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A seven-year-old girl was inflicted with serious burns on her leg after a Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone exploded in her pocket, causing major burns which necessitated a skin transplant. The event adds to the laundry list of exploding smartphones which has grown in the recent years. Just last July, a Samsung Galaxy S3 blew up…
The Verizon variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Developer Edition is out today, available for purchase from Sasmsung.com for a price of 599.99. That’s for the 16GB version of the GS5 Developer Edition, which is identical to the normal GS5 spec and design wise, but includes an unlocked bootloader for easy installation of custom ROMs and…
Samsung is apparently working on the next phone in the Galaxy Pocket series, PhoneArena is reporting. The device marked as SM-G110B may be the first phone ever to run Android 4.4 KitKat on a QVGA screen. We don’t have all the details, but we do know that the mentioned display will have a diagonal of…
Sprint and Samsung have started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for the now aging Galaxy S III smartphone. The carrier hasn’t specified all the details, but users should expect a number of changes, performance and stability improvements, as well as bug fixes — all of which should make for a that much better user…
No surprises here – Samsung Galaxy S5 will get its Google Play Edition variant, as attested by the leaked screenshot you can see above. We’re not sure when this will happen exactly, but chances are we’re days away from this phone’s official launch. The way I see things, it’s up to Samsung to port its…
The other day we’ve told you that Wi-Fi only Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is getting the Android 4.4 KitKat update. Now Verizon Wireless’ version is following suit, bringing the same goodies to LTE-enabled variant. As that’s usually the case, these sort of updates are rolled out in stages, and if you still haven’t…
On and on we hear that Samsung is finally launching its very first Tizen smartphone. And yes, we’ve heard it all before, and yes – this time is different… again. Really, the Korean company may finally show us what its own mobile platform can do in a smartphone next month when users in Russia and…
Samsung’s J.K. Shin couldn’t kill the rumors of the Galaxy S5 Prime. Or that’s Galaxy F series, we’re not really sure, but we do keep getting signals that such device is still in development. As you may’ve heard before, this will Samsung’s first phone with 2K / QHD screen with resolution of 2,560 x 1,440…
After many rumors and leaked photos, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy K Zoom, touting it as a “Camera-Specialized Smartphone.” Just like we’ve said in the past, this device is slimmer than its predecessor, Galaxy S4 Zoom, while boasting improved hardware under the hood. Here are the highlights: 20.7-megapixel backside illuminated CMOS sensor 10x optical…
Samsung is going for mobile audiophiles with a new line of Level products, promising to deliver top notch audio and voice call quality. There are 4 products included in this series: Level Over – over-the-ear headphones with HD organic sound, improved ergonomic design, touch controls and wireless Bluetooth pairing. It has a 50mm Dynamic Driver…