The Galaxy S6 edge+ is a usability nightmare

Say what you will about the “cheap plastics” and “tacky leather backs” of Samsung smartphones from yesteryear, if there was one thing the company did right, it was ergonomics. The plastic and leather backs were great for giving you a good grip when the phones were in your hand, all while your iPhone and HTC-owning friends were putting their devices inside cases to keep them safe from damage and slippage. Fast forward to 2015, and Samsung followed...

Verizon updates the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and Note Pro 12.2 to Android 5.1.1

North America’s largest carrier has started updating two Samsung tablets on different ends of the price spectrum to Android 5.1.1. These tablets are the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, both of which are directly making the jump to 5.1.1 from Android 4.4 KitKat. In addition to all the Lollipop features, the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 gets an auto-update feature in Galaxy Apps, a newer version...

Snapdragon 820 version of the Galaxy S7 tested again, shows improved performance

Samsung is already testing the successor to the Galaxy S6, and unlike last year, the company is quite interested in two variants of the device, one with an Exynos 8890 chipset and the other with a Snapdragon 820 SoC. We reported a few weeks ago that Qualcomm has shipped a newer version of Snapdragon 820 chipset to Samsung for testing and development. Now, a leaked benchmark comparison has surfaced...

Samsung and Sectra team up to make a ‘secure smartphone’ for a European defense organisation

Samsung has teamed up with Sectra, a mobile solutions provider in Europe, to create a secure smartphone that integrates the Korean manufacturer’s KNOX solution with Sectra’s communications security platform. This smartphone will be rolled out to an unnamed European defense organization. KNOX will allow the device to be more secure at the device level, while Sectra’s Tiger/R solution will enable secure communication over mobile networks. Samsung...

Counterpoint Research: One in five smartphones shipped globally during Q2 2015 was from Samsung

Counterpoint Technology Market Research, an independent market research and consulting firm, has just released its quarterly smartphone sales report, which shows that Samsung is still ahead of its competitors in the smartphone market. According to their latest report, one in five mobile phones shipped worldwide during Q2 2015 is a Samsung device, which is not a big surprise considering...