Samsung is taking Apple to the U.S. Supreme Court

It was merely two week ago that Samsung announced it would pay damages worth $548 million to Apple, the announcement came following the denial of the company’s petition before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to obtain an en banc rehearing on whether or not Apple could enforce the payment of damages. The case management statement did mention though that Samsung continued to reserve all rights to reclaim or obtain...

Verizon releases security update for the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5

It was only a few days ago that Samsung detailed its December security update for Android handsets, carriers in the United States have started rolling out the said firmware update to supported devices. Today Verizon has released the December security update for the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5 on its network, T-Mobile sent out this update on its network just yesterday. The carrier is rolling out software version LMY47X.N920VVRU2OJ3...

Samsung Pay now supports 19 additional card issuers

Samsung has made it quite clear that it wants to lead the way in mobile payments with Samsung Pay, it’s working hard to add more supported issuers to the service, and is also working on expanding its footprint to other markets across the globe. It’s already the most accepted mobile payment service because of the fact that it works wherever you can pay by a credit or debit card, courtesy of its support for both NFC and MST technologies. Today...

AT&T NumberSync feature lands on the Gear S2

The Gear S2 from Samsung is one of the few devices that support AT&T’s NumberSync feature which lets users access the same phone number from multiple devices. What this means is that even if the Gear S2 owner leaves their phone behind at home they will still be able to make and receive phone calls as well as send and receive text messages from their main number even if the smartwatch is not paired with their smartphone. AT&T has released...

12-15-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy A3, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S4, 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 These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs.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 last...

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016) already available in China

Two of Samsung’s new Galaxy A lineup of devices are now available in China for purchase. Samsung hadn’t said anything about a release date when the phones were announced, and a Dutch retailer had listed January 8th as the day the Galaxy A3 (2016) and the Galaxy A5 (2016) would become available. But it seems consumers in China can already pick up the A5 and A7, which doesn’t...

T-Mobile releases security update for its Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, and Note 5

Samsung recently started displaying Android security patch info on its devices in the About Device section. The company released the latest Android security patch for some of its high-end devices, and pledged to release such patches once every month. Now, T-Mobile has started releasing the latest security update for four Samsung devices; Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, and Galaxy Note 5. The security update, which started rolling...

Twelve Samsung devices to reportedly receive Android 6.0 updates in Q1, 2016

Samsung is slated to unveil the Galaxy S7 during MWC 2016 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow onboard, but it is not forgetting its current-generation and even last-generation smartphones. We know from quite some time that the South Korean smartphone giant is working on Marshmallow update for a lot of high-end devices. Now, SamsungViet is reporting an alleged timeline for the release of Android 6.0...