Samsung opens a ‘Connected Care Center’ in Greenville, South Carolina

Samsung Electronics has announced the opening of a new 34,928 square foot customer care center in Greenville, South Carolina. The new facility, referred to as the ‘Connected Care Center,’ is located at 901 Holland Road in Simpsonville, S.C, and is Samsung’s second consumer care center in the state. It is opened in partnership with Alorica, a leading platform in the customer service space. With this new center, Samsung intends to improve its customer...

Samsung’s first Android Go smartphone gets FCC approval

It is already known from various leaks that Samsung is working on an Android Go smartphone. The same model has now cleared the FCC, indicating its imminent launch. In fact, the FCC has certified four different models – SM-J260G, SM-J260G/DS, SM-J260Y, and SM-J260Y/DS – of Samsung’s Android Go smartphone. For those who are not aware, Android Go is a lighter variant of the Android operating system and is meant for budget smartphones. Google created...

Samsung Galaxy A6 review: An expensive mix budget and mid-range

With the Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+, Samsung is trying to achieve a middle ground between budget and mid-range smartphones. These are interesting devices that have the potential to be the perfect phone for a certain kind of consumers. We have already reviewed the Galaxy A6+, and before we can explain who should consider buying its smaller cousin, a short introduction of the Galaxy A6 is in order. The...

Samsung may be working on a Galaxy J6+

To counter the growing competition, Samsung announced the Galaxy J6, J8, A6, and A6+ in India in May this year. Samsung later rebranded the Galaxy J6 as the Galaxy On6 for online sales. All these models came with Samsung’s Infinity display to attract the value-conscious customers in India. It appears Samsung may soon add another new model to the mix. An XDA Recognized Contributor has discovered firmware files for ‘j6plte’ which point to a model named...

Samsung expected to launch new smartwatch at IFA 2018

Samsung is due to launch a new smartwatch later this year. A new report out of South Korea suggests that the company is planning to do that at the IFA 2018 trade show which is set to take place in September this year. It will be the successor to the Gear S3 but if recent reports are believed, it may not be called the Gear S4. New Samsung smartwatch launch Samsung has trademarked the term Galaxy Watch and there are reports that this is what the company...

Samsung rolling out July 2018 security update to the Galaxy A7 (2017)

Samsung started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to the Galaxy A7 (2017) in April. It’s a major OS update which brings a long list of new features and UI changes. Even before the dust settles down, Samsung has now released the July security patch to the Galaxy A7 (2017) in Iraq, Tunisia, Turkey, Algeria, and many other regions. The update bumps the Galaxy A7’s build number to A720FXXU3CRF3. Samsung started pushing out the update just a few...

Verizon’s Galaxy S8 gets update with July 2018 security patch

North American carrier Verizon is kicking things off for Samsung’s flagship phones when it comes to the July 2018 security patch. The latest security patch has been released for some budget and mid-range devices in the last few days, and it is now available for Galaxy S8 owners on Verizon in the US. The software version of the device is getting a bump to SQS5CRF5 with the latest update. Galaxy S8 update brings July 2018 security patch The update...

We are addressing issues with one of our firmware archive servers

We are aware of minor issues with one of our firmware archive servers and are working to address the matter. The server in question will remain unavailable until the issues have been resolved. We will update this post when that happens. The downtime only affects older firmware that were stored on the archive server. All recent firmware remain available for download from our firmware section. The post We are addressing issues with one of our firmware...

Leaked promo material reveals new Galaxy Note 9 S Pen

A source with a respectable track record has leaked what appears to be promotional material for the Galaxy Note 9. The image shows off the new S Pen that Samsung will ship with the upcoming flagship. This is the first proper sighting of the new S Pen. New Galaxy Note 9 S Pen China-based leakster Ice Universe has posted what appears to be a promotional flyer for the upcoming Samsung flagship. This...