Samsung and Harman Kardon unveil new premium soundbar lineup

Harman Kardon, now owned by Samsung, has introduced a new premium soundbar lineup with its parent company. The Samsung HW-N950 and HW-N850 premium soundbars have been developed in collaboration with Harman and they feature Dolby Atmos and DTS:X to provide an immersive audio experience. These co-branded premium soundbars will be available later this month. They feature both Samsung and Harman Kardon...

Samsung launches the Galaxy Note 9 in China for ~$1000

Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9 at an event in New York City. It’s now conducting launch events in key markets across the globe. These events are meant to generate buzz for the new handsets in the market and also confirm the pricing and availability details. The company has officially launched the Galaxy Note 9 in China. The base model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage has...

A Samsung Galaxy S9 Active looks unlikely this year

The Galaxy S7 Active and the Galaxy S6 Active were announced in June 2015 and 2016 respectively. The Galaxy S5 Active went official in May of 2014. It’s mid-August right now, and by this time last year, the Galaxy S8 Active had gone official for North American carrier AT&T. With the Galaxy Note 9 set for a worldwide launch in late August, it doesn’t look like a Galaxy S9 Active is on the cards, and you might want to stop waiting for it. No real...

Samsung has a patent for a self-healing glass coating

A patent Samsung filed back in February last year has surfaced recently revealing that the company has worked on developing a self-healing oleophobic coating to be applied on the cover glass of mobile devices. This patent application from last year has been published this month by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The coating is described as a “film” or “laminate” in the patent with its composition including compounds like polyhedral...

Samsung develops 5G-capable Exynos Modem 5100 for smartphones

Samsung has developed products and services aimed at ushering in the age of 5G. The company today announced that it has developed the Exynos Modem 5100. Samsung says that it’s the industry’s first 5G modem that’s fully compliant with 3GPP standards. The new single-chip modem has support for multi-mode communication and ensures high efficiency in data transmission. It’s fully compatible with 3rd Generation...

User manual for Samsung’s Android Go smartphone available online

The user manual for Samsung’s first Android Go smartphone – the Galaxy J2 Core – has been leaked online. It is giving us further confirmation that the device will be a regular Galaxy phone instead of something with stock Android. Not that we needed such confirmation, but if you still had doubts, this should clear them away. The manual is in Russian so it’s unclear if there’s a mention of Go versions...

The Galaxy Note 9 has made me impatient like no other Samsung flagship

I don’t usually buy flagship phones on my money. That’s just a perk of working at SamMobile, where I get to use flagship phones and plenty of lower-end Galaxy phones as part of the job description. If I don’t get a phone from SamMobile, Samsung is nice enough leave review units with us until the next flagship is nearing launch (the review units that we don’t have to return go to our Netherlands office). And as a user of only Samsung devices for the...