Samsung starts providing next-gen 5G baseband units to carriers

Samsung has announced that it has started offering its next-generation baseband unit (BBU) to network carriers. The CDU50 offers six times greater capacity and flexibility in the network deployment. The company’s solution has already been deployed in Korea, and it will be launched in the US and other markets in the second quarter of the year. The South Korean firm’s cellular baseband solution supports...

Samsung starts mass-producing 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM chips using 10nm tech

Samsung has announced that it has started mass-producing 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM chips for mobile devices. The South Korean chip giant is the first in the world to make such DRAM chips, and they are already being used in the recently announced Galaxy S20 Ultra. The company will start supplying these chips to other brands who would use them in high-end smartphones and tablets. Samsung says that such high-capacity memory chips are essential in providing graphically-rich...

T-Mobile releases Android 10 update to Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+

Three weeks after Samsung started seeding the Android 10 update to the unlocked Galaxy Note 9 units in the US, T-Mobile has released it to the Galaxy Note 9 units on its network. The carrier has also released the Android 10 update to the Galaxy S9, and the Galaxy S9+ sold through its network. The US carrier announced the availability of the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 to Samsung’s 2018 flagship smartphones via support pages for...

Second Galaxy Z Flip batch for Canada arrives on February 28

The Galaxy Z Flip went on sale in Canada last Friday and, unsurprisingly given the phone’s launch in other markets, it sold out on the first day of availability. Samsung Canada has now announced that a new batch is scheduled to arrive next Friday, February 28. In case you have yet to place an order for the Galaxy Z Flip then you might be out of luck and miss the next window of availability as well. Samsung Canada revealed that purchases continue...

Areas we’d like to see improved with the Galaxy Fold 2

The original Galaxy Fold is very likely to get a sequel later this year, and it goes without saying that, with the launch of the Galaxy Fold 2, Samsung will strive to improve upon the original concept in various ways. Most of our readers are probably aware that several members of our team have been using the Galaxy Fold as their daily driver for the past half a year. We’ve spent enough time with the...

Samsung says some data leaked after mystery Find My Mobile notification

Samsung’s mobile users were taken by surprise last week when they received a random notification from the Find My Mobile app on their smartphones and tablets. It’s a stock app that’s baked right into Samsung’s software. The mystery notification displayed the number “1” twice and simply disappeared when it was tapped. It didn’t launch the app or perform any other action. It did spook a lot of users since the notification was received by countless...

Samsung to push the Galaxy Fold 2 foldable screen to new standards

The Galaxy Z Flip is the company’s second foldable phone, but it is not a direct sequel to the original Galaxy Fold. Samsung is expected to launch a true follow-up, which we’ll refer to as the ‘Galaxy Fold 2‘ for the time being, in the second half of the year. The company will improve it in several key areas, including the foldable display which already has been made better with the Galaxy Z Flip. Now, according to fresh reports from The Elec citing...

Samsung Members is the latest app to receive Dark Mode support

Samsung kept bringing Dark Mode to more of its first-party applications following the release of Android 10 and One UI 2.0, and the latest app to get this feature is Samsung Members. A new update is now rolling out for the app and pushes it to version 3.5.00.7. Following this release, Galaxy smartphone users will notice that Samsung Members will follow the system-wide color mode and will run in Dark...

Daily Deal: 20% off Snowfox Case with Screen Protector for the Galaxy S10

Protecting your smartphone with a case is a good idea but that often leaves your screen unprotected. Your screen is a vulnerable part of your device as it can be scratched, for instance, by keys that are in the same pocket as your smartphone. This case for the Samsung Galaxy S10 by Snowfox offers heavy-duty protection for the back and sides of your smartphone and comes with a built-in screen protector as well. This means it will cover and protect...

Check out Samsung’s high-tech production line for the Galaxy Z Flip

Foldable smartphones are not easy to manufacture, yet Samsung has been able to put two of them on the market within one year. It speaks volumes about the technological prowess of the Korean juggernaut. The Galaxy Z Flip is its latest foldable smartphone and naturally, its manufacturing process is much more complicated compared to that of a conventional smartphone. The fact that this is the world’s first foldable smartphone with a glass display doesn’t...

Galaxy Z Flip output won’t be impacted by coronavirus-forced shutdown

Samsung had to unexpectedly shut down its smartphone manufacturing plant located in Gumi, some 200 kilometers south of Seoul, South Korea. While the majority of Samsung smartphones are manufactured in Vietnam, the Gumi factory is responsible for its most premium devices, the Galaxy Fold and the newly released Galaxy Z Flip. While the shutdown was only implemented for the weekend and the factory is set to open today, there were concerns that the shutdown...

Verizon starts rolling out Android 10 update to Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+

Samsung started rolling out the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 to unlocked variants of the Galaxy S9 late last month. Now, Verizon has started rolling out the Android 10 update to the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ on its network in the US. It is an OTA update, and you should be able to download it on your phone starting today. Verizon has announced on its website that it has started rolling out...