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ANDROID PHONES

Dec 9, 2013

Galaxy S4 catches fire; Samsung wants user to take down video before replacing it

Rajesh Pandey

It is no secret that the Samsung Galaxy S4 has had some battery issues. Many users have reported about the device battery swelling or barely holding charge within weeks of use. After some investigation, Samsung

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ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Dec 9, 2013

Leaked document shows Samsung considering updating their mid-range devices to Android 4.4

Stefan Constantinescu

Not everyone can afford a $600 phone, even if it comes with a two year contract. And the sad thing about mid-range and low-end Android devices is that they get almost zero support

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ANDROID 4.3

Dec 6, 2013

Samsung fixes Android 4.3 for the Galaxy S III

Stefan Constantinescu

When Samsung started pushing out Android 4.3 to the Galaxy S III, I told everyone here to go ahead and apply the update because being on the latest version of Android is awesome. Well,

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SAMSUNG

Dec 6, 2013

Samsung to announce $135 Galaxy Tab Lite

Stefan Constantinescu

If you've been paying attention to Samsung's mid-range portfolio, you've probably noticed that the company has introduced a series of "Lite" devices. The Trend Lite, the Fame Lite, and pretty soon

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COMPONENTS

Dec 6, 2013

Samsung mass producing 8 inch and 10 inch AMOLED panels, first products coming in April

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's AMOLED panels have steadily improved over the years, and while some people tend to prefer an LCD's more accurate color reproduction, AMOLED admittedly offers that "pop" that some consumers prefer. But it'

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SAMSUNG

Dec 5, 2013

Samsung opens their first R&D center in Canada

Stefan Constantinescu

When Samsung opened an R&D center here in Finland, right next to Nokia's offices no less, people knew the Korean electronics giant wanted to soak up any and all of the locally available

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ANDROID PHONES

Dec 5, 2013

Will the Galaxy S5 launch in April, not Q1?

Stefan Constantinescu

Rumors about Samsung's next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, are starting to come out at a furious pace, so I can only assume that the device is almost finished. Several Korean publications have said

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ANDROID PHONES

Dec 4, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S5 allegedly gets benchmarked

Stefan Constantinescu

There are multiple benchmarking applications available for Android, but a select few upload your results to a central database so others can see how their phone compares to your phone. GFXBench is one of those

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ANDROID PHONES

Dec 3, 2013

The company that makes the iPad’s body is said to also to be making the body for the Galaxy S5

Stefan Constantinescu

Chances are you've never heard of the Taiwanese company "Catcher Technologies", but that doesn't mean they're not important. They're one of the firms that produces the metal bodies for Apple's

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SAMSUNG

Dec 2, 2013

Samsung says Tizen and Firefox OS should partner in order to take on Google and Apple

Stefan Constantinescu

Mozilla, the browser vendor that people still kind of remember, but barely, has recently entered the smartphone game with an operating system aptly called "Firefox OS". Chances are you haven't seen or held a

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ANDROID PHONES

Dec 2, 2013

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Grand Lite and Galaxy Note 3 Lite to be unveiled at MWC in February

Stefan Constantinescu

This year has come full circle. In Q1 we all drooled over the Snapdragon 600 powered HTC One and Galaxy S4. In Q3 the internet collectivity foamed at the mouth over all the new Snapdragon

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COMPONENTS

Dec 2, 2013

Samsung working on 20 megapixel camera sensors, they might end up in phones in 2014

Stefan Constantinescu

According to the Korean website ETNews, Samsung is having issues producing camera modules with optical image stabilization in sufficient quantities. That's going to make them look bad next year when everyone else has optical

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ANDROID PHONES

Nov 29, 2013

Samsung to add two new color options for the Galaxy Note 3 in 2014: Red and White Gold

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 is arguably the highest end Android phone currently on the market by sheer virtue of the fact that it's the only one with 3 GB of RAM. Whether or

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ANDROID PHONES

Nov 29, 2013

Why I traded in my Galaxy Note II for a Moto G

Stefan Constantinescu

For a little over a week now, I've been testing two flagship phablets: Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 and Sony's Xperia Z Ultra. I'm not going spoil my review of either of

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GALAXY S5

Nov 28, 2013

Samsung having issues creating 16 megapixel camera sensors with OIS, the GS5 won’t have it

Stefan Constantinescu

When Nokia started shipping smartphones with optical image stabilization, the first question everyone asked was when will the technology come to Android? LG was the first to strike, putting it in both the G2 and

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ANDROID PHONES

Nov 28, 2013

Snapdragon 800 equipped Galaxy S4 quietly launches in Europe as the “Galaxy S4 Advance”

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung being Samsung, they aren't afraid to make a million different variants of their devices. The flagship Galaxy S4 for example, there's the Mini, the Mega, the Zoom, the Active, and let's

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ANDROID PHONES

Nov 28, 2013

Latest Samsung Galaxy S5 rumors say to expect a Q1 launch, phone has a 4000 mAh battery

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's Galaxy S4 is half a year old now, which doesn't sound like a lot, but in the mobile industry that's considered an eternity. Now normally Samsung holds an event in March

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SAMSUNG

Nov 26, 2013

Samsung to make custom smartphones for Coke and Pepsi, negotiations with FedEX are ongoing

Stefan Constantinescu

B2B isn't sexy and usually doesn't even get attention from the press, though it sometimes happens. When Delta Airlines announced they'd buy 11,000 Surface tablets, that made news. When the Los

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