Three variants of a Galaxy S10 model certified in Russia

Samsung is working on at least four different models of its upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S10. There will be an entry-level Galaxy S10 with model number SM-G970x and two premium ones with model numbers SM-G973x and SM-G975x. Samsung is also developing a fourth Galaxy S10 variant which will be the star of the S10 lineup. The former three models have already received their certification from...

Samsung Galaxy A8s specs leaked, release expected in January

The Samsung Galaxy A8s specs have surfaced online in a new report. Samsung had mentioned this handset in passing during its Galaxy A9s and Galaxy A6s event in China about a month ago. It also teased that this would be the company’s first notch-free smartphone. Reports suggest that Samsung’s Infinity-O display might make its debut on the Galaxy A8s. Subsequent reports had suggested that the Galaxy A8s display would have a hole in the panel for the...

Samsung may have finalized the Galaxy S10 camera specs

There has been a lot of interest about the Galaxy S10 camera specs lately. Samsung is expected to pull out all the stops for the upcoming 10th Anniversary flagship. It may launch as many as four different models of the Galaxy S10 all of which will have some differences in the camera department. A report from South Korea claims that Samsung has locked down its suppliers for the circuit boards it will use for the Galaxy S10’s cameras. The inference...

Samsung’s Android Pie camera UI brings a change you may not like

Android Pie for Samsung smartphones will bring with it, among other things, an updated camera interface. If you have installed the One UI beta, you will have already played around with the new interface. It’s not exactly drastically different from what we have on Android 8.1 Oreo, but Samsung has made a few key changes. And one change in particular might not be to everyone’s liking. An extra...

Exclusive: Details on more upcoming Galaxy A and Galaxy M phones

Next year, Samsung is expected to notably shake-up its mid-range and budget smartphone lineups. The Galaxy M series of phones are in the works as a replacement for the Galaxy J, Galaxy On, and Galaxy C smartphones. Meanwhile, the Galaxy A series is expected to see new devices with LCD displays so Samsung can offer them for lower prices than current A series phones. We had revealed exclusive information about two Galaxy M smartphones earlier this...

Galaxy A9 (2018) fingerprint sensor supports swipe-based fingerprint registration

The Galaxy A9 (2018), Samsung’s first phone with four rear cameras, comes with a fingerprint sensor that lets you quickly register a fingerprint. Samsung introduced the ability for users to register their fingerprint with a single swipe with the Galaxy S9. The A9 (2018) seems to be the first mid-range Galaxy with this feature. Registering fingerprints is a shorter process on the Galaxy A9 (2018) The...

Galaxy A6+, Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy J6 get November security patch

After officially detailing the November security patch earlier this month, Samsung has now been rolling it out to compatible devices. Quite a few handsets have received it over the past couple of weeks. The latest devices to get this security maintenance release from Samsung are the Galaxy A6+, the Galaxy A5 (2016) and the Galaxy J6. The Galaxy A5 (2017) already received this update last week. Flagship handsets like the Galaxy Note 9 were actually...

Samsung’s smartphone shipments decline by 13%, retains the top spot in global market

Samsung continues to maintain the title of top smartphone maker, with 19% of the global market share in Q3, 2018. The latest Counterpoint Research report shows the company to have shipped a total of 72.2 million units of smartphones during the period of July-September 2018. While that’s marginally better than the 71.6 million units the company shipped in Q2 of 2018, Samsung saw a 13%...

Polaris Blue Galaxy S9 hitting retail in Germany starting December

Samsung isn’t keeping the gradient Galaxy S9 exclusive to China or South Korea after all. It seems we missed Samsung’s announcement of the Polaris Blue Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ for Germany last week. The gradient color option will be available for purchase starting early December, with price tags of 849 euros and 949 euros for the S9 and S9+ respectively. The Polaris Blue Galaxy S9 is the same...

The Galaxy S10’s most unique part has reportedly entered production

There are quite a few theories floating around about the Galaxy S10. A recent report suggested that Samsung may offer as many as four different models of its next flagship. Going by the leaks that have surfaced over the past few weeks, it may even have an almost bezel-less display. Samsung unveiled four new display types at its annual developers’ conference earlier this month. The Infinity-O is one of them. It maximizes screen real estate by ditching...

Bixby will eventually help users invest in stocks

Samsung recently announced that it’s opening up Bixby to third-party developers. They will build new services for the virtual assistant which will enable it to be more useful for the people who rely on it every single day. An investment management service that works through voice recognition is being developed as well. It will let users invest in stocks by simply giving a command to Bixby. South Korea-based DeepSearch is developing a search engine...

Samsung has another beautiful gradient blue Galaxy S9

Samsung has been moving quickly in recent months to adopt many of the trends that have been introduced to the smartphone market by Chinese OEMs. It has brought us gradient colors for mid-range devices like the Galaxy A7 (2018) and the Galaxy A9 (2018), and Samsung also launched a gradient version of the Galaxy S9 recently. It’s called Ice Blue and is available in China, and it looks like Samsung has...