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Samsung is known for releasing a variety of Android devices at different price points and with different features. It recently added the Galaxy S4 mini to its handset lineup, and today it refreshed its Galaxy Tab lineup with the affordable Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch and the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch. The 8-inch Tab 3 features a WXGA resolution…
Samsung is either experiencing some (serious) problems in its own chip supplies or is having some other plans we’re not aware off. The Korean company is making its own Exynos chips for mobile devices (or is sourcing them from Qualcomm), so we’re surprised to learn that it may use some Intel-made chips in its products.…
Looks like the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has cleared the FCC hurdle. We can’t be 100% sure about this but it is the same device (marked as SM-C101) which got Bluetooth certification three weeks ago (and we thought that’s Galaxy S4 Zoom). The FCC listing is unsurprisingly scarce on details, though it does spill details…
The hot-new Samsung Galaxy S4 is now available in black and white for pre-order at Cricket Wireless. The carrier’s “version” costs more upfront but requires no long-term commitments whatsoever. With instant discount for online orders of $70 and with a $55 mail-in rebate, Sammy’s flagship smartphone comes down to $474.99, and you get a free…
We finally get to get a glimpse of US Cellular’s Windows Phone 8 plans. The carrier has been wowing to launch a smartphone running the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile platform for quite some time, and thanks to the leaked promo materials – we know that their first such device will be the Samsung ATIV…
Rumors have been swirling around for some time about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active, and we finally have our first press shot of the upcoming device, and some information about some other upcoming devices. The Galaxy S 4 Active is said to rock a five-inch Super AMOLED HD display and 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon…
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone became the fastest selling Android phone in history a couple of weeks ago. Samsung announced its flagship phone had surpassed 10 million units sold in under a month. While it can’t move at that speed forever, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue predicts sales will hit 80 million units this year. He had this…
Samsung is preparing to open a new Research & Development centre in the land of Nokia on June 13th. In an email sent to AndroidBeat, Dr. Yong-Suk Moon, President of Samsung R&D Institute UK, said that the centre will focus on “advanced technologies,” without going into further details. With Nokia laying off people left and…
Lucky FCC employees get to play with all the latest gadgets before the rest of us get the chance to do so. The latest toy they got to test is the LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 that has AT&T written all over it. Yup, this model will sing along 850 and 1900 MHz frequencies when…
Samsung confirmed the hardware specs for the long rumored Galaxy S4 Mini. The Android handset will ship with a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, a 1.7GHz dual core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a 1.9-megapixel HD front-facing camera, and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+ or 3G…