Samsung SM-J100H, an unknown smartphone has surfaced on official website in the form of user agent profile. This reveals WVGA display and and 1.3GHz ARM Cortex A7 processor, but the GFXBench listing reveals detailed of the smartphone that includes a 4.8-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz quad-core Marvell PXA1908 processor with Vivante GC7000UL GPU and Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) OS. Continue reading “Samsung SM-J100H with 4.8-inch display, Android 4.4 surfaces”
The biggest trend in mobile over the past few years has been the move to even bigger displays with users eager to consume even more on a single display. Samsung were arguably the founders of this trend with the Samsung Galaxy Note back at IFA 2011 but since then, almost every company has introduced phablets to try to attain the same success (including Apple with the iPhone 6 Plus). Chinese manufacturer Huawei pose one of the biggest threats to Samsung’s dominance at the top of the smartphone market but how does the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 compare to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4? Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Photo Gallery”
Expecting to wait until December 18th for the Galaxy Note Edge to become available in the UK? As we’ve already heard, the wait is over as the handset is available from Carphone Warehouse but now Vodafone UK have also launched the handset (albeit only in black). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge lands at Vodafone UK”
Samsung has made some restructuring in the leadership team in India. The move comes from the South Korean electronic giant as part of its global reorganisation plan.
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After some confusion over the release date, the unique Samsung Galaxy Note Edge smartphone has now finally launched in the UK. Carphone Warehouse have updated their website to show that both the Black and White Galaxy Note Edge handsets are in stock and available on Pay Monthly plans or SIM free with free next day delivery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge now available in the UK”
Samsung have appointed former Nokia and Microsoft Mobile Devices boss Conor Pierce as their new Vice President for mobile and IT in the UK & Ireland. Conor Pierce, who headed up Nokia’s Mobile Devices division in the region, left Microsoft in October following the acquisition of Nokia and replaced outbound Samsung VP Simon Stanford. Continue reading “Samsung appoints former Nokia VP as UK and Ireland VP”
Rumors about Samsung Galaxy S6 are on the rise as specs of the phone has once again surfaced. The Galaxy S6 has appeared in AnTuTu benchmark test again after it had surfaced last week on the same benchmarking site.
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It turns out that yesterday’s rumor about Android Wear smartwatches being next in line for Lollipop update was indeed true. Today, Google has officially announced the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its Wear smartwatch platform. Continue reading “Google announces Android Wear 5.0 Lollipop update”
Samsung is said to be working on a new E series of smartphones. These smartphones will be entry level and are currently touted as SM-E500 and SM-E700.
Continue reading “Samsung E500 with 720p display, 1.2GHz processor leaked”
Samsung is using Corning’s ultra thin Gorilla Glass on its Galaxy Alpha smartphone. The fourth-generation Gorilla Glass is 0.4 millimeters thick bringing the total size of the Alpha to 7 mm.
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Samsung is working on a faster LTE chip of its own, which could be used in the Galaxy S6. According to the Korean media, Samsung will ship a Cat 10 LTE modem in its devices next year.
The modem could be arriving in Samsung’s Galaxy S6 smartphone, or at least in the international version, which will come with the company’s Exynos SoC. This 3 band LTE Cat. 10 compatible chipset will reportedly be capable of providing speeds of up to 450 Mbps according to the report. This is higher than the maximum 300Mbps speed of the current LTE Cat. 6 standard.
Qualcomm has already announced that it is working on Cat. 10 LTE modem called as the Gobi 9×35 but as per the official specifications, it is not being used in the Snapdragon 810 processor. South Korean mobile operator LG U+ is also developing a tri-band LTE network that could support theoretical speeds of 450Mbps. It is unclear if this new Cat.10 modem will be manufactured by other companies or by Samsung itself.
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Samsung has officially launched the Gear VR headset in the US. Announced in September at IFA 2014, the virtual reality headset is available on Samsung and AT &T website for $199.99.
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Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop update to Galaxy S5 devices in South Korea. Galaxy S5 models of Korean mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus are receiving the Lollipop update from December 5th.
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The rollout of the Galaxy Note Edge is fast turning into Samsung’s saga of the year as the unique twin of the Galaxy Note 4 could be delayed yet again. We’ve already seen the handset launch slip with the initial launch rumoured for the middle of November before being pushed back to November 28 and then again to December 12th. The latest information we have comes directly from Samsung’s UK online store and suggests the launch may be pushed back a further 5 days with Note Edge shipments set to begin on December 17th. Continue reading “Galaxy Note Edge UK launch delayed again?”
