Samsung Pay rewards program goes live in India

Samsung has launched the Samsung Pay Rewards program in one of the service’s biggest markets. A Samsung Pay update is rolling out in India with support for earning reward points on transactions via credit and debit cards, wallet services like Paytm, and the country’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface) service. The update also brings a refined interface for UPI payments, making it possible to make UPI...

Galaxy Xcover 5 listed on Samsung New Zealand’s website?

Samsung has released new versions of the rugged Galaxy Xcover lineup in March every two years in the past, but it looks like the company isn’t going to be waiting so long for the Galaxy Xcover 5. The Galaxy Xcover 4 was launched last year, and according to Google’s search results, at least Samsung New Zealand did have a listing for the Galaxy Xcover 5 at some point. The link to the device fails...

Samsung sued for infringing on patents related to biometrics

US-based data security firm PACid Technologies has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung in the Texas Eastern District Court on April 6. The firm alleges that biometric features like the fingerprint, facial recognition, iris scan, and the underlying user verification systems such as Samsung Pass and Samsung KNOX found in recent Galaxy smartphones have infringed upon two of its patents...

Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy J7 Prime get April 2018 security patch update

As expected, Samsung hasn’t started rolling out the latest security patch to its flagship phones and is focusing on the budget and mid-range segment once again. To that end, the company has released an update with the April 2018 security patch to the Galaxy A8 (2018) and the Galaxy J7 Prime, with the former marking the first time a non-budget Samsung phone has received the April patch. For the A8 (2018), the update is available in Russia, while the...

Samsung SM-G8850 is a 5.8-inch Galaxy S9 with dual cameras, 6GB RAM for China

While we were arguing over why Samsung didn’t offer 6GB of RAM and dual rear cameras on the regular Galaxy S9, the company was busy finding ways how it could do that specifically for the Chinese market. The Samsung SM-G8850, which was spotted earlier on the TENAA website, has now been listed in full by the certification authority, along with images of the phone. This isn’t the Galaxy S9 mini as we...