Watchface Friday: Here’s our selection of this week’s best watchfaces

It’s Friday, which means 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...

SamMobile Daily Recap: May 12, 2017 — Galaxy Note 7R, Galaxy S8, Gear S2 and more!

We publish quite a few 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 fantastic solution — a daily recap. Here’s what happened today. Business Samsung creates a new division for contract chip manufacturing Samsung’s delayed management reshuffle...

First Tizen 3.0 firmware is now available online

Samsung announced the Z4, the fourth commercial Tizen smartphone, earlier today. The Z4 is humble on specs, and perhaps its only notable feature is that it runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box. Samsung has been making quite a few promises with Tizen but has been rather slow at releasing newer versions of the OS, so it’s great to see that Tizen 3.0 will finally be making its way to consumers. The company hasn’t yet said when the Z4 will go on sale, but it...

T-Mobile confirms Galaxy S8 BOGO deal

We reported yesterday that T-Mobile might soon announce a Buy One Get One Free deal for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The carrier has made the official announcement today. Linking it with Mother’s Day in the United States, the carrier is now allowing customers to buy one Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ and get the other one for free. New and existing T-Mobile customers can purchase a Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ on T-Mobile’s installment plan and add a line....

Samsung creates a new division for contract chip manufacturing

Samsung’s semiconductor business has proven to be a cash cow for the company. We’ve seen just how much it has contributed to the company’s bottom line over the past few quarters. In a bid to further boost revenues from this business, Samsung today announced that it has created a new division within the semiconductor business for contract chip manufacturing. This new division within the semiconductor business will solely be responsible for manufacturing...

Specs comparison: Samsung Z1, Z2, Z3 vs. Samsung Z4

We had been hearing for a few months now that Samsung had a new Tizen-powered smartphone in the pipeline. The company officially announced the smartphone today. While it’s not the sort of high-end Tizen flagship that Spreadtrum is hoping for, the Samsung Z4 is certainly a step up from its predecessors. Samsung confirmed today that it’s going to launch the Z4 in select countries later this month. It will be made available to customers in India initially....

Daily Deal: Pick up a Gear S2 for 49% off

If you’re in the market for a smartwatch, but aren’t fussed about having the latest one, you’ll probably be pleased to hear that you can pick up a Gear S2 for just $179.99 (49% off). Like its successor, the Gear S2 sports an accurate health tracking feature and has 4GB of on board storage, which is enough for up to 300 songs and a whole host of applications and watchfaces. If you like the sound of the Gear S2 and want to take advantage of this promotion,...

Samsung announces a cost-effective solution for detecting and monitoring diabetes

Alongside the Samsung Z4, Samsung took the wraps off a new accessory called Tizen Check, a cost-effective solution for detecting and monitoring diabetes. Just like traditional methods, users need to deposit a spot of blood onto a strip that mounted on the back of their smartphone, then the companion application will use the handset’s camera and flash to analyse the blood sugar level and provide an instant result. “Diabetes is a very important...

Galaxy S8 Tip: Change the app shortcuts on the lock screen

Have your shiny new Galaxy S8 or S8+ all set up and wondering if there is a way to swap those phone and camera shortcuts on the lockscreen with a shortcut to other apps? There most certainly is. It’s been an option on all Samsung devices in recent years, and it’s present on the company’s newest flagships as well. It makes a lot of sense, too, as the camera can always be launched with a double...

Samsung’s delayed management reshuffle sees 54 execs get promoted

Samsung has a tradition of shaking up the top management of the company at the end of every year to rotate talent across the company’s various business divisions. This exercise normally takes place in December every year but it had to be delayed last year due to the various legal troubles that Samsung was involved in. While some of those challenges still persist, Samsung has finally followed through with its delayed management reshuffle which has...

Here are this week’s top six themes from the Samsung Themes store

Samsung has released 173 new themes in its Theme Store over the past seven days. We’ve shortlisted six themes that you might be interested in having a look at. All of these themes make good use of different colors, especially the [Kendi] Pix UI and Blue Bicycle themes. Take a look at the themes below, and download them from the Samsung Themes store if you have a supported device. Do...

Galaxy J3 (2017) will also be launched in the Netherlands alongside the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 (2017)

Samsung is expected to launch the new Galaxy J series in the coming months. It has been over a year since the Galaxy J (2016) series was released so it’s about time that Samsung followed up with the new lineup. Previous reports suggested that only the Galaxy J5 (2017) and Galaxy J7 (2017) will be released in the Netherlands but that may not be the case. According to a new report, the Galaxy J3 (2017) is also going to be launched in the Netherlands,...

Samsung Z4 breaks cover in leaked press render

Two months ago, Samsung’s first Tizen 3.0-powered smartphone — the Samsung Z4 — passed through the FCC, then a couple of weeks later it was certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, leading us to believe that its release was imminent. Strangely, chatter died down shortly after, but was brought back to life when the handset’s user manual surfaced last month. However, ever since we first caught wind of the Samsung...

Galaxy Note 7R listings start to surface in China

Samsung is yet to confirm when it’s going to release the refurbished Galaxy Note 7. It announced a few weeks back that refurbished units of the ill-fated flagship will be released in select markets soon. The markets may include South Korea and China. Listings for the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 have already started popping up on online merchants in China. It was reported yesterday that the Galaxy Note...

Galaxy S8+ with 6GB RAM launched in Hong Kong

We reported two weeks ago that Samsung was going to launch the Galaxy S8+ with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage in Hong Kong soon. Samsung is only selling this variant of its flagship handset in select markets and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong is one of them. The 6GB Galaxy S8+ has been launched in Hong Kong in addition to the 4GB variant with 64GB of storage that has been released globally. Samsung is selling the 4GB and 6GB variants of...