Abhijeet Mishra

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SamMobile Galaxy S5, Gear 2, and Gear Fit giveaway!

Mobile World Congress came to an end last week, and Samsung announced three new products to the world at its Unpacked 5 event: the highly anticipated Galaxy S5, Gear 2 smartwatch, and the fitness-focused Gear Fit. We also recently transitioned to version 3.0 of SamMobile, so we're taking the chance to do the first major […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S5 hands-on review

Each Galaxy S flagship's official announcement is followed by months of frantic speculation and rumor-mongering, but it wouldn't be an understatement that the frenzy for the Galaxy S5 was unlike anything we'd seen with previous iterations. So it was with some excitement that we sat down at Samsung's Unpacked event to get our first official […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Gear Fit hands-on review

More than the Galaxy S5 or the two Gear 2 smartwatches, it was Samsung's new health and fitness-focused Gear Fit that took everyone by surprise at the company's Unpacked event at Mobile World Congress. As we said in our hands-on preview on the day of the announcement, it's the most impressive of the new devices unveiled […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo hands-on review

The Galaxy Gear was the first smartwatch in the mobile industry that saw widespread release and recognition, but it also came with a fair bit of cons, including limited device compatibility and poor battery life (at least initially). Samsung accepted the faults and said it would make the second-generation model better than the first, and […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Review: Galaxy NotePRO 12.2, Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 and Galaxy TabPRO 8.4

Earlier this year, Samsung announced a new series of tablets, the TabPRO and NotePRO 12.2, with the former coming in 8.4, 10.1 and 12.2-inch versions. It's the first time a tablet with a screen size of 12.2″ has been announced, and Samsung has basically kickstarted a new generation of tablets. Now, the TabPRO and NotePRO […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Galaxy S5 offers 10.7 GB of usable storage space on 16GB model

The Galaxy S4 was given a lot of flak for using up a lot of the total internal storage for system files, leaving only around 9GB for user data on the 16GB variant. The folks over at Android Central then revealed that available storage space was even lower on the Galaxy S5, indicating that the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

[MWC] Galaxy S5, Gear 2 (and Gear 2 Neo), and Gear Fit preview

The Galaxy S5 made its official debut at Samsung's Unpacked 5 event at Mobile World Congress yesterday, earlier than we were expecting the company to come out in the open with its newest flagship, along with the Gear 2 (yep, it's not Galaxy Gear anymore) and Galaxy Fit. We were live at the event and […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Galaxy S5 variants to be called Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 Prime?

The Galaxy S5 is expected to come in a standard and a premium version, with the latter to supposedly have features like a higher-resolution display (2560×1440 vs 1920×1080) and follow the standard model's launch after a few weeks. We have been wondering what Samsung would name the two different versions, and it looks like we […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung teases Galaxy S5 Unpacked event with ‘The Next GALAXY’ ad

For the most suspicious and untrusting of folks that still don't believe that Samsung will announce the Galaxy S5 next week in Barcelona, the company has posted a teaser for “The Next GALAXY”, which really should be the final confirmation anyone needs about the next Galaxy S flagship's imminent unveiling. The teaser comes in the form of […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S5 will also come in gold, confirms leak

Much has been said and speculated about the Galaxy S5's hardware, but one thing that hasn't been discussed in the color options the upcoming flagship will be available in. Well, for those that like some bling on their smartphones, it looks like Samsung will be offering a gold color version of the Galaxy S5. A […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Report: Samsung to have a secretive showcase of a bendable tablet at MWC

It seems Samsung is making a habit of showing off its bendable display technology to a select group of people behind closed doors at major events. After reports of the Korean manufacturer showcasing foldable phone displays to certain high-ranking folks at big events like the company's Analyst Day and CES, a new report from the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

SamMobile firmware servers could be slow for some users

Since our switch to SamMobile 3.0 and a new server, we've been working hard on getting our firmware section, with its dedicated download server, up and running. The firmware page was temporarily down earlier this week, and while we were able to get it working again, we're now seeing a heavy load on the firmware […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung to introduce Kids Mode feature on Galaxy S5

Windows Phone might be considerably behind competing mobile operating systems when it comes to features, but one very useful feature it currently (exclusively) boasts is Kid's Corner, which lets parents create a dedicated and limited environment on their device, filled with only the apps and capabilities they want their kids to be able to access […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung’s Galaxy TabPRO tablets headed to UK on March 6th

Samsung's new Galaxy TabPRO tablets are now available for pre-order in the UK from Samsung’s e-store, Carphone Warehouse and Shop Direct, with a free 32GB microSD card for early pre-orders from Samsung's website. The 8.4-inch, 10.1-inch and 12.2-inch Galaxy TabPROs will start shipping out to customers from March 4th and arrive in retail stores two days […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Android 4.4 KitKat update is rolling out to Sprint’s Galaxy Note 3

When the kernel source of a newer Android version for a particular device comes along, it's almost a given that the update itself will follow soon after, and that is exactly what is happening with Sprint's variant of the Galaxy Note 3. The Android 4.4 KitKat update is now rolling out to the device in […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

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