Category Archives: Samsung

Largest of the Galaxy S10 models may have a 6.44′ display

According to the latest report from ET News, Samsung Galaxy S10 will be released in three different variants. Report claimed that the largest of them will have a 6.2′ wide display. Now, though, new information from an unspecified source suggests that it may be as big as 6.4′. The decision by Samsung to increase the size of its largest model reportedly has something to do with the triple camera setup that the phone is rumoured to have. Larger battery capacity required? Need for more room to put the third camera in? We do not know.As for smaller variants of the S10, they are both ...

Samsung Galaxy S9, S8 and Note 8 have received the US military’s approval

This basically means that the US military has found these models A-OK and approved their usage by the US Army officials, adding them to the Approved Products List for the US Department of Defense. Receiving this approval was a difficult task for Samsung, as it is, as silly as it may sound, a matter of national security: military officials should only use the safest and most efficient communication devices for their official business; therefore, Samsung smartphones had to fulfill one hundred unique requirements before being accepted. These requirements ranged from intrusion detection to ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 just received its FCC papers.

A new Samsung phone has just been listed on FCC. Bearing model number SM-N960F, it is expected to be the upcoming Galaxy Note 9. This expectation is based on the model number’s similiarity to previous Galaxy Note smartphones, such as Note 8 (SM-N950) or Note 7 (SM-N930). Unfortunately, this listing does not tells us anything about the phone’s specs. Still, at least we know what model number to look for when some actual info surfaces. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Unlocked US Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are getting updated

The wait has been pretty frustrating for the unlocked Galaxy S9 and S9+ US owners, as the smartphone is still running on four months old security patch. Well, no more: Samsung is finally rolling out fresh updates for these two devices. These updates weight 700 megabytes and include, among other things, June security patch. Firmware versons rolled are G960U1UES2ARF4 and G965U1UES2ARF4. Tweet Vote on HN ...

New specs of Samsung SM-J260F revealed

Before this leak, there was very little that we knew about the first, upcoming Samsung from the Android Go program – all that we had was that it will have 1GB RAM and an Exynos 7570 CPU. Now, a picture with some of the phone’s specs tells us about:– 5′ Super AMOLED display,– Exynos 7570, 4-core, 1.4GHz,– 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM,– 8mpx main camera, 5mpx selfie shooter,– 2600mAh battery,– sAndroid 8.1 Oreo OS.Sadly, we do not know the phone’s release date, place or ...

Nazrin Hassan, CEO of Cradle Fund, dead in a smartphone-related accident

Hassan was killed when one of two smartphones he was known for carrying around each day exploded. Explosion started fire in the man’s bedroom; the cause of death may be the either the fire itself or, as believes Nazrin’s brother-in-law, a piece of an exploding phone that critically struck the back of the man’s head.”He had two phones, one Blackberry and a Huawei. We don’t know which one exploded. Who would have thought such an innocuous routine procedure is the reason three young kids will grow up without their father by their side”.Police, on the other ...

A neat deal for the US Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus: buy one and get a free movie pass for two years

Well that sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Samsung’s partnership with MoviePass brought us this exceedingly good sounding promotion: if you buy an US release of either Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+ between now and the end of the month, you will receive two free annual MoviePass memberships. This effectively gives every moviegoer a free 252 dollars. In order to get on the offer, upon buying the phone online you need to sign your email up for it and voila, two MoviePass are yours – in up to two weeks. ...

Picture of of what may be a Galaxy S10 prototype leaked

Samsung has promised us a next-generation S line smartphone next year, with the official word being that the device will be released on January. It looks like the production of Galaxy S10 may be well underway indeed, as one leakster Ice Universe has just released a picture of what he claims to be a prototype for the aforementioned smartphone. In his post, Ice Universe calls the smartphone ”Beyond”, which is supposed to be its development codename.The most interesting thing about the picture is the almost complete lack of bezels – talk about Infinity Display. Bottom bezel, ...

Samsung Galaxy S9 gets Daisy Duck and Goofy AR Emojis

Superb. Following the release of The Incredibles emoji, two new Disney characters are joining Samsung’s repertoire of animated amotes; Daisy Duck and Goofy. This ups Samsung’s Disney AR emoji to seven. In order to access them, update the Mickey Mouse & Friends AR Emoji from the AR Emoji mode in the camera app.Samsung promises more Disney AR emojis in the future. Oh joy. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Special edition of Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is coming out. More memory

Not many smartphones on the market possess 512 GB memory, but Samsung plans on adding to this list. What is more is that the already very considerable 6GB RAM of this upgraded model will also get buffed to a pretty gigantic 8 gigabytes. I doubt that this will cause much difference in device’s performance, but the owner’s e-pen… err, the owner’s pride in his or her smartphone will certainly receive a boost.This upgraded Galaxy Note 9 will be released in South Korea, China… and maybe in other countries as ...