Samsung and Huawei settle patent infringement lawsuit

Samsung hasn’t just been competing with Huawei in the market. Both companies have been involved in legal battles since 2016 when they sued each other on allegations of patent infringement. Lawsuits were filed in the United States and China with Samsung contesting them in both markets. The two companies have decided to settle their issue out of court, at least in the United States. A joint motion filed today confirms that Huawei and Samsung has entered...

Samsung’s doubling down on Bixby Voice at MWC 2019

Samsung has spared no expense to make sure Barcelona is aware that Bixby Voice can now understand Spanish, dotting several Hola Bixby Experience Stores around the capital, where MWC 2019 is currently underway — with the most notable situated opposite Apple’s flagship Passeig de Gràcia location, which has been closed for the last month for refurbishment. The so-called Hola Bixby Experience Stores are decked out with Samsung’s latest devices, ranging...

Galaxy S10 will come with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet

As rumored and reported previously, Samsung’s Galaxy S10 lineup will come with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet called Samsung Blockchain KeyStore. It’s a cold storage wallet that can be used to store Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cosmo Coin. The Korean company confirmed and elaborated about the wallet during the Samsung Mobile Business Summit at the ongoing MWC in Barcelona. Along with the wallet, the company’s...

Samsung says Galaxy Fold customers will get a ‘concierge-like service’

Samsung has been very light on the details about the Galaxy Fold so far. It only confirmed some of the specs at the launch event on February 20 apart from revealing when it will arrive and for how much. It has now provided additional information about how the device is going to be sold and the premium aftercare that customers will receive. The Galaxy Fold will go on sale on April 26. It’s going to cost $1,980 and this new information helps put that...

Swatch files complaint against Samsung for trademark infringements

According to Reuters, Swatch Group, the famous Swiss watchmaker which owns renowned brands like Longines, Omega, Swatch, Rado, and Tissot, has filed a complaint against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over trademark infringements. Swatch alleges that downloadable watch faces available for the Gear Sport, Gear S3 Classic and Frontier smartwatches “bear identical or...

Galaxy A10 render surfaces ahead of launch in India

Samsung will be launching the refreshed Galaxy A series on February 28 in India. The Galaxy A10, A30, and the A50 are expected to be launched initially in the country. Samsung has, in fact, already made the latter two official at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday. An image leak from a case maker has now revealed the render of the Galaxy A10. Nothing to surprise here The newly...

Galaxy S10 brings a change to the camera’s Live Focus mode that I like

With great power comes great responsibility, and with more cameras on a flagship phone come new and improved features. Samsung talked all about the Galaxy S10 cameras at the official unveiling, focusing on the new ultra-wide camera joining the Dual Aperture and telephoto lens from the Galaxy S9. The ultra-wide camera enables pictures with a 23-degree field of view, and it changes a key element of...

[Poll] Which Galaxy S10 did you pre-order and why?

It’s been almost a week since the Galaxy S10 was unveiled by Samsung in San Francisco. As the company is wont to to in recent years, it started taking pre-orders for its latest flagship the very next day across the world. Samsung has three different variants of its flagship on offer this year: the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+. The Galaxy S10e is rather different from the S10 and S10+ in...

T-Mobile begins testing Android Pie for the Galaxy Note 9

T-Mobile has been rather late in releasing the Android Pie (One UI) update for the Galaxy Note 9. The carrier has only begun testing the Android Pie update for the device now. It is expected to roll out the update in the coming weeks, once testing is complete. Sprint and AT&T have already rolled out the Android Pie update for the Galaxy Note 9. Verizon, meanwhile, remains mum on the matter. T-Mobile Galaxy...