Galaxy Buds+ will be free with Galaxy S20+/Ultra pre-orders

In news that should surprise no one, Samsung will be handing out free Galaxy Buds+ to those who pre-order its upcoming flagship. Evleaks has leaked a promotional image that Samsung will likely use to inform people about the offer, and it shows both the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra along with the new wireless earbuds, which look the same as the original Galaxy Buds.

It seems you will only get the free earbuds if you pre-order the Galaxy S20+ or Galaxy S20 Ultra. That is also not too surprising, as Samsung didn’t have the Galaxy Buds pre-order bonus for the Galaxy S10e last year in most markets. In some markets, like India, Samsung also tends to simply cut down the price of its wearables as a pre-order bonus instead of giving them away for free. We imagine that will also be the case this year with the Galaxy S20 lineup and the Galaxy Buds+.

Of course, we can’t really be sure what Samsung’s plans are for every country, but we can tell you what you can expect from the Galaxy Buds+. The Buds+ will have longer battery life than the original Buds, with our sources telling us that they will last up to 12 hours on a single charge. There’s no active noise cancellation onboard, but the new earbuds will have four microphones for better voice recognition and the general sound quality will be improved as well.

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US Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ make their customary FCC stop

Samsung is gearing up to launch its new flagship series and it’s taking care of all of the regulatory stuff ahead of the Unpacked event next month. The US-bound variants of both the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ have now made their customary FCC pitstop.

The US FCC has to approve mobile devices before they can be sold. This is a regulatory hurdle that companies like Samsung have to clear but it’s a matter of routine. The handsets’ sighting at the FCC only suggests that everything is good to go.

Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ have dropped by the FCC

The Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ bearing model numbers SM-G981U and SM-G986U respectively have popped up at the FCC. These are the 5G variants of the new devices. Samsung is going to offer both unlocked and carrier-locked variants in the United States, as it has done for years now.

One can imagine that the Galaxy S20 Ultra won’t be too far behind, expect it to appear at the FCC in the coming days. That will also be the case for the 4G variants that will have model numbers SM-G980U and SM-G985U. Samsung is going to make the 5G variants of the Galaxy S20 more widely available this time around, but that’s not to say that the LTE-only variants won’t get any love.

It’s hardly surprising to see that the Galaxy S20 handsets have made their FCC pitstop. Even the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphone, has been spotted making its customary pitstop. All this goes to show that all the relevant pieces are now falling into place before these devices can be released.

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Z Flip at its Unpacked event on February 11 in San Francisco.

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Weekly SamMobile Quiz 10 – 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 every week to test their knowledge of our favorite company. 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 quiz with your friends and see if you can outscore them. A little competition never hurt anybody!

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