Import listing points towards the Galaxy Note 7 edge

The debate continues over whether the company’s next flagship phablet will be called Galaxy Note 6 as many expect or if Samsung is going to skip a number and call it the Galaxy Note 7 instead. The debate won’t end soon, and so won’t rumors about an “edge” variant of the next Galaxy Note flagship. It’s not surprising for Samsung to release multiple variants of one handset, and it has already released the Galaxy Note Edge before, so this possibility certainly exists.

Import tracker Zauba lists a metal mask for mobile phone production line of the SM-N935G. The model number itself is enough to assume that it points towards the Galaxy Note 7 edge. SM-N930 is the model number for the next Galaxy Note phablet and since edge variants are also differentiated with the digit “5,” it’s easy to see the possibility that this metal mask just might be for the Galaxy Note 7 edge. For example, the Galaxy S7 has model number SM-G930 while the Galaxy S7 edge has model number SM-G935. All of this will remain speculation until Samsung makes an official announcement, we’ll have to wait until August for that.

We should point out here that we find no firmware being developed for a handset bearing model number SM-N935G, so it’s still far from confirmed if Samsung will be launching an edge variant alongside its next Galaxy Note phablet.

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Verizon pushing Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow to the Galaxy S5

North America’s largest carrier is bringing Marshmallow to Samsung’s 2014 Galaxy S flagship today. Android 6.0.1 is making its way to the Galaxy S5 on Verizon, following the T-Mobile variant which received the major upgrade a week ago. The update carries firmware version G900VVRU2DPD1, with Wi-Fi calling, Ultra High-Quality Audio, new app icons and regular Marshmallow features (Doze, Google Now on Tap, better control over permissions for apps) a part of the package.

You should be seeing the update arrive on your Galaxy S5 sometime over the course of the week. Quite a few lucky folks should be getting Marshmallow today itself; those that can’t wait can try hitting the Check now button in the Settings » About device » Software update menu. Let us know what you think of the latest version of Android once you get it installed on your phone!

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Gear VR provides virtual motivation to the worst football team in England

Samsung has ran campaigns in the past that have showcased how the Gear VR can help people get over their fears, but fears are not at the center of its latest campaign, failure is. Samsung conducted an experiment to see if the Galaxy S7 and the Gear VR could provide some virtual motivation to New Mills AFC which is considered as the worst football team in England.

The players walk into their dressing rooms one day and find that there’s a Gear VR for each one of them. Motivation comes in the form of a VR speech by an English football manager called Harry Redknapp. It sounds quite motivating indeed but unfortunately, it didn’t quite do the trick for New Mills AFC. Samsung itself points out that New Mills left the pitch still as the worst team in England, “but thanks to Galaxy S7 and Gear VR they entered it as champions.” New Mills AFC is yet to win their first game of the season.

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Exclusive: Gear Fit 2 full specifications confirmed

Samsung launched the Gear Fit wearable fitness tracker in 2014. The product was well received and it’s about time that Samsung came out with an updated model. We first saw leaked images of the Gear Fit 2 about a month ago and renders of the device have leaked multiple times since then. Today, we can exclusively confirm the full specifications of the Gear Fit 2.

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 features a 1.55-inch 216 x 432 Curved Super AMOLED display with a Samsung 1GHz dual-core processor under the hood, it also has 512MB RAM, 2GB internal storage, and IP68 certification. For those who are unaware, IP68 certification guarantees that the device can be submerged in over 1.5-meters of water for half an hour, so the Gear Fit 2 will be a good fit for swimmers as well. The Gear Fit 2 has a 200mAh battery and runs Tizen 2.3. Aside from GPS and GLONASS it also features a heart rate sensor, gyroscope, barometer, and accelerometer.

No word as yet on the pricing or availability but Samsung is expected to launch the Gear Fit 2 in June.

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New patent hints at ongoing development of Samsung’s foldable smartphone

We exclusively revealed back in May last year that Samsung is working on a dual screen, possibly foldable smartphone codenamed Project Valley. Since then there have been reports that Samsung will launch this device in the coming year. We’ve also seen patents which show that Samsung has been working on technology for its foldable smartphone. A fresh patent has popped up which shows that the company continues to work on technology for the foldable smartphone, thus adding fuel to the rumors that it will indeed release a foldable smartphone in 2017.

The patent details that this smartphone of the future will fold in half and reveal a port connector which will be used for charging when the device is folded. It also mentions that this smartphone design will feature either a fingerprint sensor or an iris scanner, Samsung is expected to introduce iris scanners to its smartphones with the Galaxy Note 6. Samsung filed for this patent in November last year though it merits mentioning here that it is the U.S. version of a similar Korean patent that the company filed for in 2014.

 

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Samsung starts mass producing industry’s first 512GB NVMe SSD

Samsung, the world leader in the SSD market, has announced that it has started mass producing industry’s first 512GB NVMe SSD in a single BGA package. These SSDs would be used in next-generation ultra-slim laptops and PCs. These new SSDs weigh just one gram, and its surface area is approximately a hundredth of a 2.5-inch SSD.

Dubbed PM971-NVMe, the new SSD features an extremely compact package that comes with all the essential components including the controller, DRAM, and NAND flash memory. The new lineup of SSDs will be offered to laptop and PC markers in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage variants later this month. Sequential read and write speeds are said to be 1500MB/s and 900MB/s, respectively.

Jung-bae Lee, senior vice president of Memory Product Planning & Application Engineering Team at Samsung Electronics, said, “Samsung’s new BGA NVMe SSD triples the performance of a typical SATA SSD, in the smallest form factor available, with storage capacity reaching up to 512GB. The introduction of this small-scale SSD will help global PC companies to make timely launches of slimmer, more stylish computing devices, while offering consumers a more satisfactory computing environment.”

Samsung plans to introduce more NVMe SSDs later this year to rapidly expand its market share in the next-generation premium laptops, tablets, and hybrid computing machines.

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