Samsung’s first smartphones with front-facing LED flash, Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, now official

Samsung has announced its first smartphones with a front-facing LED flash; the Galaxy J5 and the Galaxy J7. Specifications of these devices were previously leaked through TENAA, and their UI was revealed through Samsung’s own manuals. Now, they have been officially announced in China, where they would be available starting this week, but there’s no clarity about their international launch. All...

Galaxy S6 Active not fazed by AT&T’s ‘life simulator’

Soon after Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge we came to know that the company was working on an “Active” variant of this handset, which wasn’t surprising since Samsung tends to release Active variants of its Galaxy S smartphones any way. A few weeks ago it was formally launched and as expected, the Galaxy S6 Active is an AT&T exclusive in the United States. The handset has got more or less the same specifications as the...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset issues persist, Samsung becomes the visionary

Smartphones are often considered to be a reflection of the manufacturer who makes them, with some saying that “a smartphone is no smarter than its maker.” That may just indeed be true in Samsung’s case. The Korean manufacturer decided not to go with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 processor due to overheating issues, and new evidence this week seems to vindicate the company who was rumored to go with its own Exynos simply “to make more money.” Revisiting...

Blue Topaz Galaxy S6 and Green Emerald Galaxy S6 edge UK release date confirmed

About a month ago Samsung announced that it would soon launch the Galaxy S6 in Blue Topaz and the Galaxy S6 edge in Green Emerald across various markets, these two color options had been shown off during the Galaxy S6 event at MWC 2015 earlier this year but they’re not widely available. Instead these colors are only being offered in select markets across the globe. Samsung today confirmed the UK release...

06-18-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Galaxy Ace 4, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the last...

Samsung releases app to fix missing quick settings issue on the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge

Galaxy S6 and S6 edge users can now get their mobile data, mobile hotspot, and private hotspot toggles back on their phones thanks to an app that Samsung has released on the Galaxy Apps store. Called QuickPanel restore, the app serves to only add those toggles back to the quick settings list – in fact, once you hit that Restore button, you are provided with a popup to uninstall the app right there...

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab E in India

After launching it in Canada, Malaysia, Australia and some other countries, Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab A in India today. Along with the Galaxy Tab A, the company has also launched the Galaxy Tab E, which was announced in Taiwan earlier this week. Samsung has priced the Galaxy Tab A and the Galaxy Tab E at INR 20,500 (~ $319) and INR 16,900 (~263) in India. The variant of the Galaxy Tab A that is launched in India features an 8-inch...

Samsung starts working on Android 5.1.1 for the Galaxy S5

The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge have been updated to Android 5.1.1 by only a single carrier in the US, but Samsung has at least gotten the show running as far as the latest version of the OS is concerned. Now, we’ve been told by our insiders that Samsung has started working on an important update for the Galaxy S5, and we are hazarding the guess that this update will be based on Android 5.1.1. Since the company has only just started development,...

My Google accounts got deleted from my Galaxy S6 edge on their own

The notification toggles going missing of their own accord was quite an irritating issue as it is, and I ran into another oddity on my Galaxy S6 edge this morning. As I cleared away all my overnight notifications from the status bar, one notification stood out to me – the phone was asking me to select a Backup account. For those unaware, this happens when you haven’t set a Google account for backing up your device data, and since I had three Google...