Samsung planning major investment in H1 2021 for memory chip production

Samsung is the world’s largest manufacturer of memory and storage chips, and the company is trying to further boost its production capacity by making a large-scale investment. According to reports from South Korea, the company is looking to increase its monthly production capacity by an additional 100,000 wafers (12-inch) in the first half of 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for memory and storage chips increased as most people relied...

Samsung Pay tops 3M transactions in South Africa and leads the charge

The global pandemic is driving the popularity of mobile payment solutions in countless markets, and Samsung Pay in particular has been enjoying a lot of success this year. Consumers are now more willing to make online purchases using a mobile payment solution, and this year alone, South Africans have used Samsung Pay long enough to push the platform into the lead. Samsung Pay became available in South Africa two years ago. In February this year,...

Samsung’s first rugged 5G phone, the Galaxy Xcover 5, is in development

The Galaxy Xcover 4 / Xcover 4s might finally be getting a direct sequel, and a 5G-enabled one at that. Our friends at GalaxyClub have been gathering evidence on this device, or at the very least, a mysterious upcoming phone that carries model number SM-G501B. The handset in question was recently benchmarked in HTML5TEST running Android 11. And although there’s no guarantee of this, the model number should technically belong to the unannounced Galaxy...

Galaxy A12 is not dead despite its absence and could go on sale very soon

We haven’t heard from the upcoming Galaxy A12 in a while but the device is back in the limelight now that Samsung has officially acknowledged it. To be clear, Samsung hasn’t launched the device just yet but official support pages for a device bearing model number SM-A125F/DS went live recently on the company’s Russian portal. The model number should belong to the Galaxy A12 and although Samsung has...

Galaxy Z Flip Lite could put foldables within reach for more customers

Foldable display technology is here to stay and you can be certain that Samsung will launch more Galaxy Z Flip / Z Fold models next year. How many exactly, we do not know yet, but a new rumor suggests that Samsung is developing a new foldable model which will greatly contribute to democratizing foldable display technology. It will reportedly be called the Galaxy Z Flip Lite and it might be manufactured in larger quantities compared to the previous...

Buy the Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB SSD at an incredible 50% off

Solid State Drive (SSD) storage solutions are bound to become more popular now that the new-gen gaming consoles – the Sony PS5 and the Xbox Series S/X – have adopted the technology. Sales figures will be going up, driven by high demand from PC users and console owners who may want to expand their on-board storage. This will hopefully lead to price reductions and attractive deals, but if a good deal is what you’ve been waiting for then you might find...

Samsung to support 18 new startups via its C-Lab Outside program

Samsung’s C-Lab program supports startups in their early stage. Thanks to the C-Lab program, various Samsung employees have successfully turned their ideas into startups and raised funding. Every year, the South Korean tech giant selects a few ideas by its employees and some startup ideas from entrepreneurs outside of Samsung Electronics. The C-Lab Outside program was started in 2018. This year, the...

Another Galaxy S20 One UI 3.0 beta update is rolling out

Samsung is killing it with software updates in general these days, and the company is also making short work of the One UI 3.0 beta for the Galaxy S20 series, having released multiple new beta updates in quick succession in the last couple of weeks. And now, there’s another beta build rolling out for the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra, bringing us a step closer to the stable One UI 3.0 release. In...