Weekly SamMobile Quiz 4 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Consider yourself a superfan of Samsung? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google. We intend to make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process! Don’t forget to share the results of the...

Samsung’s retreat from Huizhou has had a huge negative impact on the city

The closing of Samsung’s last smartphone factory in Huizhou, Guangdong province, China, has left a pretty big mark on the city. According to a couple of recent reports by Mint and South China Morning Post, Huizhou city has become a ghost town after Samsung pulled the plug on its last smartphone factory in China a couple of months ago. At least 60% of local businesses already closed up shop, and Liu...

Galaxy Tab S6 gets firmware update including December security patch

Samsung is rolling out a new firmware update including the December 2019 security patch for the Galaxy Tab S6. The update is available only in Germany at the time of this writing, and it’s hitting both the Wi-Fi-only (SM-T860) as well as the LTE-enabled (SM-T865) variants. The firmware carries build number T860XXU1ASL3 and T865XXU2ASL3; it weighs around 400MB, and it should include other features...

Ellen gifts her audience with free Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatches

Samsung Electronics and Ellen DeGeneres, host of The Ellen Show in the United States, have crossed paths again. The annual Ellen’s 12 Days of Giveaways is underway, celebrating the holiday season by giving away various freebies. The 9th day of the campaign was yesterday. It was a special one, particularly for Samsung fans and gadget enthusiasts in the crowd, as Ellen and Octavia Spencer gave away...

Samsung Experience Store comes to Palo Alto

Samsung has opened a new Samsung Experience Store in Palo Alto yesterday, the company revealed in a blog post. Located at the Stanford Shopping Center, this is the fourth such store in the US, after Houston, New York, and Los Angeles. These stores offer Samsung customers a place to discover and experience new products and technologies, get after-sales support, etc. The Palo Alto store features a modular...

Samsung Group makes $6.83 million investment in semiconductor startup

Samsung has reportedly made an 8 billion won ($6.83 million) investment in Korean semiconductor startup IVworks, as part of its efforts to support local small and medium-sized semiconductor companies together with the Korean government. Business Korea reports that IVworks is a producer of core materials needed for semiconductor manufacturing. It managed to produce 8-inch gallium nitride-silicon and 4-inch gallium nitride-silicon carbide epiwafers,...

Daily Deal: 40% off Samsung T5 1TB portable SSD

Portable SSD drives come in handy when you need to store or transport a lot of data. This can be media like videos and photos or classified documents that you don’t want to transfer over the internet. SSD drives don’t contain any moving parts like conventional hard-disks. Therefore, they are fast (read and write speeds up to 540 MB/s) and more reliable. This 1TB drive comes with both USB-C and USB-A cables to so you plug it into any laptop. Hit the...

Nope, Samsung hasn’t sold 1 million Galaxy Fold units yet

Earlier today, we published a report on Samsung selling 1 million Galaxy Fold units, according to Samsung Electronics’ President Young Sohn, who revealed the impressive figure at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin by saying ‘There’s a million people that want to use this product at $2,000.‘ As it turns out, the claim was not accurate. According to a fresh update to the report by Yonhap News Agency citing a...

Samsung plans to invest an additional $8 billion in its memory plant in China

According to a report in the Chinese media, Samsung is reportedly planning to invest an additional $8 billion in its Xian memory plant in China. This is in response to a projected increase in demand for memory chips, the report says. When contacted by the Korean media, however, the company’s headquarters declined to confirm the investment plan. The decision to invest was supposedly communicated by a Samsung Semiconductor executive to Wang Hao, the...

Samsung Internet gains support for more extensions on Galaxy phones

Samsung Internet browser is one of the most popular first-party apps from Samsung, one that many Android users intentionally choose over alternatives. With every new update, the Korean company continues to make the app better by adding new features that are not yet available on Chrome and other popular Android browsers. With the release of v11.0, Samsung is set to expand the capabilities of its browser...

Breaking: Samsung releases stable Android 10 update for the Galaxy Note 10

It has taken a few weeks but the day that many Galaxy Note 10 owners have been waiting for is finally here. Samsung has released the stable Android 10 update for the Galaxy Note 10 today. The update is currently being rolled out in Germany to those who participated in the beta. It’s out for both the Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+. The Android 10 One UI 2.0 beta program was opened up for the...