Tablet shipments in India increased 13% in 2015, 4.4M units sold: CMR Report

A total of 4.4 million tablets were shipped in India, registering a growth of 13% compared to 2014, according to CMR’s India Annual Tablet PC Market Review, CY 2015.

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Samsung Galaxy S7’s manufacturing cost revealed at $255: IHS

The Samsung Galaxy S7 was manufactured for $255,  according to a new report published by research firm IHS. This is the same amount the company required to make the Galaxy S5 two years ago.

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Over 100,000 Samsung S7 and S7 edge sold in first 2 days in Korea

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Samsung started selling the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in over 60 countries, including its home-ground Korea starting from March 11th. Korea’s Yonhap News is reporting that Samsung sold more than 100,000 units of Galaxy S7 series of smartphones in South Korea, in first two after the sales started. Continue reading “Over 100,000 Samsung S7 and S7 edge sold in first 2 days in Korea”

Samsung files patent for advance laser technology to monitor health vitals

It looks like future devices from Samsung might be able to keep a tab on your health stats. The company has filed a patent for advanced laser technology that uses mobile devices to monitor your health healt vitals.

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Samsung to showcase three new C-Lab Projects at SXSW

Samsung has announced that it will showcase three new experimental projects from its C-Lab program at the ongoing SXSW. The company will unveil Hum On app that transcribes hummed melodies into musical scores, Waffle, a social media platform that enables collaborative content creation and Entrim 4D, a VR accessory that lets users feel the movements of the on-screen action.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Battery Life Test

Samsung Galaxy A7 2016 FA One Charge Rating

Samsung launched the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone last month for Rs. 33,400. We recently brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 3300mAh built-in battery with support for Samsung’s adaptive fast charging. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.6GHz Octa Core Exynos 7580 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop).

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge roll out begin in US, Europe, Singapore, Australia and Korea

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Samsung today announced that it has started the global roll out of its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones, including the US, Europe, Singapore, Australia and Korea, starting from today. These smartphones were launched in India earlier this week for Rs. 48,900 and Rs. 56,900, respectively and go on sale in the country starting from March 18th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge roll out begin in US, Europe, Singapore, Australia and Korea”

Samsung is using both ISOCELL and Sony sensors on Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Earlier today, Samsung officially announced the 12MP dual pixel sensor that is present on the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Now, some more information related to the camera sensors of both the flagships has surfaced.

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Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G and Galaxy J1 mini announced

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Samsung has introduced Galaxy J1 (2016) (SM-J120), it’s latest budget 4G smartphone in Russia and also Galaxy J1 mini (SM-J105), a budget 3G smartphone in Philippines and Russia (Via). The Galaxy J1 was first shown off in Dubai, while the Galaxy J1 mini surfaced in benchmarks last year. Both these phones come with dual SIM support. The Galaxy J1 (2016) also comes in 3G variant in some market.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 is harder to repair than Galaxy S6 – iFixit gives it a 3 out of 10 rating

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iFixit gives a repairability score for every device they teardown. For the latest Galaxy S7 it has given a score of just 3/10. Even though it is better than the 2/10 score of the Nexus 6P, this is less than the 4/10 score of last year’s Galaxy S6. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 is harder to repair than Galaxy S6 – iFixit gives it a 3 out of 10 rating”

Samsung 12MP Dual Pixel sensor in Galaxy S7 and S7 edge detailed

Samsung 12MP Dual Pixel sensor

Samsung introduced its new 12-megapixel image sensor with Dual Pixel autofocus technology in the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones that were unveiled last month at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. It already revealed how the Dual Pixel technology works, now the company has official announced the sensor and also detailed its specifications.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro gets FCC and TENAA certifications

We have already seen a couple of leaks and reports of Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro that has a model number (SM-A9100). Now, the phone has received FCC and TENAA certifications.

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