AT&T customer receives first Galaxy Note 5 shipping confirmation

Samsung announced yesterday on stage that Galaxy Note 5 pre-orders would start in the US the same day, at 3PM. One customer took up the challenge and placed his pre-order, only to have already received his shipping confirmation. The document below shows the 64GB Black Sapphire Galaxy Note 5 that’s now on its way to Phoenix, Arizona. As you can see, AT&T’s wasting no time on shipping Samsung’s...

Dual-SIM Galaxy Note 5 with microSD card slot confirmed

We here at SamMobile have kept our ears to the ground about the dual-SIM Galaxy Note 5 featuring a second SIM slot that could double as a microSD card slot upon the phone’s release. Nothing was confirmed then, but it has been confirmed now. The dual-SIM Galaxy Note 5 will feature a second SIM slot that has microSD card compatibility, according to a picture leaked by site ePrice. The picture of the...

Samsung China announces Snapdragon 808 flip phone with 6MP front camera, 16MP back camera, dual display

Remember the rumor about how Samsung would craft a smartphone running the hexa-core, Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor? Well, the Galaxy S6 edge+ that Samsung announced yesterday packed the company’s homegrown, octa-core Exynos 7420 processor, but a new flip phone announced today by the Chinese branch of the company bears the Snapdragon 808. The new smartphone has a Chinese name that’s hard to understand...

Clove UK launches petition asking Samsung to bring the Galaxy Note 5 to Europe

The Galaxy Note 5 might not be a dream come true for every Galaxy Note fan thanks to its lack of expandable storage and a removable battery, but it’s still a great device that probably everyone wishes wasn’t limited to only a few markets. If you’re among those that wish the Note 5 would come to Europe (including the UK, where Samsung has confirmed the device won’t launch any time soon), there’s a petition launched by UK retailer Clove that...

Samsung, please don’t carry out your experiments on high-end products

After a series of mostly accurate leaks over the past few weeks, including our own exclusive reports, Samsung has finally unveiled its high-end phablets for 2015, the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. Both these devices feature almost similar specifications – a 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED display, 64-bit octa-core Exynos 7420 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32/64/128GB of internal storage, 16-megapixel primary with OIS, 5-megapixel secondary camera, and...

128GB Galaxy Note 5 listed on Samsung’s website

Samsung’s official announcement of the Galaxy Note 5 only talked about 32GB and 64GB storage models, but it seems a 128GB option could also exist and go on sale sometime in the near future. Samsung’s US website is listing the three storage options for all four major carriers in the country, though there’s no mention of a release date. If the 128GB variant does indeed come to market, it will probably...

Did Samsung make a mistake by not releasing the Galaxy Note 5 worldwide?

Samsung just announced the next device in its Note lineup, the Galaxy Note 5, a phablet with a lot of potential and impressive features. Unfortunately, the Galaxy Note 5 will only arrive in a select handful of countries starting with the US and some Asian markets in August, which could be a big mistake for Samsung, as their customer base is very widely spread out. If we take a look at their history, we can see a pattern here. Some markets,...