Wallpaper Wednesday: Architecture

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on seven architecture-inspired 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...

Samsung is certain that its latest SUHD Tvs won’t suffer from screen burn-in

Samsung has announced today that it will be providing a lifetime guarantee against screen burn-in for all of its 2016 SUHD Quantum Dot TVs. In the highly unlikely scanario that your shiny new television has an image burn to the display, the South Korean company will replace it for free. If you’ve never experienced a burn-in before, there’s a good chance you may not know what it means. Fortunately, it’s pretty simple to explain. It usually occurs...

Galaxy A8 (2016) spotted on AnTuTu with 64GB storage

The first benchmark results of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) were spotted about a month ago and since then this handset has not only received its Bluetooth certification but it has also been spotted at the FCC. This means that it’s only a matter of time before Samsung makes the Galaxy A8 (2016) official. Specifications of this handset have already been leaked but it’s interesting to note...

Samsung has stopped airing Galaxy Note 7 commercials on TV

With all the bad press Samsung has been getting recently you would expect the company to go on a marketing blitz to reassure its customers and entice more people to purchase its products. It isn’t exactly doing that at the moment if the Galaxy Note 7 is considered. It turns out that Samsung has stopped airing Galaxy Note 7 commercials on TV even on home turf in South Korea, you can expect this to be the case in other markets as well. One of...

Samsung China will recall 1,858 Galaxy Note 7 units

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine – China’s quality watchdog – has confirmed today that Samsung will be recalling 1,858 units of the Galaxy Note 7 in the country. These units are different from the ones that Samsung is officially selling in China right now which is why sales of the Galaxy Note 7 haven’t been suspended in the People’s Republic even though they have been suspended in all other markets. These...

Galaxy S8 release might be advanced due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall

It has been over a week since Samsung confirmed the global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 due to faulty batteries. Samsung has stopped selling the Galaxy Note 7 across the globe and sales are likely to remain suspended until it provides replacement inventory because customers who need to exchange their existing units are definitely going to be prioritized. Only then will Samsung resume sales and the company is yet to announce a timeframe for that. Some...

Samsung blames manufacturing flaw for exploding Galaxy Note 7 batteries

Samsung has already provided some explanation about what’s causing Galaxy Note 7 batteries to explode and now an unpublished report that the company provided to regulators in South Korea reveal the reason why Samsung has had to recall 2.5 million units of the Galaxy Note 7 merely weeks after the handset was launched. Samsung submitted this report to the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards earlier this month and in it the company blames...

Samsung will no longer source Galaxy Note 7 batteries from its own battery-making division

Several reports have suggested that the faulty Galaxy Note 7 batteries at risk of overheating and explosion were sourced from Samsung SDI, the company’s battery-making division, and it’s believed to have met 70 percent of Samsung’s demand for the Galaxy Note 7. China’s Amperex Technology Limited or ATL is believed to have met the remaining 30 percent with focus on units headed to China. This is one of the reasons why customers in China are not affected...

Exclusive: Galaxy S8 code names and the interesting story behind its model numbers

The Galaxy S7 has had a great run this year and it has done quite a bit to improve Samsung’s fortunes. Samsung will obviously want this momentum to continue next year as well so it’s going to have to hit the ball out of the park yet again with its next-generation flagship handset which will presumably be called the Galaxy S8. We have heard from our insiders that there are two versions of the Galaxy S8 which are internally referred to as...

Samsung production facilities halted after South Korea experiences its biggest quake

Samsung was forced to halt the production line for the precision mould it uses to create the small plastic casing for its smartphones in its manufacturing plant located in Gumi, South Korea, after an incredibly powerful earthquake rocked the country on Monday. The firm’s main assembly line for smartphone production continued to operate without interruption, though. However, it was left with no other choice than to temporarily pause...

Rumor: Samsung looking to replace the 3.5 mm headphone jack with a proprietary port

Apple’s has done away with the 3.5 mm headphone jack with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, a move that had been rumored for long and actually came true earlier this month. Apple wants people to use its new wireless AirPods headphones instead; the company is also paving the way for accessory makers to follow suit and make wireless headphones the next big thing, and come up with headphones that work with the company’s proprietary Lightning...

Galaxy Grand Prime+ receives Wi-Fi certification

Three weeks ago, an unidentified Galaxy-branded smartphone, which we believe to be the Galaxy Grand Prime+, surfaced on the official Geekbench online database bearing the model number SM-G532F. Unfortunately, the listing didn’t shine much light on the device’s specifications, other than that it’ll sport a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and will ship running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Details regarding the handset’s appearance...