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Still holding on to a Galaxy Note 7? It’s just not worth it anymore
The Galaxy Note 7 could have done so much for Samsung. The ill-fated flagship had a lot of potential. When the handset was unveiled in August this year many suggested that it would turn out to be Samsung's best-selling smartphone and would carry the impressive sales momentum set by the Galaxy S7 series. It all went […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
The next best thing: what you can expect to keep (and give up) in the Galaxy Note 7 to Galaxy S7 transition
I wrote a column some time ago on the Galaxy S7 edge and Galaxy Note 7 being more alike than ever, a column that was designed to challenge Note faithful on how they perceive the Galaxy S series in general. Sure, the Galaxy Note 7 has an S Pen that you won't find in the Galaxy […]
- By Deidre R.
- 8 years ago
Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Action Button is just a recycled Bixby key
Apple's iPhone 15 launch yesterday was interesting, to say the least. The biggest changes is that the company is finally giving up on its proprietary charging port and will now ship the new iPhones with a USB-C port. The company also made a hardware change by replacing the vintage ring/vibrate switch with a new Action […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 months ago
The emotional secret to Apple’s success: Can Samsung crack it?
Apple has been somewhat of a permanent fixture on Interbrand's Best Global Brands list. The overall brand perception for Apple is that it enables customers to connect, pay, play, and thrive. Even as Samsung's perceived brand value has increased significantly and it sits at the fifth spot on that list, it doesn't quite seem to […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 1 year ago
Samsung needs to share its vision for Bixby if it wants users to care
Bixby is a feature that a lot of Samsung fans love to hate. It may have something to do with how Bixby was imposed, for lack of a better word, on users when it arrived with the Galaxy S8 back in 2017. The device featured a separate Bixby key that you couldn't use for anything […]
- By Daniel van Dorp
- 1 year ago
Only ChatGPT can stop Bixby from being such a waste of space
By the time Samsung jumped on the voice assistant train with Bixby, it was already too late. Apple's Siri and the Google Assistant had already been out for some time. Not only did it arrive late but Bixby was also evidently less capable of the lot. It was clear that Samsung's voice assistant tech had […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 1 year ago
Is copying Apple the only way for Samsung’s mobile business to survive?
It's a question that's been asked of Samsung many times. Apple did start a lengthy legal battle against the company because it felt this way. The apparent similarities between some of their products also gave rise to this sentiment in the market. For years, and one can certainly argue that it was incorrect, it was […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 1 year ago
I still can’t decide if I love Samsung’s curved or flat displays more
The Galaxy Note Edge was the first Samsung smartphone with a curved display. The Note Edge had the curve on one side of the screen and was well received by mostly everyone, so it was only natural for Samsung to double down on the concept. As a result, Samsung started putting curves on both the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 1 year ago
Irony dies as Apple exec calls Samsung ‘annoying’ for copying the iPhone
Samsung and Apple fought an almost decade-long legal battle as the Cupertino-based company alleged that the Korean giant had copied the iPhone. Various patent infringement claims were also made which Samsung responded to in kind with patent infringement lawsuits against Apple of its own. The main lawsuit made its way through the entire US justice […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 2 years ago
Why Samsung shouldn’t listen to Google’s request for more control
It was reported earlier today that Google and Samsung are in negotiations over giving preference to Google's services on Galaxy devices at the expense of Samsung's own services. If reached, such a deal would result in Google Assistant being prioritized over Bixby, Play Store achieving more prominence over the Galaxy Store, and Google having more […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 4 years ago
With wearing masks now a daily routine, I miss Samsung’s iris scanner
With facial recognition failing to work with a mask on, unlocking my Galaxy S20 Ultra has become more of a hassle than I would like.
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 4 years ago
Samsung fans have had it with the company’s Exynos processors
For the longest time, Samsung has been equipping its flagships with its in-house Exynos chipsets in most countries and selling the same devices with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chip in select markets like the US and China. Having its in-house mobile processor was a major advantage for Samsung back in 2015. Qualcomm's flagship chip that year, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 4 years ago
Are we the guinea pigs for Samsung’s punch-hole display experiment?
Is it possible Samsung is using consumers as the guinea pigs for its experiment of finding the perfect punch-hole display, or at least the perfect placement of display cutouts, while it works on true all-screen displays that have the selfie camera(s) under the screen? It sure seems like it to me as we inch closer […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Samsung probably isn’t done fixing its fingerprint sensor problem yet
Yes, this is yet another of those articles about Samsung's fingerprint sensor, although it's been a while since we had much reason to complain. But recently leaked renders of the Galaxy S10e that confirm a side-mounted sensor embedded in the power button have made me realize Samsung isn't done fixing its fingerprint sensor problem, at […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Samsung’s AR Emoji feature isn’t optimized enough for budget and mid-range phones
Samsung has been quite serious about bringing new camera features from its latest flagships to existing devices. AR Emoji, which debuted on the Galaxy S9, is now supported on the Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy A8 Star, and the Galaxy A7, just to name a few. It also made its way Samsung's budget lineup […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 6 years ago
