Samsung launches Galaxy Z Fold 2 in major markets worldwide

The Galaxy Z Fold 2 was fully revealed during Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2020 Part 2 event earlier this month. The foldable phone went on pre-order a few days ago, and it experienced higher-than-expected demand. The company has now announced that it has launched the smartphone in most major markets worldwide. It costs KRW 2.39 million in Korea and $1,999.99 in the US. Samsung said that its second-generation foldable smartphone is now available...

Galaxy M51 goes on sale today in India

The Galaxy M51 was announced for the Indian market last week after its debut in Germany and Russia. Today, the new mid-range smartphone is going on sale in the country, and Samsung has a few launch offers for early buyers. The 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant of the Galaxy M51 is priced at INR 24,999, while the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant costs INR 26,999. The smartphone will be available for purchase from Amazon.in and Samsung India’s online...

Samsung is looking to assemble more of its smartphone cameras next year

It might not be necessary to have three or four cameras on nearly every smartphone model, but you can be certain that the trend will continue as OEMs consider their cameras to be one of the main differentiating factors between brands and models. Samsung is not going to stop the triple/quad-camera trend anytime soon, and in fact, a recent report claims that the company is making some changes to its supply chain in order to lower production costs and...

Samsung Wireless Charger Trio store pages go live to reveal more specs

Samsung unveiled its latest wireless charger earlier this month without revealing much about its specifications aside from the fact that it can wirelessly charge up to three devices simultaneously. But the so-called Wireless Charger Trio is now listed online in Europe and South Korea, with the product’s store page shedding more light on the matter. According to the listing, the Wireless Charger...

Battery level indication on Samsung’s flagship phones has a frustrating issue

Earlier today, as I was using my Galaxy S20 Ultra, I noticed that its battery was almost depleted. The phone told me there was only 3 percent charge left, and like any sane person, I reached for the charger so the phone wouldn’t die out on me. Well, the phone did die out, and it did so as soon as I plugged in the cable, even though there was still 3 percent battery left according to the battery level indication in the status bar. You might think...

Samsung India wants to sell 20 million Galaxy M phones by year’s end

Samsung’s budget-focused Galaxy M smartphone series is enjoying a lot of success in India, so much that Samsung believes it can sell a total of 20 million Galaxy M devices by the end of the year. Last quarter the Galaxy M lineup was responsible for securing a record high online market share for Samsung India, so the company has reasons to believe it can achieve these high sales figures before 2021. The retail landscape in India is changing in large...

Trump’s latest Huawei sanctions are a gift to Samsung and Apple

It hasn’t been easy being Huawei since last year. The company was added to the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List in May 2019 as it was accused of lying about its ties to the Chinese government. It has long been the position of the United States that Huawei enables the Chinese government to spy on foreign entities through its products. With Huawei being one of the world’s largest suppliers of telecommunications...

Galaxy Note 20 drops to lowest-ever price in India

Only three weeks after hitting the store shelves in India, the Galaxy Note 20 is already available at a significant discount as part of the newly announced “Samsung Days.” The pre-festive promotion allows you to avail a flat Rs 9,000 price drop in combination with a bank cashback worth another Rs 6,000 for HDFC card holders. Consequently, Samsung’s stylus-equipped flagship is available at only Rs. 62,999 ($855) from Samsung.com and the company’s...

Do we really need every phone to have three or four rear cameras?

Samsung was fairly late to join the club of manufacturers who were putting more than one rear camera on their smartphones. The first Galaxy phone with a dual camera setup was the Galaxy Note 8, and that was followed by the Galaxy J7+. A year later, Samsung introduced its first phone with triple rear cameras, and there’s been no stopping the company since then, with almost every mainstream Galaxy phone nowadays featuring three or four rear cameras. These...

An 8K movie is being filmed using Galaxy S20, Galaxy Note 20

Samsung announced earlier today that it is producing an 8K movie using its high-end smartphones. The South Korean movie titled ‘Untact’ will mostly be filmed using the Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Note 20 smartphones. The company said that its new project is designed to promote 8K technologies. Untact is being directed by Kim Jee-Woon, who has previously worked on movies like The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), and Hollywood action thriller...