New Samsung TouchWiz UI for phones featuring new flat icons and Magazine UX elements leaked earlier this month. Now @evleaks has posted a new screenshot of the upcoming TouchWiz UI on phones that reveals Google Now-like notification screen. This looks similar to Windows Phone Live Tile UI that would delivers notifications, but also offers contextual information like Google Now. Continue reading “New Samsung TouchWiz UI leak reveals Google Now-like notifications”
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos was the first device from the Korean chaebol to land its foot it in the highly competitive mid range phablet market. It was a big success, at least in the Indian market, but now we have its successor, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2. With an upgraded spec sheet that includes a better display, better processor and the Note 3-esque faux leather back cover, the Grand 2 has caught our fancy, especially at the price of Rs. 22,999. We got the retail unit today, so here is the unboxing of the brand new Galaxy Grand 2 from Samsung including a walkthrough of the hardware and software –
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Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand 2 (SM-G7102) in India last month and announced that the phone would go on sale this month. It also announced that the phone would be priced between Rs. 22900 and Rs. 24900. Now the phone has been listed on the official Samsung eStore at a price tag of Rs. 22,999. The Grand 2 has a 5.25-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 goes on sale in India for Rs. 22999”
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, a cheaper version of last year’s Tab 3. This has a 7-inch (1024×600) TFT LCD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung’s own TouchWiz UI on top. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera. It would come in Wi-Fi only and 3G variants similar to the Tab 3. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite with 7-inch display, Android 4.2 announced”
Samsung has announced that they have sold (supply channel) 10 million units for Galaxy Note series smartphones in their home ground Korea. Since the launch of Galaxy Note back in 2011, it took 2 years and 1 month to achieve the 10 million mark in its domestic market. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note series sales surpass 10 million in Korea”
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite may not be official yet, but it sure will be among the cheapest tablets from Samsung when it is made official. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite’s user manual has leaked online in the company’s Polish website. Apart from the official leak, a Polish retailer has started taking orders for this cheap tablet – $165 for the WiFi model and $263 for the 3G Model.
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Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) update for the Galaxy Note 3 starting from Poland, according to a report from Sammobile. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was the first phone from Samsung to run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. The company released their Galaxy Tablets at the CES 2014 last week running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Looks like the Note 3 is the first Samsung smartphone to run on Android 4.4. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out”
Samsung has dropped the price of the Galaxy Gear Smartwatch in India to Rs. 18,999, as reported by Mahesh Telecom. The Samsung Galaxy Gear was launched in India back in September last year at a price tag of Rs. 22,990, soon after it was announced at the IFA. It has a 1.63 inch (320 x 320 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a 800 MHz processor and packs a 315 mAh battery. It gives quick previews of incoming texts, emails and more once it is connected to a Smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Gear price drops to Rs. 18999 in India”
Samsung announced a lot of products at the CES 2014 and among them is the new Samsung Galaxy TabPRO series which introduced three new models of Android tablets. As per the name, these new tablets are equipped with latest and greatest features and Samsung is giving these tablets the top of the line specifications. We go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 Hands On”
Among the many products that Samsung is announcing and showcasing at the CES 2014, there are a couple of Android tablets belonging to the Galaxy Tab Pro series. As the name suggests, the new series of Tab Pro tablets means that Samsung is bringing the top of the line specifications and features to its tablet series. We go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 which is the smallest and relatively lower specifications wise. You can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 Hands On”
Samsung was the first company to introduce a 5inch + device in the form of Samsung Galaxy Note and now, at CES 2014, Samsung are introducing the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 inch tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro is the new series of high end tablets with top of the shelf specifications. We go hands on with the largest among them – Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 12.2 and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 12.2 Hands On”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2, the company’s latest tablet with a huge 12.2-inch screen at CES earlier this week. Since this belongs to the Note category, it comes with a S Pen stylus that docks on the back of the tablet and has a Wacom Digitizer for pressure sensitive input. It has a 12.2-inch (2560×1600 pixels) WQXGA display, powered by a Octa-Core Exynos 5 or a quad-core Snapdragon 800 depending on the 3G and 4G LTE variants and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own Touch Wiz UI on top. We had some hands-on time with the tablet at the CES show floor. Check out the hands on video below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 Hands On”
We have seen Samsung use the Neo branding for many of its mid range phones but it seems like they will be affixing it to popular high end models too. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, which looks like a cheaper Note 3 in the making has just been revealed, with full specifications in tow thanks to leaked internal documents acquired by GSMArena. Samsung has a habit of refreshing older models with new names and slightly refreshed specs and that seems to be exactly what’s happening here. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo is basically a Note 2 with some modifications underneath, with one of the major changes being the processor. According to the leak, the Note 3 neo will have the first Hexa Core big.LITTLE Exynos processor inside, which might make things interesting.
Samsung announced the Galaxy Camera 2, successor of the first Galaxy Camera ahead of CES last week. We got some hands on time with the Galaxy Camera 2 at the CES this week. The Galaxy Camera 2 has a 16.3 Megapixel 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor and has the same 21x Optical Zoom Lens along with Xenon Flash and OIS support. This has a leather texture on its body that is completely different from the plastic body in the first Galaxy camera. It also weighs a bit lesser than its predecessor.
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Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Indian Galaxy S3 users. The update brings, Galaxy Gear support, improved Samsung Keyboard, new GPU drivers, New S-Voice (from Galaxy S4) and lots more. Samsung paused the roll out globally in November last year due to software issues weeks after the roll out and resumed it early December. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 gets Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update in India finally”
