SamMobile Daily Recap: February 9, 2017 — Galaxy S8 battery size, Samsung Hello and more!

We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the bulk of the news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to follow every post that goes live on SamMobile. But, we think we’ve come up with an ideal solution — a daily recap. In the list below, you’ll find the stories we’ve published today. Chances are, you’re not going to...

T-Mobile rolls out February security patch for the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Tab 3

T-Mobile is rolling out the latest Android security patch to two old Samsung devices that you may not even remember anymore. The carrier has released the February security patch for the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Tab 3. They’ve received the patch today even though they’re still on Android 4.4 KitKat. One can think of many newer models that could do well with receiving the latest patch but it is what it is. It has been over a year since the carrier...

Daily Deal: Save 60% on a Samsung Wireless Hands-Free Bluetooth Headset

You can currently pick up a Samsung Wireless Hands-Free Bluetooth Headset for just $12 (60% off). Obviously, this particular device isn’t going to appeal to everyone, but if you spend a lot of time driving a car that doesn’t have an integrated hands-free system, this is definitely something you should be looking into. If you’re interested in the Samsung Wireless Hands-Free Bluetooth Headset and would like to take advantage of this promotion, hit...

Themes Thursday: Here’s the best theme from this week

Welcome back to Themes Thursday! 74 new themes have been released in Samsung’s Theme Store over the past one week, but we found only one theme pack that’s worth have a look at. The Felix UI, which is a paid theme pack, uses purple as its base color. It also features Material icons and wallpaper. If you don’t know it already, with the Nougat update, you can now mix and match different themes,...

Here are the purported specifications of the Galaxy TabPro S2

Earlier this week, Samsung’s upcoming Windows 10-powered tablet, the Galaxy TabPro S2, was spotted passing through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. Information included in the filing documentation that was uncovered yesterday by The Leaker suggests that the device will pack a 12-inch Super AMOLED Quad HD display, a 3.1GHZ Intel Core i5 7200U 7th Gen Kaby...

Phil Cohn appointed as Sales Senior VP at Samsung

Samsung has appointed Phil Cohn as the Sales Senior Vice President of its American consumer business division. With over 25 years experience in the consumer electronics, retail and entertainment industry, the South Korean company is hoping that his skills and ability to lead large teams will generate fresh ideas to help it accommodate the rapidly-changing requirements of consumers in the United States. “As Samsung continues to deepen its relationships...

Samsung and Six Flags team up for another virtual reality roller coaster

Samsung announced a new partnership with Six Flags, the world’s largest regional theme park company, last year which appointed Samsung as the “Official Technology Partner” of Six Flags and also brought the first virtual reality roller coasters to North America powered by the Gear VR. The two companies have now announced their renewed collaboration on virtual reality roller coasters. Samsung and Six...

Samsung QLED 2017 price revealed as TVs go up for pre-order

The Samsung QLED 2017 TV series was unveiled last month at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in Las Vegas. Pricing and availability information is almost never confirmed at CES so those who want one have to wait for a few weeks before the new TVs go up for pre-order. They will be delighted to find out today that the Samsung QLED 2017 price has now been confirmed as these new TVs can now be pre-ordered via Samsung’s online store as well as retailers...

Samsung Hello might be another AI-powered service for the Galaxy S8

We’ve brought you extensive coverage of Bixby, the artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant that Samsung is going to debut with the Galaxy S8. It all started when we first spotted trademarks for Bixby a couple of months back and since then countless reports have given us an idea of what to expect from Bixby. Samsung has now filed a trademark in Europe for Samsung Hello. It’s not immediately...

Galaxy S5 Plus update brings January security patch

Some of you might not be aware that Samsung launched another variant of the Galaxy S5 back in 2014. It launched the Galaxy S5 Plus in Europe a few months after the Galaxy S5 was released. Both handsets looked very similar to each other as far as the design was concerned as the real difference was underneath the hood. Instead of the Galaxy S5′s Snapdragon 801 processor, the Galaxy S5 Plus was touting the latest Snapdragon 805 processor with the same...

Samsung’s new QLED TV is the first TV to be verified to offer ’100 percent color volume’

Samsung has announced that its new QLED TV, which was unveiled at CES 2017, has become the first TV to be verified to offer 100 percent color volume as per the DCI-P3 color space. The testing and verification were done by Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE), a world-class testing and certification association. The color volume of a TV is measured by two factors: color gamut and brightness level....

Galaxy S8 battery size might be similar to the Galaxy Note 7

There are a lot of conflicting reports these days about the Galaxy S8 and it’s bound to continue right up to the release of Samsung’s new flagship smartphone. It was reported last week that Samsung had given its batteries suppliers with an updated production roadmap which includes 3,250mAh and 3,750mAh battery cells for the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus respectively. Today’s report brings a new set of figures. According to a report out of South...