Best Buy cuts Gear VR Innovator Edition price

Samsung has released a couple of variants of the Gear VR headset, though initially it only started selling the “Innovator Edition” which was more geared towards developers and enthusiasts instead of the average consumer. Nevertheless the Innovator Edition virtual reality headsets were sold through retailers like Best Buy so really anyone who wanted one could easily buy one. If the $200 price tag seemed a bit too excessive perhaps you might want to...

Samsung’s smart glasses may offer features Google Glass can only dream of

Google Glass was launched with much fanfare, the company tightly controlled how many people could purchase the wearable device and in what markets. However the device failed to take off, instead Google had to discontinue sales and accept that it needed to rethink the entire strategy behind this product. That’s what it’s doing right now and there’s no saying when another Google Glass might be launched....

T-Mobile lists Samsung devices slated to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow in the first round

Google released the much awaited Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Nexus devices yesterday, whenever there’s a major Android release people can’t help but ask when the update is going to be released for their devices. Many folks who own Samsung Galaxy smartphones are no doubt wondering the same thing, and if they’re on T-Mobile, at least they can now be sure whether or not their handset will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow in the first round...

US presidential candidate Donald Trump uses a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to tweet

Donald Trump is many things, he’s a big fan of golf, he has been on a reality TV show, he’s a real estate mogul and these days he’s also one of the Republican candidates vying for the office of the president of the United States in 2016. All candidates are heavily relying on social media to get their message out to potential voters with Facebook and Twitter being the most popular tools being used in this fight for the White House. A new profile...

Samsung Galaxy A9 components land in India for testing

As we reported last week, Samsung is prepping the Galaxy A9, along with the spiritual successors to the Galaxy A3, the Galaxy A5, and the Galaxy A7. Now, we have found out that accessories for the Galaxy A9 have landed on the Indian shores for testing and evaluation purposes. Samsung is testing various components of the Galaxy A9 (SM-A9000), such as the cover glass, the SIM tray, and the...

Interbrand ranks Samsung as the seventh best global brand for 2015

Interbrand releases a list of 100 best global brands every year, and it has released a refreshed list yesterday for this year. As per the brand consultancy firm’s new list, Samsung is the seventh best global brand for 2015, ahead of the likes of Amazon, BMW, and Intel. When compared to last year’s ranking, Samsung has held its own staying at the seventh place, while Toyota, GE, and Cisco...

Samsung-made A9 chipset for Apple iPhone 6s is smaller than the one made by TSMC

Earlier this year, it was being reported that Apple was in talks with Samsung as well as GlobalFoundries to manufacture its A9 chipset, and that Samsung had finalised the deal. Now, it is being reported that the recently released smartphones from Apple, the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus, are equipped with A9 SoCs that are supplied by two vendors; Samsung and TSMC. The guys over at...

Samsung rolls out Android 5.1 Lollipop to Verizon’s Galaxy Core Prime

When Samsung released one of its entry-level smartphones, the Galaxy Core Prime, late last year with Android 4.4 KitKat onboard, many thought that it would not receive any major Android update. However, the South Korean smartphone giant surprised everyone by rolling out Android 5.0.2 to the device a few months ago. Now, the Galaxy Core Prime that was released on Verizon’s network has received yet another major Android update. Samsung has released...

Samsung Galaxy Grand On, 3G-only Galaxy J2 pass the FCC

The Galaxy Grand On is set to be one of the phones that leads the debut of Samsung’s Galaxy O series of smartphones, and we’ve exclusively detailed what we can expect from the device in terms of hardware and software. We saw the Grand On enter India for R&D purposes last month, and it seems the phone is getting closer to an official launch as it has now been certified by the FCC. According to the FCC, the Grand On will come with support for LTE,...