Samsung patents hingeless dual-display smartphone

A patent application Samsung filed back with the US Patent & Trademark Office in 2012 showcased a dual-display smartphone with an almost negligible seam between the two displays and the latest application shows that the company has improved the initial idea. The new patent builds upon that idea. It’s not positioned as a device that has a single seamless display when opened and would...

Surge in second-quarter smartphones sales likely helps Samsung to best quarter in two years

There’s a consensus among market analysts that Samsung is going to have a pretty good second quarter owing to the stellar performance of its smartphone business which has primarily been aided by the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. Samsung is expected to issue guidance for its best quarterly profit in over two years. Analysts expect a 13 percent increase in operating profit over the same period last year. Samsung is likely to post an operating profit...

Samsung takes the wraps off the Galaxy Wide in South Korea

Samsung has today taken the wraps off a new smartphone that will launch exclusively on SK Telecom in South Korea later this month. The handset has been named the Galaxy Wide and carries the model number SM-G600S, which is almost identical to the identification credentials that the Galaxy On7 bears, with the only difference being the addition of the ‘S’ at the very end of the tag. This leads us...

Samsung Galaxy A8 starts getting the Android 6.0 update in India

The Galaxy A8 received Wi-Fi certification running Android 6.0.1 two months ago, but the device has just started receiving the Marshmallow update. Samsung has started rolling out Android 6.0 update to the Galaxy A8 (SM-A800F) in India. The update has a file size of 1112.27MB that brings Android 6.0 to the Galaxy A8. Android Marshmallow comes with Google Now on Tap, granular app permission management,...

Europe’s share in Samsung’s total revenue has been on a steady decline

Samsung has revealed that the proportion of its entire revenue that’s contributed by sales in Europe has been steadily declining over the past few years. Samsung made 38.6 trillion won ($33.6 billion) in the European region in 2015 which accounts for 19 percent of last year’s total 200.7 trillion won. The 19 percent proportion of total revenue also represents sales in countries that belong to the Commonwealth of Independent States. This...

Samsung cuts thousands of jobs in Europe, China, and Latin America

Samsung has been working to streamline its workforce and that’s not a small feat if you’re a multi-national conglomerate that employees hundreds of thousands of people. According to the company’s latest sustainability report, it has cut thousands of jobs in Europe, China, and Latin America. On the other hand, the number of employees in Southeast Asia and Japan increased substantially, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the company’s...

S Health integration with Fitbit, Jawbone, Strava and others goes live

The S Health app is supposed to be a central hub for all of your health and fitness tracking data so it’s capable of playing nice with other apps and services to pull in their data and provide users with a one-stop destination for all of their health and fitness metrics. S Health has lacked support for some popular fitness services like Fitbit, Runkeeper, and Strava so far which is what makes...

Samsung Display reportedly spins off OLED business

A report out of Korea claims that Samsung Display has spun off its OLED business as part of group-wide efforts by Samsung to restructure unprofitable businesses. An official familiar with the issue cited in the report says that the company has separated its OLED business division and more of Samsung Display’s workforce has joined the new OLED business unit. Samsung has already been reducing its reliance on LCD, it’s gradually shutting down LCD...

Samsung’s unorthodox Serif TV goes on sale in the US

Samsung unveiled the unorthodox Serif TV in September last year. It collaborated with French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec to create this TV with the idea of making it feel more like a piece of furniture instead of a large display that most of us mount to the wall and forget about. The Samsung Serif TV is now finally available for purchase in the United States. Even though Samsung offers the Serif lineup with UHD in 40-inch, full HD in 32-inch,...

Video compares Galaxy Note 7 ‘Grace UX’ beta with TouchWiz on the Galaxy S7

Last week, a relatively lengthy video surfaced online showcasing the long-rumored updated version of TouchWiz that’s expected to make its debut appearance on the upcoming Galaxy Note 7, and now we’re getting our second in-depth look at the interface thanks to early adopter who has pitted the beta build of Grace UX running on his Galaxy Note 5 against the current iteration of TouchWiz that shipped on board his Galaxy S7. As can be seen in the video...

Trademark application confirms upcoming Samsung Pay Mini app for non-Galaxy devices

A few weeks ago, the first rumors surfaced concerning Samsung Pay Mini, an application that could make Samsung Pay available to iPhone or non-Galaxy Android users. Now, a trademark application filed in the European Union confirms that Pay Mini is indeed in the works. Filed last week at the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the application for protection of the trademark Samsung...

Get your game on this summer, enter our free PlayStation 4 Uncharted 4 bundle giveaway!

Summer is officially here and while some us might enjoy hanging out at the beach, many of us would rather remain in the confines of our air-conditioned rooms and do something else. What better way to kill time than to indulge in some gaming, and the Sony PlayStation 4 is the best machine for that. You may have read recently that we launched the SamMobile Shop earlier this week and we told you that the Shop is regularly going to offer you great deals...

Samsung and Nexus devices recommended by top security researcher

Google has taken various steps to make Android devices more secure. The information giant talked Android device manufacturers into providing monthly security updates, but most brands are not keeping their promises. Now, a top security researcher has recommended Android users to only buy Samsung or Nexus devices. Duo Labs is reporting that Gal Beniamini, a respected security expert and a member of Qualcomm’s Product Security Hall...

Samsung sees third straight year of sales decline in China

Things aren’t looking so good for Samsung in China even though it has made efforts to improve its fortunes in one of the most lucrative markets on the planet. Samsung has been seeing a decline in sales for three years straight in the People’s Republic, the annual revenue it generates from the country has significantly been reduced during this time period. Samsung’s annual revenue from China has declined from 40.1 trillion won ($34.9 billion) in 2013...

Samsung closing in on Apple in enterprise security

Samsung is striving hard to become a bigger player in the enterprise market. The company’s Knox security solution for mobile devices has been very well-received, and it recently partnered with IBM and BlackBerry to improve security on its smartphones and tablets. Now, a new report claims that Samsung is closing in on Apple regarding BYOD and enterprise security. According...

Samsung SDI losing ground in the battery market for US electric cars

Recent industry data shows that Samsung SDI – the conglomerate’s battery-making arm – is losing ground in the electric car market of the United States. It accounted for 23 percent of this market combined with LG Chem in May this year, that’s a 12 percent decline from 35 percent in April. During this time, Japanese battery makers saw their market share rise from 65 percent to 87 percent. No wonder Samsung SDI is projected to post another loss this...

New Samsung patent details both foldable smartphones and tablets

We have seen countless patents from Samsung that illustrate foldable smartphones and now the United States Patent and Trademark Office has published another such patent, but this one details both foldable Galaxy smartphones and tablets. We exclusively told you that Samsung’s Project Valley is all about a foldable smartphone, many expect that Samsung will come out with its first foldable device in...