Breaking: Live images reveal Samsung’s clamshell Galaxy Fold 2

The Galaxy Fold was a heavily guarded secret until the day Samsung decided to show a glimpse of it to the world, and if the company had something similar planned for its second foldable smartphone, well, it’s not going to be very happy today. A leak from the Chinese website Weibo has revealed actual live images of the Galaxy Fold 2, Samsung’s clamshell foldable phone that it is going to release...

New Galaxy S8 update brings December 2019 security patch

Android 10 isn’t on the cards for the Galaxy S8 (and S8+), but Samsung is continuing to release regular security updates for its 2017 flagship. Less than a month back, Samsung rolled out the November 2019 security patch to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in various markets, and the company is now bumping the security patch version on the two phones to December with a new update that is rolling out in...

[Updated] PlayGalaxy Link now supports Galaxy Fold, S9, Note 9, and A90

Update 2: The Galaxy Fold, Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9, and Galaxy A90 are now supported by PlayGalaxy Link. You can download the app from the Galaxy Store or our APK page. Update: Compatibility with Android 10 has now been added in the latest PlayGalaxy Link beta release. Check our APK page linked in the original story below if you want to download the latest version, or grab it from the Galaxy Store. Original story follows Samsung is going...

Select Samsung Smart TVs get 2 years of Disney+ free in the Netherlands

Samsung Netherlands is running an interesting offer on smart TVs, whereby prospective buyers can receive up to 2 years of subscription to Disney+ for free. The offer is valid for six of the company’s smart TV models, including the QLED 4K 55Q70R at the lowest price point of € 1.449, and the 82-inch QLED 8K 82Q950R model which goes for € 8.999. Both of these TV models, along with the 75Q90R and 75Q85R, are now paired with 2 years of free access to...

Samsung CES 2020 booth is the largest, Galaxy Home Mini could be there

Samsung’s appearance at CES 2020 will be unmatched, as the company’s 3,370 square meeters booth will be the largest among all the other participants. Although Samsung’s entire CES 2020 schedule remains unknown, the company is expected to unveil numerous products across different categories, ranging from IoT, AI, and 5G networking to home appliances and TVs. Additionally, Samsung might also be bringing the Galaxy Home Mini at CES 2020, according to...

Daily Deal: 42% off Samsung EVO MicroSD card 256 GB

Smartphones often don’t come with a lot of internal storage capacity, or so we feel after we have filled it all up with our videos, selfies and apps. That’s especially true if your budget is limited and you get a device that doesn’t have a lot of internal storage to begin with. Luckily, many of these devices do come with a slot for a MicroSD card so it’s very simple and also cheap to extend your memory. By extending your device’s storage capacity,...

Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling program still lives, and it could take off soon

Some of our readers might recall Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling program unveiled a couple of years ago. It was meant to give mobile users ideas on how they can repurpose older Galaxy hardware and reduce e-waste. Not a lot has come out of this idea over the past couple of years and the program is still technically not live yet, but Samsung hasn’t forgotten about it and it might bring it to some markets, including Vietnam, soon. Not through hardware repurposed...

PSA: Samsung didn’t remove the Wi-Fi sharing option in One UI 2.0

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 10-based One UI 2.0 update to its Galaxy devices since last month. Some of the users who received the update might have observed that the Wi-Fi sharing option is missing from the Mobile Hotspot toggle menu in the quick settings panel. While it is true Samsung has removed the shortcut, the functionality itself is not gone. The company has just buried the...

Check out these nice Galaxy A51 macro camera samples

It has been a week since Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A51. This is the first of Samsung’s 2020 Galaxy A series. One major difference this phone has compared to its predecessor is the addition of a macro camera. We took it for a spin at the Galaxy A51 launch event in Vietnam and were fairly impressed by it. Some nice Galaxy A51 macro camera samples have now been posted online as well, giving us a good...

Samsung loses Vietnam market share but enjoys Galaxy Note 10 success

Samsung’s smartphone market share in Vietnam has been following a declining trajectory throughout the year, and a recent report citing research firm GfK reveals that October has been the company’s lowest-performing month of 2019. That’s not necessarily saying that Samsung has recorded its lowest revenues in Vietnam in October. Samsung may have sold fewer handsets leading to a smaller market share,...

Samsung is considering large investments in microLED mass production

Samsung is considering making large investments in microLED panel production in the first half of next year, according to industry insiders cited by ETNews. Component suppliers are reportedly waiting for Samsung’s final decision regarding the production size of microLED panels, which may come shortly after CES 2020. Some industry watchers are positive that Samsung will push microLED into mass production next year, as the company has reportedly improved...

Samsung to make chips for China’s Baidu in notable first partnership

Samsung makes chips for a lot of different companies like Qualcomm and Intel. It has never had such a partnership with Baidu before, the company that’s often referred to as China’s Google. However, it was announced today that Samsung will now be making chips for Baidu. The Korean giant will be manufacturing Baidu’s new cloud-to-edge artificial intelligence chip called Baidu KUNLUN. The development has been completed and the chip will enter mass production...

ESTV launches on Samsung TV Plus bringing 24-7 linear esports content

ESTV, the first-ever dedicated esports channel is launching on Samsung TV Plus, the company announced this week. ESTV is bringing esports content to Samsung’s ad-supported platform where it should be available on all of the company’s smart TVs launched in 2016 and later. Samsung TV Plus gets more gaming-oriented content ESTV is the first channel dedicated to esports and gives viewers access to a wide variety of gaming-related content, from gaming...

Samsung details the Galaxy S11’s 108 MP ISOCELL camera

Samsung has published more details about its 108-megapixel ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor in a blog post and the accompanying videos on its website. The Korean company hyping up its camera sensors is nothing new, but this is interesting given that the Galaxy S11 is supposed to use the sensor for its primary camera, going by all the leaks and reports so far. Interestingly, though the next Galaxy flagship...

Exclusive: Samsung has a new tablet in development likely with an S Pen

The next S Pen touting device from Samsung will be the Galaxy Note 10 Lite but it may not be the only one. We hear that Samsung is working on a new tablet that may possibly have an S Pen as well. A new Samsung tablet bearing model number SM-P610 is in development alongside the SM-P615, which will most likely be the LTE variant of this tablet. Since the device is in the early stages of development, it may be a while before we see it in the flesh. New...

Galaxy Fold pre-orders kick off in the Netherlands on December 20

Samsung may not have sold one million units of the Galaxy Fold despite what the rumors might have said, but the company is making that milestone more plausible by launching its foldable phone in yet another country. The Galaxy Fold will go up for pre-order in the Netherlands on December 20 from Samsung’s retail and online stores and carriers KPN and T-Mobile. Pre-ordered devices will reach customers on January 10. The Netherlands is getting the LTE...