Samsung AR patent shows a way to ease turn-by-turn navigation experience

Samsung develops various technologies every year, and some of them eventually appear in real-life products. The company has been working on various AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) technologies over the past few years and has filed several patents. A new patent filed by the company was published recently, showing a neat AR feature that could improve the whole turn-by-turn navigation...

Galaxy A31 to sell for a higher price than A30 in India, but there’s a reason

The Galaxy A31 is planned to go on sale in India online via Flipkart tomorrow, June 4. Pricing details for the new mid-range device haven’t been officially disclosed yet, but the phone should eventually hit physical retail stores for the price of INR 21,999 ($292), according to Pricebaba citing its sources. It’s unclear exactly when the Galaxy A31 will go on sale through offline channels across India, but the rule of thumb is that offline prices...

Galaxy Z Flip takes better selfie videos than stills in DxOMark review

The Galaxy Z Flip’s selfie camera is better at recording videos than taking stills, according to the latest review from independent benchmark website DxOMark. On the website’s non-finite scale, the foldable phone’s selfie sensor scored 82 points and 86 points in the photo and video categories, respectively. This averages to a final score of 83 points, same as the Galaxy A71. Galaxy Z Flip selfies...

COVID-19 drops Samsung’s sales in Europe, boosts them in LATAM in Q1

The COVID-19 pandemic left a big mark on the smartphone market in Q1 2020. Across Europe, the segment shrunk by 7% year-on-year and 23% quarter-on-quarter. Samsung maintained the lead in Europe, but it’s smartphone sales market share dropped 2% year-on-year. Counterpoint Research highlights that Q1 is generally a slower time of the year in terms of smartphone sales, but this phenomenon was further...

Samsung is getting close to releasing an update fixing the wallpaper bug

We were able to confirm that Samsung is indeed working on a fix for the bizarre Android bug that can lead to a smartphone being stuck in a bootloop after applying an unsupported wallpaper. In case you’ve missed the original story, images that return a histogram value higher than 255 will exceed the sRGB color space supported by Android OS, resulting in crashing or even bootlooping. This is not a Samsung-specific bug but one that affects any Android...

There’s still a chance for a so-called Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to exist

The industry came to refer to Samsung’s upcoming S Pen flagship series by the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20+ monikers after various leakers pointed out there won’t be a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra model from Samsung later this year. That may still be the case, however, a recent Bluetooth SIG entry for the Galaxy Note 20 variant identified by model number SM-N986U suggests otherwise. The Bluetooth regulatory...

Galaxy Note 20+ to have 50x zoom, laser autofocus, new ultra-wide sensor

The Galaxy Note 20+ will share some camera specifications with the Galaxy S20 series, but exactly what specs will be common across both smartphone lineups remains to be seen. However, leakster Ice Universe claims to have acquired new information regarding the Galaxy Note 20+ model’s camera in particular. The information shared on Weibo claims that Samsung’s next S Pen flagship will indeed have a periscope-type camera module, but it won’t be capable...

Galaxy S10 series (Exynos) starts receiving June 2020 security update

Samsung has begun deploying the June 2020 Android security update to the Galaxy S10 series. The Snapdragon-powered models have already received the update in the US, and it is now being pushed to the international Exynos models. Identified by build number G97xFXXS6CTE6, the June 2020 security patch has so far only reached the Galaxy S10 lineup in Germany where it started rolling out on Tuesday. The update has simultaneously reached the Galaxy...

Disney Plus app not working on some 2016 Samsung smart TVs

The Disney Plus video streaming service launched a few months ago, and it has been available on various smart TV platforms, including Samsung’s. The app is compatible with all Samsung smart TVs released in 2016 and later. However, there appears to be an issue that is affecting the Disney Plus app on some smart TV models. Users have been reporting that Disney Plus is failing to load on some 2016 smart TVs from Samsung. Upon launching the app, the...