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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S View Cover and Flip Wallet Cover get priced on official eStore in India

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S View Cover

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that was launched in India last month, went on sale last week. Now the S View Cover and the Flip Wallet Cover have been priced on the official Samsung eStore. The S View Cover is similar to the Galaxy S4’s S View cover that lets you see the notifications, attend calls, view missed events, camera control, action memo, music player and more without opening the cover flap. You can also change the background colour when the cover is on. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S View Cover and Flip Wallet Cover get priced on official eStore in India”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Dual-SIM support launched in China

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Dual SIM

We had already seen Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with dual SIM support in China last year. Now a Vietnamese website has posted images of a Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9002) with dual SIM support. This would be available exclusively for the operator China Unicom. The dual SIM version of the Note 2 had one micro SIM and a normal SIM, but the Note 3 has two micro SIM cards, similar to the other recently dual SIM smartphones from Samsung. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Dual-SIM support launched in China”

LG, Samsung All Set to Launch Curved Display Phones Later This Month

We’ve been hearing about flexible displays for quite a few years now but the technology was always a bit too far ahead of the curve. However, it looks like we’ll finally be seeing commercial applications of curved edge displays in smartphones. We have already brought to you a demo of LG’s curved edge television which indicates how the South Korean company has the technology in place to mass produce such panels. ZD Net earlier reported that a new LG with a concave curved display will be revealed later this month and will be called the LG Z or Z1.

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Samsung Galaxy Star Pro with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 6989

Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos went on sale in India recently, now another dual SIM phone in Galaxy series, Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (GT-S7262) is now available in India from online retailer HomeShop18. It has a 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz single-core Cortex A5 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Star Pro with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 6989”

Samsung’s ChatON messaging application now has 100 Million users

Samsung announced their cross-platform messaging application ChatON two years back during October 2011. Earlier this year, in May, Samsung announced that their ChatON application had an user base of 50 Million and just four months later, they are now announcing that the user base has doubled since May and now a total of 100 Million users use Samsung’s cross-platform messaging application – ChatON.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 T211 Review

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 3 T211 in April and it has been available since July. The Galaxy Tab 3 T211 is a 7inch mid-range Android tablet from Samsung that was launched keeping in mind the mid-range tablet buyers. Galaxy Tab 3 T211 is the one with the calling abilities while the Galaxy Tab 3 T210 is the WiFi version.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Camera Samples

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a leather-like texture on the back which is interesting, but what sits on top of it is even more interesting. Continuing the tradition of using the same camera units as the Galaxy S series for the Notes, Samsung has included the similar 13 megapixel camera for the Note 3, the exact same one that you find on the Galaxy S4. The 13 Megapixel sensor is Sony-made and is the 1/3.06″ Stacked EXMOR RS CMOS sensor that you find on various other devices like the very recent Oppo N1 and the Lenovo K900, but what differentiates Samsung devices from them is the Fujitsu-developed ISPs that are custom made for Samsung. With a bundle of great algorithms + ISP hardware and a highly sensitive camera sensor, the Note 3 strives to be as good as the Galaxy S4, or may be even better? Take a look at the camera samples below and find out for yourself!

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Snapdragon 800 vs Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Snapdragon 800 vs Exynos 5 Octa

We did a comparison between the Snapdragon 600 and the Exynos 5 Octa 5410 for the Galaxy S4 back in May, here we have the Note 3 to compare the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 800 and the Exynos 5 Octa 5420, the latest high-end chips from both Qualcomm and Samsung. The Snapdragon 800 processor is clocked at 2.3 GHz. The Exynos version uses Samsung’s ARM big.LITTLE architecture with fours Cortex A15 chips clocked at 1.9 GHz and four Cortex A7 chips running at 1.3 GHz. The Exnos 5 Octa chip has a ARM Mail T628 GPU instead of PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU present in the Exynos 5410. The Snapdragon 600 chip has a Adreno 330 GPU, faster than the Adreno 320 present in the S4. Let’s see how these two phones perform in various benchmark tests.

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Broadcom, Samsung and others partner to form MobileBench to improve mobile benchmarking

Broadcom, Huawei, OPPO, Samsung Electronics and Spreadtrum has partnered to form MobileBench, a new consortium for effective benchmarking of mobile devices. This consortium surprisingly doesn’t include Qualcomm, one of the top SoC manufacturers, NVDIA, popular for its Tegra processors or MediaTek which is based in China. Samsung is one of the founding member Continue reading “Broadcom, Samsung and others partner to form MobileBench to improve mobile benchmarking”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 European version is region locked

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is making its way into about 149 countries around the world starting 25th, which is just two days back but we already have reports of the European version of the device being region locked to the continent, making it impossible for travelers to use it with a local SIM when abroad. This comes via our friends at Clove UK who have stated this fact on their blog. The LTE version, going by the model name SM-N9005 will be region locked to Europe and will not be able to access other International networks when abroad. This is really weird, especially for unlocked units.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks

Note 3 Exynos

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was announced at IFA earlier this month and was launched in India at a price tag of Rs. 49,900. We brought you the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 800 version yesterday which is available for LTE markets. This version is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU. Here are the benchmarks for the Indian version that is powered by a 1.9 GHz Exynos 5420 Octa ( A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor with ARM Mail T628 GPU. The Note 3 packs a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out which one is better in various benchmark tests.

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Archos Oxygen vs Samsung Galaxy S4

The Archos Oxygen aims to challenge the Galaxy S4 (amongst other smartphones) for crown of best 1080p Full HD smartphone on the market. Whilst it doesn’t come with the bells and whistles software features found on the Galaxy S4, it offers a premium experience for a much lower cost. How do these two smartphones compare?

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Unboxing

Update: Check our fully detailed Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review here.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was launched in India just a week ago, with much fanfare and a hefty price tag. Priced at a steep Rs. 49,990, the device has finally landed in the retail market in India and we have swiftly picked up one from nearby. We recently checked out the excellent benchmark scores of the Snapdragon 800 version but the version launched in India sports a Exynos 5 Octa(We’ll be posting benchmarks for this too), and that’s the one we are checking out today. A 5.7 inch 1080p screen, 3GB of RAM, one of the first USB 3.0 interfaces on a phone and a 13 Megapixel camera checks all the spec requirements for a top end flagship device. We couldn’t resist but show its box contents and a quick overview on video, so here you go – The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Unboxing and Overview Video

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Snapdragon 800

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was announced at IFA earlier this month and was launched in India at a price tag of Rs. 49,900. The Indian version is powered by a 1.9 GHz Exynos 5420 Octa ( A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor with ARM Mail T628 GPU. The LTE version has a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU. We managed to get hold of the Snapdragon 800 version to run some synthetic benchmark tests. It packs a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in several synthetic benchmark tests.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Gold Edition revealed

Samsung is infamous for the fact that most of its products borrow their “look” from Apple’s iPhones and now things are about to get wild for the South Korean electronics giant as it has just revealed a Gold Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4. Apple are just fresh from launching a “Gold” color iPhone a couple of weeks back and now we have Samsung launching Gold edition of their flagship – Galaxy S4.

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