Buying a Galaxy S10e in the Netherlands helps recycling phones in Africa

For every Galaxy S10e purchased in the Netherlands, a scrap phone found in the e-waste dumps of Ghana and Uganda will be properly recycled. This is the latest campaign thought up by Dutch company Closing the Loop, who has partnered with Samsung and T-Mobile in the Netherlands in order to achieve its goals. The initiative should help stimulating local economies in Africa and aims to clean up the landscape...

Leaked Galaxy Watch Active 2 render confirms what we already know

What appears to be a promotional render for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 has leaked online today. It confirms what we already know about Samsung’s upcoming wearable device. It reiterates that the upcoming smartwatch will indeed be called the Galaxy Watch Active 2. The original Galaxy Watch Active was launched in February this year. We found it to be a pretty good smartwatch packed in a small package....

Latest Galaxy S10 update for the US is preventing access to the phone

Some Galaxy S10 users in the United States are reporting an issue they’ve encountered after updating their devices to the most recent software. The bug causes users to be locked out of their smartphones without being able to get past the password entry screen, according to people who have described the problem via Reddit and Samsung’s own support channels. The bug persists regardless of whether the...

Galaxy A7 (2017) Android Pie beta test ongoing, but don’t get too excited

Samsung has an Android Pie beta program running for the Galaxy A7 (2017), but don’t get too excited unless you bought the device in South Korea. The Galaxy A7 (2017) launched worldwide with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow except for Samsung home’s country, where it ran Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. And since Samsung provides two major OS upgrades to all of its devices, the A7 (2017) was always destined...

Pujie Black helps you create your own watch faces for Galaxy smartwatches

Being able to download new watch faces is one of the biggest advantages of owning a smartwatch. It allows users to tweak the look of their smartwatch and keep it fresh. This is one area where Samsung’s Galaxy Store fares better than Google’s Play Store with thousands of downloadable watch faces from third-party developers and designers. If for whatever reasons, you don’t like any of the existing watch...

Caught in the wild: Has Samsung started public testing of the Galaxy Fold?

Has Samsung started publicly testing the fixed and updated Galaxy Fold? That seems to be the case: A man riding the metro in New Delhi, India’s capital, was spotted using a Galaxy Fold, as you can see in the photo below. This photo was sent to us by one of our friends (who we cannot name) in New Delhi, and it’s actually the first time we’re seeing a Galaxy Fold being tested by a random person out...

Samsung officially introduces SmartThings in Germany

Samsung has officially launched its SmartThings range of home automation devices in Germany. SmartThings products, which include smart hubs, sensors and control devices, will be commercially available in Germany from September, 2019. Samsung also recently added a camera, WiFi smart plug and a smart bulb to its SmartThings portfolio. The new products are currently available in the US only. Samsung...

Galaxy M40 update improves camera, face recognition performance

Samsung has released a Galaxy M40 software update that brings improvements to the device’s camera and facial recognition performance. Specific details aren’t mentioned, although we did notice that facial recognition seems to work a bit faster after the update. The new software version is M405FDDU1ASG2 and the update includes the June 2019 security patch. Also included in the update is the...

FCC photos confirm Galaxy Note 10+ has no 3.5mm headphone jack

Photos of the Galaxy Note 10+ published by the FCC confirm that Samsung’s upcoming flagship won’t have a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Rumors and leaked CAD renders had already indicated this would be the case, and the FCC photos pretty much seal the deal. The regular Galaxy Note 10 hasn’t shown up on the FCC website yet, but there’s a pretty solid chance it won’t have a headphone jack, either. Ditching...

Daily Deal: 64% off SanDisk 128GB Extreme microSD Card

We know we publish a lot of deals on microSD cards, and we couldn’t let this one slide: You can now get a SanDisk Extreme 128GB microSD card for a 64% discount! SanDisk is one of the oldest players in the flash storage business and makes reliable and high-quality microSD cards for smartphones, cameras, and other digital devices. The SanDisk Extreme card reaches read and write speeds of 160 MB/s and 90 MB/s respectively and is made to withstand harsh...

Galaxy A50s spotted on AnTuTu with 64GB onboard storage

A Galaxy A50 variant bearing the model number SM-A507F was spotted on Geekbench earlier this week. The benchmark results revealed a few key hardware details of the device, supposedly called Galaxy A50s. It has now stopped by AnTuTu to reveal a couple of more details. Galaxy A50s AnTuTu benchmark According to Geekbench, the upcoming SM-A507F smartphone will be powered...

Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ are now one step closer to release

Press renders of the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ leaked yesterday, giving us a good glimpse of the upcoming flagship. The handsets have now been certified by the Federal Communications Commission. They have cleared a major regulatory hurdle and are now one step closer to release. We are less than a month away from the unveiling of Samsung’s new flagship. The company has confirmed an Unpacked event for August 7 in New York City. That’s where...