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Samsung’s Galaxy Mega 6.3 is coming to the U.K. sometime this July, according to a blog post from U.K. retailer Clove. The 6.3-inch phablet device will be available for a price of £459.99 including VAT, or £383.33 excluding VAT. U.K. customers can now pre-order the device by heading to Clove’s website. The Samsung Galaxy Mega…
The long-time rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has been caught in the wild and you can see how it looks like from the image above. Instead of boasting a plastic body, this model comes in a metallic shell with bolts on the back. Moreover, it has three hardware buttons that replace the “old” capacitive touch…
Shortly before the release of the Samsung Galaxy S4, we had heard that Samsung would be bringing some of the Galaxy S4’s software features to the Galaxy S III. Thanks to a leaked Galaxy S III Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update discovered by SamMobile, it now looks as though Samsung’s promises are becoming a reality.…
Looks like the water- and dust-proof version of the Galaxy S4 won’t have the same guts as the original Galaxy S4. According to the GFX Benchmark site, the upcoming Galaxy S4 Active won’t use either the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 nor Samsung Exynos 5 Octa; rather the Korean giant will opt for Qualcomm’s slower Snapdragon S4…
We knew Samsung is the clear leader in the Android market but now we have numbers to put behind this claim. According to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, the Korean company managed to capture an impressive 95% share of $5 billion Android smartphone profits in the first quarter of 2013. Neil Shah, Senior Analyst…
When Samsung announced the Galaxy Mega devices, it said that the two will be available in Europe in May. This original timeline may be postponed for at least a month. Last time we’ve heard, the bigger model (Galaxy Mega 6.3) should’ve been out in week 19 (May 6 – May 12), while Mega 5.8 should’ve…
Samsung announced that its Galaxy S4 is the world’s first TCO Certified smartphone. TCO Development, which is an independent body that focuses on sustainability in the IT industry, found Sammy’s flagship device meeting requirements across a variety of criteria including social, environmental and economic viability: In the social category, the Korean company demonstrated that it…
Samsung announced today that it is updating TecTiles, its programmable NFC tags, to version 2. The latest version of the TecTiles will work with the Galaxy S 4, as well as older NFC-equipped Samsung phones. TecTile stickers have a small NFC receiver that sends a signal to your smartphone. This signal then triggers an action…
At the end of April, Samsung announced a new Galaxy tablet, the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. A new leaked press photo from SamMobile shows that Samsung is also planning an 8-inch version of the device, dubbed the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. The device is expected to be launched at the end of June, and to tout…
The Galaxy S4 launched in late April and has become the fastest selling smartphone in Samsung’s history. Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told the Korea Times that the manufacturer is close to selling over 10M Galaxy S4 units in less than a month. This outpaces the Galaxy S3, which hit the 10 million mark in 50…