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WhatsApp will stop working for some Galaxy phones by next month

Meta is ending WhatsApp support for older Android OS versions, which means the messaging app will stop working on some Galaxy phones later this month. However, we wouldn't worry about it unless you're a classic Galaxy phone collector still using some of the company's original models. WhatsApp will stop working for Android 5.0 and older […]

By Mihai Matei
1 year ago

Facebook integration in Gallery and other apps ending June 30 for old Samsung devices

Starting June 30, users of Samsung's Android smartphones launched between 2012 and 2014 will no longer be able to access their Facebook pictures and information in apps such as Gallery, Calendar, and the Briefing widget for the home screen. We're told the affected devices are mostly those that ran Android KitKat, Lollipop, or Marshmallow. Devices […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Samsung smartphones score top five positions in research and testing study

Samsung today announced that its smartphones have scored the top five positions in the joint study of the German testing center International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT) and Roskachestvo, the Russian quality system. Best results were achieved by the Galaxy Note 3 and Note 4, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge as well as […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Samsung has started selling refurbished flagship smartphones in the US

We reported a couple of weeks ago that Samsung could soon start selling refurbished flagship Galaxy smartphones. It was said to be one of the ways the company will try to sustain the earnings momentum after its stellar performance in the second quarter of this year and it will also help Samsung maximize cost efficiency […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

From the Galaxy Note 3 to the Galaxy Note 5: Five Good Changes

The Galaxy Note 5 is now available, even in the coveted Gold Platinum color option, so it’s likely that fellow Note 3 users are contemplating an upgrade from their now two-year-old smartphone. We’ve heard a lot about what Note 4 users think about the Note 5, but we haven’t heard as much from Note 3 […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Photo Note for the Galaxy Note 3

Samsung introduced two new features with the Galaxy Note 4 last year that made Galaxy Note 3 users jealous: 1) Smart Select and 2) Photo Note. We pointed out that Smart Select came to Galaxy Note 3 users, Verizon users in particular, but it turns out that the other feature also made its way to […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Galaxy Note 5’s ‘Screen-off memo’ feature ported to Galaxy Note 3, Note 4 and Note Edge

Samsung fans have fell in love with the Galaxy Note 5‘s screen-off memo feature which makes the S-pen far more useful. You can take out your S-Pen and start typing directly on your screen without any steps in-between as the phone launches an app with a full black background. This is very energy efficient because Super […]

By Octav G.
9 years ago

All five Galaxy Note flagships hit the floor in this drop test video

We are currently in the fifth year of the existence of Samsung's Galaxy Note lineup, with the Galaxy Note 5 featuring an exquisite metal and glass design that's leaps and bounds above all of its predecessors. Not content with simply testing the Note 5's resilience to being dropped on the floor, YouTube channel TechRax decided […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Here’s how the Galaxy Note 5 compares to its predecessors, the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note 3

Samsung has unveiled two new high-end phablets today, the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+, and both of them are really gorgeous to look at. Their metal unibodies that are covered with Gorilla Glass 4 on both the sides are nothing short of art. However, a lot of changes have been brought on the inside […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

One-handed operation for the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 4

The iPhone 6 Plus provided Apple with the opportunity to enter the phablet market, a field pioneered by Samsung that Apple resisted for a few years. With the new iPhablet comes a feature called “Reachability,” which was designed to help consumers use the 6 Plus one-handed. While Apple has given its own name to one-handed […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Chinese customers can now remove bloatware from their Samsung devices

Samsung has always been criticized with loading up too much bloatware on its devices which negatively affects performance and while the company has changed gears by allowing Galaxy S6 and S6 edge users to disable more pre-installed apps than before it's penchant for bloatware has made it the target of a lawsuit in China. A committee […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Signature Unlock for the Galaxy Note 3

Biometric security is a hot tech field in the smartphone market, currently, with many smartphones emerging with fingerprint scanners: the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, and the Galaxy S6 edge are leading the way in this regard. Google’s latest Android M update, set to arrive this fall, brings along with it native […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Real-time video recording, editing, and sharing are the future of mobile video, Samsung says

Anyone who’s paid attention to the trend of smartphones over the last few years can see significant growth in the capabilities of smartphones. There was a time when camera resolutions weren’t that great (neither were pictures). Now, photography has increased to the point where the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge move us to at least […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Samsung served with a lawsuit over bloatware in China

The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge allow users to disable a lot more pre-installed apps than was possible on existing Samsung phones, but it looks like the company's penchant for bloating its devices has gotten it in trouble over in China. The Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission has filed a lawsuit against Samsung (and local manufacturer Oppo) […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Galaxy Note 4 leads iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in US customer satisfaction survey

Results of a new survey conducted by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reveal that 70,000 US customers believe that the Galaxy Note 4 is currently the most satisfying handset available on the market. Survey participants were asked to score the devices on a scale of 0 to 100. Galaxy Note 4 scored 86 points on […]

By Adnan Farooqui
10 years ago

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