Samsung’s consumer electronics division might post healthy profit but components business may see loss in Q2

Market analysts are of the view that Samsung’s consumer electronics business is going to post robust operating profit of 1 trillion won ($870 million) in the second quarter of this year. This is going to be the first time since 2009 that the company’s consumer electronics division will see its operating income cross 1 trillion won. Analysts also expect the business to demonstrate strong performance in the second half of this year due to the...

Samsung partners with SAP to provide enterprise cloud solutions in Asia-Pacific

Samsung SDS has partnered with SAP to provide cloud solutions to enterprises in Asia-Pacific. Samsung SDS is the South Korean company’s IT services arm, and it has announced that it will offer low-cost enterprise cloud services that could be applied to finance,  sales, and purchase areas of firms. Bernd Leukert, a member of the executive board for SAP‘s Products & Innovation, said, “We are proud to announce our partnership with...

Here are this week’s ten best themes for Galaxy smartphones

Samsung has released 112 themes this week in its Theme Store, including paid and free ones. We’ve selected ten best themes to save you from the pain of going through all of them. Themes from Lucas Kendi – [Kendi] DarkOS and [Kendi] Firex – are one of the best, and so is the Material Plus Dark theme from Felipe Lelite. Other flat themes such as Flat Times and Flatwiz are good-looking...

Verizon and Samsung have made a 4G LTE network extender for your home

Verizon and Samsung have teamed up to create a new 4G LTE network extender that’s designed to improve wireless voice communications and data coverage for residential and small business use. It’s a scaled-down version of the 4G LTE network extender for Enterprise that the two companies introduced earlier this year, the new extender expands Verizon’s 4G LTE in-building solution to homes, small businesses,...

NBC Olympics will provide VR coverage of Rio 2016 exclusively to the Samsung Gear VR

NBC Olympics has announced today that it’s going to provide virtual reality coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics exclusively to the Samsung Gear VR. This is the first time that Olympics programming will be available in virtual reality, authenticated users of compatible Samsung smartphones in the United States will be able to access it with Gear VR via the NBC Sports app. The Olympic Broadcasting Services will capture and supply 85 hours of VR programming...

Verizon releases Marshmallow for the Galaxy Tab E 8.0

Verizon launched the Galaxy Tab E 8.0 on its network around four months ago. When the tablet was released it came with Android Lollipop out of the box, users will be delighted to find out that the carrier has started rolling out the Marshmallow update for this tablet today. It bumps up the OS version to Android 6.0.1 and adds everything that’s part and parcel of Marshmallow. Software version T377VVRU1BPD6 is now being rolled out for the Galaxy...

Unlocked Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge now available in the US from Samsung

Customers in the United States who wanted to purchase an unlocked Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge had to rely on third-party retailers because Samsung wasn’t officially selling unlocked variants of its 2016 flagship smartphones in the country, but that changes today. Samsung has now started selling off-contract and unlocked Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge units in the United States for those who would rather pay money upfront to have total control...

Leaked front panel of the Galaxy Note 7 points at iris scanner

We have told you time and again that the Galaxy Note 7 is going to feature an iris scanner. Every rumor about the handset’s specification new mentions the same and now we’re seeing an allegedly leaked front panel of the Galaxy Note 7 which reiterates that the upcoming flagship is going to feature iris scanning technology. The panel also reiterates that the Galaxy Note 7 is going to have a 5.8-inch...

Patent application shows 3-in-1 device based on a stretchable OLED display

A patent application by Samsung Display published today in South-Korea shows a 3-in-1 device that transforms from a watch into a phone, and even a tablet. The device is based on a stretchable OLED display. The patent application ‘Device using stretchable display and controlling method of the same‘ was filed one and a half years ago at the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and shows a highly...

Galaxy A9 Pro goes up for sale outside of China

We’ve known for a while now that Samsung has been preparing to launch the Galaxy A9 Pro outside of China. We first caught wind of the speculation when an unidentified model of the smartphone was imported into India for testing. Shortly after, the device was granted both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi certification in the United States. This instantly sparked a mass of rumors suggesting that the manufacturer...