Galaxy S8 leaks in blue – again

Orchid Grey, Black Sky, Arctic Silver, gold, violet, and blue. Yes, when it comes to colors, that last one has become something popular since its arrival to the market as Blue Coral with the now-deceased Galaxy Note 7. When the Note 7 was recalled for the second time, Samsung did not ditch the color but brought it over to the Galaxy S7 edge. We’ve seen one new leak of the Galaxy S8 in Blue, but outside...

Watchface Friday: Here are six of this week’s best watchfaces

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another edition of Watchface Friday! For those unaware, every Friday, we highlight a selection of our favorite watchfaces for the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier. All of the offerings are available to download through the Galaxy Apps Store, so you can rest assured that you won’t have to search all over the Internet to find something we’ve listed. Gear...

Leaked video shows the Galaxy S8 being pushed to its typing limits

There’s a new video doing the rounds on the internet today, yet again showing us the Galaxy S8 in action. This time, someone is testing typing on the phone by entering random letters from the keyboard in quick succession. You could say this serves as a touch screen test, and the phone does quite well. Of course, whether the S8 offers fluid and lag-free performance after a few months is something that only time will tell. This video serves as further...

Themes Thursday: Seven themes worth taking a look at

Samsung has released 194 new themes in its Theme Store this week, and we’ve compiled a list of seven themes that you could be interested in installing. If you like darker themes, Ultra SimpleVivid and Vivid Yellow theme packs from LINEDECO are worth looking at. [Kendi] Hydro OS Black theme looks great, too. The Floral & MOH (AOD) and Worker & MOH (Live & AOD) themes have custom Always...

SamMobile Daily Recap: March 24, 2017 — Galaxy Note 7, Galaxy S8 and more!

We publish a lot amount of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up. However, we think we’ve come up with a great solution — a daily recap. In the list below, you’ll find the stories that went live today. We understand that you’re not going to be interested in...

Here’s how to set up Samsung Pay in India

Samsung Pay started out with an early access program in India and was made available to everyone just a couple of weeks later. Samsung Pay has worked out effortlessly for the most part here in India, as you will read in my first impressions post. Quite a few of you probably have Samsung Pay running on your compatible Samsung phone, but for anyone wondering how to get started, here’s our...

Samsung highlights the Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book in new videos

Samsung didn’t unveil its new flagship smartphone at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona last month but it did announce two new tablets: the Android-powered Galaxy Tab S3 and the Windows 10-powered Galaxy Book. The company has now posted two new videos online that highlight these tablets as it gears up to start selling them across the globe. The Galaxy Tab S3 has a 9.7-inch Super AMOLED QXGA 2048×1536 display and runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon...

[Poll] Are you happy with the purported battery size for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus?

Based on the plethora of leaks we’ve seen over the course of the past few weeks, it’s pretty much set in stone that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus will sport a 3,000mAh and 3,500mAh battery, respectively. This bodes the question: Are you happy with the purported battery size for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus? Let us know what you think in the poll below. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate...

Galaxy Note 4 gets major software update

Samsung has started rolling out a major software update for the Galaxy Note 4 in Europe. Before you get your hopes up, it’s not Android 7.0 Nougat, the handset remains on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. However, the 403MB update does bring several improvements for the device as well as the latest security patch. Firmware version N910FXXS1DQC3 is now being rolled out for the Galaxy Note 4 in Europe. The firmware update description reveals that it brings...

Samsung gets sound business advice from 11-year-old shareholder

When Samsung’s top brass was making its way to the company’s Seocho office in southern Seoul to attend its annual shareholder meeting the executives probably weren’t expecting to get an earful from the company’s youngest shareholder. Identified only by his surname Yu in local media reports, the fifth-grader stood up and commented on Samsung’s recall of the Galaxy Note 7 during the shareholder meeting earlier today. The 11-year-old owns two Samsung...

Samsung decides not to adopt a holding company structure for now

US activist hedge fund Elliott Associates sent a restructuring proposal to Samsung Electronics last year and called on the company to be split into two. It proposed setting up an operating and a holding company and listing the latter on external exchanges in order to grow shareholder value. Samsung said that it was studying the proposal and would have an answer in a few months. At its annual shareholder meeting today, Samsung Electronics Chief Executive...

Samsung will completely disable Galaxy Note 7 battery charging later this month

It has taken Samsung a lot of time to retrieve all Galaxy Note 7 units that were sent out after it decided to discontinue the product due to repeated incidents of the battery catching fire. The company’s thorough investigation into the matter revealed that significant battery defects were to blame. Almost 97 percent of the units sold in South Korea have been retrieved so far and the company is not going to wait any longer for those who have still...