Samsung stays atop the LCD TV market in Q1 2016, but faces stiff competition from Chinese rivals

Samsung Electronics has been a major player in LCD TV sales for the last few years, leaving its opponents in the dust, and one factor behind the company’s success can be found in the quality of Samsung TVs over sheer quantity — a principle that Samsung is using to push forward in the LCD TV market. A new report shows that Samsung is still ahead in the LCD TV market, though it is facing stiff competition from rivals. The latest results from...

Huawei and Xiaomi will reportedly release curved display smartphone with display sourced from Samsung

A report out of China claims that two of the biggest Chinese OEMs will launch curved display smartphones and for that purpose they will source display panels from Samsung and LG. Both manufacturers are expected to come out with their curved display smartphones by September this year. It’s Huawei that’s said to source the panels from Samsung whereas Xiaomi is expected to get its panels from LG. Huawei is reportedly working on a new curved display...

Samsung India is offering the Gear VR for just INR 990 to Galaxy S7 and S7 edge owners

Samsung is trying to let as many users experience virtual reality as possible. The company bundled its virtual reality headset, the Gear VR, with every Galaxy S7 and S7 edge preorder. Now, the company is offering the Gear VR for just INR 990 ($15) to Galaxy S7 and S7 edge owners in India. Customers who purchase either the Galaxy S7 or S7 edge in India between May 1 and May 31, 2016, would be eligible for the offer. Those who buy the device through...

T-Mobile rolls out a much-needed maintenance update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

T-Mobile has started rolling out a relatively large maintenance update (UVU2APD7) to all its carrier-branded variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge located in the United States. Unfortunately, the upgrade doesn’t bring any new features to the handsets, but it does fix the nasty power and volume button error that users were experiencing when trying to take screenshots and mute incoming notifications. To see if the upgrade is ready for your phone,...

Samsung and Nvidia settle GPU patent dispute

Samsung and Nvidia have just released a joint statement confirming that they have settled their GPU-related patent dispute. The settlement was announced shortly before the US International Trade Commission in Washington was due to announce its final decision in a case that Samsung had filed against Nvidia, it previously won a ruling in which Nvidia was ruled to be infringing on Samsung patents for methods related to chip manufacturing. The settlement...

AT&T will kick off pre-orders for the Galaxy Tab E 8.0 on May 6

AT&T has announced that it will kick off pre-orders for Samsung’s latest budget-friendly tablet, the Galaxy Tab E 8.0, starting Friday, May 6. The slate will be available to purchase in either Smoky Titanium or Frost White for a mere $10 per month on the carrier’s two-year installment plan. For those in need of a refresher, the Galaxy Tab E 8.0 packs an 8-inch TFT display with a resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels, a 1.3GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core...

5-2-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S5, 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...

Samsung develops third-generation 14nm FinFET chip manufacturing process

After releasing details about its 7nm and 10nm chip manufacturing plans, Samsung has announced that it will soon complete the development of its third-generation 14nm FinFET chip manufacturing process, and it plans to expand its customer base using the new technology. System LSI, Samsung’s chip manufacturing division, will be able to use its third-generation 14-nanometer FinFET (Low-Power Compact) chip manufacturing technology by the...

Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) spotted on benchmarks with quad-core processor and Marshmallow

After an import listing revealed its existence, the Galaxy J2 (2016), has just made an appearance on benchmarking database GeekBench bearing the model number SM-J210F. The site has revealed some of the hardware specs of the smartphone and we’re fairly impressed. For starters, the device is shown to be coming with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow by default, which has been the case with recent 2016 Samsung...

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) review: AMOLED for the masses

After the 2016 revamp of the Galaxy A series, Samsung has also started releasing similarly updated versions of its affordable J series phones. This year, the 5-inch slot in that series will be taken by the Galaxy J3 (2016), the review of which is provided here for your reading pleasure. Without spilling all the beans, we will give away that it is a simple, affordable smartphone with...

Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Note 6 to come with USB Type-C, new Gear VR incoming?

After Samsung’s success with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, the South Korean smartphone giant wants to tackle the upcoming iPhone with the successor to the Galaxy Note 5. We have already confirmed that the Galaxy Note 6 will be water- and dust-resistant like the Galaxy S7 duo, and it could possibly feature an iris scanner. We can now exclusively confirm that the Galaxy Note 6 will feature a USB Type-C port, reversible connector and all. We don’t know...