Samsung’s official PyeongChang 2018 app brings you closer to the Winter Olympics

Samsung has long been involved with the Olympic Games as a sponsor. It started back in 1988 when it was a local sponsor of the Olympic Games Seoul and the company later extended its commitment as the Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category. The company today launched The Official App of PyeongChang 2018 to bring fans closer to the Winter Olympics. The custom mobile...

Samsung continues support of open source network solutions by joining LFN

Samsung has joined the Linux Foundation Networking Fund (LFN) as a Platinum Member. What this means is that Samsung will now be contributing its resources toward the advancement of a new open source networking community. The LFN is an organization that proactively governs projects with hopes to enhance and accelerate the process of commercializing open source virtualized network platforms. Samsung helps grow the open source community As we’ve seen...

Will Samsung claim this year’s Super Bowl TV crown?

As we approach the all mighty Super Bowl weekend in the United States, one major question looms. Which TV will you be watching the Super Bowl 52 on? This time of year in the United States, electronics stores see a surge in television sales because consumers want to enjoy the largest American sporting event on the best possible television set, with some even returning them afterward. Of course, Samsung being the consistent frontrunner year after year,...

Galaxy S9’s thunder won’t be stolen at MWC 2018

Samsung confirmed earlier this month that it’s going to unveil the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona. The new flagship is being launched a month before its predecessor. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 at a special event in March last year. When the company held a separate event for the Galaxy S8 last year, many thought that this was because it didn’t want its new flagship handset to drown in the MWC 2017 news...

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) vs Galaxy A8+ (2018) in pictures

This year, the Infinity display that debuted on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ has made its way to Samsung’s mid-range lineup with the Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018). Thanks to the 18:5:9 display, these phones are taller, narrower, and have larger screens than the Galaxy A5 (2017) and the Galaxy A7 (2017) without a not-so-larger footprint. At the back, things are slightly busier this time around,...

Samsung reportedly decides against investing in new OLED plant

Last June, it was reported that Samsung is planning to build a “super OLED factory” in South Korea. The plan was to build a new production facility named A5 as part of company’s new huge OLED production complex in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The plant was supposed to have 30% more production capacity than its A3 plant in China. Samsung Display planned to invest 1 trillion won (US$925 million) in this new OLED plant. Now, according...

Despite Samsung’s advice, the US government decides to shoot itself in the foot

Samsung’s response to growing protectionism in the United States after President Donald Trump took office was to set up a new home appliance manufacturing plant in the country. The company committed $380 million to the plant last year and had it up and running in six months. It started commercial production of washing machines at the South Carolina plant earlier this month. The plant in South Carolina is going to create almost 1,000 new industrial...

Galaxy Note 5 January 2018 update rolling out now

Quite a few Samsung handsets have received the January 2018 security update over the past couple of weeks. Even flagships like the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy Note 8 have received it in some markets. Samsung is gradually rolling out the update to more devices and now it’s the Galaxy Note 5’s turn. The Galaxy Note 5 January 2018 security update has been released in several markets in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Galaxy Note 5 January 2018 update Samsung’s...

Galaxy S9 Chinese certification reveals fast charging isn’t getting an upgrade

The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ went through the FCC’s certification process much earlier than expected, but it looks like it’s business as usual for 3C, one of China’s certification authorities. The dual SIM S9 and S9+ have been spotted on the 3C database with model numbers SM-G9600/DS, SM-G9608/DS, and SM-G9605/DS. The first two are the Galaxy S9 variants for China and Taiwan respectively,...