Samsung Pay predicted to clinch early lead against competitors

Samsung announced its mobile payments service back in March, so far the company has not confirmed when Samsung Pay will go live, only that it will initially be available for customers in the United States and South Korea. We did report recently on the possibility of Samsung Pay going live by September this year and so far the company has not said anything on the contrary. A new report predicts that due to its unique technology Samsung Pay...

First Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based firmware for Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) is now online

Yesterday, we reported that the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based firmware for the Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) was rolling out in France, but we have that firmware on our servers now. Should you care? The SM-G920F is an unlocked variant, so if you are from Europe, and were waiting to see Android 5.1.1 running on your Galaxy S6, you can flash this ROM directly. After installing the update, you can notice improved performance, and an option to sort the apps...

06-23-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy E7, Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Galaxy S4 mini, 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 These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs.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 explains the evolution of Galaxy S series wallpapers

If you are someone who followed the launch of every Galaxy S series smartphone, you would’ve noticed that Samsung ships every new Galaxy S series device with new wallpapers. If you thought that the company chooses some random wallpapers, think again. Samsung has explained its theory behind the wallpaper selection for each Galaxy S series smartphone launched till now. Apparently, the...

Samsung NX1 firmware 1.3 upgrade brings many new features and improvements

The Samsung NX1 firmware 1.3 upgrade was recently released and it brings a host of new features and improvements particularly for the camera’s video recording as it gets a major improvement in quality. Firmware 1.3 for the NX1 doubles the amount of data read by the camera’s sensor and this results into improved quality of the 60p Full HD video with more detail and significantly less noise. Firmware...

Samsung’s ‘Ultimate Upgrade’ promotion gives customers a $100 rebate on the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge

This is shaping up to be a great week to purchase the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge if you’re based in the United States. T-Mobile is kicking off a new promotion through which it’s providing a free memory upgrade to customers who purchase these handsets and now even Samsung has launched its “Ultimate Upgrade” promotion which will provide customers with a $100 rebate should they purchase a 64GB Galaxy S6 or S6 edge. T-Mobile’s promotion is obviously...

Two Samsung 4K monitors with AMD’s FreeSync technology go on sale

Samsung had already launched some UHD monitors last year, but it is constantly trying to improve its monitor lineup by adding more features. Today, two new monitors – the U24E590D and the U28E590D – with AMD’s FreeSync technology, which were announced back at the company’s Future of Compute event last year, went on sale today. The U24E590D and U28E590D are 24-inch and 28-inch...

T-Mobile offering free memory upgrade for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge

The fourth largest mobile carrier in the United States, T-Mobile, has launched a new promotion through which it is providing a free memory upgrade for customers who purchase the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. T-Mobile actually offered a similar promotion a couple of weeks back as well, though this time around the promotion is only going to be valid for a few days so customers who have been on the fence about these handsets should make up...

No new Galaxy Note Edge with the Galaxy Note 5 this year, according to rumors

Last year at IFA in September we saw Samsung unveil the Galaxy Note 4 as well as the Galaxy Note Edge, the latter has only been released in select markets and that too in limited quantities. This variant has more or less the same specifications as the Galaxy Note 4 save for the fact that it has a curved-edge display. It is widely believed that Samsung will launch a successor for both handsets this September but if rumors are to be believed we...

More than 600 million Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 themes have been downloaded so far

Themes support was one of the biggest features introduced on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, and it seems to have become very popular with users around the world. Samsung has announced that themes for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge have been downloaded more than 600 million times, with the Avengers: Iron Man theme the most popular in the company’s home country. Chinese users have taken a...