Samsung reveals that it will launch the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 in South Korea

Last month, Samsung unveiled the latest tablet in the Galaxy Tab A (2016) series, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1. However, at the time of announcement, the manufacturer only provided pricing and availability details for Europe, which left many keen consumers in South Korea a little frustrated as they’re located in the testbed region for all of the firm’s new smartphones and tablets. Fortunately for them, Samsung has today revealed that it will launch the...

Samsung’s first NVMe M.2 1TB SSD starts shipping next week

It was about a year ago when Samsung announced that it had started mass production of a high-performance, low-powered PCIe-based SSD for laptops. The Samsung SM951 SSD promised support for both PCIe 3.0 and M.2 standards while providing read and write speeds of up to 2.15GB/s and 1.55GB/s respectively. Samsung will be shipping its successor – the SM961 – starting next week. It’s the company’s...

Samsung releases final episode of its virtual reality thriller GONE

Samsung introduced its new virtual reality thriller called GONE in December last year. The series takes viewers on a quest to find a 9-year-old girl who vanished in broad daylight, before countless witnesses. VR technology enables viewers to navigate multiple points of view within each 360-degree episode and scene, allowing them to choose their own path as they work alongside the characters to solve the mystery. Multiple episodes have been released...

Samsung hopeful that IoT will drive its semiconductor sales

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is booming and almost every tech firm is trying to grab a pie. Samsung has already invested significantly in IoT technologies and received a number of IoT-related patents, but the company plans to do more. The South Korean tech giant hopes that IoT will drive its semiconductor sales. According to a new report from ZDNet, Samsung is hopeful that it will be able to grab more market in the IoT space...

‘The Chant’ film by Samsung celebrates stories of defying barriers prior to the Olympics

Samsung today released a new film called “The Chant,” featuring South Sudanese athlete Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan (400-Meter Runner, South Sudan), who is hoping to compete under her country’s flag at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This is going to be the first time ever that South Sudan sends a team to the Olympic Games that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil later this year. The film showcases Samsung’s continuing support of the pioneering spirit,...

IDEALENS K2 is a robust standalone VR headset powered by Samsung Exynos 7420 processor

IDEALENS officially launched its second-generation standalone virtual reality headset earlier this week. It’s a very robust headset that has the main body weight of just 295g. It houses the display, battery, and other hardware in one single package meaning there’s no need to connect it to a computer or a smartphone. Offering a staggering 770ppi the IDEALENS K2 hits the industry benchmark of <17ms...

Gear VR to get Oculus Rift-like UI with the upcoming update

Samsung developed the Gear VR in partnership with Oculus, and the latter developed the UI for the virtual reality headset. However, Oculus Home on the Gear VR looks a bit different than it does on the Oculus Rift, but that’s set to change with the upcoming update. A new video posted on YouTube shows the new UI of Oculus Home after the latest update. The latest UI brings a better design for Oculus Home on the Gear VR, and it makes sense...

Chinese TV brands to compete with Samsung and other Korean firms in the premium segment

Chinese TV brands Haier, HiSense, Skyworth, TCL, Xiaomi, and others have rapidly improved their market share in their homeland with the help of low-price strategy and backing from the government. These brands are now aiming for the premium TV market which has long been dominated by Korean firms like Samsung and LG. These brands have a combined market share of 73.8 percent in the premium market. A premium TV is generally considered a product that...

Samsung’s latest campaign for Quantum dot SUHD TVs ‘transports’ you to new places

Samsung today announced that it’s expanding the “THIS IS TV” brand campaign for Quantum dot SUHD TVs to social media. The online campaign is going to consist of contests and a series of offline events in major cities with the aim to connect consumers with the exceptional picture quality of Samsung Quantum dot SUHD TVs. Consumers can use hashtags #TVTransports and #ThisIsTV to leverage Samsung SHUD...

Samsung ropes in Danny Glover for its latest commercial

Samsung has been making some impressive commercials recently for its products and it has been making celebrity-filled commercials particularly for the Galaxy S7. The latest commercial for its flagship handset features Danny Glover of Lethal Weapon fame and it focuses on one major feature of the Galaxy S7 edge which is fast wireless charging. It’s a funny commercial that spends the first half telling us about the importance of time and then asks us...

Samsung reportedly sees a drop in DRAM sales

A new report out of Korea suggests that Samsung has seen a drop of 16.6 percent in DRAM sales in the first quarter of this year. The company’s sales have reportedly dropped by 16.6 percent to 3.9 billion won ($3.36 million). The fall of DRAM price is said to be a major reason for this decline as both DDR3 and DDR4 hit record lows of $1.25 and $1.31 respectively just last month. Even though the sales drop has hurt companies, Korea remained the first...

International variant of the Galaxy A9 Pro passes through the FCC

A little over a month ago, we reported that Samsung may be planning to launch the Galaxy A9 Pro outside of China in the not-too-distant future, then a couple of weeks ago a ‘global model’ of the handset (SM-A910F) received both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi certification in the United States. Earlier today, however, the device passed through the United States of America’s official certification authority, the FCC; meaning it now passed all of the required...

Samsung now pushing out Marshmallow update for the Galaxy Tab A 8.0

Following its rollout for the Galaxy Tab A 9.7 last month, Samsung has today started pushing out the long-awaited Marshmallow update to all Wi-Fi variants of the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 in Australia. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 1.1GB and transports the latest build of the Android operating system to the slate, in addition to a plethora of additional bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations, which are all targeted at improving...

Revised user manual suggests that Marshmallow rollout for the Galaxy A3 (2016) is imminent

Earlier today, Samsung uploaded a new version of the Galaxy A3 (2016) user manual to its Download Center. Based on initial impressions, it would appear that the support booklet has been revised to include instructions on how to use the new functionality baked into Android 6.0.1, indicating that a Marshmallow rollout for the handset is right around the corner. Unfortunately, it’s still unclear when exactly Samsung will start pushing the firmware to...

6-20-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy J5, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Alpha, 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...