Galaxy Note 10+ 5G gets standalone 5G support on T-Mobile’s network

T-Mobile is now rolling out a new software update to the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G on its network. Apart from the August 2020 security patch, the new update brings support for the carrier’s standalone 5G network to the smartphone. It means that users would get higher quality 5G and better 5G signal strength on their Galaxy Note 10+ 5G. The new software update carries firmware version N976USQU3BTI5 and...

Samsung wins 48 design awards at IDEA 2020

Samsung has announced that it has won a whopping 48 IDEA 2020 design awards. These are the most influential design awards in North America, and they’re hosted annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) since 1980. The company won one Best-in-Show award, one Gold award, four Silver awards, and four Bronze awards in the competition. The South Korean tech giant won IDEA 2020 awards...

Samsung Galaxy M51 review: Great specs for the price, but limited software

With the Galaxy M51, Samsung’s Galaxy M series is leaving the land of lower mid-range smartphones behind and making a play for the big leagues. Samsung is no longer keeping M series handsets confined to the sub-$300 segment, and with the M51, the company is offering a spec sheet similar to that of the Galaxy A71’s but with a monstrous 7,000 mAh battery added to the mix, all at a more attractive asking...

Galaxy S20 FE 5G leaks in all its glory, Snapdragon 865 confirmed

The Galaxy S20 Fan Edition is expected to be officially unveiled during Samsung’s ‘Galaxy Unpacked for Every Fan’ event on September 23. However, the phone’s design, color variants, and specifications were revealed via various leaks in the past. Now, Samsung’s complete webpage for the Galaxy S20 FE 5G has leaked. Noted leakster Evan Blass published the complete product webpage of the Galaxy S20...

Samsung CMO: It’s time for marketing to grow up and here’s how

Being one of the largest and most multifaceted conglomerates in the history of mankind, Samsung isn’t lacking in the desire to change the world, nor the talent to do it. Marketing is no exception to that rule, as illustrated by the contribution Benjamin Braun, Samsung’s European CMO, made to Build Brilliant Brands. That would be the name of a newly released book compiling marketing advice from 22 industry leaders. Published by the Facebook EMEA...

Samsung needs to do more than pretending to support mobile gaming

Samsung has the best interest of mobile gamers at heart. This is what the promotional material would have you believe, but this often seems to be a marketing stunt more than anything else. Don’t get me wrong; Samsung’s partnerships with Epic Games or Microsoft’s Xbox arm, for example, can lead to interesting things such as custom Fortnite skins and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bonuses for early Galaxy Note 20 / Galaxy Tab S7 adopters. However, these benefits...

Verizon and Samsung begin lab trials for new 5G mmWave indoor cell sites

Verizon has announced that its upcoming 5G mmWave in-building solution for indoor coverage and private 5G networking will be powered by Samsung and Corning. The two companies have been chosen by Verizon after an industry-wide request for proposal, and lab trials have begun using Samsung’s solution. Samsung’s 5G mmWave indoor cell site solution will be advanced to field trials once testing will be successfully completed. According to Verizon, Samsung’s...

Galaxy M01s and Galaxy M31 receive One UI Core 2.1 via firmware update

The Galaxy M01s and the Galaxy M31 have both received an important new firmware update this week. The Galaxy M01s is making the jump from Android 9 Pie to Android 10, and both smartphones are getting One UI Core 2.1 as well as the September 2020 security patch. The Galaxy M01s is getting the update in India. The package carries firmware version M017FXXU1BTI5. Meanwhile, the Galaxy M31 is receiving...

Mystic White Galaxy Z Flip 5G might be coming to Europe ‘soon’

Samsung’s 5G-enabled Galaxy Z Flip variant was released in a couple of new colors. Instead of the Mirror Black, Mirror Purple, and Mirror Gold shades that were created for the Galaxy Z Flip 4G, the 5G model was introduced in Mystic Gray and Mystic Bronze. A third color option, Mystic White, was spotted in the wild at the beginning of September, and now we’re hearing that it will be available...

High ASPs drive wearable demand down in MEA but Samsung wins in Q2

Demand for wearable products has declined in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market in Q2 2020 but Samsung has had a healthy quarter in the region and ranked second after Apple. In Q2, shipments of wearable devices in the MEA declined 2.7% year-on-year to a total of 2 million, down 1 million units from the first quarter of the year. However, Samsung placed second with 33% market share and 25.2% value share. According to IDC, Samsung recorded a significant...

Samsung to skip QD-LED TVs next year while China’s TCL leads the foray

A few months ago we talked about Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display being at odds regarding the use of QD-LED (Quantum Dot LED) technology. There were reasons to believe that Samsung may be skipping QD-LED technology next year, and now our suspicions have seemingly been confirmed by a new report claiming that Chinese TV manufacturer TCL will beat Samsung’s consumer electronics division to it. According to anonymous part industry insiders cited...

Galaxy Z Fold 2 vs Surface Duo not an impossible comparison: video

The Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Surface Duo are far from an impossible comparison to make, even though Microsoft keeps insisting its newly released and repeatedly delayed gadget is doing its own thing. Or, better said, that may be true, but its own thing is still in the ballpark of what Samsung’s latest foldable smartphone has to offer. That’s according to Lisa Gade of MobileTechReview, whose newest tech video review drew some direct and rather informative...

BTS hits ‘the strange tailor shop’ in hectic Galaxy Note 20 promo

Samsung and mega-popular boy band Bangtan Boys – better known as BTS – have been collaborating on promoting the company’s devices for the better part of this year. But while their partnership started as a fairly run-of-the-mill pairing between a celebrity (group) and a major consumer brand, it evolved into anything but. A couple of unassuming promos hence quickly led to a limited-edition...

First Galaxy A52 specs reveal details about the camera setup

The Galaxy A50 was one of Samsung’s best-selling smartphones in 2019 and the company followed it up with the Galaxy A51. This year’s variant ended up performing very well too. This is without a doubt one of the best mid-range smartphones that Samsung makes. It’s also an essential device for the company since it sells like hotcakes. So as you can imagine, Samsung will be hoping for similar results from the Galaxy A52. The company currently has the...

SM-F415 manual shows it’s not a camera-centric phone, just a Galaxy M31

You may have seen reports yesterday about Samsung launching a new ‘camera-centric’ Galaxy F smartphone before the end of this month. There has been a fair bit of speculation about this new device, model number SM-F415, that Samsung is working on. It was initially believed to be the affordable Galaxy Z Fold Lite but there was little to support that theory. This conclusion was reached simply because Samsung uses the letter F for its foldable phones....

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra battery capacity leaks

Now that the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Z Fold 2’s launch dust has settled, leaks related to the Galaxy S21 have started to appear more frequently. We had exclusively reported two months ago that Samsung is working on three Galaxy S21 models. Last week, the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s camera configuration was leaked, and now it is time for the information related to its battery. According to our friends at GalaxyClub, the Galaxy S21 Ultra (SM-G998) will...

Samsung’s share in foldable smartphone market could reach 80% this year

With Huawei struggling due to the trade sanctions imposed by the US government and Motorola not launching competitive products, Samsung is having it easy in the foldable smartphone space. Despite the weak competition, the South Korean smartphone firm is trying hard to improve the quality and features of its foldable smartphones, and as a result, its market share could reach a record high this year. According to a new report from industry tracker...

Samsung’s mobile processor market share drops in Q2 2020

Samsung has been trying to expand its mobile processor business over the past year, and we’ve seen Exynos processors appear in various Vivo smartphones released in 2020. However, according to a new report, the company’s market share still dropped in the second quarter of this year. Its processors have also been heavily criticized due to higher power consumption and throttled performance. The latest report from Counterpoint Research claims that Samsung’s...