Samsung Galaxy A8 launched in India, priced at INR 32,500

After officially unveiling its thinnest smartphone till date last month, and pushing it to the retail shelves in its homeland, Samsung has launched the Galaxy A8 in India today. The near bezel-free, metal-clad smartphone from the smartphone giant is priced at INR 32,500 in the country, and will be available in three colours; black, gold, and white. The Galaxy A8 is the most high-end smartphone in...

Samsung Galaxy K Zoom won’t be getting Lollipop in the UK

According to Samsung Mobile UK the Galaxy K Zoom will not be upgraded to the latest iteration of Android OS. Released last year the handset is still running on KitKat. The reason why the Galaxy K Zoom won’t be getting Android Lollipop is unknown right now, but it could be that the hardware is outdated and it makes it difficult for the software to operate. Galaxy K Zoom is a special kind of device. It’s one of Samsung’s devices that feature a microSD...

Egypt gets first Tizen smartphone early next year

Tizen OS is already powering various Samsung products but so far the company has not been aggressively pushing it in the mobile arena, it has only released a couple of handsets and that too in very few markets. It’s expected that the upcoming Samsung Z3 is going to make it to Europe and North America but we’ll have to wait and see whether that happens or not. There is word though that Tizen smartphones will be coming to a whole new market by...

Major retailers and carriers in Russia have stopped buying Samsung handsets

Two of the largest mobile retailers in Russia and as many wireless carriers have stopped buying Samsung smartphone because of growing concerns about defective units and disagreements over repair guarantees, these carriers and retailers operate over 11,000 stores combined in the country so their decision to not buy Samsung’s products is certainly going to eat into the company’s bottom line in that country. Retailers Euroset Holding NV and Svyaznoy...

Twelve new themes were released by Samsung in the Theme Store last week

We were busy covering the Tizen Developer Summit 2015 that was being conducted in Bengaluru, India, so we missed out on publishing our regular ‘Themes Thursday‘ story on time. Samsung released twelve new themes in the Theme Store last week, and seven of them are paid. Samsung has still not started publishing paid themes in the European markets, and we hope that they do it soon as people...

Samsung & LG increase production of flexible OLED displays

A new report from The Korea Herald says that LG and Samsung are pumping up their flexible OLED displays after the LCD earnings declined. Samsung claims that OLED technology is the only one that they expect a growth in next year but they have much bigger plans for this type of display. LCD panels brought a $131.4 billion in sales last year whereas in 2015 they only delivered $129 billion. With this number quickly declining, the two South Korean magnates...

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge prices adjusted to €599.00 and €699.00

If you were struggling to purchase a Galaxy S6 or a Galaxy S6 Edge then you should know that Samsung has lowered the price to both devices by €100. This puts the Galaxy S6 32GB at €599.00 and the Galaxy S6 Edge 32GB at €699.00. The new prices are already listed in Samsung’s online shop as well as the various retailers where you can buy the flagship. Note that these prices are for the Netherlands only right now, but it’s very likely that Samsung will...

Galaxy Note 3 Neo confirmed to receive Lollipop in the UK

A new tweet from Samsung UK confirms that after a long wait, Galaxy Note 3 Neo customers will finally receive Android Lollipop on their devices. Aside from confirmation we don’t have an official date yet but it’s great to see Samsung still focusing on older devices too. It’s worth mentioning that the Galaxy Note 3 Neo was also confirmed to get Lollipop in The Netherlands as well as France. This update is going to greatly enhance the Galaxy Note 3...