Samsung Pay goes live in the UAE with Mashreq Bank

Samsung has gradually been expanding its mobile payments service in new markets across the globe over the past year and it’s continuing with the expansion efforts in the new year as well. Samsung Pay has now landed in the United Arab Emirates. Mashreq Bank customers get early access to the mobile payments service, the financial institution points out that it’s the first bank in the region to offer access to Samsung Pay. All Mashreq debit and credit...

Galaxy S6 Nougat release draws near with Wi-Fi certification

Samsung formally announced the release of Android 7.0 Nougat for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge last week. The company also provided us with a list that included names of devices which are going to receive the Nougat update in the first half of 2017. The list included handsets like the Galaxy Note 5, the Galaxy Tab S2 and the Galaxy S6 series. The Galaxy S6 has previously been spotted running...

Samsung confirms Galaxy S8 will not be unveiled at MWC 2017

For the past few years we’ve seen Samsung unveil its new Galaxy S series handsets on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. MWC 2017 takes place next month and there have been reports that suggest we might get to see the Galaxy S8 at the event even if the company doesn’t start shipping it until April. Samsung has now confirmed that this isn’t going to happen. Samsung mobile chief Dong-jin Koh has confirmed that the Galaxy...

[Video] Samsung confirms: bad batteries brought about the end of the Galaxy Note 7

Since the very first investigation behind the heating/burning issues in the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung had put the blame on faulty batteries, and the company has now confirmed that the batteries were indeed the reason behind one of the biggest recalls in the smartphone industry. Samsung announced the results at its press conference today, after testing more 2,00,000 Note 7′s and 30,000 batteries. The...