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In the last couple of years, Samsung has made a habit of playing around with the battery sizes on its flagship smartphones, so we were pleasantly surprised (and relieved) that the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have the same battery capacities as the Galaxy S8 and S8+. With a more efficient chipset under the hood, […]
With the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, Samsung set out to “reimagine the smartphone,” and you could say the company has succeeded in making heads turn with its first 2018 flagships. The S9 and S9+ fix many shortcomings of their predecessors and also address some long-standing consumer complaints, such as the lack of stereo speakers […]
The Galaxy S9 vs Galaxy S8 comparison is one that a lot of Samsung fans will be making to ascertain whether or not it's worth upgrading to the new flagship. After all, Samsung's latest flagship smartphone is an evolutionary update compared to its predecessor, so those who had been holding out for a major design […]
One of the most frequently asked questions about Oreo is whether an existing smartphone will get support for Project Treble. While every device that launches with Oreo out of the box is expected to support Project Treble, Google has said that it is also working with some OEMs to bring Project Treble to existing devices. […]
The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will be receiving their Android 8.0 Oreo update any day now as the beta program ended last week. It goes without saying that this update will eventually make its way to the Galaxy S8 Active as well and a new development shows that it could happen in the not too […]
We already know that Samsung is going to unveil the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ on February 25 in Barcelona. The company will reveal the pricing and availability details of its new flagship at the event. A new report out of South Korea possibly reveals when Samsung will open Galaxy S9 pre-orders in its […]
Samsung and its retail partners have long incentivized the purchase of the company's flagship smartphones with discounts and free accessories. With the holiday season behind us and a new flagship smartphone on the horizon, Samsung is once again offering a freebie to get people to buy the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy Note 8. The […]
While everyone is eagerly waiting for the launch of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, Samsung is still not done with their Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The company is trying to gain as much mileage as possible from their current flagship phones before the launch of their 2018 flagship smartphones. A new color option […]
When rumors about the Galaxy S9 first started coming in last year it was claimed that the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ would have notably reduced bezels compared to their predecessors. That would have meant that Samsung would further improve the screen-to-body ratio and push the envelope on the look of a bezel-less display. However, […]
The Galaxy S8 is experiencing inadvertent screen wakeup which in turn is leading to battery drain. Numerous users from the official Samsung community, as well as Reddit have posted videos including a detailed description of exactly what it going on. At first the issue seemed to only affect the Galaxy S8 and S8+, but there […]
Some fresh renders of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ were leaked online yesterday giving us an idea of what to expect from Samsung's next flagship. The leaks were accompanied by purported dimensions of the new handsets which when compared with the predecessors reveal an interesting possibility. Galaxy S8 vs Galaxy S9 dimensions comparison Assuming […]
The Galaxy S9 is rumored to sport a never-before-seen screen-to-body ratio, but when it comes to the display itself, a new rumor says we will see the same 18:5:9 aspect ratio as we saw on the Galaxy S8. There have been some rumors of Samsung upgrading to a 21:9 aspect ratio, but GalaxyClub has received […]
Consumer Reports, the influential publication that makes “unbiased product ratings and reviews” to help users make an informed smartphone purchase decision, thinks the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and the Galaxy Note 8 are better devices than the iPhone X when taken as a complete package. The site has published its full review of Apple's first […]
Just a day after the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were unveiled, it was revealed that Microsoft would be selling the two devices in its retail stores in the US with the Microsoft Edition tag. This was followed by the Galaxy Note 8 recently, which also became available for purchase from Microsoft's store. A Microsoft Edition […]
The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ haven't been getting updates as frequently as one would like for flagship phones. They're also not getting them quickly enough, as evident by the fact that many regions saw the October security patch hitting the devices in mid-November. If some reports from S8 and S8+ users are to be […]