What to expect from the Galaxy S9: Specs, price and release date

It was first rumored last year that the Galaxy S9 would be launched earlier than its predecessor. However, it’s common to hear such rumors whenever there’s a new Samsung flagship around the corner. Samsung ended up confirming earlier this month that it’s going to unveil the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in February, a full month earlier than the Galaxy S8. Many of...

It’s official: Galaxy S9 launching on February 25 with ‘reimagined’ camera

How do you make it clear what a new flagship smartphone will be all about ahead of the smartphone’s unveiling? By telling us directly through the phone’s launch invite, that’s how. For the Galaxy S9, the focus seems to be on the camera. Samsung is sending out invites for the February 25th Galaxy S9 UNPACKED event, with the words “The camera. Reimagined” in and around the number 9. Galaxy S9 launching...

Xiaomi reportedly overtakes Samsung as top smartphone vendor in India

After potentially losing the top spot in feature phone sales to Reliance Jio in Q4 2017, Samsung has some bad news on the smartphone front as well. According to the latest data from market research firm Canalys, Xiaomi beat Samsung to emerge as the top smartphone vendor in India this part quarter. Canalys says Xiaomi shipped close to 8.2 million units compared to Samsung’s 7.3 million smartphone shipments...

Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) also have a night mode for selfies

The Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) are Samsung’s first phones with dual front cameras, but the company didn’t just put two sensors up front and call it a day. The A8 and A8+ are also the first non-flagship phones from Samsung to feature real-time HDR, and it turns out they also have a night mode for selfies. It’s something we haven’t seen on any Galaxy phone’s front camera before. Well, the...

Galaxy S9 will feature an exclusive UX with features never seen before

Samsung is due to launch the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ next month and there’s a lot of excitement among fans for the new flagship. We’re gradually hearing more information about the new devices and while not all of it is bound to be accurate, it does help us develop an idea of what to expect from the Galaxy S9. A source out of China who has been right on many accounts in the post says that the Galaxy S9 is going to come with a UX that Samsung...

President Trump is ‘blaming Samsung’ in his latest tweetstorm

Even if you’re not interested in US politics you may be aware that President Donald Trump has a love affair with Twitter. His late night tweets have often been unpredictable and against the norms of presidential communication but he’s sticking with it. President Trump has used Twitter to both rally support for his preferred candidates and TV shows as well as slam political rivals and media outlets he doesn’t like. His latest target isn’t a political...

Galaxy A3 (2017) gets January 2018 security patch

We may be reaching the end of January but many Samsung devices have yet to receive this month’s security maintenance release. Samsung is gradually rolling out the firmware updates with this month’s security patch to flagship and mid-range handsets across the globe. The Galaxy A3 (2017) is the latest device to receive the January 2018 security patch from Samsung. Galaxy A3 (2017) January 2017 security patch The Galaxy A5 (2017) was actually one of...

Samsung loses top spot in feature phones to Reliance Jio in India

While smartphones hog all the limelight online, feature phones still have a huge market in many parts of the world. In 2016, according to Strategy Analytics, the total feature phone shipments stood at a staggering 396 million units, accounting for 21% of all mobile phones shipped that year. Just as with smartphone shipments that year, Samsung secured the top spot by shipping 52.3 million feature phones, resulting in 13.2% market share globally. India...

Galaxy A8 (2018) lets you switch between regular and slightly wide-angle selfies

The Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ come with dual front cameras, with 16-megapixel and 8-megapixel resolution sensors working in tandem to take Live Focus selfies similar to the Live Focus pictures one can take on the Note 8’s dual rear cameras. But when you’re taking regular selfies on these phones, you would think only the primary 16-megapixel camera would be used. That’s not the case, however....

Leaked video allegedly shows the Galaxy S9 in action

Well, there we have it: an actual video showing Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S9. Or at least, a device that could be the S9. Needless to say, you should consume with a grain of salt, or two. So, what do we see, then? Leaked Galaxy S9 video From deep within the Chinese interwebs comes a short video that clearly shows a Samsung device with an Infinity design. In it, we see someone allegedly doing some type of touch sensitivity test on a device with a...