Samsung may implement an iris scanner in its mid-range smartphones

On Tuesday, Samsung unveiled its first smartphone to feature an iris scanner, the Galaxy Note 7, and now it has been revealed that DJ Koh, President of Samsung’s Mobile Division, is hoping to bring the technology to the firm’s mid-range lineup once costs are more controllable. Although, we don’t expect that to happen any time soon, seeing as it’s going to take at least a year’s worth of solid sales to cover the R&D costs that...

Canadian Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders to include free Level Box Pro Bluetooth speaker or Gear Fit 2

The Galaxy Note 7 is a pricey smartphone, and Samsung and carriers are sweetening the deal for those who pre-order the device by offering freebies like a Gear Fit 2, a 256GB microSD card, and even a year’s worth of Netflix. In Canada, Samsung is switching things up a bit and is offering its Level Box Pro wireless Bluetooth speaker as one of the gifts that consumers can choose from. The other...

Sam’s Club probably has the best Galaxy Note 7 pre-order deal in the US

The Galaxy Note 7 is now available for pre-order from Samsung’s carrier and retail partners in the United States. Customers can take their pick and they might want to take a look at the Galaxy Note 7 pre-order deal that Sam’s Club is offering before making their decision. The freebies are mostly the same across all carrier and retail partners but Sam’s Club is taking things up a notch by offering a $150 gift card with every pre-order of...

Samsung makes web browsing on the Gear VR more immersive

Samsung unveiled the new Gear VR headset alongside the Galaxy Note 7 yesterday. The new headset features incremental updates when compared to its predecessor but all of them contribute to providing a better user experience. Samsung has also been working to improve the web browsing experience in virtual reality. It has partnered with cloud graphics company OTOY to create a new online browsing experience for the Samsung Internet app for Gear VR. “Today’s...

Hiya powers caller ID and spam detection in the Galaxy Note 7′s dialer app

Samsung included caller ID and spam detection functionality in the Galaxy S7′s dialer app and it’s doing the same for the Galaxy Note 7. Hiya, a leading provider of this service, is going to power caller ID, spam detection and business search services in the new flagship’s dialer app. Hiya tracks more than 1.5 billion numbers globally so it’s able to provide a discreet experience and help owners identify unknown callers to protect them against phone...

Galaxy Note 7 unboxing video from T-Mobile features waterslides and lots of water

There will be countless Galaxy Note 7 unboxing videos on YouTube that you can watch again and again while you wait for your unit to arrive but there won’t be many like the one T-Mobile has made. Samsung brought back water resistance to its Galaxy S series with the Galaxy S7 and T-Mobile drove the point home by unboxing the Galaxy S7 underwater. The Galaxy Note 7 is also water resistant and even the S Pen can hold its own against the element so T-Mobile...

Samsung Rewards program gives you free money for using Samsung Pay

Samsung today released an update for Samsung Pay which adds support for the rumored Samsung Rewards program. The update is part of Samsung’s continuous push to provide more value to users who have chosen its mobile payment service to make payments on the go. Samsung Pay now supports Samsung Reward cards, basically, these cards will be an incentive for people who use the company’s mobile payments service to continue using it. With...

T-Mobile offering $200 discount on the Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge and the Galaxy Note 5

If you’re in the United States and you want to purchase a new handset but don’t want to spend too much money then T-Mobile’s new promotion is right for you. As previously reported, the carrier is now offering $200 off some of Samsung’s best smartphones. This promotion is aimed at those who are looking to switch carriers and if they come over to Magenta it will give them $200 off the Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge and the Galaxy Note 5. To be eligible...

Samsung said to be in talks to buy auto components manufacturing arm from Fiat

Samsung has been investing in smart automobiles segment from the past few months. It recently started collaborating with German car makers to develop smart brains for futuristic automobiles and also launched Samsung Connect Auto. Now, the company is said to be in talks to buy an auto components manufacturing brand. According to a report from Bloomberg, Samsung is said to be in talks to acquire Magneti Marelli, a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that...

Samsung to launch dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Note 7 in India

Samsung had announced earlier this year that the company would launch dual-SIM variants of its high-end smartphones in India. The company launched dual-SIM variants of the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S7, and Galaxy S7 edge. Now, the company is gearing up to launch the dual-SIM variant of its latest Galaxy Note smartphone in India. According to Samsung’s official website for India, the Galaxy Note 7 will...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Patterns

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on seven patternized backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images float...

Galaxy Note 7 has a blue light filter option built into the display settings

Blue light isn’t the best kind of light for the human eye, and the blue light from electronic displays is even worse. With the smartphone such an important part of our lives, our eyes are being exposed to a lot of unnecessary blue light in this day and age. OLED displays inherently emit less blue light than LCD displays, but not so less as to not strain our eyes with continued usage, especially at night when it can also induce sleeplessness....

Read back on all the Galaxy Note 7 news and details through the SamMobile Magazine

The Galaxy Note 7 was made official yesterday, and here at SamMobile we spent our time bringing you all the details and information on Samsung’s newest (and most feature-packed) flagship. There’s a lot of new stuff on offer, and while many of you probably had your eyes glued to your mobile and PC screens getting all you could of the Note 7, you might just have missed some of our coverage in the hours following Samsung’s official announcement. Don’t...

Verizon Wireless unboxes the Galaxy Note 7 in the most entertaining way possible

Verizon Wireless has taken to its official YouTube channel to share a short unboxing video of the recently-announced Galaxy Note 7. In the clip, a doodle is sketched out and brought to life to demonstrate many of the handset’s new features, including its Always On Display, iris scanner and enhanced S-Pen. We also get to see the device from a plethora of different angles, which really highlights the perfectly symmetrical design that we noted...

Power Saving Mode on the Galaxy Note 7 allows you to scale down the screen resolution

Samsung has developed a new Power Saving Mode for its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, which enables users to adjust the resolution of their display in order to preserve battery life. The South Korean firm claims that this new technology, when used in the right circumstances, can generate around 35 hours more juice from a full charge. It’s worth noting, however, that in order to achieve...

Samsung Z2 shows up at Galaxy Note 7 launch in Africa

We have known for some time that the Samsung Z2 exists, but the third commercial Tizen handset hasn’t made it to market just yet. That is expected to change soon, what with a leaked video showing the Z2 in action and the Z3 just two months shy of being a year old, and it seems someone at Samsung decided to bring a retail unit of the Z2 along for the ride at the Galaxy Note 7′s launch in Africa. The...

8-3-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S6, Galaxy A5 (2016), 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...