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    SamMobile Recap: Galaxy S5 Heart Rate sensor explained, S5 Prime rumored, and lots of discounts

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    Last updated: May 7th, 2014 at 11:39 UTC+02:00

    There's a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours, well, here's a recap of all the big things that went down.

    The Galaxy S5 Prime got rumored again with reports hinting at limited availability, while Samsung decided to take an in-depth look at the Galaxy S5's heart rate sensor. There were also quite a few discounts in effect – Amazon took off up to $100 on Samsung's Galaxy TabPRO and NotePRO tablets, while UK retailers decided to throw in £100 of Google Play credit with the Galaxy TabPRO 8.4. There's no saying if the deals are still active, but hey, no harm done in giving them a try just in case they are, right?

    Here's the full rundown:

    Of course, a lot of devices got firmware updates as well, so here's a list of all the updates that rolled to Samsung devices yesterday (as always, you can find all the firmware you need in our firmware section):

    Country (Product Code) Model Model Name Version PDA
    Brazil (VIVO) (ZVV) GT-I5500B GALAXY Europa 2.2 I5500BVJJP9
    India (INU) GT-S8600 Wave 3 2.0 S8600DDLD1
    India (INU) GT-S5830 GALAXY Ace 2.3.6 S5830DDKQ8
    Italy (ITV) GT-I9301I GALAXY S3 Neo+ 4.4.2 I9301IXXUANC6
    Netherlands (PHN) GT-I9301I GALAXY S3 Neo+ 4.4.2 I9301IXXUANC6
    Norway (Telenor) (TEN) GT-I8190N GALAXY S III mini 4.1.2 I8190NXXAML1
    Open Austria (ATO) GT-I9301I GALAXY S3 Neo+ 4.4.2 I9301IXXUANC6
    Romania (ROM) GT-I9301I GALAXY S3 Neo+ 4.4.2 I9301IXXUANC6
    Romania (Cosmote) (COA) GT-P3110 GALAXY Tab 7.0 4.1.2 P3110XXDMC2
    Trinidad and Tobago (TTT) GT-P1000N GALAXY Tab 2.3.3 P1000NVFJP6

     

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