Galaxy M22 surfaces with MediaTek’s Helio G80 chipset on the inside

Samsung’s got yet another Galaxy M series phones in the works, if a new listing spotted on the Geekbench benchmark website is anything to go by. And this new phone looks set to be a rebadged version of another rumored and upcoming Galaxy phone, the Galaxy A22. Or, at the very least, these two phones share the same processor: MediaTek’s Helio G80, which also powers the Galaxy A32 and will also be seen...

Samsung Android 12 beta isn’t out yet, won’t come for a few months

Google always releases a public beta of its latest Android version at the annual I/O developers’ conference. Sticking with tradition, the company today announced the launch of the first public Android 12 beta. The beta firmware was previously available only on the company’s Pixel phones. In recent years, it has extended that privilege to other manufacturers. However, in case you were wondering, the Samsung Android 12 beta isn’t available today. Samsung...

Will Galaxy Watch 3 and older smartwatches be updated to Wear OS?

Samsung made it official today that it will be adopting Google’s Wear OS for its smartwatches going forward, starting with the upcoming Galaxy Watch 4. Samsung is returning to Android for its smartwatches for the first time in six years, and it’s a move that is expected to fix one of the few disadvantages of Samsung’s Tizen-based smartwatches: third-party app support. But what about existing Galaxy smartwatches, like the Galaxy Watch 3 and the Galaxy...

Samsung makes it official: 2021 Galaxy Watch will run Wear OS, not Tizen

It was first rumored a few months ago that Samsung will be ditching Tizen in favor of Wear OS. This would mean that Samsung will once again be making Android-powered smartwatches. It has almost been six years since the company did that. As Google made its software announcements today at I/O 2021, Samsung also announced its enhanced cooperation with the company today. It has officially confirmed that...

Samsung’s first 5G Galaxy F phone is official in a market where no one will buy it

The Galaxy F series of phones made their debut in India as rebranded versions of Samsung’s Galaxy M smartphones, but Samsung is finally ready to give them an identity of their own, at least in China. The Galaxy F52 5G has been leaking here and there for the last month or so, and Samsung China has now revealed the pre-order period, release date, and pricing for the device. According to Samsung’s teaser...

Galaxy smartphone users are happier than Apple customers, study shows

Samsung smartphone customers in the USA are happier than Apple customers, reveals a new study conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). More so, according to the 2020-2021 ACSI Wireless Phone Service and Cell Phone Study, the top 5 highest-rated smartphone models in the eyes of customers in the USA are manufactured by Samsung. Samsung secured an ACSI score of 81, and that was enough for the company to outperform all of its...

Samsung has chosen Austin Texas as its next 5nm EUV factory location

Samsung has finally decided where it will build its new EUV semiconductor manufacturing facility on US soil. The company reportedly had a choice between the states of Texas, Arizona, and New York, with each offering incentives for tech giants who’ll end up contributing to building the local chip-making infrastructure. And according to the local media, Samsung has decided that its next EUV-based manufacturing...

Galaxy M32 secures Bluetooth approval while the 5G model is M.I.A.

Another clue emerged earlier today to bring the unannounced Galaxy M32 closer to reality. Two variants of the Galaxy M32 bearing model numbers SM-M325F_DS and SM-M325FV_DS have just been approved by Bluetooth, signaling that Samsung might be planning on bringing this rebranded mid-range phone to the market sooner rather than later. Bluetooth hasn’t mentioned any hardware details pertaining to the...

Samsung wrote a guide on how to properly clean the Galaxy Buds series

Samsung has just published a guide on one of its portals to explain the proper steps for cleaning the Galaxy Buds series of earbuds, including the Galaxy Buds+, the Galaxy Buds Live, and the Galaxy Buds Pro. What’s interesting about this guide is that it was published not long after the state-owned media in China reported on the Galaxy Buds Pro being a potential cause of ear inflammation for some...

Samsung unveils industry’s first integrated PMIC for DDR5 modules

Samsung Semiconductor has reached another milestone today as it unveiled the industry’s first integrated power management ICs (PMICs) for DDR5 dual in-line memory modules (DIMM). Samsung is calling these new PMIC solutions: S2FPD01, S2FPD02, and S2FPC01. The company claims that the S2FPD01 and S2FPD02 solutions were created primarily for today’s data centers and enterprise servers that are...

The unlocked Galaxy S10 Lite is getting a new firmware update in the USA

Another day, another Galaxy device is getting updated with the May 2021 security patch. The unlocked Galaxy S10 Lite (SM-G770U1) in the USA is now receiving a new firmware update with the May 2021 security patch in tow, joining dozens of other Galaxy devices that have already gotten this treatment over the past couple of weeks. As expected, the new firmware update — or rather the security patch — addresses numerous vulnerabilities affecting Android...

The Galaxy S21 FE’s 4,500mAh battery is reportedly supplied by LG

LG’s mobile division is officially out of the game, but the component branch lives on through other OEMs, including its closest neighbor Samsung. And if a new report passed along by the Korean media turns out to be correct, the upcoming Galaxy S21 FE (Fan Edition) will have a bit of LG’s life energy pumping through its circuits. Word on the street is that the Galaxy S21 FE will be equipped with a battery manufactured by LG. To be precise, LG is said...

SamMobile gift for Galaxy Note fans who won’t get a new one in 2021

We have long been fans of the Galaxy Note series here at SamMobile. So when it emerged that Samsung had cancelled the Galaxy Note 21’s release for 2021, naturally, we got upset. The company said that it made this decision due to the global chip shortage. That’s understandable. The impact of this shortage is being felt by all industries. This just means that loyal Galaxy Note owners like us will have to use their existing devices for a bit longer. So...