Samsung Make for India sale: Discounts and cashback offers on smartphones

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Samsung India has announced Make for India Celebrations with offers on range of mobile phones and tablets, TVs, home theatre systems, refrigerators, ACs, washing machines and microwave ovens between 29th April and 15th May. These offers include cash back, easy EMI options, services and free gifts on select products across categories to thank consumers for making it the Most Trusted Brand in India. Continue reading “Samsung Make for India sale: Discounts and cashback offers on smartphones”

Samsung Gear 360 VR Camera launched in Korea, pricing revealed

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Samsung today launched Gear 360, its first 360 degree virtual reality camera in Korea, as it had promised at the Developer Conference earlier this week in San Francisco. It was announced that the MWC 2016 earlier this year, comes with dual fish-eye lenses with 15 megapixel image sensors and can capture high-resolution (3840×1920) 360-degree video that also supports 30 megapixel still images. Continue reading “Samsung Gear 360 VR Camera launched in Korea, pricing revealed”

Global smartphone shipments goes flat, Oppo and Vivo hit top 5 list in Q1 2016: IDC

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Worldwide smartphone shipment growth fell flat for first time and this is the smallest year-over-year growth on record. According to a report from IDC,  vendors shipped a total of 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), up slightly from the 334.3 million units in 1Q15.
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Samsung mobile profits up 42% YoY in Q1 2016 due to strong sales of Galaxy S7

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q1 2016, in which the company has made operating profit of 6.68 trillion won ($5.81 billion) for the quarter that ended March 31, 2016, which is up 12% YoY. It reported revenues of 49.78 trillion won ($43.46 billion), up 5.7% year-on-year and net profit of 5.25 trillion won (US$ 2.7 billion), up 14% year-on-year. Continue reading “Samsung mobile profits up 42% YoY in Q1 2016 due to strong sales of Galaxy S7”

Samsung Gear Fit 2 and Gear IconX earbuds leaked in images

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Samsung is working on two new wearables under its Gear line. Evan Blass aka @evleaks via Venturebeat has revealed images of the Samsung Gear Fit 2 and Gear IconX earbuds. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Fit 2 and Gear IconX earbuds leaked in images”

Samsung Galaxy Note6 could feature 5.8-inch QHD curved display, 6GB RAM, 4000mAh battery

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Samsung Galaxy Note6 rumors have started surfacing months ahead of the official announcement. Earlier reports suggested that the Note6 will be waterproof, similar to Galaxy S7 series, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 823 SoC and come with a iris scanner, in addition to a fingerprint sensor. Now a new report says that Samsung is testing a 5.8-inch Quad HD curved screen for the Note6 as well as a standard screen of the same size, but it is planning to release only one version. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note6 could feature 5.8-inch QHD curved display, 6GB RAM, 4000mAh battery”

Samsung introduces Pink Gold Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

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Samsung introduced the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones in Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, White Pearl and Silver Titanium colors back in February. The company today introduced new Pink Gold color variant of these smartphones in Korea. According to Samsung, the Pink gold color variant offers a charming look, yet give elegant depth. Samsung introduced Pink Gold Galaxy Note5 in Korea back in October last year.  Continue reading “Samsung introduces Pink Gold Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge”

Samsung Galaxy C5 SM-C5000 with 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces in benchmarks

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Samsung Galaxy Galaxy C7 (SM-C7000) surfaced on AnTuTu yesterday that detailed most of the specifications of the phone. Now the C5 (SM-C5000) has surfaced in GFXBench that reveals most of the specifications that are almost similar to the Galaxy C7. This comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC and packs 4GB of RAM as revealed in the Geekbench listing. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C5 SM-C5000 with 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces in benchmarks”

Samsung Good Lock UI customization app officially launched

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Samsung had launched the Good Lock UI app for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at the beginning of this month. Now, the company has officially released the app for other top Galaxy devices. Continue reading “Samsung Good Lock UI customization app officially launched”

Samsung working on a 1/1.7″ camera sensor for smartphones

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Samsung really pushed the envelope by reducing the pixel count, increasing the pixel size and giving a bigger aperture to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The result is better image quality and performance in low light. It seems that Samsung is planning on further improving the camera experience for smartphones users through a new sensor. Continue reading “Samsung working on a 1/1.7″ camera sensor for smartphones”

Samsung Galaxy C7 SM-C7000 with Snapdragon 625, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces

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Samsung Galaxy C5 (SM-C5000) with Snapdragon 617 and 4GB of RAM surfaced in Geekbench listing a few days back, now the Galaxy C7 (SM-C7000) with Snapdragon 625 SoC and 4GB of RAM has been leaked by AnTuTu. The Samsung Galaxy C-Series smartphone are expected to come with a metal body, but still don’t have images of any of these upcoming C-Series phones yet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C7 SM-C7000 with Snapdragon 625, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces”

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J3 (2016), it’s new 4G smartphone with new S bike mode in India for Rs. 8,990 couple of weeks back. It has almost similar specifications as last year’s Galaxy J2. Is the successor worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update starts rolling out in India

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Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) update for the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone in India. The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone was launched in India running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in October 2014. It got the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update back in April last year. Now it has got the Marshmallow update directly, skipping Android 5.1 (Lollipop), after an year in the country. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update starts rolling out in India”