Gear VR Innovator Edition for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge now available online

Late last year Samsung introduced the Gear VR, a relatively affordable virtual reality headset that uses select devices from the company to provide users with an immersive experience. When the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge were unveiled back in March, Samsung also announced the revamped Gear VR Innovator Edition for its new flagship handsets. After opening up pre-orders last month Samsung is now selling the headset online in the United States directly and...

Research firm finds that Samsung is losing ground in China and India

The latest figures from research firm Counterpoint reveal that Samsung is losing ground in both China and India, which have emerged as two of the most lucrative smartphone markets in the world. Samsung has fought hard to play down the notion that it’s coming under pressure particularly in India from local manufacturers but clearly they’re eating away at the Korean company’s market share. Counterpoint’s latest report shows that Samsung’s market...

Sprint rolls out Android 5.0 for the Galaxy S4

The Galaxy S4 came out nearly two years ago and even though it was a evolutionary update of the Galaxy S3 it still ended up performing quite well in the market. So it goes without saying that many users on Sprint, which is the third largest mobile carrier in the United States, have been waiting on the carrier to release the Lollipop update. Today it has. Sprint has now started rolling out the Android 5.0 update to both the regular Galaxy S4 and its...

Galaxy Note 2 Lollipop update will apparently be released only in select markets

There is a lot of confusion regarding the status of the Galaxy Note 2 Lollipop update, several of Samsung’s regional arms have confirmed that the handset is going to receive this update while others say that it won’t. Earlier this week we saw similar conflicting reports from Samsung Gulf and Samsung Spain, with the former claiming the Galaxy Note 2 won’t get Lollipop and the latter saying that it most certainly will. We have already reported...

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge has this strange 8-bit color display issue

The Galaxy S6 edge is an amazing device, and it’s the only Samsung smartphone that has impressed me so much other than a Galaxy Note. The design is exquisite, the software is finally as fast and good-looking as it should be in this day and age, and the camera can take some amazing pictures in pretty much all lighting conditions. But that dual curved display means the S6 edge is more of an experiment than something mainstream, and it also means that...

Korean consumer gets a Galaxy S6 with swollen battery

The launch of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge wasn’t completely smooth, with many users complaining about out-of-the-box defects – mostly with the display – when the phone was released. We’ve seen a few pictures showing off these defects, and now a South Korean consumer has released pictures that show a Galaxy S6 with a swollen battery. Apparently, the phone came with a big gap between its frame...

Galaxy S6 getting minor software update, said to fix RAM issues

Samsung has started rolling out a minor software update to the Galaxy S6, with users reporting that it fixes the memory management issue that has been plaguing both the Galaxy S6 devices. Sporting build number G920FXXU1AODG, the update is around 138MB in size and is available in Italy (on the Vodafone network) at the moment – according to GSMArena, the phone has improved performance after the...