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Galaxy Experience Space in San Fran is the most epic Samsung store
Samsung brought back the epic in-store experience in San Francisco after Unpacked. The company opened up a new Galaxy Experience Space in the Golden Gate City, where visitors can experience the new Galaxy S23 and Galaxy Book 3 lineups in person, learn about Samsung's sustainability efforts, play mobile games, and take epic photos that simulate […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Samsung Pay may soon face competition from Apple in Korea
Due to a lack of an NFC infrastructure and other regulatory factors, Apple has yet to release its Pay service to South Korea. But according to new reports, Samsung Pay may soon face serious competition in the mobile payment market in its home country from the US tech giant. For months now, reports indicate that […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Galaxy S23 Ultra is the 2023 Android smartphone king, here’s why!
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown, so the saying goes, but Samsung seems unbothered by its weight. It's not particularly easy to so comprehensively demolish your competition year after year yet Samsung manages to do that so effortlessly that you'd think nothing could be easier. The Android smartphone landscape is a crowded one. […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Galaxy S23 series gets equal display brightness with fantastic colors
Samsung revealed a bright new Galaxy S flagship series at Unpacked. Quite literally, the Galaxy S23 trio has Dynamic AMOLED 2X displays that should offer great outdoor visibility, and this year, the base model received a much-needed upgrade. Although Samsung hasn't increased the luminosity of the Plus and Ultra variants, the company has created an […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Galaxy S23 gets a few standard and exclusive colors, no Bespoke
The Galaxy S23 series is finally here. As in, it's official, and prospective buyers can pre-order the new phones online. Samsung confirmed the Galaxy S23 color range at Unpacked in San Francisco. And this year, we're getting four standard colors available worldwide, plus a few market-dependent, online-exclusive color options. The Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Last chance to reserve the Galaxy S23 or Book 3 for free credit
It's hard to believe that Samsung announced the Galaxy S22 a year ago. Has it been that long? By all measures, yes, it has. Samsung is getting ready to announce the sequel on February 1, and in case you missed the news, you can reserve the Galaxy S23 (and/or the Galaxy Book 3 laptop) online […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Samsung may face issues getting EUV semiconductor equipment to China
Japan and the Netherlands have joined the United States in banning semiconductor equipment exports to China. This move may put a damper on Samsung Electronics' semiconductor manufacturing capacity in China, where the company is manufacturing DRAM and NAND flash chips. The three countries held negotiations for several days under the National Security Advisor of the […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Samsung certified for business continuity management amid crises
The semiconductor market has been in turmoil for the past couple of years due to supply chain disruptions caused by COVID and, more recently, fears of an economic recession. But despite these hurdles and the fact that Samsung expects profits from its semiconductor business to be halved in 2023, the company recently announced that it […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Samsung giving away free Fiit subscriptions to new TV buyers in UK
Samsung and UK's #1 rated fitness platform, Fiit, have inked a new partnership to give new smart TV and Smart Monitor customers free access to the fitness app. Through this new collaboration between Samsung and Fiit, customers buying a new Samsung smart TV or Smart Monitor before March 2023 get a 4-month subscription to the […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
The boxy design of Samsung’s Galaxy S Ultra phones is boss
We've been critical on more than one occasion about how the boxy design of the Galaxy S22 Ultra is a detriment to comfortable usage (especially with one hand). The boxy design is a result of the Galaxy S Ultra lineup absorbing the Galaxy Note's best feature, the S Pen stylus, and the Galaxy S Ultra […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
I don’t care about your S Pen, Samsung
Ever since the Galaxy Note line was killed off, the S Pen has become less of an exclusive feature for Samsung phones and more of a standard feature that you get if buy either of its costliest two phones (a Galaxy S Ultra or a Galaxy Z Fold) every year. The Galaxy S22 Ultra came […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Samsung trashes its own climate goals with Unpacked 2023
Samsung often touts its sustainability initiatives, presenting them as the guiding principles for its business. The company's other sustainability initiatives have included a self-repair program for customers in the US, sustainable packaging materials, and increasing energy efficiency in products. When Samsung first announced that it would provide three years of Android OS upgrades, it said […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
When will Chinese Android manufacturers get it that specs don’t matter all that much?
It's no secret that it's not just Apple that Samsung has to compete against in the smartphone market. Samsung also has to go up against pretty much every Chinese manufacturer, especially in markets like India where Chinese manufacturers have taken a foothold thanks to how aggressively they price their phones while dangling dazzling impressive spec […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
The next Galaxy phone you buy should be special and worth your cash
Call us biased but if you asked us to recommend a smartphone, we'd tell you to buy a Samsung Galaxy. The Korean giant objectively makes some of the best phones on the market. It's the lone dominant Android smartphone manufacturer. There is no other Android OEM that makes the kind of variety and ships the […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 1 year ago
Why the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is your new iPhone 14
You might be scratching your head at this, but bear with us for a moment. Unless you're fully locked into the Apple ecosystem, chances are you buy an iPhone for the prestige that's attached to the device. In many parts of the world, having an iPhone is a status symbol. There hasn't been any other […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 2 years ago
