SamMobile Daily Recap, February 13, 2019: Galaxy S10 video, February updates, 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 France posts names of entire Galaxy S10 lineup on its website Samsung teases Galaxy Unpacked 2019 with...

Samsung’s new midrange tablet spotted on Geekbench

In December last year, we exclusively reported about Samsung working on a new Galaxy tablet with model number SM-P205. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the device, but today, alleged specifications of this tablet have surfaced online in a Geekbench listing. While Geekbench is not necessarily the most credible source for such information, the listed specifications do sound plausible and in line...

IDC places Samsung at a distant second in the Indian smartphone market

Though Samsung has been reduced to irrelevance in China, the world’s largest smartphone market, the company continues to have a much stronger presence in the second largest smartphone market, India. Even in India, the Korean company has been facing an uphill task with the mushrooming of Chinese brands, resulting in loss of margins and market share. Samsung’s performance in the subcontinent in the...

Samsung patents a Smart Mirror TV design, but no product in sight

In addition to mainstream smart TVs, Samsung also boasts a couple of lifestyle televisions, like The Frame and the Serif TV. These TVs basically prioritize design over everything else. The former turns into a work of art when the television is switched off, while the latter looks like a piece of furniture. It appears Samsung had one more idea of a lifestyle TV design. The...

Galaxy S6 continues to get security updates, almost four years later

Samsung has just released the January 2019 security patch for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, continuing support for its first glass and metal flagships almost four years later. The update has been released in the UAE and comes with software version G920FXXU6ESA1 and G925FXXU6ESA1 for the S6 and S6+ respectively. The last Galaxy S6 update came out in November last year, and Samsung doesn’t...

Galaxy S10 video leak confirms an in-display fingerprint sensor limitation

Popular accessory retailer Mobile Fun, which offered us a glimpse at some of the Galaxy S10 cases yesterday, has now published a video that shows off a working Galaxy S10+. According to the retailer, the video was captured when the phone was being tested with screen protectors. The phone isn’t actually operated in the video, but we can see it with the screen on a couple of times. The thing to note here is that rather ugly cutout on the screen protector...

Galaxy A series Android Go handset (SM-A260F) pops up on Geekbench

It emerged last week that Samsung is looking to launch three new Galaxy A smartphones – the Galaxy A10, Galaxy A20 and Galaxy A30 – in India in the near future, later launching an additional six. One of those six devices is going to be an Android Go handset, and that device – model number SM-A260F – has now shown up on Geekbench running Android 8.1 Oreo. Information included in a listing on Geekbench’s...

Galaxy Buds pre-order bonus for Galaxy S10 confirmed by Samsung Vietnam

Samsung Vietnam has confirmed that the upcoming Galaxy Buds earbuds will be one of the pre-order bonuses for the Galaxy S10. Samsung Vietnam seems to have its marketing engines running at full steam at the moment, as it also confirmed some Galaxy S10 features yesterday with teaser videos published on YouTube. The Galaxy Buds will also be part of the pre-order promotion in Russia, and it’s likely...

10 years of Samsung Galaxy S flagships: Looking back at the Galaxy S III

Welcome to part two of our 10 years of Samsung Galaxy S flagship series, in which we here at SamMobile talk about our experiences and memories of each of the nine Galaxy S flagships that have come before the Galaxy S10. Today, we look back at the Galaxy S III. The Galaxy S III was the first time Samsung had designed a Galaxy S flagship on its own instead of taking inspiration from Apple, but it marked the start of the company’s own design language...

Galaxy J3 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2018) pick up February security patch

Samsung has released an update with the February 2019 security patch to the Galaxy J3 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2018). The two devices join a rather small list of devices that have been updated with the February patch (although the list is longer if we count the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 Pie beta), with Samsung moving considerably slow with security updates this month compared to the last six months or so. The...

Samsung teases Galaxy Unpacked 2019 with billboards around the world

Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy S10 lineup, and possibly a few more devices, including the foldable smartphone, next week. The company is holding the Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco next Wednesday, the 20th of February. Ahead of this much-anticipated event, Samsung has started teasing the “exciting future of its flagship smartphone line” with giant billboards around the...

Samsung France posts names of entire Galaxy S10 lineup on its website

Though the naming scheme of the upcoming Galaxy S10 lineup has been rumored endlessly, we did not yet see it confirmed by Samsung. Now, the French branch of the Korean OEM has gone ahead and done just that. Galaxy S10e name confirmed With one week left to Samsung Unpacked 2019, it seems all details, big and small, of the Galaxy S10 lineup have already leaked. Still, leaks are leaks, but confirmation...