Work underway for global expansion of Samsung Pay

Samsung’s new payment service was unveiled earlier this year and it first went live in South Korea, just last month it also arrived for customers in the United States. Samsung has said time and again that it’s going to expand Samsung Pay to more markets across the globe, focusing on Europe and China immediately, a report out of China reveals that work is underway at the company for global expansion of Samsung Pay. The company has reportedly transferred...

10-19-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Grand Neo, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Tab S2, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the weekend through...

Report: Samsung Galaxy S7 to be announced in January

We have been hearing rumors about Samsung announcing the Galaxy S7 ahead of its regular flagship launch schedule, as it did with the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. Today, Korean publication ETNews is reiterating the same; according to the publication’s report, the Galaxy S7 should come out sometime in January in “premium” and “sub-premium” variants, something we exclusively confirmed last month. Google didn’t translate the report well,...

Samsung working on robots to lessen dependence on Chinese labor

Samsung has received a multi-million dollar investment from the South Korean government in order to develop factory robots capable of replacing cheap Chinese labor in its facilities. The investment is worth roughly 16.75 billion won, the equivalent of $14.8 million, and Samsung is tasked with producing them because importing them from abroad is extremely expensive. There’s no estimate as to when Samsung will finish producing these robots but the...

New Samsung patent hints at 3D Touch for the Galaxy S7

Apple’s new iPhones come with a feature called 3D Touch which offers various functionality depending upon how hard the user presses down on the display. The handset is capable of discerning the amount of force that’s applied in the tap to respond accordingly. Huawei has also brought this technology to its latest handset so it goes without saying that Samsung fans would expect the company to do something...

Exynos 7880 and Exynos 7650 processors will be used in 2016 Galaxy smartphones

We recently reported that Samsung is working on a brand new Exynos processor for its mid-range devices and now there’s some more information on the matter. A report out of Korea reiterates what we’ve already said, that the Exynos 7880 is a brand new processor which will be used for Galaxy smartphones next year. It’s most likely going to be used in premium mid-range smartphones such as the Galaxy A...

Samsung will weigh its options before deciding to bid for SanDisk

Global semiconductor companies are competing to acquire SanDisk, Samsung tried acquiring it back in 2008 but withdrew its offer, this time around the Korean company is going to weigh its options before it decides whether or not it wants to bid for the US flash memory maker. SanDisk has reportedly selected an investment back to line up the disposal of its assets with Micron Technology, Tsinghua Unigroup and Western Digital believed to be interested...