Watchface Friday: Here’s our selection 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 images reportedly show refurbished Galaxy Note 7 with 3,200 mAh battery

We brought you one of the first solid pieces of information that suggested that Samsung is working on a refurbished Galaxy Note 7, and the company recently made it official that it would be doing its best to salvage usable components from the Note 7 and possibly launching a refurbished version depending on market viability. Today, pictures of what is supposedly the refurbished Note 7 have been leaked. The...

SamMobile Daily Recap: April 7, 2017 — Galaxy C7 Pro, Galaxy S8 and more!

We publish a decent 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 with every post. But, we think we’ve come up with an ideal solution — a daily recap. So, without further ado, here’s what went live today: Business Samsung expects to post second-best operating profit...

Daily Deal: Score yourself a Gear S3 frontier for 6% off

If you’re in the market for a new smartwatch, you’re in the right place. While stock lasts, you can pick up the more refined variant of Samsung’s latest smartwatch, the Gear S3 frontier from Amazon for $329.99 (6% off). We reviewed this model of the device back in December, and came to the conclusion that it’s a must-have anyone looking to pick up a wearable. Read more: Samsung Gear S3 Frontier review: Outclassing most smartwatches...

Samsung posts first official Galaxy S8 TVC on YouTube

Since launching the Galaxy S8 officially, Samsung has posted its official introduction and hands-on videos online. Now that it has started taking pre-orders for its new flagship smartphone and will be releasing it in a couple of weeks, it’s time for the company to start its advertisement blitz. Samsung today posted the first official Galaxy S8 TV commercial on YouTube. If you watched the Galaxy S8 announcement live stream on March 29 then you might...

Samsung Game Tuner updated with new features and Galaxy S8 support

It has been a year since Samsung launched the Game Tuner app which allows users to scale a game’s native resolution and even set its frame rate. The app is meant for mobile gaming enthusiasts so that they can tweak the experience as per their liking. They will be able to use the app to downscale the resolution or the frame rate in order to reduce the impact on the GPU which will subsequently help...

Samsung is being very generous to Galaxy S8 pre-order customers in Malaysia

Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in select markets last week. As expected, it’s offering incentives to customers who get their pre-orders in before the handset is actually released later this month. Incentives vary by market and include the likes of a free Gear VR with Controller and a Bluetooth speaker. However, it appears that Samsung is being quite generous to Galaxy S8 pre-order customers in Malaysia. The company...

Samsung heir was mostly quiet during his first court appearance in the corruption trial

Samsung Electronics vice chairman and the conglomerate’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has been behind bars for a couple of months now after he was arrested on charges of bribery, corruption, embezzlement and others. Today was his first appearance in court as the trial has now begun. Reports from the courtroom reveal that he was mostly quiet throughout the hearing today and his laywers did all of the talking. Aside from confirming his personal details...

Samsung gives up on digital cameras

Samsung has long been a player in the digital camera market but the company appears to have stopped production and sales of these products. The digital camera market itself is declining given that almost everyone prefers smartphone cameras for informal photography and smartphone cameras continue to get better with each generation. It has been a while since Samsung last launched a new digital camera, the last time it did that was with the NX500 mirrorless...

Galaxy S8 pre-orders are now live in South Korea

Samsung has already started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 and in other markets across the globe and it’s now doing the same in its home country of South Korea. Customers in the country can start placing their pre-orders for the new flagship from today. Samsung has also confirmed the pricing details. The 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 can be pre-ordered for 935,000 won or $826 but mobile carriers are providing discounts which bring the price down a bit....

Samsung expects to post second-best operating profit ever in the first quarter of 2017

Samsung officially released its Q1 2017 earnings guidance today and it’s in line with market expectations. Analysts are of the view that Samsung’s operating profit this quarter will be close to the record high it hit back in the third quarter of 2013. The company predicts that its Q1 2017 revenue is going to be 50 trillion won or $44 billion with the operating profit coming out to be around 9.9 trillion won or $8.7 billion. This is going to be the...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and 9.7 start getting Nougat

After rolling out the Nougat update to its high-end smartphones, Samsung has started rolling out the Android 7.0 update to the Galaxy Tab S2. The update is currently rolling out to the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 (SM-T715) in Italy and the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 (SM-T810) in Germany. Apart from Android 7.0, the update also brings Game Launcher, improved performance, a newer user interface, and improvements to notifications as well as quick setting buttons....

Samsung Korea reveals the price and availability of Galaxy S8+ 6GB RAM variant

Samsung Korea had listed the 6GB RAM variant of the Galaxy S8+ on its website yesterday, and it has now revealed the pricing and availability details of the smartphone. As per Samsung Korea’s official blogpost, the variant of the Galaxy S8+ with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage will available for preorder till April 17. This variant is also expected to be launched in China. This variant will only be available in Midnight Black, and is priced...