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GALAXY GEAR

Oct 7, 2013

Video: Samsung’s Galaxy Gear ads pluck the painful strings of nostalgia, still a bad product

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's marketing machine has just published the first two 60 second ads for the Galaxy Gear that will start airing in countries all over the world. They're a new kind of advertising from

GALAXY NOTE 3

Oct 7, 2013

Samsung developing a GS5 Active and Note 3 Active after seeing success with the GS4 Active

Stefan Constantinescu

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, in a nutshell, is a Galaxy S4 that can survive being dropped in the toilet, in the sink, in a swimming pool, or any other body of water. According to

Oct 7, 2013

Samsung unveils 13 MP OIS camera sensor

Stefan Constantinescu

Both HTC and LG did something with their flagship phones this year that Samsung did not, they introduced the world to optical image stabilization in their phones. If you own an HTC One or an

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 5, 2013

RegionLock Away disables the region lock on the Galaxy Note 3

Rajesh Pandey

The Galaxy Note 3 is packed to the brim with features and enhancements that, arguably, make it the best smartphone of this year. However, Samsung has also introduced a region locking on the device angering

SAMSUNG

Oct 4, 2013

No one really knows why Kevin Packingham, the Head of Samsung Mobile US, decided to quit

Stefan Constantinescu

Kevin Packingham is a name I wasn't really familiar with until yesterday. That's when The New York Times broke the story that he decided to leave Samsung. What did he do there? His

SAMSUNG

Oct 4, 2013

Samsung thinking of taking a stake in Best Buy

Stefan Constantinescu

America may be a country of less than 400 million people, making them smaller than the European Union, and far smaller than countries like China and India, but man, people in the United States sure

HTC

Oct 4, 2013

Woe and Glory: Samsung to have a record Q3, while HTC confirms their first quarterly loss

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung and HTC, both seen as premiere Android handset makers, are set to have two totally different Q3 2013 financial results. Samsung says they're expecting to have a record profit of around $9.4

SAMSUNG

Oct 4, 2013

Samsung defends its benchmarking shenanigans under the pretext of “substantial performance”

Rajesh Pandey

Over the last few days, a lot has been said about Samsung boosting the CPU and GPU frequencies on the Note 3 when running certain benchmarks. Now, the company has issued a statement to CNET

ANDROID PHONES

Oct 3, 2013

Galaxy Note 3 bill of materials said to be $232

Stefan Constantinescu

There's a three letter acronym that's sacred in the mobile phone industry, and it's BOM. It stands for bill of materials, and any economist will be able to tell you that a

SAMSUNG

Oct 3, 2013

Rumor: Samsung to start using MediaTek chips

Stefan Constantinescu

When most people in the West hear "Samsung", they think of devices like the Galaxy S4 or the Galaxy Note 3. The thing is, Samsung has a plethora of other Galaxy phones for people who

COMPONENTS

Oct 3, 2013

WSJ: LG’s flexible phone will be called the G Flex, and it’ll have a massive 6.0 inch display

Stefan Constantinescu

Yesterday I shared a rumor from ZD|Net Korea that said LG was going to launch a flexible screen smartphone later this month called the LG Z and that it would have a 6.0

GOOGLE

Oct 2, 2013

AnandTech shows how deep and wide benchmark cheating extends in Android

Kelly Hodgkins

Earlier this week, AnandTech confirmed Samsung was using hardware and software trickery to cheat on its benchmarks. Now, the online publication is back with a followup report that suggests Samsung in not alone in this

SAMSUNG

Oct 2, 2013

Samsung now takes PayPal if you buy content from them, how does Google feel about that?

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's smartphones, assuming you buy the international versions, come with two stores for your to get apps and video content. There's the Google Play Store, of course, and the Samsung Hub. Operators in

GALAXY NOTE 3

Oct 2, 2013

6.0 inch LG Z to launch this month with flexible display, Note 3 with flexible display next week

Stefan Constantinescu

Ready for some pretty wild rumors? Let’s start with the one that’s supposed to come true next week. According to the Korean publication DDaily, Samsung is going to announce a limited

GALAXY NOTE

Oct 2, 2013

Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition review roundup: Is this a 10.1 inch Android tablet worth buying?

Stefan Constantinescu

At Samsung's press conference in Berlin last month, the company announced three products. The Galaxy Note 3, the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, and the awkwardly named Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. As the name

ANDROID 4.3

Oct 2, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.3 firmware leaks; Includes Updated UI from S4 and KNOX

Rajesh Pandey

Yesterday, the folks over at SamMobile released a still in development Android 4.3 firmware for the Galaxy S4. Now, less than 24 hours later, a tinhte.vn forum member has leaked an under development

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ANDROID PHONES

Oct 2, 2013

Video: The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a “tiny screen” mode that enables one hand usage

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's Galaxy Note devices have always been unapologetically big. It's OK if you don't like big phones, because there are plenty of people out there who do and will gladly spend $800

GALAXY GEAR

Oct 1, 2013

Galaxy Gear Review Round-up: How does Samsung’s smartwatch stack up?

Kelly Hodgkins

Samsung is jumping feet first into the growing wearables market with its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Introduced last month, the Gear is a companion to Samsung's new Note 3 phablet. Reviews for the smartwatch have