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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 vs Galaxy Note 2

Samsung opened the doors of the phablet industry with their original Galaxy Note and now are expanding their lineup of devices with even bigger phablets – Galaxy Mega series.

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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was launched at the end of May while the Galaxy Note 2 was launched earlier last year in September. Both the devices are completely different except the fact that they are phablets and have 5.5inch + displays. The Galaxy Note 2 is almost at the end of the product cycle with Note 3 announcement around the corner.

Lets check out how the new Galaxy Mega holds up against the almost outdated Galaxy Note 2.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 rumored to pack a 3450 mAh battery and run on Android 4.3

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is confirmed to be unveiled on September 4th in Berlin, Germany. Rumors of the smartphone still continues to flow. Earlier rumors suggested that the phone would feature a Full HD Super AMOLED display anywhere between 5.7 to 5.99-inches, a 13MP camera, the latest Exynos 5 Octa 5420 and Snapdragon 800 processors based on the region and 3GB of RAM. It is also expected to come with LTE advanced (LTE-A) support in select markets. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 rumored to pack a 3450 mAh battery and run on Android 4.3”

Micromax Canvas 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos

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Samsung and Micromax have had a lot of success in the Indian smartphone market. Today we have Micromax’s latest flagship device – Canvas 4 and Samsung’s very famous smartphone in India – Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082). The Canvas 4 was launched in early July while Galaxy Grand was released way back in January earlier this year. Despite having a familiar 5inch display and similar price points, both the devices are different in their own terms. Lets check out how they differ and which is better.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Galaxy Grand

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Samsung is known for flooding the entire market with a plethora of phones and the Galaxy series is good example. You have a phone for almost any price range right from entry level to the flagship level. Samsung’s consistency has been one of its main reasons for success and it recently launched two “huge” phones – Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3.

Today we the have smaller of the Mega brothers and one of the Samsung’s most successful Galaxy phones in India this year – Galaxy Grand. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was launched at the end of May while the Galaxy Grand was launched earlier this year in January. Both the devices are at a slightly different price point, but have almost the same internals. Lets dive right into the comparison.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 update for the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) starting from Russia. The phone was announced in December last year running Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It was launched in India back in January. The Android 4.2.2 update for the Grand Duos was leaked recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Galaxy Mega 6.3

Samsung was the first company to push the boundaries of a smartphone beyond 5 inches with their original Galaxy Note featuring a 5.3inch display and thus creating a new brand of devices – “phablets”. The Galaxy Note was a big hit and Samsung followed it up with Galaxy Note 2 having a bigger 5.5inch display. Samsung decided to go beyond 6inches after Huawei’s Ascend Mate with their Mega series.

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We brought you the hands-on comparison of both these devices from the Samsung Galaxy Mega India launch event back in May. Here we have the two members of Samsung Galaxy Mega family – the Mega 5.8 and the Mega 6.3. The twins, if you could call them, were launched at the end of May in India at different price points. Both the devices are almost similar in terms of looks except for the size. The internals however are different in both the phablets. Let’s find out which is better.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos now available in Brown and Red colors in India

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Samsung released the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) in India back in January. It was released in Elegant White and Metallic Blue colors initially. Now Samsung has released the Grand Duos in two new colors, Luxury Brown and Wine Red. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos is one of the popular mid-range smartphone in the India market, these two new colors would improve the sales of the device. We reviewed the device earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos now available in Brown and Red colors in India”

Xolo Play T1000 Vs Samsung Galaxy Grand

Xolo is trying to target the mid-range smartphone market and their latest attempt is the gaming powerhouse – Xolo Play T1000 packing a NVidia Tegra 3 SoC. Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082) way back in January and it has been a huge hit for the company.

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The Xolo Play is a quad-core device with a relatively smaller footprint than the dual-core Galaxy Grand. Let’s check out how the devices compete against each other.

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Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch trademark confirmed

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The days of wearable tech devices are not far ahead. There are lots of rumors floating around that various companies are creating their own version of smart watches. Last month Apple filed the iWatch trademark in Japan, Russia & Mexico. The current leader of the smartphone market, Samsung, is also expected to make its smart watch available very soon. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch trademark confirmed”

Samsung to offer BBM in Samsung App Store on Galaxy devices in Africa

Samsung today announced its plans to offer BBM on its self branded application store that comes pre-installed on its Galaxy range of Android devices. The move will start off first in Africa which is still a heavy user of BBM services. We expect the application to be available on their app store in other territories as well.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event confirmed for September 4th in Berlin

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Samsung has just announced the Samsung Unpacked 2013 Episode 2, where the company is expected to unveil the new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 at the first Unpacked event on March 14th in New York. The Episode 2 would happen in Berlin on September 4th ahead of the IFA. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event confirmed for September 4th in Berlin”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Huawei Ascend Mate

Huawei was the first company to step into the 6inch + phablet category with Ascend Mate. The Huawei Ascend Mate was announced way back in January during the CES 2013, but the phablet has been available in India only since June. Samsung’s biggest phablet until the Mega series arrived was their Galaxy Note 2 with a 5.5inch display that we compared with the Ascend Mate recently. To expand the phablet portfolio and to compete in the larger phablet race, Samsung launched two new phablets – Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3 .

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Let’s check out how the Galaxy Mega 5.8 fares against the Huawei Ascend Mate.

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Obama administration vetoes Apple iPhones/iPads import ban, South Korea concerned

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In a turn of events for the Samsung-Apple patent controversy, US president Barack Obama’s administration has vetoed an import and sales ban on some Apple iPhones and iPads, upending a legal upper hand for Samsung. This is reportedly the first time since 1987 that a presidential administration has vetoed a ban by the country’s own International Trade Commission. This has raised a few eyebrows in the far east, in South Korea, where the media criticized the USA for protecting Apple.

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Samsung offers heavy discount as part of Friendship Day offer

To cash in on the popularity of Friendship Day amongst the youth, Samsung is offering a heavy discount on some of its most popular handsets. Starting from August 1st to 31st, the smartphone manufacturer will subsidize the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S Duos, Galaxy Core and Galaxy Mega 5.8 handsets. The discounts are on some of the most popular devices across categories.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Review

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Samsung has been recently having an obsession to provide solutions of convergence in weird form factors. We saw that with the Mega 6.3 and the Galaxy Note 510, both being devices with a certain feature, unknown to that specific form factor, hacked in, and the S4 Zoom falls in that same category. It is basically a Smartphone with a camera slapped on its back, or a point and shoot with a smartphone slapped on its back, you get the idea. Samsung started this trend with the Galaxy Camera, a high end point and shoot running Android, which is basically a connected camera, with 3G. Expectedly, Samsung has taken it further with the S4 Zoom adding phone functionality. Priced at Rs. 29,990, is the S4 Zoom a hack job or is it actually a good enough cameraphone? Lets find out.

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