New ads put the spotlight back on the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+

Given that some new flagship handsets like the latest iPhones or the new Lumia flagships from Microsoft are hogging the spotlight these days it’s not wrong for Samsung to want some attention for its flagship devices as well. Samsung today released two new ads which try to put the spotlight back on the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ while trying to convince potential customers that these two handsets have all the features that they could possibly...

Samsung clarifies that attack on LoopPay was limited to its office network and didn’t impact Samsung Pay at all

The New York Times reported today that LoopPay was hit with a cyberattack earlier this year and that the attackers were presumably after the company’s magnetic secure transmission technology which is essential to Samsung Pay. As many of you might be aware Samsung acquired LoopPay back in February and used its technology to make Samsung Pay work with existing card terminals, giving its payments service a major leg up on the competition. Samsung was...

Barnes & Noble teams up with Samsung yet again for the Galaxy Tab E Nook

There was a time when Barnes & Noble used to develop its own tablets but the practice proved to be very costly for the company and it decided to go down a completely different route, it teamed up with Samsung to develop Nook tablets which basically had B&N custom software on a standard Samsung tablet. We’ve already seen quite a few models come out as a result of this partnership and today...

FCC listing reveals dimensions of the Galaxy View, AT&T likely to carry it in the US

Not too long ago Samsung teased an entirely new product called the Galaxy View, it’s the 18.4-inch tablet that we exclusively reported on over a month back. Over the past few weeks there have been several leaks which have revealed some new information about this tablet, today an FCC listing has been spotted which not only gives us the dimensions of this massive tablet but also hints at the possibility...

Samsung rumored to launch three Galaxy S7 variants, each with a different processor

We had reported yesterday that Samsung is currently optimising its brand new Exynos 8890 SoC with Mongoose CPU cores for better performance, and that it might be used in the Galaxy S7 next year. Now, we are back with yet another important piece of information regarding the Galaxy S7 and the chipsets that might be used in different variants of the device. According to the information that we’ve received today, Samsung might launch...

Samsung patents new screen designs with curved edges at the top and bottom

Samsung introduced the curved-edge display with the Galaxy Note Edge, and then improved it with the Galaxy S6 edge. Now, Samsung wants to take the curved edge display scheme to a new level with a couple of brand new patents that are showing some interesting concepts. If you can recall, there have been some interesting designs from the company as of late. All these patents suggest that...

Samsung’s Q3 2015 earnings guidance predicts first profit growth in a couple of years

Samsung has had a tough few quarters owing to increased competition in the low-end and mid-range segments of the market while it struggles to maintain momentum in the high-end market segment. All of this has contributed to seven straight quarters of year-over-year profit decline but things might finally be looking up for the company, Samsung today announced its Q3 2015 earnings guidance which predicts the first quarterly profit growth for the company...