Adnan Farooqui

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T-Mobile offering free memory upgrade for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge

The fourth largest mobile carrier in the United States, T-Mobile, has launched a new promotion through which it is providing a free memory upgrade for customers who purchase the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. T-Mobile actually offered a similar promotion a couple of weeks back as well, though this time around the promotion is […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

No new Galaxy Note Edge with the Galaxy Note 5 this year, according to rumors

Last year at IFA in September we saw Samsung unveil the Galaxy Note 4 as well as the Galaxy Note Edge, the latter has only been released in select markets and that too in limited quantities. This variant has more or less the same specifications as the Galaxy Note 4 save for the fact that […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Android 5.1 update does bring RAW support and lower ISO values after all

About three weeks ago we reported exclusively that the Android 5.1.1 for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge is going to bring new features to the camera app such as the ability to shoot in RAW as well as lower ISO values. The Android 5.1.1 update was released a few days back for both […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung wants court to reconsider $548 million in damages awarded to Apple

Samsung and Apple have fought numerous legal battles but one stood out against the rest, it's the 2013 Apple lawsuit alleging Samsung of infringing on some key patents related to smartphone technology and design. Apple initially seeked as much as $2 billion in damages but it was awarded $930 million after a long and arduous trial. Around […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung joins forces with US broadcasters to implement UHD TV standards

Samsung has signed a MOU with Pearl TV which is a partnership of nine major TV broadcast companies in the United States as well as with Sinclair Broadcast Group for the purpose of collaborating on the implementation of Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 in the country. Sinclair Group is one of the largest TV station operators in […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Galaxy S6 Active not fazed by AT&T’s ‘life simulator’

Soon after Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge we came to know that the company was working on an “Active” variant of this handset, which wasn't surprising since Samsung tends to release Active variants of its Galaxy S smartphones any way. A few weeks ago it was formally launched and as expected, […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Blue Topaz Galaxy S6 and Green Emerald Galaxy S6 edge UK release date confirmed

About a month ago Samsung announced that it would soon launch the Galaxy S6 in Blue Topaz and the Galaxy S6 edge in Green Emerald across various markets, these two color options had been shown off during the Galaxy S6 event at MWC 2015 earlier this year but they're not widely available. Instead these colors […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung sells over 10,000 SUHD TVs in South Korea

Samsung unveiled its high-end SUHD TVs earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas, it took a few months from when they were announced to when they were actually released in many markets across the globe. These new TVs from Samsung aren't cheap by any means but many won't dispute the price […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung developing security update to patch keyboard vulnerability

We reported yesterday how a vulnerability in the default keyboard software of millions of Samsung mobile devices could leave users at risk of being targeted by attackers, the vulnerability was discovered and disclosed by Ryan Welton from NowSecure during the Blackhat Security Summit in London. The vulnerability stemmed from the SwiftKey keyboard pre-installed on countless Samsung […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

[Updated] Game Recorder+ records your gaming sessions on the Galaxy S6, S6 edge and other handsets

Smartphone manufacturers are particularly focusing on mobile gaming in their handsets these days as casual gaming on smartphones takes off, naturally people want to record their gaming sessions and share them with friends and family. Samsung has a solution for that it's an app called Game Recorder+. The app was initially available only for the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung has reportedly delayed production of its first in-house mobile GPU

We reported last year that Samsung is working on an in-house mobile GPU or graphics processor for its Exynos mobile CPUs, it was reported to have lured away engineers from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and other companies for this purpose. Developing its own GPU would free Samsung from having to license mobile GPUs from other companies, the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

AT&T releases Android 5.0.2 for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4

Over the past few weeks all major carriers in the United States have released the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, with the larger sibling out of the way now it's the Galaxy Tab S 8.4's turn to get its Lollipop fix. Verizon has already sent out the update for this tablet […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung announces dates for the Tizen Developer Summit 2015

Samsung is working very hard to get more developer support for its nascent platform and while Tizen still has a long way to go, Samsung isn't going to leave any stone unturned in getting developers to build for this platform. The company was expected to conduct two Tizen Developer Summit events this year and we know […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Keyboard vulnerability may have put millions of Samsung devices at risk

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in default keyboard software that could leave as many as 600 million Samsung mobile devices at risk of attackers, Ryan Welton from NowSecure detailed the vulnerability present on the SwiftKey keyboard pre-installed on millions of Samsung smartphones. The keyboard's searches for language pack updates are not sent over encrypted lines […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Galaxy A8 pictures leaked

We reported back in March that Samsung had filed for trademarks on the Galaxy A6, Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A9, reiterating our belief that the company is going to take its Galaxy A series forward with new models. We later reportedly exclusively on the specifications of the Galaxy A8 (SM-A800F) which was initially believed to be […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

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