Get a free Gear VR when you buy a Galaxy S7 edge in Malaysia

With Black Friday right around the corner, Samsung has today kicked off a great promotion on its reining flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 edge, in Malaysia. As part of the deal, the first 5,000 customers to purchase the handset will receive a complimentary Gear VR. What’s particularly neat about this promotion is that the all-new Blue Coral color variant of the Galaxy S7 edge is also included, so if you’ve been holding out to get...

Press render surfaces showing off the design of the Galaxy J3 (2017)

We’ve known that Samsung has been working on a refreshed version of the Galaxy J3 for a while now. We first caught wind of the handset when it was imported into India for testing a little over a month ago, and now notorious leaker Evan Blass has taken to his Twitter profile to share a press render of the handset; giving us our best look at it to date. Up...

Samsung rolling out second Android 7.0 Nougat build in Europe

It has only been a week since Samsung announced the launch of the Android 7.0 Nougat Galaxy Beta Program for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. The program has gone live in the United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Samsung released the first beta Android 7.0 Nougat build in China today while it’s rolling out the second build for Galaxy Beta Program members in Europe. Samsung is rolling...

Android 7.0 Nougat beta firmware for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge released in China

Samsung confirmed the launch of the Galaxy Beta Program last week. It’s allowing owners of the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge in select markets to register for a chance to try Android 7.0 Nougat beta firmware. The program has already gone live in the United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Samsung did say that it will eventually be expanded to China as well, and now it has. Android 7.0...

South Korea’s corruption probe ensnares key Samsung executives

Prosecutors in South Korea raided Samsung Electronics HQ in Gangnam, Seoul about a week ago as the investigation into one of the biggest corruption scandals the country has ever been gripped with continues. The raid was carried out after reports in the local media claimed that Samsung gave millions of euro to a sham foundation run by “shaman adviser” and a personal friend of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye. Son of the existing Samsung...

Best Buy offering $250 gift card with the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge

Best Buy is looking to get a leg up on the competition by offering some of its Black Friday deals early, but that’s actually what most brick-and-mortar and online retailers are doing this year. What we’re interested in are deals on Samsung devices and Best Buy is offering a good one. Starting today, Best Buy is going to hand out a $250 gift card with every purchase of a Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge activated on a monthly installment plan for...

Samsung reportedly can’t make enough OLED panels for the next iPhone

It has long been rumored that Apple is going to finally shift to OLED displays for the iPhone. These rumors are circulating once again because it’s expected that next year’s iPhone will be a big update seeing that it’s also the handset’s 10th anniversary. Whenever OLED displays are mentioned for the iPhone it’s said that Samsung will be one of the suppliers given the fact that it has a major footing in the OLED display market. Citing people...

Samsung saw the biggest drop in market share after discontinuing the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung has been holding on to the top spot in the global mobile market for a few years now. The sheer volume that it pumps out every year has enabled it to retain that spot year after year. Many might have thought that the company would slip to second place after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle but that hasn’t been the case. Samsung has retained the top spot but it did see the biggest drop in its smartphone...

Verizon launches the Blue Coral Galaxy S7 edge

As expected, Verizon has today launched the much-anticipated Blue Coral color variant of the Galaxy S7 edge. Although, there is one small caveat. Unlike the device that was released in South Korea last week, the model that Big Red is carrying is only available to purchase with 32GB of internal storage — so if you were hoping to get your hands on the larger 64GB option, you’re out of luck. It’s worth noting that as the Blue Coral version of the...

Themes Thursday: These are the four themes you should have a look at

Welcome back to Themes Thursday! Out of 90 themes that were released this week by Samsung, we think that you would be interested in having a look at these four themes: [HIO] Roommate – Live, [Kendi] Pix UI Dark, Qwill Theme, and Snow City (Live). The [HIO] Roommate – Live theme has pastel shades and a cozy wallpaper. The [Kendi] Pix UI Dark and the Qwill Theme follow Material UI guidelines. The...

South Korea’s state-run laboratory is reportedly reinvestigating the Galaxy Note 7

It all started to go downhill for the Galaxy Note 7 when replacement units that were promised to be safe started catching fire as well. Samsung was in the process of replacing over two million original Galaxy Note 7 handsets that were recalled after the fires were reported. It said that a battery cell issue had been identified and that the replacement units it was sending out no longer had the issue. That didn’t turn out to be the case and Samsung...

Daily Deal: Grab Samsung’s 11,300mAh Battery Pack from Amazon for just $29.99

Everyone wants longer battery life, and external battery packs are a great way to ensure that you’re not left with a dying smartphone or a tablet. Samsung’s 11,300mAh battery pack can charge the Galaxy S7 edge for around 2.3 times. You can grab this power bank for just $29.99 from Amazon, which is a discount of 57% over its regular price. The 11,300mAh battery pack from Samsung comes with an integrated retractable microUSB cable and a regular USB...

Samsung and Qualcomm confirm the Snapdragon 835 SoC based on 10 nm process

In what could be considered the quickest transition of a rumor into an official confirmation, Samsung and Qualcomm have announced that the latter’s new Snapdragon 835 mobile chipset will be manufactured using Samsung’s 10 nm FinFET process technology. Set to make its way into devices in the first half of 2017 (likely in the US version of the Galaxy S8 in addition to other flagships), the Snapdragon 835 – according to Samsung and Qualcomm – will enable...

Samsung introduces ‘Beat The Street’ campaign to counter road accidents in the Netherlands

Road accidents are an everyday problem in many regions. But in the Netherlands, nearly 20% of all road accidents involve kids. In order to combat this menace and provide some education about road safety, Samsung has kicked off a campaign with the help of its new app called “Beat The Street”. This is a Gear VR app that demonstrates the intricacies of road safety and the rules that have to be followed before crossing a road on foot or on a vehicle....

Samsung apparently involved in the development of the Snapdragon 835 chipset

Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has uncovered several secrets in the tech industry. His latest revelation pertains to Samsung and Qualcomm’s relationship with regards to chipset production. According to his insider sources, not only will Samsung produce Qualcomm’s chipsets using the 10nm manufacturing process, but it will also be involved in the development of the upcoming Snapdragon 835 SoC. Murtazin further speculates that this could be the...

Samsung is not playing it safe with the Android Nougat update

With a few days of playing around with the Android Nougat-running Galaxy S7 under our belt, it’s time to take a step back, reflect, and acknowledge that Samsung is actually taking quite a risk here. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy devices receive two major Android updates, apart from the now regular security patches. The Galaxy S5 started out on Android KitKat, spent a year on Lollipop, and...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Art

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on ten light blur wallpapers. 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 your boat...