Samsung’s own Adaptive fast charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA). It has a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display, is powered by Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor, has 6GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”
Google’s Pixel Book that was launched at the Pixel event is more or less a revival to the 2-in-1 Chromebook with a detachable keyboard. Based on several recent changes to the Chromium Repository, now Samsung is said to be working on a new detachable Chromebook that will work like a tablet as well as a typical laptop with a keyboard. Continue reading “Samsung Chromebook with detachable keyboard reportedly in the works”
As expected, OnePlus has launched the successor of OnePlus 5 with a minor upgrade in a span of just 5 months, that goes by the name OnePlus 5T. This iteration of the OnePlus offers some changes including a 6-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio, improved camera, and advanced facial recognition technology. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8 – What’s Different”
Apple has regained the top spot in the wearable market in Q3 2017 with 3.9 million shipments and it is the strongest quarter for Apple in 2017, all thanks to the recently launched Apple Watch 3 with LTE support, reveals a new report from Canalys. Xiaomi and Fitbit claim the 2nd and 3rd spots with 3.6 million and 3.5 million, respectively. Continue reading “Apple claims the top spot in wearable market followed by Xiaomi and Fitbit in Q3 2017: Canalys”
Samsung has silently made the Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC official that is revealed in CES 2018 Innovation Awards announcement. It is the successor of Exynos 9 Series 8895 SoC that powers the Galaxy S8 series and the Galaxy Note8. It is based on the 2nd generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, uses company’s 3rd generation custom designed CPU cores and has LTE Cat.18 6CA-supported modem that offers maximum download speed of up to 1.2Gbp (Cat.18). Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9810 10nm SoC with 3rd gen custom CPU cores official, could power Galaxy S9”
Samsung is rolling out Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for the Galaxy C9 Pro in India. The Nougat update brings Experience 8.5 galaxy interface and all the functionalities that Android Nougat features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”
Samsung’s fight with Apple seems to have come to an end at the moment as Supreme court has refused to hear Samsung’s appeal in the case. Backing the circuit court decision reinstating a $120 million penalty for Apple’s patent infringement technologies like slide to unlock and autocorrecting text.
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