Samsung announces earnings guidance for Q2 2017, could be its best ever quarterly profit

Samsung has announced its earnings guidance for the second quarter of 2017 (April-June), and things look extremely positive, especially after the company took a tumble in 2016 due to the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. The company’s consolidated sales stood at around KRW 60 trillion (approximately $53 billion) with an operating profit of around KRW 14 trillion (roughly $12.1 billion). This could mean that Samsung could post a higher quarterly profit than Apple...

Galaxy Note Fan Edition vs Galaxy Note 7: What’s new

Samsung confirmed earlier this year that it was going to release a refurbished variant of the Galaxy Note 7. It has millions of units gathering dust in warehouses because Samsung had to discontinue and recall the Galaxy Note 7 due to a battery defect. So why is the Galaxy Note 7 making a comeback? Releasing a refurbished variant is one of the ways that Samsung will contain the environmental fallout...

Samsung should make available all color and storage variants of a device from day one

The Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ were launched in India in March. However, only 64GB variants were launched, and they were only available in three colors. Two months later, the 128GB storage variant of the Galaxy S8+ with 6GB RAM was launched in the country. Now, the company has announced the availability of the Orchid Grey color variant of the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ for the Indian market. A similar thing happened with the Galaxy S7 last...

Themes Thursday: A whopping 425 new themes released; here are the best ones

We’re back with Themes Thursday, a weekly feature where we showcase the best new themes for Samsung smartphones. A whopping 425 new theme packs have been released in the Theme Store for Galaxy smartphones, and we’ve shortlisted a few themes that you might want to check out. Out of the five themes that we’ve shortlisted, two can be installed for free, and they look good too. So, if you’re someone who’s...

Daily Deal: Snag yourself a pair of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earphones for 20% off

You can currently pick up a pair of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earbuds, which not only sport 4GB of internal storage for independent music playback, but also bundle real-time voice feedback for workout progress, for $159.99 (20% off). To take advantage of the promotion, press the Buy Now button below. It would probably be wise to hurry though, as we don’t know how much inventory Amazon set aside for the deal and once it’s gone… well, it’s...

Galaxy A5 and A7 (2016) receive June security patch in India

If you own the Galaxy A5 (2016) or Galaxy A7 (2016) in India, then keep your eyes peeled for an update notification. Samsung has started rolling out the June security patch for the handsets in India. The changelog also mentions that the update includes a patch for a “critical security vulnerability.” The update itself weighs just under 40MB which means that it doesn’t bring any new features for the...

Samsung details contents of July security patch

Right on time, Samsung has taken to its Security Blog to reveal the contents of this month’s maintenance release, which addresses a total of 65 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) in the Android operating system and 16 weaknesses in the firm’s Galaxy-branded smartphones and tablets. As expected, the majority of the patches are listed as “privately disclosed” to prevent hackers from exploiting them before the firmware is rolled out to...