Samsung releases Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition unboxing video

Samsung made the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition official last week and announced that it will only be selling a limited number of this exclusive handset in select markets starting July 18th. Samsung has announced today that the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition is now available for purchase in Brazil, China, Germany, South Korea and the United States. Samsung has made exactly 2,016 phones available in each market. Pricing varies, we...

Samsung details the entire contents of its Gear S2 ‘Value Pack’ update

Samsung started pushing out its third major firmware update for the Gear S2 on Friday, July 15. By this date, we’d already brought you an exclusive report on its changes, together with an early preview showcasing some of the new functionality. However, the entire contents of the upgrade remained unknown. Even when it started arriving on our devices, we were still discovering features that the manufacturer had failed to shine a light on in the changelog,...

Import logs reiterate that the Galaxy Note 7 features an iris scanner

Samsung has never offered a smartphone with an iris scanner before so there might be some people who may not believe that this biometric technology will be making its way to the Galaxy Note 7. We have already seen countless reports confirm the existence of the iris scanner and have even seen live pictures of it in action, and now we have import logs from Zauba which show that Samsung imported...

Samsung overtakes Apple to lead Brazil’s PC market

The global PC market has been in a gradual state of decline over the past few years and it has seen several players bow out. Samsung is still in the game, at least in some markets, and that appears to be paying dividends for the company. Brazilian publication O Estado de S. Paulo reports that Samsung has overtaken Apple to lead the country’s PC market. Samsung’s ranking is based on an annual brand survey conducted by this publication. Apple...

Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition price in South Korea confirmed

We exclusively told you three months ago that Samsung was making a special edition version of the Galaxy S7 edge for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition last week and confirmed that a limited number of handsets would be sold in Brazil, China, Germany, South Korea and the United States starting July 18 with prices varying by market. Samsung has now confirmed the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games...

Samsung teams up with the White House to accelerate development of 5G networks

Samsung has made it pretty clear that it wants to be a major market player when 5G comes around. It’s leading the way for standardization of 5G technology and showcased the world’s first end-to-end 5G solution earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress. Samsung wants to be a global top-three player in 5G mobile networks and for that purpose it’s willing to work with a variety of partners. The company has announced that it’s participating...

Samsung ‘stands behind’ the Galaxy S7 Active’s water resistance certification

Last week Consumer Reports tested the Galaxy S7 Active’s water resistant claims and found that they were not what Samsung made them out to be. It ran similar tests on two Galaxy S7 Active units to ascertain whether or not they could survive in five feet of water for up to 30 minutes. They didn’t. At that time Samsung said that it had received very few complaints from customers who might have faced similar issues and that there may be an off-chance...

The latest Gear S2 software update brings compatibility for sleep tracking

Two days ago, Samsung started pushing out a major software update for the Gear S2 in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 60MB and bundles a plethora of exciting new features, as noted in our preview, including social sharing for activities and a revamped Contacts application. However, one fantastic piece of functionality that the South Korean company...

AT&T releases Android 6.0.1 for Samsung Galaxy Tab S2

Verizon was the first carrier in the US to release Android Marshmallow to the Galaxy Tab S2. Unlocked variant of the Galaxy Tab S2 was updated to Android 6.0.1 a few weeks after that. Now, AT&T has started seeding the Android 6.0.1 update for the Galaxy Tab S2 on its network. The Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-817A) has started receiving Android Marshmallow update (with firmware number T817AUCU2BPF20), which also brings updated UI design, multi-user...