There’s a new Galaxy S21 Ultra color variant in town

Samsung’s at it again: The company has launched a new color option for one of its flagship phones months after it first hit the market. Best Buy in the US now has a new Navy version of the Galaxy S21 Ultra on its website. It’s not to be confused with Phantom Navy, which was one of the custom colors Samsung had on offer for Galaxy S21 pre-orders. This is a navy blue shade, and it lacks the textured...

WhatsApp will soon send your Galaxy S20/S21’s 8K videos without killing quality

WhatsApp users have long bemoaned the messaging app’s annoying habit of butchering the quality of media by compressing it beyond salvage. Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S21 users, in particular, still have no reliable way of sending through their beautiful 8K videos to non-Samsung users. That makes sense for the platforms, given that high-resolution photos and videos can take up quite a lot of space. But a...

Samsung will instantly give you $500 for buying a Galaxy S21 series phone

Samsung often has amazing deals on offer for a limited time. It provides customers the opportunity to grab one of its many different products at amazing prices. The company often provides bundle deals as well which gets customers two or more devices at a significant discount. One such deal is now on offer for Samsung fans in the United States. The company is offering them an instant $500 credit for buying a Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+ or Galaxy S21 Ultra. Instant...

Samsung testing new Exynos processor it will not bring to its fans

Samsung has been making pretty good Exynos chipsets over the past year or so. The Exynos 980 was a compelling processor that offered slightly better performance than the competing Snapdragon 765G. The Exynos 1080 was released one year later with high-end specs, but it was not used in any Samsung phone. Now, the company is working on a new Exynos chipset that could likely succeed the Exynos 1080. According to GalaxyClub, Samsung (System LSI) is currently...

Leak reveals Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 4 Classic and Galaxy Buds 2 price

Several leaks have already revealed most of the products that Samsung will unveil at its next Unpacked event. What’s left now is the information about their pricing and availability. Today’s leak attempts to bring some clarity to the matter. Samsung has a handful of new products to launch in the coming month. It’s expected to conduct an Unpacked event in August to unveil new smartphones, smartwatches and a pair of new truly wireless earbuds. Expected...

Galaxy S21 unlocked units get critical update in the USA

The Galaxy S21 series first received the June 2021 security update in the last week of May. Samsung then released two more updates to the international variants of the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. One of those updates included camera and performance improvements. Those improvements are now being rolled out to the unlocked variants of the Galaxy S21 series in the US. Samsung has...

Galaxy M10 starts getting the June 2021 security update

Samsung started rolling out the July 2021 update to some of its flagship products, but some mid-range and low-end products are still getting the June update. The Galaxy M10 is the latest Samsung smartphone to get a new software update, and it includes the June 2021 security patch. The smartphone was launched in early 2019 with Android 8.1 Oreo, and it is currently on Samsung’s biannual security update schedule. The Galaxy M10 has started getting...

Apple’s using a Samsung phone to sell its new Beats earbuds

Apple and Samsung have had a long history of taking jabs at each others’ products via not-so-subtle cues in their advertising. Apple, in particular, has a peculiar trait of choosing the ugliest Android smartphone on the market to compare iPhones against. However, Apple’s new Beats Studio Buds (as spotted by PhoneArena) marketing material on the Amazon U.S. website actually uses a high-end Samsung...

Galaxy Z Fold 3 confirmed to feature Snapdragon 888, 12GB RAM

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be unveiled next month, but almost everything about the foldable smartphone has been revealed via various leaks. The phone’s design was leaked yesterday, while its specifications have been revealed over the past few weeks. It has now been confirmed that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 uses the Snapdragon 888 processor and 12GB of RAM. The US variant of Samsung’s upcoming flagship foldable...

Galaxy Fold makes the jump to July 2021 security patch with new update

As has become the norm these days, Samsung is leading the charge with the latest security releases, having started rolling out the July 2021 security update to its devices before the month even began. The Galaxy S10 lineup and the Galaxy Tab Active 2 were the first to get it, and the original Galaxy Fold is now joining in. Samsung is rolling out a new update with firmware version F900FXXS5EUF3 to the Galaxy Fold. The update is live in France...