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Samsung has filed for new trademarks that may or may not be used for naming the company’s future products and/or services. Here are the names that we caught at the USPTO: Mobile Samsung 5G Samsung Fit (not to be confused with the Samsung Galaxy Fit) Samsung Micro Samsung Expo Samsung Go Samsung Pro S MUSICIAN…
We’ve told you that Samsung is working on a Snapdragon 600-powered Samsung Galaxy Note II and voila – it’s now available for purchase in China. As far as we’ve understood, aside from the processor change, rest of the specs are the same and include that big-ass HD screen, 2GB of RAM, dual cameras, a ton…
Samsung is reportedly looking to acquire Germany-based Novaled, which specializes in PIN OLED technology that can reduce energy consumption while at the same time enhancing OLED panel’s shelf life. And it’s not really one of those out-of-nowhere news. Back in 2011, Samsung’s Venture Capital arm, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) invested in Novaled, and now…
A report by AnandTech suggests Samsung is gaming benchmarks by allowing the GPU in its flagship Galaxy S4 handsets to operate at a higher frequency with benchmark apps than with other apps. AnandTech tested the Exynos 5 Octa Galaxy S4 handset and found that the GPU frequency was clocked at 480MHZ while playing games. When a…
Some new photos of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 have leaked today, giving us a glimpse at the innards of the device. Pictures of what appears to be a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 prototype were posted through Chinese social network Weibo by C Technology, who has provided Galaxy Note 3 pictures in the past. The…
An AT&T employee chronicled his Galaxy S4 Active adventures as he dunked it in a fish tank and tried to take a video as part of a product demonstration. Everything seemed fine until the phone started acting wonky a few minutes later. A quick check of the S4 Active revealed that water had seeped inside…
A report from Hong Kong claims that an exploding Samsung Galaxy S4 caused a ferocious fire in an apartment yesterday, due to an apparent battery malfunction. Galxy S4 owner Mr. Du was playing a game on his device, when he received a low battery notification. Mr. Du promptly plugged his device to a charger, when…
Apparently, Samsung doesn’t have enough tablets on the market. A new leak from @evleaks states that the company will be releasing two new Android powered tablets with powerful innards and a resolution similar to that of the Nexus 10, with both tablets touting a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600p. According to the leak, the…
Few days ago we’ve told you that Sprint will get a purple Galaxy S4 and now we caught such device “in the wild.” However, what you can see from the image above isn’t the version that will be available on the Now Network; rather, this is an international variant with model number I9500 that rocks…
A new report shows that Korean tech giant, Samsung has edged ahead of Apple in the handset market. Strategy Analytics’ Neil Mawston gave the gist of the firm’s new report in a blog post. Samsung posted $5.2 billion in handset profits in Q2 2013, eclipsing Apple’s $4.6 billion. Mawston chalks Samsung’s growing profits up to…