Samsung is already working on Galaxy M01s entry-level smartphone

Samsung is expected to launch two new entry-level smartphones, the Galaxy M01 and the Galaxy M11, in India next week. While the Galaxy M01 hasn’t been made official yet, we now know that the company is already working on the Galaxy M01s, and the phone passed through Wi-Fi Alliance’s certification process yesterday. The Galaxy M01s carries the model number SM-M017F/DS, which means that it will have...

Samsung’s Odyssey gaming monitors are T1 e-sports team’s official displays

Samsung had unveiled its updated Odyssey gaming monitor lineup earlier this year during CES 2020. The new Odyssey lineup consists of three gaming monitors—27-inch G7, 32-inch G7, and 49-inch G9—and they come with features like curved screens, HDR, and 240Hz refresh rate. Today, the South Korean electronics giant has announced that it has partnered with global e-sports organization T1 to be its official...

Galaxy Note 20+ 3C certification reveals support for 5G, 25W fast charging

Samsung is expected to unveil the next-generation Galaxy Note and Galaxy Fold series in August 2020. Multiple Galaxy Note 20 features have been leaked and rumored so far, including its battery size, cameras, and processor. Now, two more features have been confirmed, thanks to the Galaxy Note 20+’s CCC certification documents. A variant of the Galaxy Note 20+ (SM-N9860) has passed through the CCC (China...

Galaxy Note 20 might give you a reason to buy the Galaxy Fold 2 instead

It has almost been a decade since the very first Galaxy Note was launched back in 2011. The tech media had some trouble wrapping their head around this device. It had a stylus at a time when the iPhone had been credited for wiping stylus-equipped phones off the market. It also had a 5.3-inch display which was considered too big. Of course, that’s not the case today. One can surely credit the Galaxy Note lineup with pushing the industry to adopt larger...

Samsung resumes semiconductor and memory plant investments

Semes, a key Samsung Electronics semiconductor equipment supplier has had a very successful first quarter, and this was in no small part thanks to Samsung’s apparent decision to resume investments into its semiconductor/memory chip manufacturing plants. Semes’ filings to the Financial Supervisory Service strongly suggest that Samsung is back on track to investing in the semiconductor business following the global memory market slowdown over the last...

Galaxy Buds update with Buds+ features is now rolling out in Canada

Samsung began rolling out a new firmware update (R170XXU0ATD2) for the original Galaxy Buds a few weeks ago, and now, the same update is reaching Canada. As explained before, the latest firmware update drastically improves the Galaxy Buds experience, as it introduces a handful of features borrowed from the newer Galaxy Buds+ model. The list of additions to the Galaxy Buds includes Microsoft Swift Pair, automatic, improved Ambient Sound,...

Samsung heir probed over C&T and Cheil Industries merger, alleged fraud

Following Samsung Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s historic apology, the de facto leader was recently summoned by prosecutors as part of a probe into the Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries merger dating back to 2015, as well as allegations of accounting fraud at Samsung Biologistics. Samsung Group’s heir was summoned for questioning by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office today, May 26, revealed the Korean media. Samsung C&T and...

Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch seems to be getting ready for release

We have been following the development of Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch ever since we revealed four months ago that Samsung has a new smartwatch in the pipeline. The company hasn’t confirmed at this point in time when it’s going to release the device, but it appears that the new Galaxy Watch may not be that far off. The new Galaxy Watch has picked up a key certification in China. This is usually a strong...

Galaxy S20 series ships 32.6% below S10 in Q1, Galaxy S20+ leads 5G

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 shipment figures throughout Q1 2020 were down 32.6% compared to the Galaxy S10 series last year, according to The Elec citing market research firm Omdia. By the end of the first quarter, the company shipped 8.2 million Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra units combined, with the Galaxy S20+ registering 3.5 million shipments. The latter variant was the 9th most shipped smartphone model in Q1, and was surpassed by a couple...

Samsung India to finally launch aggressively priced Galaxy M11, M01

The Indian arm of Samsung is finally ready to launch the long-anticipated Galaxy M11 and Galaxy M01, a pair of aggressively priced entry-level smartphones. Both devices have been in development for some time now, with SamMobile exclusively reporting on the existence of the Galaxy M11 as early as last December. The handset eventually made its way to Samsung’s UAE storefront but missed out on a proper launch. Earlier this month, however,...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ to have a massive battery

Samsung will equip the Galaxy Tab S7+ with a monstrous battery so as to account for the tablet’s significant upgrade in screen real estate. That’s according to a newly published China Compulsory Certificate which lists the device’s rated battery capacity at 9,800mAh. The emergence of the 3C attestation also suggests Samsung’s upcoming series is moving closer to release, especially seeing how the Galaxy Tab S7+ obtained its international Wi-Fi...