Battery sizes of the 5G Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Fold revealed

The battery sizes of the 5G Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy Fold have reportedly been revealed. The latter is what Samsung is expected to call its much-awaited foldable smartphone. There have been other reports about the battery capacity of the Galaxy S10 series. This particular report confines itself to the separate 5G variant. Samsung will be launching a separate 5G model of the Galaxy S10+. This will be in addition to the three 4G-enabled models which...

Galaxy A8s update brings the January 2019 security patch

Samsung is rolling out a new firmware update today for the Galaxy A8s. This is the company’s first smartphone with an Infinity-O display. The update that’s being rolled out brings the January 2019 security patch. It doesn’t bring much in the way of new features. It certainly doesn’t bump up the device to Android 9 Pie. The Galaxy A8s ships with Android 8.1 Oreo and it firmly stays there. However, it will certainly receive the Pie update at some point...

Samsung on course for a timely launch of the foldable smartphone

The foldable Samsung smartphone, possibly called the Galaxy Fold, has been a talking point for so long now. Samsung provided a glimpse of its display at the SDC 2018 in November. The company was expected throw more light on it at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 in Las Vegas. While Samsung didn’t publicly talk about the phone at the event, a prototype of it was reportedly showcased at a private session to some of the company’s...

5.8-inch Galaxy S10 E may not have an in-display fingerprint sensor

It has been maintained from the word go that Samsung will launch three models of the Galaxy S10. There will be a new, entry-level model with lower specs and thus a lower price tag. This model has long been referred to as the Galaxy S10 Lite. Some new information suggests that it may actually be called the Galaxy S10 E. The information is from a supplier that’s claimed to have used the Galaxy S10 E...

Facebook being pre-installed on Galaxy phones is not new or a problem

Every now and then, you come across news reports on the internet that makes you wonder: How is this even news? Or why is this being highlighted now? The Bloomberg report and the related articles in other publications about many Galaxy users not being allowed to completely remove the Facebook app from their smartphones falls in that category. Not being allowed to uninstall the Facebook app is neither new nor surprising as the app comes/came pre-installed...

Galaxy S10 launch teaser making the rounds online

A teaser for the Galaxy S10 launch is making the rounds online today. Samsung is already expected to unveil the device in February so it’s no surprise that the hype machine is going in full swing. The teaser highlights what fans are most looking forward to seeing from the flagship. The teaser is hinting at an incredible screen-to-body ratio for the Galaxy S10. Countless reports and rumors have already...

SamMobile Daily Recap, January 9, 2019: Galaxy Sport, foldable phone, and more

We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up. However, we think we’ve come up with a fantastic solution — a daily recap. Here’s what we covered today. Phones Samsung showed off its foldable phone at CES 2019 Polls Which Samsung phone are you looking forward to the most...

One UI lets you completely mute media volume in do not disturb mode

The Android Pie/One UI update for Galaxy devices brings some useful granularity to the Do not disturb feature. On Oreo and previous Android versions, one can enable Do not disturb mode to mute alarms, calls, messages, and other audio notifications, but there is no way to mute media volume. Samsung is fixing that with Android Pie and One UI with the option to selectively disable...

Samsung doubts “economic efficiency” of rollable OLED TVs

Samsung might have announced new smart TVs at the ongoing CES 2019, but the company isn’t yet jumping into the market of rollable TVs. The company has a doubt over the “economic efficiency” of the new market for such TVs. “The problem of rollable TVs is economics,” said Kim Hyun-suk, CEO of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, during a press conference. No OLED Samsung TV anytime soon Samsung’s rival LG Electronics captured...

Samsung’s 2019 Smart TVs boast more content partnerships and imrpoved device connectivity

Like every year, Samsung announced a bunch of new TVs at CES in Las Vegas. While in the previous years, all the focus was on the actual TV tech, the last couple of years has been more about AI and other smart features. The trend continued at CES 2019 as well with the company talking at length about all the new smart capabilities. Most of these new features are centered around more content partnerships,...

[Poll] Which Samsung phone are you looking forward to the most this year?

It’s going to be an interesting year for Samsung smartphones. The company is due to launch its 10th anniversary Galaxy S flagship next month. The Galaxy S10 will be its first flagship smartphone with an Infinity-O display and 5G. It will also be the first time that Samsung offers three different models of one flagship, the Active models notwithstanding. Many of you are more curious about the long-rumored foldable smartphone. Samsung showed off its...