According to an already unavailable report from KGI, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will come out with a fingerprint sensor built into the phone’s display. Samsung’s decision is said to have been influenced by Apple moving away from the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner in its upcoming iPhone 8 – in other words, Samsung wants to keep up with the gimmicks. Report also states that Note 9’s fingerprint scanner will use Egis sensors, which is significantly costlier than Synaptics, sensors that the company used before.These are extremely early rumours – after all, Galaxy Note ...

According to a Korean (yeah, South Korean) report, Samsung wants to drastically increase the production output of OLED panels. Seven different production lines are said to increase their output by 700%, going from making 15,000 panels per month to 105000. Such an increase would amount to roughly 130 million screens per year (I see a different number, but I was never good at math) – although it would probably be much lower due to random events and technical difficulties. How will this influence Apple turning to LG for its OLED panel supply, we do not ...

And guess who leaked them? Yes, it was Evan Blass. If leakster-extraordinaire is to be believed (and he is rarely wrong), Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 will be packing:– 6.3′ Super AMOLED screen, 1440 x 2960 resolution,– Snapdragon 835 chipset in the US and Exynos 8895 in the rest of the world,– 6GB RAM and 64GB ROM, microSD card slot.– Deep Sea and Orchid Gray colour variants,Other leaked specs, unrelated to Mr. Blass, include:– Midnight Black and Maple Gold colours,– dual camera setup; 12mpx, f/2.4 aperture, 2x optical zoom,– 3300mAh ...

According to Vodafone Australia, the most recent Galaxy S8/S8+ update has just been submitted for review (by whom, Vodafone?). Review is the last stage such updates have to pass before being rolled out. If that is true, then Australia and, presumably, other countries worldwide will be getting their Galaxy S8/S8+ updates any day now. If aussies from Vodafone Australia are to be believed, update will cover mainly a number of, quote, stability and bug fixes. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung is pushing out a July security patch for the older Galaxy J5 smartphones in all of Europe. Update features a number of bug fixes and performance improvements, nothing major. It should download automatically at any moment now, but if it does not, head to Settings > About Device > Download Updates Manually.I am glad to see Samsung taking care of older phones, even budget ones, by keeping their security systems up to date. It is a shame, though, that Galaxy J5 still has not, and probably will not, receive an OS update to Nougat. Oh ...

Yesterday, I wrote about a rumour about Samsung working on a new, top of the line flip phone. Today I write about it once more, this time knowing when will the device be announced. According to an anonymous Twitter user who uploaded the above poster, a Chinese-exclusive SM-G9298 will be announced on August 3rd at a press briefing in China. In case if you are wondering whether or not should you be interested in this phone (in case it turns out not to be exclusive to China), here is its specification:– dual 4.2′ screens, internal and external,– Snapdragon 821 CPU,– 4GB ...

Galaxy Note 8 leaks are abundant, but we shall not say no to another one. This time we are presented with a pretty good, official-like render of the phone, courtesy of @evleaks. What does it tell us?– Galaxy Note 8 will certainly be available in Gold and Midnight Black colour variants,– physical Bixby button on the right side of the phone and rear-mounted fingerprint scanner,– 6.3′ Infinity Display,– dual camera setup,– device’s design is generally similiar to Galaxy ...

Sure, Galaxy S8 is awesome and everything, but why should we care when we can already speculate about the next smartphone! To help you with that arduous, if pleasant, process, I have collected everything we know and think we know about the device. Enjoy!– phone may be launching at the next MWC,– we have no idea how much will it cost. 780 bucks, maybe?,– 5.8 or 6.2′ display, QHD+, Super AMOLED, curved,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 CPU,– dual main camera,– USB Type-C,– Bixby dedicated button,– Cat 18 LTE support,– fingerprint scanner ...

The above images are an older ones, as pictures with proper resolution cannot be found online. I will change the images as soon as possible.Judging by these pictures, W2018 will have:– two touch screens, 4.2′, FHD,– support for Samsung’s Always-On display,– fingerprint scanner,– camera with a LED flash,– Microsoft Office suite on the home screen.Device will most probably be a China-only release. Oh well, too bad. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Galaxy Note 8 will be unveiled soon, at August 23rd, but that does not mean that the phone has to receive all its certifications. Device bears a model number SM-N950. FCC certification did not reveal much about the device: mostly just that it will support the CDMA and GSM networks’ full compatibility with US carriers. According to PhoneScopp, where the news comes from, also believes that Galaxy Note 8 will be compatible with LTE radio band 66. Tweet Vote on HN ...