Buy the Galaxy S9 or wait for the Galaxy S10: What we think

It has been a few months since the Galaxy S9 was released and millions have already picked one up so far. Nevertheless, there have been countless reports about Galaxy S9 sales not being up to Samsung’s expectations because of a lack of major changes compared to the Galaxy S8. Customers in Samsung’s home country of South Korea seem to be particularly averse to buying the Galaxy S9 because of this reason. Many Samsung fans who already own the Galaxy...

Samsung Pay crosses 200,000 users in Mexico after just four months

It has been almost four months since Samsung Pay was launched in Mexico and the company’s mobile payments service has rapidly been expanding in the market. Samsung today announced that the service is now catering to more than 200,000 users in Mexico merely four months after it was launched in the country. Samsung Pay is currently available in Mexico to customers of major banks which include Banorte, Banregio, Citibanamex, HSBC and Santander in addition...

Galaxy S9’s new marketing campaign hits UK music festivals

Since not much has changed in terms of design from its predecessors, most of the Galaxy S9’s marketing is focused on the features inside. An improved camera with many bells and whistles is one of the key features of the Galaxy S9/S9+, and Samsung’s marketing message is accordingly centered around it.  Samsung’s new ‘Galaxy S9 Super Slow-mo Selfie Experience’ campaign at UK music festivals falls...

Check out some real-life selfies from the Galaxy A6+’ 24-megapixel front camera

The Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ may seem like Galaxy J series smartphones in most aspects other than the name, but at least the Galaxy A6+ separates itself from the pack thanks to its high-resolution front camera and a dual camera at the back. The A6+’ front camera is a 24-megapixel sensor, the largest we’ve seen yet on Samsung smartphones, so it’s only natural that the phone’s selfie game will be put...

New Samsung Internet beta adds support for Intelligent Scan, improves reading mode, and lots more

Samsung has just published information on the latest Samsung Internet beta that was released a week ago. It’s a substantial update that adds new features and improves existing ones with new functionality. A major highlight here is aimed at Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ owners: You can now authenticate and login on websites in Samsung Internet using Intelligent Scan, which scans both your irises and face...

SamMobile Live at 3 PM CET: Join us as we discuss latest Samsung news and our new design

Many of our readers will be well aware by now that we conduct a YouTube Live session on Wednesdays to discuss all of the latest Samsung news. This week we’ll be talking about the Galaxy A6, Galaxy A6+ and the Galaxy J6 among other things. We actually have a lot more to talk about this week as our new site design is now live. So we definitely have a packed agenda for our live session today. As always, we’ll be taking questions from you during our...

Three new Samsung C-Lab projects have been spun off into startups

C-Lab is an in-house startup incubator launched by Samsung back in 2012. The program assists Samsung’s employees with resources to develop their business ideas into products. As ideas turn into concrete products, C-Lab spins off these projects into fully-fledged start-ups. Since the launch of C-Lab spin-off policy in 2015, dozens of C-Lab projects have turned into startups. The company has announced...

Samsung now taking orders for its ‘The Wall’ MicroLED display

Samsung unveiled its first 146-inch modular MicroLED TV at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 back in January. It has been focusing on MicroLED technology over the past couple of years and “The Wall” was the first creation that it unveiled to the public. The Wall was described by Samsung as the world’s first modular 146-inch modular TV with self-emitting MicroLED technology. It has micrometer scale...

Samsung launching Titanium Grey Galaxy S9/S9+ in the UK

Samsung has a habit of limiting some color options for its flagship smartphones to select markets. It has been a couple of months since the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ were released in the United Kingdom and it has so far been impossible to purchase the device in Titanium Grey because that option was not offered to customers in the United Kingdom. That changes later this month as Samsung is going to...

June 2018 security patch information published by Samsung

It’s a new month, and that means a new Android security patch that many of us will be looking forward to on our Samsung smartphone or tablet. Of course, the company isn’t going to give it to us as quickly as we would like, but we are going to be seeing the latest security update going out to various Samsung devices over the next couple of weeks. Samsung has already released the June 2018 security patch for one of its devices, and it has now published...

Galaxy A3 (2017) June update fixes Wi-Fi reboot issues on Oreo

It hasn’t been smooth sailing for every Samsung device that has been updated to Android 8.0 Oreo. Random reboots and getting stuck with a phone that doesn’t boot after the update has been installed are the two major issues people have had. For Galaxy A3 (2017) owners, connecting to Wi-Fi provided by services such as eduroam and other public networks was one of the prime suspects for the random reboots, but it looks like Samsung has resolved that...