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SAMSUNG

Oct 17, 2013

Samsung accepts region-locking has been a failure but refuses to remove it

Region-locking the Galaxy Note 3 from Samsung was a terrible, terrible move. It led to a major community backlash and even drove away many potential buyers. Today, in a statement issued in German language,

ANDROID 4.3

Oct 17, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update is now rolling out

Samsung has started rolling out the official Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S4, just days after a near-final firmware leaked. The update does not bring much visual improvements, but contains a lot

SAMSUNG

Oct 16, 2013

T-Mobile unveils the low-end Samsung Galaxy Light

T-Mobile has just announced a new entrant in its Galaxy line-up of phones - the Galaxy Light. As the name suggests, the Galaxy Light is very light in specs and features and is a

SAMSUNG

Oct 16, 2013

Samsung’s Galaxy Round is a prototype device; Will be available in limited quantities

Earlier this week, Samsung unveiled its first Android device with a flexible display - the Galaxy Round. The press release from Samsung only mentioned Korea as the launch country, implying limited release for this unique product.

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 16, 2013

Samsung confirms Galaxy S4 battery swelling issue; Offering free replacements!

Last week, we reported that some retailers are reporting abnormally high failure rate for the Galaxy S4 batteries. Now, Samsung itself has confirmed the issue for some European batches of the handset and is offering

Oct 14, 2013

South Korean media reports that Pantech is about to get bought out, doesn’t say by who

According to the Korean publication The Bell, Pantech is about to get acquired. The deal will be announced in as little as seven days, and right now both Samsung and LG are fighting for them,

Oct 14, 2013

LG pulls a Samsung, meets with Best Buy on potential retail partnership in the US

As HTC can probably tell you, it doesn't matter how good your products are if you can't tell people about them and put them in the stores where people shop. This is why

ANDROID 4.3

Oct 14, 2013

Near-final Android 4.3 firmware for the Galaxy S4 leaks

A couple of weeks ago, the folks over at SamMobile leaked an Android 4.3 firmware for the Galaxy S4. The firmware was still under development and had a few bugs. Today, they are back

SAMSUNG

Oct 14, 2013

Rumor: Samsung decides to skip 20 nanometers, go straight to 14 nanometer

Chips are made out of hundred of millions, sometimes over one billion, tiny little switches called transistors. Your computer/smartphone/tablet has been getting faster and faster each and every product cycle because said transistors

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 11, 2013

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 mini looks like it’s going to come out on AT&T and Sprint this year

According to two tweets from @evleaks, the Captain of Leaks himself, it appears that the Galaxy S4 mini will be launched on AT&T and Sprint in the coming weeks and months. AT&T will

ANDROID TABLETS

Oct 10, 2013

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Hello Kitty Edition in Germany of all places, costs just $310

Companies often like to do this thing called "co-branding". You've seen Batman Edition Nokia phones, NASCAR sponsored sugar water from Pepsi, and let's not even begin to talk about the horrendously overpriced

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 10, 2013

Rumor: To combat weak Galaxy S4 sales, Samsung to unveil the Galaxy S5 in January

Samsung's Galaxy S4 was and still is a highly polarizing device. It feels like crap in your hand, but it has a gorgeous display, an amazing camera, an incredibly fast processor. Though you tend

SAMSUNG

Oct 9, 2013

Samsung wants to ship a phone with a fingerprint sensor by the end of the year?

When rumors started floating around the internets about the next iPhone shipping with a fingerprint sensor, hardly anyone believed them. But sure enough, when Tim Cook and friends got up on stage to unveil the

GALAXY NOTE 3

Oct 9, 2013

Video: Samsung’s new Note 3 and Gear ad makes absolutely zero sense, makes fun of LG?

Samsung has just uploaded a two minute ad to YouTube that's meant to show people the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear. The ad features a man in black suit walking around a

SAMSUNG

Oct 8, 2013

Samsung announces the Galaxy Round with flexible, curved glass display

Shortly after a press photo leaked to the Internet, Samsung quickly confirmed the existence of the new Galaxy Round. As expected, the Round features a curved glass display, making it the first smartphone with a

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 8, 2013

Here she is: Galaxy Note 3 with flexible display

The man with a red rotary phone that gives him a direct line to Samsung's factories in South Korea has just tweeted a photo of the company's first smartphone with a flexible AMOLED

SAMSUNG

Oct 8, 2013

Several ancient Galaxys now banned in the US

If you're in the market for a Galaxy S 4G, or a Galaxy Fascinate, or a first generation Galaxy Tab, I have some terrible heart breaking news for you. Due to the patent battle

GALAXY S4

Oct 7, 2013

Samsung Galaxy J: The best GS4 variant yet, sadly you have to live in Japan to buy one

When Samsung started shipping the Galaxy S4 in late April, it packed a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and 2 GB of RAM. Even today, that's considered a powerful combination. But then LTE-Advanced happened in