Samsung leads the premium smartphone segment in India, says CMR

Towards the end of last month, a report from Counterpoint Research crowned OnePlus as the largest premium smartphone vendor in India with a 40% market share. A new report from CyberMedia Research (CMR), however, says Samsung dominated the premium smartphone segment in the country with 48% market share in the first half of 2018. Though the findings by the two firms appear contradictory at first glance, it may not necessarily be the case as CMR’s report...

Galaxy Note 9 storage: How much of the 128GB is actually available for use?

When it comes to storage capacity, the Galaxy Note 9 is special because it has 128GB of storage on the base model. But anyone who has used electronic devices probably knows that the actual usable storage capacity of a disk is always a bit less than the rated – or raw – capacity. So how much usable capacity does the Galaxy Note 9 offer? Well, for the 128GB version, around 111GB is available out of...

PSA: Don’t forget to switch to WQHD+ display resolution on your Galaxy Note 9

It was with the Galaxy S8 that Samsung started using a lower screen resolution on its flagships by default. The Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, and the Galaxy S9 come with the resolution set to Full HD+ (2220×1080) out of the box, and you have to take a trip into the display settings to increase it back to WQHD+ (2960×1440) to get the full experience. While the not-so-big batteries on those phones were...

Samsung Odyssey+ mixed reality headset likely coming soon

Samsung is best known for its Gear VR virtual reality headsets but the company also made one for the Windows Mixed Reality platform. The Samsung Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality headset was launched in October last year. It featured dual 3.5-inch AMOLED panels with a combined resolution of 2880×1600, considerably higher than the 1440×1440 resolution found in other Windows Mixed Reality headsets at that time. It appears that the company has been working...

First Galaxy Note 9 update adds toggle for 0.2s and 0.4s Super Slow-mo recording

Samsung has just released the first Galaxy Note 9 software update, ahead of the phone’s retail release next week (August 24). The update adds a toggle in the Super Slow-mo camera mode to allow users to record either 0.2-second or 0.4-second moments in manual mode. This is a feature that we hope will come to the Galaxy S9 as well, as one of the Galaxy S9 updates had disabled the option to record 0.2-second...