الاثنين، 23 أكتوبر 2017

SamMobile Daily Recap: October 23, 2017 — Galaxy S8 Active, Gear Sport and more!

Seven reasons why Tizen 3.0 is great for Samsung smartwatches

Last Friday, we received the Samsung Gear Sport, which was announced at IFA earlier this year. The Gear Sport runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box, and it is expected that Samsung will bring the upgrade to the Gear S3 Frontier and Gear S3 Classic as well.

What does Tizen 3.0 bring to the table? We’ve come across a few notable new features and improvements, and we’ve listed the major ones below.

Watch Only mode

Watch Only is a new feature on Tizen 3.0. When you activate Watch Only mode, the smartwatch will only show you the watch face and disable all other functions, including notifications. This means you can use it as a regular watch, and the battery will also last much longer. You’ll lose all of the smart functionality, but Watch Only mode will be great for the times you just need a timepiece to, well, tell the time.

Bezel wake-up

Moving the bezel ring on Samsung’s watches turns on the screen, and while this can be handy for some, it can be annoying if you’re sleeping or in a situation where you don’t want the screen to wake up unless you want it to. With Tizen 3.0, you can turn off the bezel wake function to prevent the ring from waking up the screen.

New icons

Samsung has upgraded icons with Tizen 3.0, and they now match the ones seen on devices like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8. Not a lot to say here, except that there’s higher consistency across Samsung’s products.

Better preview when browsing watch faces

On Tizen 3.0, when you are looking for new watch faces to select, you’ll see a preview of up to seven watch faces at the same time, so you have to scroll less to get the ones you like. Before Tizen 3.0, only one watch face showed up on the watch’s display at a time, which made for more work when looking at the latest watch faces.

Water Lock mode

As the name suggests, when enabled, Water Lock mode disables the touch screen and motion sensors. Perfect for when you take your Gear Sport for a swim.

More quick toggles

The quick toggles on Samsung’s previous smartwatches were too few to be truly useful, so Tizen 3.0 now gives you eight shortcuts in the toggles menu. There are shortcuts for Watch Only mode, Water Lock mode, and the settings, in addition to the usual suspects like brightness and do not disturb mode.

Suggestions in the settings menu

On Tizen 3.0, when you’re browsing through the settings menu, you will find suggestions for settings that might be relevant, pretty much like the ones you see on your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8. It’s useful for finding the right settings faster, especially on the small display on the Gear Sport.

That’s it for the features that we think are notable on Tizen 3.0. Of course, we’ll let you guys know if we come across more such features as we use the Gear Sport in the coming days. Hold tight for our review of the Gear Sport, and let us know what you think about Tizen 3.0!

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Android 7.1.1 Nougat update now arriving on the Galaxy J5 (2016) in Europe

The Galaxy J5 (2016) is Samsung’s latest smartphone to receive the Android 7.1.1 update in Europe. The upgrade, which has started making the rounds in Poland, transports all of the features included in Nougat, as well as the tweaks bundled in Experience 8.5, the latest version of the firm’s user interface.

So what does Experience 8.5 bring to the table? Well, aside from the integration of Samsung Cloud, a revamped Device Manager application and shutter button zooming for the Camera client, not a great deal. It does, however, feel a lot smoother than the previous build, Experience 8.1, that debuted on the Galaxy S8.

Screenshots: Nougat with Samsung Experience UX on the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 (2016)

Seeing as the update is currently rolling out in Poland, it shouldn’t be long until it starts reaching variants in other countries in Europe. We’re guessing it’ll arrive in Germany and the United Kingdom next, before eventually touching down in North America following a fairly lengthy carrier approval process.

Don’t panic if the Nougat update isn’t available for your Galaxy J5 (2016) just yet

It can take up to a week for the upgrade to reach your Galaxy J5 (2016), so don’t panic if you don’t see an alert prompting you to install it right away. If you’re like to manually check to see if it’s ready for your handset, head into Settings, select About Device, then tap Download Updates Manually.

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Galaxy Note 8 October security patch released

October is almost over and yet there are still many Samsung handsets out there that haven’t received the latest security update. Samsung has finally started rolling out the Galaxy Note 8 October security patch today.

The company detailed the latest security maintenance release for Android device three weeks ago. It has since been released for a handful of devices, including the Galaxy S8.

Galaxy Note 8 October Security Patch

The Galaxy Note 8 October security patch is now being rolled out in China and Hong Kong. Samsung has released the firmware update for Galaxy Note 8 units bearing model numbers SM-N9508 and SM-N9500.

There are no reports so far of this update being released in other markets. However, now that Samsung has released it in China, it may only be a matter of time before the Galaxy Note 8 October security update is released in additional markets.

The October 2017 security patch brings fixes for 215 vulnerabilities in the Android operating system. Patches for six vulnerabilities in Samsung’s software are included as well. Since it’s a minor update that’s meant for rolling out the latest security fixes, users shouldn’t expect much in the way of new functionality.

It may only be a matter of days before the October security patch for the Galaxy Note 8 is released in other markets across the globe.

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Daily Deal: Grab Samsung’s Fast Charge Dual-Port Car Charger for 63% off

For a limited time only, you can bag yourself Samsung’s Dual-Port Car Fast Charger, which is capable of charging any Fast Charge-enabled handset from 0 to 50 percent in around half an hour, for just $16.99 (63% off).

If you like the sound of this promotion and want to take advantage of it, hit the Buy Now button below. We advise you to hurry though as Amazon only has a limited amount of inventory available for this specific deal.

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Galaxy S9 could come with a front-facing fingerprint reader

The upcoming Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ could feature a front-facing fingerprint scanner to combat criticism the Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8 received, suggests a patent Samsung filed for with KIPRIS, South Korea’s trademarking organization.

If the information included in the patent documentation is accurate, the firm is planning on building a small recess (think: Essential Phone) into the bottom of the Galaxy S9 that will house a small super-fast fingerprint reader.

We’re not sure a recess is the best route to go down—and it doesn’t look like our readers do, either. According to a poll we ran last month, the majority of voters would hate to see a notch à la iPhone X on board Samsung’s next flagship.

Galaxy S9 should sport a Snapdragon 845 processor

The Galaxy S9 is expected to sport the same 5.8-inch Infinity Display as the Galaxy S8, while the Galaxy S9+ should pack an identical 6.2-inch Infinity Display to the Galaxy S8+. They’re both tipped to sport a Snapdragon 845 CPU and 6GB of RAM.

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Samsung ranked as the most valuable brand in South Korea

Valuation and strategy consultant Brand Finance has released its list of the top 50 most valuable brands in South Korea. Samsung has been ranked as the most valuable and powerful brand in the country, unsurprisingly. The firm ranks the brands for its Brand Finance South Korea 50 league table by taking into account a variety of factors.

It looks at the marketing investment, sustainability and margins, familiarity, preference and also determines the proportion of the company’s revenue that’s contributed by its brand.

Most Valuable Brand In South Korea

Brand Finance analysts have ranked Samsung at the very top of the list. The company’s brand value is up 12 percent of $51.4 billion, according to the firm. That’s almost five times the value of the second most valuable brand on the list.

Car manufacturer Hyundai is the country’s second most valuable brand. Its brand value has been estimated at $8.8 billion, a 4 percent increase from the previous year.

Samsung Fire & Marine is the second fastest-growing brand in South Korea this year. Its brand value is up 42 percent to $2.7 billion. The surge in brand value is attributed to the company’s impressive performance in 2016.

With the record year that Samsung has been having, it won’t be surprising if its brand value surges even higher in the coming quarters.

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Samsung to announce a three-year buyback plan next week

Samsung is preparing to announce a three-year plan to buy back shares next week, reports The Korea Herald. The initiative can be considered an extension to the $10 billion buyback program it launched in 2015, which had a positive effect on its price per share.

Last year, the firm said it would spend 50 percent of its 22.4 trillion won ($19 billion) net profit to increase its share value and return the benefits to its investors—and that’s exactly what it did, paying out nearly 4 trillion won ($3.5 billion) worth of cash dividends and buying 7.2 trillion won ($6.3 billion) worth of shares back.

To keep the ratio the same as last year, Samsung has to spend 13 trillion won buying back shares by January

When Samsung reveals its three-year plan next week, alongside details surrounding its third-quarter profit and plans for cash dividends for 2018-2020, it’s expected to be on a much larger scale, in accordance with its record profit for 2017, with many market analysts expecting its net profit to cross the 40 trillion won ($35 billion) mark.

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Apple and Samsung to return to the courtroom for a patent damages retrial

Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California determined on Sunday that Apple and Samsung will return to the courtroom to battle a retrial of their famous design patent damages case, which is exactly what the South Korean company has been fighting for.

Samsung had originally, as noted by Foss Patents, asked Judge Koh for a retrial of its previous case against Apple, to which she denied, then went on to convince the Supreme Court that the terms of its previous ruling were incorrect, later resulting in her deciding that a retrial is on the cards.

Apple and Samsung have until Wednesday, October 25 to propose a case schedule and a retrial date; however, there’s a chance, albeit a small one, the conglomerates will never make it into the courtroom, as both parties have the option to settle the dispute outside of the legal system.

Apple will be hoping for a per-device ruling

It’s unlikely it will go down that route, though. The Supreme Court decided last year that Samsung had to pay Apple damages for design patents infringed on an individual component basis, a decision that could have netted the firm half a billion dollars. A per-device payment could land it billions.

Apple is going to want to do everything it can to persuade the United States District Court to rule that Samsung has to pay it damages for every device it sold, while the latter will be hoping for a different result, in which it won’t have to pay anywhere near as much—if anything at all.

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Samsung CEO’s replacement could be selected this week

Samsung Electronics CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun announced recently that he was stepping down amid an “unprecedented crisis.” He has been with the company for more than 30 years. He was essentially serving as the de facto head after Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was imprisoned earlier this year.

According to a new report, Samsung might select the successor to the CEO as early as this week. An early selection would mean that the transition would be easier when Kwon vacates his post early next year.

Samsung CEO’s Replacement

Samsung Electronics will have to pick a successor to Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun as he has already made his plans to retire public. Samsung will now be looking to appoint a new head of the device and display business divisions that are currently under Kwon.

Candidates that are reportedly being considered for this position include the head of Samsung’s medical equipment business Jun Dong-soo, Samsung Display senior adviser Park Dong-gun and the head of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Chung Chil-hee.

Rumors also suggest that Samsung could shake up the management positions in the company by swiftly promoting vice president level executives. It will be an effort on the company’s part to stabilize the organization so that it can adjust to the new leadership.

Samsung is already dealing with a leadership vacuum as it is with its heir behind bars. Some reports also suggest that Samsung is thinking about reviving the control tower structure for better organizational management.

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Samsung could be working on a Dual Wireless Charging Pad

Samsung has been approved a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a Dual Wireless Charging Pad that will—presumably—work in a similar way to the one Apple announced alongside the iPhone X back in September, allowing users to charge their Galaxy- and Gear-branded products simultaneously.

The firm’s Dual Wireless Charging Pad takes advantage of both inductive and resonate modes of wireless charging, which are compliant with the Qi standard, reports Patently Mobile, meaning there shouldn’t be a single Qi-compatible smartphone, tablet or wearable on the market it won’t be able to charge.

Based on the sketches included in the patent filing, the science behind the Dual Wireless Charging Pad is actually pretty simple. There appear to be two coils housed within the unit; both of them support inductive and resonate charging—and the Pad can automatically switch between them when it sees fit.

Dual Wireless Charging Pad to launch alongside the Galaxy S9?

It’s worth mentioning, however, that Samsung is regularly approved patents by the USPTO, but only a small number of them make their way onto the market. That said, we’d bet our bottom dollar that it launches the Dual Wireless Charging Pad alongside the Galaxy S9 to put it in a better position to compete with the iPhone X.

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T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active makes its FCC stop

It’s no longer a secret that the Galaxy S8 Active will soon be making its way to T-Mobile. AT&T is going to lose its exclusivity over Samsung’s “Active” lineup this year. Even Samsung hinted as much when it launched the Galaxy S8 Active on T-Mobile. The company said at that time that the device would be exclusive to AT&T for a “limited time.”

Much has already been said and written about the Galaxy S8 Active for T-Mobile. Renders of the device were recently leaked online as well. Now, the T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active has been spotted at the FCC.

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active

The Galaxy S8 Active bearing model number SM-G892U has been spotted in the FCC database. The handset is listed as having support for LTE Band 71, the same band that T-Mobile started deploying recently. This particular model of the Galaxy S8 Active also has support for T-Mobile’s other LTE bands, such as Band 66.

The FCC filing doesn’t mention T-Mobile by name. Then again, the filings never reveal such precise details about upcoming devices. They do offer hints and one can just extrapolate from there.

Samsung and T-Mobile have yet to confirm when the Galaxy S8 Active is finally going to arrive on Magenta. It’s also unclear how much T-Mobile is going to charge for it.

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SamMobile Firmware Update Magazine: October 23, 2017

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Firmware Magazine. You can think of it as your go-to resource to find out which of your Samsung devices has received a new update or if it’s going to receive a new firmware update in the near future.

To keep things interesting, we present the Firmware Magazine in new designs every week. It will always include the important details about firmware updates such as the firmware versions, device model numbers, Android OS versions and the country where said update is out already.

SamMobile Firmware Update Magazine

Keep in mind, however, that these firmware details are based on the firmware that are available in our database, and in some cases, the latest updates might not show in the same week as the full firmware files take additional time to make it to our database.

The purpose of this magazine is to bring all of that important information about firmware updates to you, the reader, in a manner that’s easy to comprehend—so even if you’re new to the world of firmware, you’ll have no trouble making sense of it all.

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New Chromebook Pro from Samsung might get a specs bump

Samsung announced the Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro back at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in January. The company delayed the latter’s release by several months due to issues with Android app compatibility. The Chromebook Pro was finally released on May 28.

According to a report, there’s a new Chromebook Pro from Samsung in the pipeline. It’s said to be a “highly-upgraded” version, meaning that it’s likely going to get a specs bump.

New Chromebook Pro

The Chromebook Pro currently features an Intel Core m3 processor with 4GB of RAM. The report claims that the new Chromebook Pro will feature an Intel Core m7 processor with 16GB of RAM. This specs bump should, at least in theory, put the performance figures on par with Google’s latest high-end Pixelbook.

Whether or not there will be any design changes remains to be seen. Existing features like the 360-degree rotating touchscreen display, support for a digitized Pen and Android apps are likely to be retained.

The specs bump will mean that the new Chromebook Pro is going to be more expensive. The current model costs $549.99. There’s no information as yet on what the pricing might be. One can expect that it’s going to be a couple of hundred dollars more than the current model.

Samsung launched the Chromebook Pro at CES 2017. There’s a good chance that the updated model might be unveiled at CES 2018 in January.

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Samsung TV sales expected to provide earnings boost

Industry sources believe that Samsung TV sales are going to provide the company with an earnings boost. The demand for its high-end TV products remains strong which will enable the company to bring in more revenue from its TV business.

The company’s QLED TVs are said to be driving demand for Samsung’s high-end TV products. The company unveiled them earlier this year before releasing the lineup in April. They are estimated to account for almost 10 percent of Samsung’s overall TV shipments.

Samsung TV Sales

According to a report out of South Korea, it’s expected that Samsung’s QLED TVs will account for 10 percent of its entire TV shipments. This raises hopes that Samsung’s earnings from its TV business will improve in the near future.

It’s also claimed that more than half of QLED TV sales are accounted for by large-sized models with a screen size of 65-inch or more. This shows that many customers aren’t shying away from spending big money on a new TV. Industry tracker GfK’s data shows that 37 percent of all Samsung TVs sold in the first eight months of 2018 were priced at least $2,500.

Samsung is going to refresh its TV lineup at CES next year. It always launches its flagship TV models at the annual convention in Las Vegas. It will be interesting to see if the company can carry this momentum into 2018.

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Samsung has reportedly invested in Chinese AI developer DeePhi Tech

Artificial intelligence is going to power a lot of features and services on our mobile devices in the years to come. The AI market is certainly heating up and major tech companies are trying to get a leg up on the competition. To this end, Samsung has reportedly made a significant investment in DeePhi Tech, an artificial intelligence technology startup based in China.

The Chinese government has recently been focusing on fostering homegrown artificial intelligence technology firms. Some people suggest that Samsung made the investment out of political considerations and not necessarily over the company’s technological prowess.

This isn’t the first investment of its kind by Samsung. The company invested $30 million in UK-based AI startup Graphcore not too long ago.

DeePhi Tech And Samsung

DeePhi Tech has founded last year. It’s a deep learning solution developer that caught the attention of companies like Samsung with its neural network compression technology and hardware architecture.

It offers companies a Deep Neural Network Development kit which is designed as an integrated framework for simplifying and accelerating deep learning applications.

Samsung is said to be interested in DeePhi Tech’s neural network-based artificial intelligence chips for mobile devices. The chips allow for instant speech recognition, neural language processing and additional recognition tasks.

DeePhi Tech lists Samsung as one of its partner businesses on its homepage. Other partners include China’s chipmaker MediaTek and even Amazon Web Services.

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