Samsung’s Onyx Cinema LED Screen comes to Australia

Samsung has announced that its Onyx Cinema LED screen has made its entry to the Australian market through its partnership with HOYTS Cinemas. The first such screen has been installed at HOYTS Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, Sydney. More more Onyx screen will be installed at HOYTS Highpoint in Melbourne, Australia, sometime next month. HOYTS has more than 50 cinema theatres across Australia...

Samsung Galaxy S20’s data security chip will be available to other brands

Samsung has announced that it uses a new data security chip in its recently announced flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra. The security solution is said to be best-in-class and passes the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (CC EAL) 5+. The South Korean electronics giant’s Secure Element (SE) turnkey solution uses a combination of security chip S3K250AF...

Galaxy S20 is the first smartphone with USB fast-charge certification

The Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra have become the first smartphones in the world to receive the USB fast-charge certification from USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum). This certification means that the three phones support both USB Power Delivery 3.0 and PPS (Programmable Power Supply) specifications. The certification also means that the phones will be safe while being fast-charged via a similarly certified charger. Samsung started...

Galaxy Z Flip slowly sells out in Netherlands, new batch ships on Friday

Another day has passed, and the Galaxy Z Flip has sold out in yet another country, this time the Netherlands. The company confirmed this earlier today and revealed that stocks will be replenished on Friday, February 28. This is the same day on which Canada will get its second batch of Galaxy Z Flips after the device sold out in less than a day. Interestingly enough, that’s not really the case with the Netherlands. Samsung claims that the Galaxy Z...

Galaxy S20 Ultra camera has improved with the first firmware update

Although the Galaxy S20 series has yet to ship to customers around the world, Samsung has seemingly begun rolling out the first firmware update for the Galaxy S20 Ultra. According to a screenshot that we assume was captured on a review unit in South Korea and passed along by TizenHelp, the update introduces camera improvements as well as the March 2020 security patch. This makes the S20 Ultra the...

Samsung SoundAssistant update intros vertical volume sliders and EQ

Samsung has launched a new update to its SoundAssistant app, pushing it to version 3.3.07 and introducing a new vertical volume slider that replaces the default horizontal one. The new volume panel also offers quick access to an equalizer and a Dolby Atmos toggle among other goodies and quick settings. The vertical volume panel pops up from the right side of the screen by default, but users can choose...

Samsung Health update adds menstrual cycle tracking and calendar

It’s been a week since Samsung Health was updated with Dark Mode support, and now Samsung is rolling out a new update for the app, pushing it to version 6.9.0.055 and introducing a new Women’s health category that lets you track your menstrual cycle. This might be a most-welcomed addition to Samsung Health because, as it turns out, most third-party apps designed to track menstrual cycles are either...

Samsung and Galaxy Note 10 dominate South Korean market in Q4 2019

Samsung was the top smartphone vendor in South Korea throughout the fourth quarter of 2019, however, the company’s top spot was somewhat threatened by Apple’s increased influence in the domestic market. Samsung managed to retain first place with a 57% market share, but although the company held the majority stake, its market share has dropped by 14% compared to Q3 2019. At the same time, Apple held the second spot on the podium with a 28% market...

Daily Deal: 21% off the Samsung Galaxy A50

The Samsung Galaxy A50 is a great mid-range smartphone. This means Samsung tried to fit in the best specs for as competitive a price as possible. It comes with a good Super AMOLED display that’s 6.4 inches so it will fit nicely when operating it with one hand. It has a three camera set up at the back which is able to take decent photos. With a Exynos 9610 chip to manage performance you can be sure it’s fast as well. Do check out our elaborate review...

[Updated] Here’s how much storage a minute of Galaxy S20’s 8K videos will use

Update: Samsung reached out to us to clarify that 8K videos aren’t limited by time but by file size. The phone simply divides the video into different files of up to 4GB in size but doesn’t stop recording. Original story follows The Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra are the first smartphones ever to support 8K video recording. 8K videos are going to offer a lot of detail, so much so that you will be able to extract 33MP stills from them....

Samsung already working on Android 11 as Galaxy S10+ visits Geekbench

Google took the veil off the first developer preview of Android 11 earlier this month, and it looks like Samsung is already testing the new software on the Galaxy S10+. At least according to a recent entry in the Geekbench database, revealing the Galaxy S10+, model number SM-G975F, running Android R. The next version of Google’s mobile OS will likely be officially known as Android 11, but for now,...

Galaxy M31 unveiled in India with 64MP quad-camera, 6000mAh battery

After a few weeks of teasing, Samsung has unveiled the successor to the Galaxy M30s in India. The Galaxy M31 is a new mid-range smartphone from the South Korean electronics giant, and it brings improvements to the camera along with newer software. The Galaxy M31 will be available in India starting March 5 through Amazon.in. It is priced at Rs 14,999 for the 64GB variant, while the 128GB variant of...