Harman shareholders file lawsuit to oppose Samsung deal

Samsung Electronics confirmed about a month ago that it’s going to acquire Harman International for around $8 billion. Samsung will bring in Harman’s automotive business as well as its premium audio brands through this acquisition but the company’s shareholders don’t appear to be in a mood to allow the deal to pass through easily. There were concerns that they might get in the way of things. Harman shareholders have now filed a class action lawsuit...

Galaxy A (2017) series has already gone on sale in Russia

Samsung officially announced the Galaxy A (2017) series a couple of weeks back. It confirmed that the handsets would go on sale in Europe by early February and that several Asian markets would get them by late January. According to a new report out of Russia, the Galaxy A3 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) have already gone on sale in the country. Multiple online retailers have started...

Themes Thursday: Here are four themes that you should check out

Welcome back to Themes Thursday! We’re back after a gap of two weeks since we couldn’t find any well-designed theme last week. This week seems better, though, in this regard. Samsung has released a total of 112 themes in the Theme Store this week, and we found four paid theme packs that you can check out. The [HIO] Arctic Fishing: Live theme goes well with the current winter season. The second theme...

Daily Deal: Bag yourself a POWERbot Essential Robotic Vacuum for 27% off

If you’re tired of vacuuming your house, you’ll be pleased to hear that you can now pick up Samsung’s POWERbot Essential Robotic Vacuum for $509.76, which is a total saving of $190.23. However, due to federal and international regulations, the product can only be shipped within the United States — so if you’re in another country, you’re out of luck. Without a doubt, the best thing about the POWERbot is that it’s completely automated. Using a...

[Poll] Do you think Samsung released Nougat for the Galaxy S7 quickly enough?

In a surprise move, Samsung released the final version of Nougat for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge today. Folks part of the beta test are getting the update first, but Samsung will be making it available for everyone shortly. As we noted in our earlier post, this is one of the shortest times that we have had to wait to see Samsung roll out a new version of Android to its devices. But do you think the company has moved fast enough? One can always...

Samsung invests in Israeli dual-camera manufacturing company

Samsung takes camera tech very seriously. As per a new Korean report, Samsung has invested in a firm called Core Photonics. Based in Israel, this company is known for its dual-camera modules. This, however, does not indicate that the company is going to launch a new dual-camera smartphone anytime soon, especially since it’s common knowledge that the Galaxy S8 will use a single lens camera. However, with the rest of the 2017 still...

Samsung launches its first gaming laptop in South Korea

Following its unveiling at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, Samsung has today launched its first gaming laptop, the Odyssey, in South Korea. The device, which sports a 15.6-inch display, a GeForce GTX 1050 graphic card, a 256GB SSD and 8GB of DDR4 memory, carries a price tag of 1.8 million won for the Core i5 model and 2 million won for the Core i7 variant. It’s believed that once the Odyssey makes its way to...

Here’s a complete list of features that are missing from the Gear S3 on iOS

If you’ve been following SamMobile closely, you’re probably aware that Samsung finally launched its Gear S application for iOS on Sunday, January 8, bringing Gear Fit 2, Gear S2 and Gear S3 owners the facility to connect their device to an iPhone. We’ve already shown you the easiest way to pair your iPhone with the firm’s latest smarwatches, but after playing around with the newly-introduced compatibility for a while, we started to notice that...

BREAKING: Samsung starts rolling out Android Nougat to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

The time has come. Following weeks of testing, Samsung has finally begun rolling out the official Android Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Those on the Nougat beta should be seeing an update around 215 MB in size; regular users will get the update as well, although Samsung is giving the early bird advantage to those running the beta version. Developing… from SamMobile http://ift.tt/2jmi32e via...

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro to be launched in India on January 18

We reported last week that Samsung would launch the Galaxy C9 Pro in India later this month. We’ve now received information that the upper mid-range smartphone will be launched in the country on January 18. The phone was is already available in China, but it will also go on sale in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam in the coming months. The Galaxy C9 Pro could be priced higher...

Galaxy X foldable smartphone release now expected in the first half of 2018

The rumor mill can’t seem to decide when Samsung is going to release its foldable smartphone. For the past few days it’s being said that the foldable smartphone, referred to as the Galaxy X, is going to be released in the third quarter of this year. The latest news out of South Korea suggests that Samsung is not going to release the Galaxy X before the first half of 2018. Unnamed industry sources cited in the report claim that the foldable smartphone...

Samsung’s share price surge exceeds Apple’s by 10 percentage points

Samsung’s stock price was off to a very good start last year as investors were convinced that the company would continue to see monumental growth in 2016. The stock nosedived following the Galaxy Note 7 recall but the recovery was quick. It’s hitting fresh new highs every other day now. Since October 2016, Samsung Electronics’ share price surge has exceeded that of Apple by more than 10 percentage points. The company now accounts for more than 20...

Samsung to increase focus on wearable healthcare devices

Many of Samsung’s rivals are increasingly focusing on building robots for consumers and businesses, LG showed off a handful of such products at CES 2017 last week, but it appears that Samsung has other plans. The company has expressed its interest in building wearable healthcare devices instead of robots that its rivals are focusing on. It’s believed that wearable healthcare devices will leverage AI software more effectively and will be more beneficial...