Samsung Galaxy J3 to launch on Boost and Virgin Mobile for $179

Both Boost and Virgin Mobile have just announced that they will be offering the 2016 model of the Galaxy J3 with any of their prepaid plans in the United States for $179. The former will launch the handset on Monday, January 18, whilst the latter will start selling it today. As you’d expect, the Galaxy J3 doesn’t pack any overwhelming internals. What we’re looking at is a 5-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB...

Samsung Galaxy View Review: A movable display that misses the mark

A company like Samsung likes to take risks, and from time to time it comes out with products that don’t immediately strike you as a good idea. The very first Galaxy Note raised many eyebrows, and the first Galaxy Gear smartwatch didn’t strike its goal immediately. Now, the Galaxy Note has proved to be a trendsetter and the Gear smartwatches have a respectable market share (if only because Samsung...

Samsung to introduce dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Note 5 in India

While Samsung sells dual-SIM variants of its entry-level and mid-range smartphones in India, the company has refrained itself from offering that feature in its high-end smartphones in the country. However, it looks like the South Korean smartphone giant has decided to launch the dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Note 5 in India. According to The Economic Times, Samsung revealed that the Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM...

How to quickly launch the camera on the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, and Galaxy Note 5

Samsung went all-out in the camera department for its flagship smartphones and phablets of 2015. The Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 sport fantastic 16-megapixel cameras, which do a great job at capturing images in low-light conditions. However, having a wonderful sensor and image processing software is all well and good, but they’re useless if you can’t pull up the camera application rapidly enough to capture spontaneous...

LG won’t let the Galaxy S7 steal the spotlight at MWC 2016

A day before Mobile World Congress 2016 kicks off next month in Barcelona the two biggest conglomerates from South Korea are likely to unveil their new flagship handsets, according to a report out of Korea this time around LG isn’t going to let Samsung’s new flagship steal the spotlight, it’s going to unveil the G5 on February 21st, the very same day that Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S7. Samsung is sticking with its tradition of unveiling...

Samsung receives a patent for smartphone cover with built-in S Pen

What if Samsung releases a smartphone cover that allows you to add an S Pen to any upcoming flagship device? That would reduce the much beloved Note series to an accessory. That would be pretty absurd. Or would it? Today, a patent published in South Korea shows us that Samsung is working towards that idea: an S View cover with an inbuilt S Pen, that allows you to turn any Galaxy device into a...

Chat Hub app for Gear S2 lets you send messages right from the watch

We recently reported on an upcoming app named Chat Hub for the Gear S2 that lets you start messaging conversations right from the watch without needing a notification for a message sent by one of your friends. That app is now available on the Gear Apps store; it comes from the same developer who gave us the Task S2 app and is frankly a nice addition to the store for those who spend...

Samsung could become chief supplier for the future iPhones’ flexible OLED displays

Samsung has been steadily assuring a future business with Apple in its future iPhones as well as the Apple Watch and now a recent rumor suggests that the South Korean giant could become the chief supplier for the next generation of iPhones’ flexible OLED displays. It was reported that Samsung and LG would supply the displays for the upcoming iPhone so this seems plausible but the big story here is that Samsung could become a chief supplier and spend...

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2015) and Galaxy A5 (2016) preview

By now, all new models in Samsung’s 2016 Galaxy A series are available at least somewhere. And thus we’ve managed to get our hands on them. Here are our first impressions of the Galaxy A3 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016). If you’re into the larger devices, don’t forget to head over to our preview of the Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A9 as well. Design The first thing that stands out when handling the revamped...

Samsung is set to launch its own version of Live Photos with the Galaxy S7

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus back in September 2015, the fruit-named company showcased a new feature that enables users to capture 1.5-seconds of video before and after a photo is snapped in order to create a moving image with sound (a feature that is also found on HTC smartphones). However, if a new report is anything to go by, it looks as if Samsung is developing its own live image functionality for its upcoming flagship...