Samsung will give you two tickets to see Suicide Squad if you buy one of its tablets

Samsung will happily give you two tickets to one of the most highly anticipated movies of this year if you just buy one of its tablets. The company is running a new promotion for a limited time in which it’s promising two tickets to see Suicide Squad as long as an eligible Galaxy tablet is purchased. It obviously doesn’t make sense to buy a tablet just to get free movie tickets that cost much...

Samsung details the contents of August security update

Samsung has taken to its official Security Blog to detail the contents of this month’s security update. Just like every other upgrade, this release consists of a plethora of patches that Google has developed for the Android operating system, in addition to a handful of tweaks made by the South Korean company exclusively for Galaxy-branded devices. This latest update is primarily aimed at resolving an issue that resulted...

Samsung opens up Connect Auto SDK to interested partners

Samsung introduced the Connect Auto accessory earlier this year. It plugs into a car’s OBDII port to provide onboard diagnostics, a virtual assistant that monitors the condition of the car and provides alerts as well as in-car LTE-Wi-Fi. Samsung has now announced that the Connect Auto SDK is now open to interested partners who are willing to develop solutions for this product. Those who are interested in creating solutions for the Samsung Connect...

Samsung expected to raise capital spending to expand production lines for NAND memory chips

It was revealed last month that Samsung’s NAND flash memory sales had hit an all-time high during the January-March period, and it’s now looking like the firm is hoping to encourage this number to grow throughout the remaining half of the year in order to widen the gap between itself and its competition. Market researcher IC Insights believes that the Samsung will raise capital spending by an eye-watering 120 percent, which roughly equates to...

Samsung sets the record straight on Samsung Pay vulnerability

You might have read yesterday that a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in Samsung Pay which enables hackers to wirelessly steal credit cards. Samsung has taken its time to come up with a detailed response to the claims made by the security researcher and has also provided details about how the tokenization process actually works and just how secure it is. Samsung has also created a document which provides FAQs about this...

Samsung faces criticism for pre-installing government app on the Galaxy Note 7 in Korea

Customers in South Korea might be pre-ordering the Galaxy Note 7 in great numbers but many have expressed their displeasure at Samsung pre-installing a government app on the handset. Some customers and the country’s main opposition party claim that the sole purpose of this application called Government 3.0 is to spread the government’s propaganda. Government 3.0 is included in the list of pre-installed applications for the Galaxy Note 7 in Korea....

Canada gets the Snapdragon 820 processor inside the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung released the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge to Canada with an Exynos 8890 processor but it has shuffled things around for its latest handset. It appears that the Galaxy Note 7 that Samsung is going to release in Canada is actually powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor. It was initially believed that Canada would get the Exynos 8890-powered models as the Qualcomm processor has almost always been exclusive to models meant for...

Unknown Samsung-branded tablet passes through the FCC

Earlier today, an unidentified Samsung-branded tablet passed through the United States of America’s official certification authority, the FCC. Unfortunately, the documentation provided in the application form doesn’t reveal anything about the slate. However, based on its dimensions (237.1 x 168.8 mm) and the inclusion of two docking pins on the rear of the device similar to the ones that debuted on...

Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders in Korea double that of the Galaxy S7

Data out of Korea shows that the Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders are almost double that of the Galaxy S7. Pre-orders have only been open for a couple of days now and already over 200,000 units have been ordered by customers, making this the highest pre-order figure for a Galaxy smartphone ever in Korea. The Galaxy Note 7′s attractive features coupled with Samsung’s aggressive marketing push is reportedly bringing in more customers. As is the case in...

[Exclusive] Samsung Z2 launching in these countries, firmware and wallpapers available

The Samsung Z3 is set to be the third Tizen smartphone that will go on sale in the consumer market. The phone made an official appearance at the Galaxy Note 7 event in South Africa recently, and the latest word out there is that the Z2 will be launched in the Indian market on August 11th (the same day the Note 7 is set to launch in the country). It looks like the August 11th announcement is actually...

Seven subtle improvements Samsung introduced with the Galaxy Note 7

The Galaxy Note 7 is as close to a Galaxy S device as it gets when it comes to hardware specifications and design. When the Galaxy Note 7 was announced earlier this month, many said that it’s just a Galaxy S7 edge with an S Pen. However, as always, Samsung has introduced various subtle improvements with its latest flagship, and here we list out seven most notable ones from the Note 7 when compared...

Reasons to upgrade from the Galaxy Note 4 to the Galaxy Note 7

The Galaxy Note 4 is a special device. It was a flagship full of problems, like laggy software and a horrendous lack of support from Samsung, but it is also unique for the fact that it was the last true Note flagship to offer features like a large and removable battery, a microSD slot, and an IR blaster. Well, that’s at least when you compare it to the Galaxy Note 5, which did away with...

The QuadRooter vulnerability has affected over 900M Android devices, including the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

It has been revealed today that the QuadRooter exploit has affected over 900 million Android devices with Qualcomm chipsets, including the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. For those unaware, QuadRooter is a set of four vulnerabilities, which each provide a different path for an attacker to gain root access to a handset through a malicious application that doesn’t require any special permissions to function. The loophole was first reported...

Samsung Display dominating the mobile OLED industry with 99% marketshare

Several manufacturers have switched to OLED displays given the kind of benefits they offer compared to standard LCD panels. This has led to a massive surge in shipments, mostly for Samsung, which reportedly controls about 99% of the global smartphone OLED market. The information was provided by research firm IHS. The company saw a record second quarter shipments and a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 81.5% with 98.38 million smartphone OLED panels...

[Poll] What is your favorite Galaxy Note 7 feature?

The Galaxy Note 7 is not just a refinement of everything Samsung introduced with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Samsung’s newest flagship also brings new features to the table; the iris scanner and USB Type-C port are something new for the company’s entire smartphone lineup, and things like water resistance and a dual-edge screen are a first for the Galaxy Note series. Then there are the new S Pen features, like the options to make...

Make a payment using Samsung Pay on the Galaxy S7 edge or Galaxy Note 7 to receive a free $20 gift card

Samsung has just kicked off a new promotion for its mobile payment platform as part of its newly-established Rewards scheme. Unfortunately, this deal is exclusively aimed at Galaxy S7 edge and Galaxy Note 7 owners, so if you own a Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge or Galaxy S7, you won’t be credited even if you follow the straightforward steps that are required to obtain the promotional credit. Now...

8-8-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S5, Galaxy Tab S2, 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...

Always On Display on the Galaxy Note 7 supports third-party app notifications

Samsung usually introduces new features with Galaxy S smartphones and then refines them on Galaxy Note smartphones. One such feature is the Always On Display mode that was introduced with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Now, Samsung has released an improved version of the feature with the Galaxy Note 7. The Galaxy Note 7 comes with Always On Display v1.7.12 pre-installed, and it supports third-party...