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Samsung GT-I9507 Galaxy S4 shows up in UAProf strings
A Galaxy S4 variant with model number GT-I9507 has been known to exist for some time, first showing up on Picasa and then later on benchmark site GLBenchmark. Now, another confirmation of the device has arrived via some UAProf (User Agent Profile) strings on Samsung's mobile website, which mention GT-I9507. Expected to be a carrier or […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung’s clamshell “Hennessy” phone now listed on official website
A remnant of a time long past, Samsung's “Hennessy” clamshell flip phone, press images of which were leaked yesterday, has now been officially listed on the manufacturer's Chinese website. Oddly, the device is simply named W789, which indicates even Samsung was hard pressed to come up with a suitable name for the phone. In terms of […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Sprint ATIV S Neo specs made official on Samsung’s website, launching this Friday
Sprint's first high-end Windows Phone 8 device, the ATIV S Neo, was unveiled by the carrier back in June, but the complete spec list wasn't revealed. That has changed now, as Samsung has officially listed the ATIV S Neo on its website, along with a complete list of specs. There are a couple of changes […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
AT&T selling refurbished Samsung Galaxy S4 for $29.99
If a new Galaxy S4 is too costly for you at $199.99 on a two-year contract, then AT&T may have just the deal for you – the carrier is selling a certified like-new (an attractive way of saying refurbished) Galaxy S4 16GB only for $29.99 on a two-year contract. Only the black and white color […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Intel Bay Trail-powered Samsung tablet shipped for testing, could be Windows 8 and Android hybrid
Intel's most powerful mobile chip, the Bay Trail quad-core SoC, is expected to arrive this fall and offer processing power that blurs the line between PCs and tablets, and the first Samsung tablet to use the beastly chipset has been found to have shipped for testing, according to Zauba's shipping documents. The tablet has a reference […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Purple Mirage Galaxy S4 coming to Sprint as an exclusive
Remember the purple mirage color variant of the Galaxy S4 that was recently launched in Taiwan, making Samsung's flagship's color options more diverse than ever? Well, that purple Galaxy S4 will now be heading to American carrier Sprint as an exclusive. Both AT&T and Verizon have an exclusive color offering, and now Sprint is the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung official says mocking Apple fanboys was “a tipping point” for the company
Some of the best advertising for smartphones has come from Samsung in recent memory, especially the ones in which the Korean manufacturer makes fun of all the Apple fans that stand in line to get a new iPhone, without ever looking at the alternatives. It all started in 2011 with an ad for the Galaxy […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
NTT DoCoMo’s Tizen phone confirmed by bug report, to have model number SGH-N055
A bug report page on the Tizen project website has confirmed that Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has a Tizen smartphone in the making, sporting the model number SGH-N055 (it's strange Samsung is using SGH as a model number on Tizen, something that could cause confusion with the company's Android devices). The device was mentioned by […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Another Galaxy S4 gets damaged when charging, owner unhurt
Here we go again. The Galaxy S4 has been involved in a new accident, this time in Pakistan where the USB port on the device was found burnt while it was on charging, the second time this has happened in the last month. The owner of the device was unhurt, and while the USB port […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung to launch smartphone UI and apps in 9 Indian languages
Samsung is making a big move towards supporting local Indian languages on their devices and has announced that it will offer its smartphone and tablet UI in nine Indian languages – Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati. The Galaxy S4, Grand, and Tab 3 will get support for the new languages from […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Wi-Fi (GT-P3110) receiving Android 4.2.2 update in UK
Following the official Android 4.2.2 update rollout for the 3G variant of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Samsung has now released the update for the Wi-Fi variant of the 7-inch tablet, starting with the United Kingdom. The build number is P3110XXDMH1, and the update will be available both over-the-air (OTA) and via Samsung's Kies PC suite […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
First Tizen smartphone to launch in October in five countries?
According to industry sources in Korea, Samsung could launch the first Tizen smartphone in October in Japan, France, United States, China and Russia. Samsung has apparently made the decision to launch in the aforementioned countries based on the fact that Tizen currently supports the languages spoken in these countries, and has created applications in those languages […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
QWERTY-equipped Samsung Freeform M coming to MetroPCS soon
QWERTY-equipped smartphones may not be a common sight any more, but feature phones are still keeping the tradition alive in many parts of the world. Soon, U.S. carrier MetroPCS will offer the Samsung Freeform M, a 2.4-inch feature phone that comes with a QWERTY keyboard and is a successor to the Freeform III, with support […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Galaxy S4 tops AnTuTu Benchmark’s 2013 semi-annual report on hardware performance
The Galaxy S4 has topped the list of AnTuTu's report on hardware performance of smartphones that analyses data from the first six months of the year, with its octa-core Exynos processor consistently beating all other smartphones in benchmark performance. In fact, even the second position is held by the Galaxy S4 – the quad-core Snapdragon […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Seoul shares to have a weak opening post U.S. ruling on Samsung devices
Samsung isn't having a good time in the U.S. in its legal troubles with Apple, with the Korean manufacturer first feeling the heat after the White House vetoed a ban it had managed to win against several Apple products, then by having its own products banned by the ITC just a week later. As a […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
