Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab A 10.1

Earlier today, Samsung took the wraps off its latest tablet in the Galaxy Tab A (2016) series, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1. The long-rumored slate will be available to purchase in Black or White when it hits the shelves in Europe next month with pricing starting at €289 ($329) for the WiFi-only variant and topping out at €349 ($397) for the LTE model. You may recall that chatter surrounding the...

Samsung’s shows off fancy features of its Family Hub smart refrigerator in a new video

Samsung recently released its $5600 Family Hub refrigerator in the US, and the company has now released a new video featuring Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard showing off all its fancy features. The smart refrigerator from Samsung comes with a giant 21.5-inch touchscreen display running Tizen OS. Aptly titled ‘Birthday Party’, the video shows actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard successfully prepare for a child’s birthday party. The Family Hub...

Samsung Gear 360 goes up for pre-order in the UK, priced at £299.99

Samsung’s first 360-degree camera, the Gear 360, has gone up for pre-order in the UK. Priced at £299.99, the camera can now be pre-ordered through MobileFun.co.uk, and the retailer is expecting the stock to arrive somewhere around mid-June. The Gear 360 was launched in South Korea two weeks ago and was listed by a Dutch retailer a few weeks ago. The Gear 360 features two 15-megapixel cameras with fisheye lenses that can record...

The Galaxy Note 4 is not the last great Note Samsung ever made

The Galaxy Note 6 is on the way, and the Galaxy Note 5 is the current reigning Note device, but the Note 5 has had its share of critics (whether or not its criticisms are justified will be left up to your own conscience). The Galaxy Note 5 ditched the removable battery and microSD card of Note devices past, changes that some consumers view as compromises. Some individuals in the anti-Note 5 camp have done everything they could...

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

Verizon is sending out a new software update today for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. Software version MMB29K.N920VVRU2BPD4 is now being rolled out for the Galaxy Note 5 and version MMB29K.G928VVRU2BPD4 is out for the Galaxy S6 edge+. Both updates bring the latest Android security patches to these devices. The Galaxy Note 5 also gets a fix for the false “no SIM card detected” error message and it improves audio routing for incoming video...

Samsung’s new 256GB EVO Plus microSD card pushes storage into the future with 4K and VR

One year ago, Samsung announced its EVO Plus and PRO Plus microSD card series, even as it took an opposite direction with its high-end smartphones. Later on, the Korean giant brought out the 128GB PRO Plus microSD card, which was driven by an increase in 4K UHD video shooting from both action cameras and smartphones. Now, after hearing that Samsung had started mass-producing higher storage, the company is back to announce its first 256GB EVO Plus...

Exclusive: BlackBerry Hub-like Samsung Focus app to debut with the Galaxy Note 6

BlackBerry 10 might have failed to stay relevant in the mobile industry, but the BlackBerry Hub was undoubtedly one of the best features of the gesture-heavy operating system. BlackBerry Hub acts as a communication hub that integrates various services like email, social networks, and instant messengers to give users a central location from which to access and respond to incoming messages, manage calendar invites, and more. With the Galaxy Note 6,...

Leak confirms hardware specifications of the Galaxy S7 Active

The Galaxy S7 Active was spotted in a recent image leak, formally confirming its arrival on AT&T. A GFXBench listing has now surfaced, revealing the hardware specs of the smartphone in its customary fashion. It is shown that this rugged Samsung flagship will sport a slightly larger 5.5-inch Quad HD display (the Galaxy S7 has a 5.1-inch display) accompanied by the quad-core Snapdragon 820 chipset,...

Gawk at these stunning images of Taiwan captured using the Galaxy S7 edge

Samsung has been able to set new benchmarks regularly for smartphone camera image quality. Its recently released flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, offer brilliant image quality even under low-light conditions. Samsung recently invited Thai photographer Theerasak Saksritawee to capture various sceneries in Taiwan using the Galaxy S7 edge. You can see all the stunning images captured...

Samsung confirms price and release date for new SUHD TVs in UK

Samsung announced its new quantum dot 4K TVs earlier this year and almost a month after confirming the price and release date of these TVs for the United States, it has come out with the same information today for the United Kingdom. Samsung’s 2016 SUHD TVs start from £1,299 in the UK. Samsung launched five new series of SUHD TVs this year all of which feature 4K resolution, quantum dot panels as well as native support for HDR content. Customers...

This is the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1

The Galaxy Tab A 10.1 has leaked out before, with the tablet even being listed on Samsung’s website a couple of months ago. A reputed source has now outed the tablet in all its glory, revealing press images in the process. As expected, this is the company’s new mid-ranged offering and will be available in both Wi-Fi only (SM-T580) and LTE (SM-T585) variants. As far as the design is concerned, we don’t...

Samsung explains how to get started with the Gear 360 using a step-by-step tutorial

Along with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Samsung had unveiled its first consumer-grade 360-degree camera, the Gear 360. The device comes with dual 15-megapixel camera sensors with 180-degree fisheye lenses and they work in tandem to shoot 360-degree still images and videos. However, it could be confusing for a user to setup and use a 360-degree camera since it is a fairly new concept, so Samsung has released a step-by-step tutorial...

SamMobile Premium April giveaway winners

April is over, and we have selected the winners of the month’s SamMobile Premium giveaway! Samsung’s latest flagships, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, were once again part of the prizes last month, in addition to the Gear S2 classic smartwatch. Who got lucky? Well, here are the winners for April 2016! Galaxy S7 edge Username: nisamyoyo Country: Saudi Arabia Galaxy S7 Username: boclaro2010 Country: Puerto...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (SM-G901F) gets the Marshmallow update

Samsung took a long time bringing Marshmallow to its smartphones, but once the company kicked things off, it has made the update available to numerous devices in quick succession. The Galaxy S5 has seen the Marshmallow update in various markets over the last few weeks, and Samsung is now sending out the latest iteration of Android to the Galaxy S5 Plus. For those that have forgotten, the Galaxy S5 Plus was launched as a more powerful variant of the...

Samsung creates a task force to develop chips for self-driving cars

Six months after creating a separate team for making automotive parts, Samsung has created a task force to develop chips for self-driving cars. The new group is said to have experts from the company’s chip division that designs processors and image sensors for cameras and TVs. Samsung has made a big push towards connected appliances and connected cars in the recent months. Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology had said last month...

FTC and FCC team up to look into slow and missing security updates for mobile devices

Users in the United States often have to wait for a very long time to get software and security updates on their mobile devices, most devices don’t come with a guarantee that they’ll even receive these updates, and this has got the regulators thinking now. The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have teamed up to look into the matter of slow and missing security updates for mobile devices. Both regulators are now...