T-Mobile has indeed delivered the Galaxy S7 ahead of the official release date

We reported yesterday that T-Mobile had started notifying customers who placed pre-orders for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge that their units were ready for shipping. Since the carrier didn’t announce that it would be shipping units ahead of the official release date it wasn’t clear if the customers were being notified because shipping labels for their order had been created or if their units had actually been put on trucks. Turns out it’s the latter as Magenta customers have now started receiving their new Samsung flagships well before the March 11 release date.

Pre-orders for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge went live on February 23 and Samsung has declared March 11 as the official release date in 60 countries. T-Mobile doesn’t seem to be sticking to it though and it’s not surprising since Magenta did exactly the same thing with the Galaxy S6 last year. There’s a thread on reddit in which T-Mobile customers who have received their units are confirming that they have indeed got their hands on the new flagships before the official launch date and are obviously posting pictures to make all of us who have to wait until March 11 very, very jealous.

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Customers in Australia can get Qantas Frequent Flyer miles for pre-ordering the Galaxy S7

We’re seeing carriers try to lure customers with free accessories with a pre-order of the Galaxy S7 or the Galaxy S7 edge. Verizon is handing out the Gear S2 while T-Mobile promises a year’s worth of Netflix. There’s a very unique incentive for customers in Australia who pre-order the new Samsung flagships. Qantas, the country’s top airline, is offering Frequent Flyer points to customers who place a pre-order. Last year Qantas partnered with Samsung to try a new entertainment service powered by the Gear VR headset. First class passengers got to try the Gear VR on its long-haul flights.

To take advantage of this offer customers in Australia have to pre-order the Galaxy S7 or the Galaxy S7 edge on Qantas Red plans from Vodafone which range from $80 to $130 per month. Customers can get up to 15,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points upfront which is just enough for a free flight from Sydney to Melbourne. Customers need to be a member of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program to earn points. A joining fee might apply for non-members. Regardless of their status all customers will receive the Gear VR for free with each pre-order of the new handsets.

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You can now pre-order the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in 24K Gold

UK-based gold-plating customization and personalization retailer Truly Exquisite has revealed that it will be the first company to offer Samsung’s recently-announced flagship smartphones of 2016, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, in three luxury finishes — 24K Gold, 18K Rose Gold and 14K Platinum, all of which you can pre-order today.

Pricing for these opulent handset starts at €2,150 for the most basic model, which includes an 18K Rose Gold bezel, home button, volume rocker and camera module. Inventory will leave the firm’s warehouse on April 1st, 21-days after Samsung’s official release of the devices. All customers will receive a complimentary Gear VR and a Wireless Charger, too.

This isn’t the first Samsung device to face the gold-anodization treatment, though, and it certainly won’t be the last. The Galaxy A5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy Note 5 have all posed in shiny gold colorways.

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Samsung introduces a very stylish ceramic bracelet for the Gear S2

The Gear S2 is certainly the best smartwatch that Samsung has ever created. It looks great and is very versatile and adaptable to user preferences. The bands can easily be swapped out allowing users to pair it with their outfits or just change up their style from time to time. Samsung has now introduced a ceramic bracelet for the Gear S2 which is very stylish, to say the least.

The ceramic bracelet for the Gear S2 is listed on Samsung France’s website. It’s distinguished by its design, strength and material and provides a balance between comfort and style. Samsung has developed this bracelet with hypoallergenic materials so it’s perfect for users who are sensitive to certain types of materials. It features an invisible clasp buckle which discreetly holds the watch in place on your wrist. This new accessory for the Gear S2 hasn’t been spotted elsewhere as yet but it’s quite likely that Samsung will introduce it in other markets soon.

Thanks, @danini1112!

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[Poll] Should Samsung sell its flagship dual-edge display to other OEMs?

It’s not surprising to see Samsung supply rival OEMs with components, it has been doing that for a very long time, though recently Samsung Display has been winning new clients by supplying them with its flagship dual-edge display which debuted with the Galaxy S6 edge. The dual-edge display has already been used by BlackBerry and several Chinese OEMs are also sourcing it for their new high-end smartphones. We’d like all of you to participate in this discussion, should Samsung keep its flagship technologies to itself or should it supply to other OEMs because that’s good for business and brings in a lot of revenue for the company’s display arm and the conglomerate?

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Samsung brings Twitter trends to your wrist with new watch face for Gear S2

If you’re someone who keeps up with social media and happenings around in the world, you don’t need to take out your smartphone from the pocket. Yes, you can do keep a tab on the latest Twitter trends right from your smartwatch. Samsung has now released a new app and a watch face for the Gear S2, both of which show latest Twitter trends right on your wrist.

To view the latest Twitter trends on your Gear S2, you will have to install the Trends for Gear companion app as well as the Trends Watch face for Gear, which were released by Samsung today in the Galaxy Apps store. Once installed, you need to set it the active watch face on the Gear S2. The watch face shows the top Twitter trends one by one, and you can click any trend to view related tweets on your smartwatch.

Samsung is working with partners to release important apps for the Gear S2, and all those apps make brilliant use of the smartwatch’s rotating dial and the new UI to navigate inside the app. Apps like Bloomberg, CNN, Uber, HERE Maps, KLM, ESPN, Nike+, News Republic, and Flipboard are already available for the Gear S2.

Thanks for the tip, @henklbr!

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Galaxy A9 Pro AnTuTu benchmark reveals specifications

We exclusively reported last month that Samsung has the Galaxy A9 Pro (SM-A9100) in the pipeline. The handset was recently imported to India for testing and the listing revealed that this device has a 6-inch display. The Galaxy A9 Pro AnTuTu benchmark reveals more specifications of this upcoming smartphone. We recently saw the Galaxy A9 Pro on GFXBench as well where it was spotted with 4GB RAM and Android 6.0.1.

The AnTuTu benchmark of this handset reveals that it features a 1920×1080 pixel resolution display, a Snapdragon 652 processor from Qualcomm coupled with 4GB RAM, an Adreno 510 graphics processor and 32GB of internal storage. A microSD card slot, 4,000mAh battery and a 16-megapixel rear are also likely to be onboard. Samsung has not yet confirmed when this handset will be released but it’s possible that the Galaxy A9 Pro will arrive once the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge have been released, Samsung would want them to be the first Marshmallow-powered devices it puts out in the market. Like the Galaxy A9, this handset is possibly going to be exclusive to China as well.

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Retail video of the upcoming Galaxy Tab E appears online

Samsung is putting the finishing touches on a new budget tablet that’s expected to be unveiled late March or early April. There’s still no clarity on the moniker of this tablet as it’s believed that this tablet will be called the Galaxy Tab E in the United States and South Korea and the Galaxy Tab A in Europe. Today an intro video of the Galaxy Tab E has appeared online via Samsung’s retail website and it confirms some specifications of this tablet.

We recently leaked some pictures of this tablet and just a few hours ago press renders of the new Galaxy Tab were leaked online. This video confirms that the Galaxy Tab E does come with a 5,000 mAh battery, LTE, a 1.3GHz processor, microSD card support and that the entire package weighs just 360g and is 8.9mm thick. As a result of Samsung’s partnership with Microsoft, the latter’s productivity apps will come pre-installed on the Galaxy Tab E. There’s still no official word as yet on when the new budget tablet from Samsung is going to be released.

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Galaxy S7 slow-motion video recording at 240fps looks real nice

Most high-end handsets allow users to record videos in slow-motion. Even though most flagships cap slow-motion videos at 720p resolution and 240 frames-per-second the combination works well enough to produce a good video particularly when you consider the fact that it’s being recorded using a smartphone camera and not special equipment. A slow-motion video taken via the Galaxy S7 has been posted online and it does look real nice.

It’s not known for sure at this point in time whether the Galaxy S7 offers slow-motion recording at true 720p and 240fps or if it just interpolates a 120fps video to 240fps. That might be the case here but the video itself looks good enough to pass as a decent slow-motion capture. The video contains both normal and slowed down parts which means that users are able to pick in the Samsung gallery app which part of the video they want to slow down. If recording slow-motion videos is your cup of tea then you can see that the Galaxy S7 won’t let you down.

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Samsung tells the Galaxy S7′s design story

The Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge are two of the most beautiful smartphones that Samsung has ever designed and the company has built upon that foundation nicely with the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. The idea was to encapsulate high-end technology in an inviting comfortable design, Samsung calls it the perfect marriage by paying attention to usability but also keeping an eye on craftsmanship.

Samsung has started a new Design Story series of posts on its official blog through which it tells the design story of the new flagships. It says that many easy-to-miss details have been given extra attention in the new handsets as smartphones are in the user’s hands all day which is why the experience of touch and interacting with the phone is as important as the way it looks. 3D Forming glass technology was used to combine the curved glass and metal to create a seamless singular shape. The slimmer rear camera is consistent with the shape and finish of the overall design, it just looks so much better.

With feel and touch user experience Samsung’s design motto was focused on drawing closer to users. Special attention was paid to improve the user interface and the color palette of app icons softened to make it easier to view the overall UI for an extended period of time. Samsung will reveal more about the drive and commitment of its designers to find perfection, genuine premium quality, and meaningful design in part two of the Design Story series.

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New promos highlight the Galaxy S7′s water resistance and low light camera

Samsung is posting short promos online to highlight some of the main features of the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. The very first promo it posted painted the new flagships as veritable virtual reality machines. Then it ran a celebrity-filled ad during Oscars 2016 to tout the best features of its new handsets. The latest promos from Samsung highlight water resistance on the Galaxy S7 and its incredible low light camera.

There’s an element of humor in both promos as the narrator details just how important water is to the survival of our species and just how important it is to have a smartphone that plays nicely with something that kills most smartphones. Samsung’s logic is simple, some of the best things happen in the dark, so why not have a smartphone with a camera that can capture all of that effortlessly? It does make sense after all. Samsung is going to release the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge on March 11 in 60 countries across the globe. Pre-orders are already open.

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Chinese manufacturers will use Samsung’s dual-edge display in their smartphones

Samsung not only makes some of the best smartphones on the market but it also supplies components to other manufacturers, like Apple, so it’s not uncommon to see the company’s technology being used by rival manufacturers. It was rumored six months ago that Huawei’s next flagship handset will feature a dual-edge display supplied by Samsung – the same display that the company debuted with the Galaxy S6 edge – and now reports from China indicate that other local manufacturers are going to source the dual-edge display from Samsung as well.

Reports indicate that China’s Vivo, Xiaomi and Huawei are going to launch smartphones this year that feature Samsung’s dual-edge display. Vivo’s upcoming Xplay5 smartphone is going to feature this display, the company confirmed as much in the teaser image it posted on Weibo. This isn’t the first time that Samsung is supplying its flagship display technology to other manufacturers because last year it supplied the dual-edge display to BlackBerry for the Priv. Samsung Display is working hard to bring new clients onboard so as to increase its contribution to the group’s performance and linking up with some of the most popular manufacturers in the world’s largest smartphone market seems like a recipe for success.

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Pictures of the Galaxy Tab A 2016 leak again

We have known for a while now that Samsung has a budget tablet in the pipeline but there has been some confusion regarding the name of this tablet. It appears that the tablet will be sold as the Galaxy Tab E in the United States and as the Galaxy Tab A in Europe. We leaked some new pictures of the Galaxy Tab A 2016 about a week ago and today more pictures of this tablet have been leaked online.

The Galaxy Tab A 2016 will have a 7-inch display with a 1.3GHz quad-core processor hooked up to 1.5GB RAM under the hood. It should also feature 8GB of internal storage, a 5-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front camera, microSD card support and a 4,000 mAh battery. The last set of leaked pictures showed the new wallpaper from the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge hinting that this tablet might run Android 6.0 Marshmallow straight out of the box. Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy Tab A 2016 by late March or early April with a possible price tag of 169 Euro.

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Samsung becomes fourth largest smartphone processor maker in the world

Samsung, which has been making its own line-up of mobile processors under the Exynos brand, has now entered the top 5 rankings in the global smartphone application processor market. The South Korean electronics giant stood fourth in the global rankings last year after Qualcomm, Apple, and MediaTek.

Qualcomm still stands as the largest mobile processor maker with a market share of 42 percent, while Apple and MediaTek have market shares of 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively. Samsung stood fourth and Spreadtrum stood fifth in the smartphone processor space last year.

Samsung managed to ship around 50 million units of Exynos chipsets in 2015. This might be the direct effect of Samsung’s decision to increase the usage of its homegrown processors in its mobile devices, including mid-range and entry-level smartphones as well as wearable devices like smartwatches.

DRMeXchange estimates that Samsung had used Exynos chipsets in at least 15 percent of its smartphones last year. Samsung also provides Exynos chipsets to other smartphone brands such as Meizu. Moreover, it also manufactures mobile processors for the likes of Apple and Qualcomm.

According to Strategy Analytics, Qualcomm is facing strong competition from Samsung as the latter is vertically integrated from the semiconductor division to the smartphone division. The global smartphone processor market declined 4 percent year-over-year in 2015 to reach $20 billion.

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