Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung Galaxy M40 soon to be out in India

Galaxy M40, a low-mid tier Samsung smartphone, will soon be available for sale in India. The device is a variant of Galaxy M60, with the former missing the latter’s Bixby button. The phone will be released on June 18, and will be available from Amazon as well as Samsung’s official store. It will cost ₹19,990. Its specs are as follows:– 6.3-inch Infinity-O Full, HD+, LCD– Snapdragon 675 CPU, 8-core– 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, expandable up to 512GB via microSD card– 32mpx x 8mpx main camera, 16mpx selfie shooter– fingerprint sensor– ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 receives the Android Pie update

Software version T395XXU4CSF1 is currently being released for the Galaxy Tab Active 2 in Italy; other countries should follow in suit soon if they have not already. The update contains all the functionalities of Android 9 Pie as well as June security patch and the new One UI custom skin. As always, if you want to check its availability manually, turn on your phone, go to Settings, Software update and select the Download and install option. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Verizon editions of Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus now support RCS messaging

Rich Communication Services, also known as RCS, is a unified advanced messaging solution by Google. It is an evolution of the standard SMS format, allowing users to send even 8000 characters long messages as well as offering a variety of other functions, such as typing indicators, location sharing, creating groups up to 100 members large and sending messages over Wi-Fi instead of cell network. Verizon is not the first carrier to support RCS in the US: T-Mobile, SK Telecom and a few others have already made it available to their clients. It is not known if and when other Samsung devices will ...

Much of Samsung Galaxy M40 specs has just leaked

It is not often that any Samsung manages to keep its specifications secret until its release, and Galaxy M40 is no exception. The phone will premiere on June 11th, but we already know most everything about its specs, largely thanks to today’s leak. The author of this leak is one Mukul Sharma. According to him, the phone in question will sport:– 6.3′ display, Full HD+– Snapdragon 675 CPU, 6GB RAM– 128GB flash memory– 32mpx + 8mpx +5mpx triple main camera– 3500mAh batteryOther sources speak of specs details such as an USB connectivity, 16mpx selfie ...

Samsung Galaxy A90 on Geekbench. Partial specifications

Galaxy A90, presumably the most powerful smartphone in the Galaxy A line, has just visited the Geekbench benchmarking website. According to the info there, this particular smartphone will sport at least 6 gigabytes of RAM, Android 9 operating system and an 8-core Snapdragon CPU – supposedly Snapdragon 675, but that is unlikely, since it is an old and relatively weak model.The device scored 2,504 points in a single core and 6.768 points in a multiple cores tests. Rumour is that Galaxy A90 will be the first Galaxy ever to sport a retractable selfie ...

Samsung Galaxy S10 in red turns out to be a limited offering

Right now, the Cardinal Red Galaxy S10 is only available in Switzerland. We do not know when and where else exacly will it be released: rumour says it will come out in Russia and Western Europe soon. There is also uncertainty about whether or not will the device be released in the UK.Cardinal Red has the exacly same price and specs as a common Galaxy S10. The only difference is a neat red paint. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung Galaxy A30 gets June 2019 security update

Software version A305FDDU2ASE5 is currently only available in Malaysia and Thailand. The updates are not particulary noteworthy: improved camera performance, updated security measures and that is pretty much it. We do not know when will the update become available globally, but it will probably happen any day. As always, if you want to check its availability manually, turn on your phone, go to Settings, Software update and select the Download and install option. Tweet Vote on ...

Galaxy A70s will be the first Samsung phone to sport 64 Mpix camera

ISOCELL Bright GW1 64 Mpix camera was first presented two weeks ago; now, thanks to ETNews, we know that it will be featured in the Samsung Galaxy A70s smartphone. Next to nothing is known about this device other than it will come out sometine in 2nd half of 2019; its specs will probably be a slightly boosted Galaxy A70 variant. As for the camera, ISOCELL Bright GW1 supposedly uses a so called Tetracell feature. Tetracell allows the camera to connect four 0,8 µm pixels into a single 1,6 µm, thus producing a 16 Mpix pictures in a process known as pixel-binning. Cool, I ...