Samsung to demonstrate its smartphone design philosophy at Milan Design Week

Samsung will be mingling with design aficionados at Milan Design Week 2017 and it will demonstrate its smartphone design philosophy to them. It’s going to set up an immersive studio on Via Bergognone, Tortona where attendees will be able to experience Unconfined: The Galaxy S8 Design. To showcase the story behind the Galaxy S8, particularly its design, Samsung has collaborated with world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects and acclaimed digital art and...

Apple has reportedly ordered 70 million iPhone OLED display panels from Samsung

Apple has long been rumored to be making the shift to OLED displays for the iPhone. Given that Samsung has a big lead in the mobile OLED space it was inevitable that Apple was going to source OLED displays from its biggest rival. A lot of numbers have been thrown around over the past few months. It was reported last year that Apple had placed an order for 100 million 5.5-inch AMOLED panels from Samsung for the 2017 iPhone. We heard two months ago...

Security researcher says that Tizen is a hacker’s dream, has 40 unknown zero-day vulnerabilities

Samsung plans to reduce its reliance on Android by launching Tizen-powered smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers, and TVs. However, the company’s Android alternative seems to have serious security related issues. A security researcher has found 40 zero-day vulnerabilities in Tizen, making millions of smartphones, smartwatches, and TVs vulnerable to hacking. After it had came to notice last month that CIA could hack Tizen-powered Samsung...

SamMobile Daily Recap: April 3, 2017 — Galaxy S8, Gear S2 and more!

We publish a fair few 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 a solution — a daily recap. In the list below, you’ll find the stories we’ve published today. Chances are, you’re not going to be interested...

Got Nougat on your Galaxy S7 or S7 edge? Try Bixby and the Galaxy S8 launcher right now

Bixby is clearly one of the biggest features of the Galaxy S8 and S8+, with Samsung hoping to take on Google Now, Apple Siri, and Microsoft Cortana. Bixby is a virtual assistant that Samsung thinks can make your life easier by letting you do a great deal of things using voice control, in addition to showing you contextual information based on your daily usage habits, similar to Google Now. The Galaxy...

Daily Deal: Save 25% on a Gear S2

Looking for a smartwatch, but aren’t too fussed about having the latest one on the market? Well, for a limited time only, you can pick up a Gear S2 for just $225.02 (25% off). Although it’s a little over two years old, the Gear S2 is still a fantastic wearable, which sports accurate health tracking functionality and 4GB of on board storage (enough space to store up to 300 songs and a slew of applications and watchfaces). If you like...

Galaxy S8 pre-order customers in Canada will receive their orders early

Samsung confirmed last week that it’s going to release the Galaxy S8 on April 21. That’s when the new flagship is going to be out in a handful of markets including but not limited to the United States and Canada. However, it appears that several carriers in Canada are going to ship the Galaxy S8 early to those who pre-ordered the device. According to a report, those who pre-ordered the Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ on Telus, Rogers, Vidéotron and Bell...

Samsung Group shuts down its website and blogs

Samsung Group, the powerful South Korean conglomerate made up by lucrative companies like Samsung Electronics, has shut down its official websites and blogs after the conglomerate’s corporate strategy office was disbanded in February. The office was shut down following allegations of bribery and corruption which led to the arrest of the conglomerate’s heir Lee Jae-yong. Many have viewed the decision to shut down the official website and blogs as...

Samsung cut spending on research and development last year

Samsung has always been a big spender when it comes to research and development. The company’s audit report for 2014 showed that it spent just under $14 billion on R&D and the spending was increased to $14.1 billion in 2015. However, the company reduced its R&D spending in 2016 as it decided to acquire new technologies through mergers and acquisitions as well. Data from the company’s annual business report shows that Samsung Electronics spent...

The Galaxy S8 lets you disable the app drawer and put all apps on the home screen

The Galaxy S8 runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, and at first glance, the user interface looks very similar to the one on other Samsung devices that have been updated to Nougat. But the Galaxy S8 also introduces a few new features and changes to how things work, and one of these has to do with the home screen. On the Galaxy S8 (and S8+), Samsung has added the option to disable the app drawer...

Samsung reportedly invested a lot of money for on-screen fingerprint reader for the Galaxy S8, but results were disappointing

The only frustrating aspect about the design of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ seems to be the placement of the fingerprint sensor. There’s a good chance of the rear-facing camera lens getting smudged due to the abnormal placement of the fingerprint sensor, and Samsung knows that. Why did the company choose to place the fingerprint reader right next to the camera sensor then? A new report from The Investor claims that Samsung poured a lot of money into...