New Galaxy S21 teaser highlights the history of the series

The Galaxy S series has proven to be a resounding success for Samsung. These devices continue to be among the most sought after Android flagships every year. Samsung has introduced some major innovations with the series over the past few years. As we approach the launch of the Galaxy S21, the company has put out a new teaser which highlights the history of this series. It builds anticipation for what to expect from the Galaxy S21 lineup. New Galaxy...

Another clue brings the unannounced Galaxy F12 closer to release in India

Samsung’s new and rather unexpected Galaxy F family of smartphones is about to welcome a new member, namely the Galaxy F12. Support pages for the Galaxy F12, or more precisely a device carrying model number SM-F127G/DS, recently went live on the official Samsung India portal. As usual, the support pages don’t contain any technical details pertaining to the phone, except for its dual-SIM capabilities...

New Galaxy Z Fold 2 batch for Vietnam comes in as a Limited Collection

Samsung has introduced a new special edition Galaxy Z Fold 2 for Vietnam. It’s called the Galaxy Z Fold 2 Limited Edition Collection – Spring 2021 and customers have an opportunity to pre-order it before January 7. Interestingly, Samsung Vietnam isn’t selling the new Limited Edition Collection alongside the standard Galaxy Z Fold 2. Instead, what seems to be happening here is Samsung has replenished...

Verizon squeezes in a sneaky Galaxy S20 update before year-end

Verizon just sneaked in another monthly firmware update for the Galaxy S20 series. Or tried to, at least, but we’re still hazy on the details. The official changelog from the wireless carrier is pretty generic and appears to be a simple copy-paste job reiterating the contents of the previous over-the-air update that Verizon started rolling out earlier this month. As it turns out, that was a pretty...

[Giveaway] Get a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2!

Would you like to welcome the new year with a new smartwatch? Then don’t miss the chance to participate in our latest contest. One lucky winner will receive the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 from SamMobile! The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is one of the best smartwatches that Samsung has made. It has an elegant design, great health and fitness features in addition to long-lasting battery life. Check out our detailed Galaxy Watch Active 2 review to learn...

Galaxy S21 might be Samsung’s cheapest addition to the series in years

The Galaxy S21 is still shaping up to be the cheapest addition to Samsung’s Android flagship series in quite a few years. Namely, yet another report out of South Korea pointing toward this likelihood emerged earlier today. Industry sources close to Samsung now estimate the Galaxy S21 series will retail at between 980,000 and 1.18 million won, which amounts to a $900-$1,085 range. This potential ambit is in line with initial industry rumors about...

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong could face up to 9 years in prison

Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong is currently undergoing a retrial for accounting fraud, bribery, and stock manipulation charges. Due to his father’s death, Lee was absent from the retrial proceedings to attend the funeral of Lee Kun-hee. The prosecution is now demanding a prison sentence of up to nine years for Lee. According to South Korean publication Yonhap News, prosecutors said that Lee deserves...

BREAKING: Galaxy Note 10 users get Christmas gift in the form of One UI 3.0 update

After releasing the One UI 3.0 update to the Galaxy S20 series, Galaxy Note 20 series, and other high-end smartphones, Samsung has released the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 stable update to the Galaxy Note 10+ (SM-N975F). The company could soon roll out the update to the Galaxy Note 10 as well. The new software update bears firmware version N975FXXU6ETLL, and it is rolling out in Germany. The new update also brings along the December 2020...

Samsung India drops the pricing of Galaxy A31, Galaxy M01, and Galaxy M01s

Samsung has permanently dropped the prices of the Galaxy A31, Galaxy M01, and the Galaxy M01s in India. This price drop comes a few weeks ahead of the launch of the Galaxy S21 series and the Galaxy A lineup for 2021. Recently, the company had also dropped the prices of the Galaxy Buds+ and the Galaxy Buds Live in India. The Galaxy A31, which was launched in India in June 2020 with a price tag of INR...

First phones powered by Exynos 1080 are proper flagships

When Samsung unveiled the Exynos 1080 processor a few days ago, the company had mentioned that the first phones using the new chipset would be from Vivo. The Chinese smartphone brand has now unveiled two new smartphones powered by the Exynos 1080: Vivo X60 and Vivo X60 Pro. Both devices are proper flagships, featuring high-end specs, design, and cameras. The Vivo X60 and the Vivo X60 Pro+ feature...

Samsung’s HDR10+ Adaptive feature adjusts video quality as per ambient lighting

Samsung has been pushing the HDR10+ format by partnering with various studios, TV brands, and streaming services. The company has now announced HDR10+ Adaptive, an improvement over the open-source HDR10+ format, to offer optimum video quality by factoring in ambient lighting. The HDR10+ Adaptive feature improves the HDR10+ viewing experience by adapting to the ambient lighting in the room, which means that it will offer optimal quality regardless...

PSA: Your Samsung 4K smart TV can’t keep up with the PlayStation 5

Samsung’s 2020 range of 4K smart TV models reportedly can’t deliver the highest graphical experience for PS5 (PlayStation 5) console owners, even though TV models such as the Q70T, Q80T, Q85T, Q90T, and Q95T should technically be capable of whatever the Sony PS5 can throw at them. Now, although this might be frustrating for PS5 owners who may want to experience the console’s highest-possible graphical settings, it could be a temporary problem and...

The Galaxy S21+ flat display with thin bezels looks gorgeous in this leak

If you’re up for another Galaxy S21 leak then you probably won’t be disappointed by the latest. A few hands-on photos featuring the Galaxy S21+ in Phantom Violet have emerged via @MauriQHD and although they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know about the phone, they still offer a good view on the actual product rather than the press renders. The leaked hands-on photos appear to be depicting...

Official Galaxy S21 case renders may have revealed the S Pen’s location

Third-party case renders for the Galaxy S21 series have been leaking for a few good weeks now. They were among the first leaks to reveal some of the flagship’s new design elements, but since then the entire Galaxy S21 series has been fully unveiled in press renders that have left nothing to the imagination. Except for Samsung’s range of official cases. Now a new batch of leaked renders depicting some...

Samsung might use this neat trick to hide the under-display selfie camera

Smartphone brands have been trying various technologies to make smartphones bezel-free. We saw screen notches of various shapes, including a rectangular notch, a V-shaped notch, and a U-shaped notch, to maximize the screen area. We also saw phones with flip and pop-up selfie cameras. Samsung then introduced phones with punch-hole-shaped display cutouts. Now, the company seems to be working on a new...

Galaxy M12 to launch in India soon as it reportedly goes into mass production

Samsung is working on yet another affordable phone with a big display and a high-capacity battery. The Galaxy M12 first surfaced last month when its 3D CAD renders were leaked. Later, some of the phone’s specifications were revealed along with its Bluetooth certification. We now have a report that offers some information about its launch time frame. According to a new report from 91Mobiles, Samsung has already started the mass production of the Galaxy...

Samsung might not stop making LCD panels so soon

Samsung Display had originally planned to stop the production of LCD panels by the end of 2020. However, that plan was postponed slightly, and the production was scheduled to stop in March 2021. The company has now announced that it will continue making LCD panels indefinitely in its L8 fab in the Asan plant. South Korean media IT Chosun says that Samsung Display will continue producing LCD panels for monitors and TVs as the demand for such products...

Samsung starts accepting pre-orders for 110-inch MicroLED TV in Korea

Samsung’s first ready-to-install MicroLED TV was unveiled earlier this month. The company has now announced that it will start accepting pre-orders for its premium TV in South Korea. Those who pre-order the 110-inch MicroLED TV will get access to various benefits. Pre-orders for the MicroLED TV will start tomorrow and continue until January 29, 2021. Samsung has created an entirely new process to...

Firmware updates don’t stop and the Galaxy Buds Live get a new one

Samsung is rolling out a new firmware update for the Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds. We can confirm that the update is being deployed in Europe at the least, but as usual, availability will expand gradually into more markets over the coming days and weeks. Availability aside, you shouldn’t expect a game-changing update for your wireless bean-shaped earbuds; not according to the minimalist changelog...

Galaxy Z Flip 3 might be getting downgraded to ‘budget flagship’ status

Despite the premium form factor, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 might not be a full-fledged flagship. Namely, GalaxyClub just dug up a model number likely belonging to the international variant of Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphone – SM-F720F. What’s more, that designation is said to belong to an LTE-only device, which carries some less-than-exciting implications. Primarily because the last high-end SoC to even release in an LTE-only configuration...

Galaxy S21 pre-order reservations start in the US

More than three weeks ahead of the Galaxy S21 announcement, Samsung USA has started accepting pre-order reservations for the upcoming phones. You can now sign up to be notified when pre-orders for the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra go live in the region. Samsung is letting consumers register for the pre-order notification via the Samsung Shop app. If you want to register for the...

Samsung fails to ship 300 million phones for the first time in 9 years

Samsung has been the number one mobile phone brand globally since 2012, and it has been shipping close to 300 million phones every year since 2011. However, it won’t be able to reach the 300-million mark this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, related shutdowns, and the market conditions. And this would be the first time in nine years that the company won’t reach that figure. By the end of Q3 2020, Samsung shipped 189 million mobile phones. That...

Exynos’ market share slipped in Q3 2020 even as Samsung supplied chips to Vivo

Samsung is not particularly known for its Exynos processors, but it was still among the top three brands last year due to the sheer number of Galaxy devices it shipped with its in-house chipsets. However, the company’s market share seems to have slipped a bit in the third quarter of this year. According to the latest numbers from Counterpoint Research, Samsung’s market share dropped from 16% in Q3...

Samsung unveils first videos of Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G

Samsung unveiled its 2021 laptop lineup last week. The company has four new Windows 10-powered laptops: Galaxy Book Flex 2, Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G, Galaxy Book Ion 2, and Notebook Plus 2. Now, the company has published the first videos of the Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G. The South Korean tech giant published the official unboxing of the Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G on its YouTube channel. It also published a video that explains how to use the new laptop’s...

Massive Galaxy S21 leak leaves nothing to imagination

Samsung has been terrible in plugging leaks this year. Various aspects of the Galaxy S21 series have been leaked over the past few weeks. We have already seen the design, specs, and pricing of the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. A new leak further corroborates those details and reveals some additional information. According to the report from WinFuture, the Galaxy S21 has a 6.2-inch...