Canada finally gets the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in Platinum Gold

Samsung does offer multiple color options for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge but not all of them are immediately available in markets where these handsets are being sold. The company released its new flagship devices in Canada on April 10th and only the Black Sapphire and White Pearl color options were available at launch. Now though customers in Canada can purchase the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in Platinum Gold as well.

A few weeks back Samsung Canada did confirm that the Platinum Gold color option would soon be offered to customers in the country through major carriers but didn’t confirm their names. Starting today folks in Canada can pick up the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge in Platinum Gold from Rogers, Telus, Fido, Sasktel and Videotron. Everything else such as the specifications and the price remains the same, it’s merely another coat of paint on the same devices we’ve all come to know and love.

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Samsung will pump $10 billion in its semiconductor business this year

Samsung’s semiconductor business has been showing stellar performance which is why it’s not surprising to see that the company is going to invest more into it. Unprecedented demand has contributed to the growth of the semiconductor business so much so that it’s the best performing division at Samsung, and the company now plans to pump in as much as $10 billion into it in 2015.

Senior vice president of Samsung’s semiconductor division Jeeho Baek said during a conference call with analysts that the company invested around $9.36 billion in this division last year and that it plans to “maintain similar volume this year.” In 2015 Samsung will be increasing its production capacity for memory chips and will add another production line at its facility in Hwaseong to produce DRAMs, it expects to have the new production line up and running by the end of this year. Samsung is also going to start construction on a new plant in Pyeongtaek next month and it expects production to begin at this facility by 2017.

Recent reports have suggested that Samsung’s semiconductor business might see further growth once Qualcomm taps it to produce the Snapdragon 820 on the 14-nm process, even Apple and NVIDIA are reportedly considering using Samsung’s 14-nm and 20-nm processes for their next-gen chips.

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CM Locker updated with support for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge’s fingerprint sensor

CM Locker is a very popular lockscreen app for Android devices that brings quite a lot of features while focusing on privacy protection, it’s pattern and password unlock features can be used to control access to the device. A new update has been released for this app which makes CM Locker the first app of its kind to support the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge’s fingerprint sensor. People who like this app and want to use it on their new Samsung flagship can now continue to use the fingerprint sensor to control access to their device.

One of the main uses of the fingerprint sensor on the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge is to control device access, however if users install a lockscreen app that doesn’t support it the feature will be of no use to them. This is why CM Locker has been updated to ensure that its users can continue to take advantage of the fingerprint sensor on Samsung’s new handsets. The existing password and pattern unlock features of the app will remain available to users as well. CM Locker’s other features include Intruder Selfie which automatically snaps a picture using the front camera when someone enters a wrong password, music control optimized for one-hand operation, camera shortcut and more.

CM Locker is a free app available to download right away from the Google Play Store.

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As Indian smartphone market registers increase, Samsung holds on to the lead

Latest data from Counterpoint Research reveals that the Indian smartphone market has registered an year-over-year increase of 21% but is down 8% quarter-over-quarter. Smartphones accounted for 37% of all handset shipments in the country in Q1 2015 with Samsung holding on to its lead despite mounting competition from local vendors.

It was first reported a couple of months back that Samsung had lost its lead in India to local OEM Micromax but Samsung was quick to refute that report with its own numbers. Counterpoint’s data shows that Samsung holds 27.8% of the Indian smartphone market with Micromax coming in second place with 15.3% market share. Intex, Lava and Lenovo came third, fourth and fifth accounting for 9.4%, 5.4% and 5.2% of the country’s smartphone market. Xiaomi’s shipments saw a decline during the quarter but it remained one of the best performing 4G smartphone brands in India owing to strong sales of the Mi Note 4G and Redmi 2 4G. Counterpoint’s report concludes that India was the third largest smartphone market in the world during Q1 2015.

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Revised user manual for Galaxy Alpha now available online

It hasn’t been very long since Samsung started seeding the OTA for Android Lollipop on the Galaxy Alpha. Naturally, the roll out is done in phases so there’s still a section of the users of the Galaxy Alpha who haven’t received the update notification. Nonetheless, Samsung today gave another ominous sign that it was indeed coming — by making available an updated users manual for the Galaxy Alpha.

The users manual can be downloaded in Dutch, German and English via Samsung servers. While most users don’t really need (or refer to) the users manual, it seems like a nice thing to read just to get acquainted for what’s going to come!

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Samsung Pay pegged for September launch in South Korea and the US

Samsung Pay is certainly something worth watching out for. The service which was announced alongside the premier Samsung products — the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge — earlier this year seems to be close to getting ripe for a couple international markets.

From what we’re hearing, Samsung Pay will be heading for the South Korean and US markets later this year. Of course, we’ve been provided no timeline as yet; but if our sources are correct about this, we are looking at a September release timeframe… which means there’s just about four months to go before that.

What makes Samsung Pay attractive is the fact that it’ll be compatible with a lot of older terminals, something which isn’t really possible on the prime competitor that it faces — Apple Pay.

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GALAXY NotePRO 12.2 LTE receives Android 5.0.2 in Italy

pending…

 

Model	SM-P905
Model name	GALAXY NotePRO 12.2 LTE
Country	Italy
Version	Android 5.0.2
Changelist	4719750
Build date	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:53:03 +0000
Product code	ITV
PDA	P905XXUABOD7
CSC	P905ITVABOD7

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