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    Galaxy Note 7 AOD is a “stolen” feature, Motorola says

    Galaxy Note 7 AOD is a “stolen” feature, Motorola says

    Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is making waves in an unprecedented way, with the company's latest phablet, S-Pen-toting flagship pulling such large numbers unseen with previous Galaxy Note models that even Samsung has been caught off-guard (if you're still waiting for your Galaxy Note 7 pre-order shipment to arrive, you're witnessing this firsthand). And yet, wherever […]

    • By Deidre R.
    • 8 years ago
    Exclusive: Galaxy C9 is Samsung’s new Galaxy C series handset

    Exclusive: Galaxy C9 is Samsung’s new Galaxy C series handset

    It has been a couple of months since Samsung launched the Galaxy C series. Samsung first unveiled the Galaxy C5 which is fashioned out of metal and features respectable specifications. We have heard from our insiders that Samsung is now working on a new Galaxy C series smartphone codenamed “Amy” and it will be called the Galaxy C9 […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Verizon Galaxy Note 7 will get a software update on release day

    Verizon Galaxy Note 7 will get a software update on release day

    Samsung has announced today that the Galaxy Note 7 has been released in these countries and customers will now be able to find its new flagship in stores. The United States is a launch market and the Galaxy Note 7 will be available today from retailers as well as brick-and-mortar locations of all of the […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung is getting dedicated space in US Cellular stores

    Samsung is getting dedicated space in US Cellular stores

    Samsung's “store-within-a-store” concept has largely been limited to big retail partners which provide some space to the company in their stores where it can set up a mini-store of sorts that deals exclusively in Samsung products. US Cellular has now become the first wireless carrier in the United States to offer this concept in its company-owned […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been released today in these countries

    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been released today in these countries

    Samsung unveiled its new flagship smartphone – the Galaxy Note 7 – on August 2. It confirmed at the event that the handset is going to be released in select markets on August 19. Samsung today announced that the Galaxy Note 7 has been released in the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Teardown shows the Galaxy Note 7 is hard to repair, still does better than the Galaxy S7

    Teardown shows the Galaxy Note 7 is hard to repair, still does better than the Galaxy S7

    The folks at iFixit have got their hands on the Galaxy Note 7 and they have done what they do best. The Galaxy Note 7 teardown shows that the device is hard to repair, however, it got a better repairability score than the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. Opening up the Galaxy Note […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    SamMobile Shop offers you a lifetime subscription to Sticky Password Premium for 83 percent off

    SamMobile Shop offers you a lifetime subscription to Sticky Password Premium for 83 percent off

    Do you find it hard to remember long and complicated passwords? I wouldn't hold it against you. We all use so many different services and since using one password for all of your accounts is a recipe for disaster, many of us have multiple passwords that we are sometimes just not able to recall. Fortunately, […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Themes Thursday: Here are this week’s best themes

    Themes Thursday: Here are this week’s best themes

    Samsung has released 93 themes this week in its Theme Store, and we've selected eight themes that you might be interested in. That's what we do every week with Themes Thursday. We think that the MossUI and Good UI themes are the best themes of the week, thanks to clean and colorful wallpapers as well […]

    • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung starts rolling out its first firmware update for the Galaxy Note 7

    Samsung starts rolling out its first firmware update for the Galaxy Note 7

    Samsung has just started pushing out its first firmware update for the factory unlocked model of the Galaxy Note 7 (SM-N930W8) in Canada. The upgrade itself weighs in at approximately 96MB and brings a handful of essential bug fixes, stability improvements and software enhancements to the device that have been designed to ensure it's running […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy Note 7 with 6GB of RAM to go up for pre-order in China on August 26

    Galaxy Note 7 with 6GB of RAM to go up for pre-order in China on August 26

    We first heard that Samsung was working on a variant of the Galaxy Note 7 that sports 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage two weeks ago when the handset surfaced in a listing on the official Geekbench website. A couple of days later, the device was spotted in an online database belonging to […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung declares UFS as the Excalibur of the future mobile world

    Samsung declares UFS as the Excalibur of the future mobile world

    Samsung unveiled the world's first Universal Flash Store (UFS) lineup of microSD cards about a month ago. UFS is the next-generation memory standard for mobile devices and Samsung is aiming to be a leader in this sector. The company talked about its future strategy for UFS at the Mobile & IoT Forum 2016 in Seoul. Senior […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung wins multiple design awards at IDEA 2016

    Samsung wins multiple design awards at IDEA 2016

    The Industrial Designers Society of America has recognized Samsung in its prestigious International Design Excellence Awards competition by awarding the company a total of five design awards which include one gold, two silver and two bronze awards. It also selected 21 other Samsung products from categories such as printers and home appliances as finalists. Design innovation […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy Note 7 durability test highlights questionable scratch resistance

    Galaxy Note 7 durability test highlights questionable scratch resistance

    You've heard it said that the Galaxy Note 7 is even the best phone on the planet, and that proves true in many ways. And yet, no matter how great the handset, there are always flaws and imperfections. This doesn't take away from the best handsets on the market, but it does educate consumers on how […]

    • By Deidre R.
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung and USA Basketball produce another episode of their Beyond the Frame VR series

    Samsung and USA Basketball produce another episode of their Beyond the Frame VR series

    Samsung and USA Basketball have announced the second episode in their Beyond the Frame VR series, which will be available to stream later today via the official Samsung VR application for Android. This latest instalment — entitled Chasing the Dream — spotlights a handful of members from the USA Basketball Men's National Team, including Klay Thompson and Paul George, […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung shares set a new intraday record high

    Samsung shares set a new intraday record high

    Samsung lost billions in market value last year as the company's sluggish performance shook investor confidence and they just weren't willing to pay top dollar for its stock. Samsung hit it out of the park with the Galaxy S7 which has helped it post its best quarterly results in a couple of years. Investor confidence […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Wallpaper Wedneday: Supercars

    Wallpaper Wedneday: Supercars

    Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on eight supercar-inspired backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images float your […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review roundup: Here’s what experts have to say about Samsung’s latest flagship

    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review roundup: Here’s what experts have to say about Samsung’s latest flagship

    It has been two weeks since the Galaxy Note 7 was officially unveiled, and experts and consumer tech media around the world have expressed their views on Samsung's latest phablet. It will take another week or so till our review of the Galaxy Note 7 gets published since we received the device late. So, we […]

    • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
    • 8 years ago
    Verizon’s latest update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge brings Wi-Fi and HD Calling improvements

    Verizon’s latest update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge brings Wi-Fi and HD Calling improvements

    Verizon has just started pushing out a much-needed maintenance update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge in the United States. Unfortunately, the upgrade, which carries the build number VRU4CPH1, doesn't bring any new features to the handsets, but it does bundle a handful of essential bug fixes that have been specifically designed to improve the quality of […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung showcases a new professional gaming monitor at Gamescom 2016

    Samsung showcases a new professional gaming monitor at Gamescom 2016

    Samsung is present at Gamescom which is billed as the “world's largest computer and video game event” to showcase its new professional gaming monitor. Samsung booths at Gamescom will showcase the company's new CFG70 curved gaming monitor. This 24-inch model brings together clear picture quality with several user-friendly features to provide gamers with an immersive […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Barnes & Noble’s latest tablet is a rebranded Galaxy Tab A

    Barnes & Noble’s latest tablet is a rebranded Galaxy Tab A

    Barnes & Noble tried diversifying its business a few years back by launching tablets but the company couldn't afford to make its own tablets as it was proving to be costly and they weren't exactly selling well. It has since teamed up with Samsung to release rebranded tablets with special Nook software. The company's latest […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago