Samsung continues sustainability push with six new restaurants

Samsung’s latest sustainability push isn’t about energy efficiency but something completely different – sustenance. Namely, the company is just wrapping up a tender to build half a dozen new restaurants at various locations throughout its home country. These are essentially cafeterias; employee-only outlets which will be constructed within existing corporate offices. Samsung approached this internal expansion in quite a methodical manner. Nevermind...

Galaxy S22 Ultra’s design is closer to Galaxy Note than Galaxy S series

The Galaxy S22 series is expected to go official in early February 2022, but the specifications of the phones in the series have leaked already. A new leak shows that the Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with a change in its design language compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy S21 Ultra. A new image published by tipster @UniverseIce compares the screen sizes and screen curvatures of the Galaxy S22,...

Snapdragon-based Galaxy S22+ for USA runs better in latest benchmark

To our lack of surprise, the Galaxy S22 series should feature the Snapdragon 898 chipset in some markets and the Exynos 2200 in others. Leaked evidence indicates that the Galaxy S22 in the USA will be powered by Qualcomm’s solution, and a new online benchmark supports this notion even further. The Galaxy S22+ with model number SM-S906U that’s headed for the US market was spotted at Geekbench today,...

A base Galaxy S22 and two Ultra models could’ve made Samsung fans happier

The Galaxy S22 series will look very different next to all other prior Galaxy S generations. The upcoming trio of flagships should consist of a base model, a Plus variant, and the top-tier Galaxy S22 Ultra. Although the naming scheme isn’t out of the ordinary, what is very unusual about the upcoming flagship trio is that the upper-tier model could break the mold in unprecedented ways. Because of this, I’m inclined to believe that Samsung should’ve...

SamMobile TV: Is the Galaxy Note series dead?

The Galaxy S22 series will be highly unusual, or rather, the Galaxy S22 Ultra model will. That’s true, at least according to the recent leaks that gave us a first hands-on look at the upcoming flagship. It has a dedicated S Pen holster, and it looks very much like a Galaxy Note device, which means that the future of the Galaxy Note series itself might be in jeopardy. We explore these thoughts in our latest episode at SamMobile TV. Beyond the moniker,...

Samsung gives Experience Stores in Canada a new look ahead of holidays

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Samsung Canada announced today that it’s reopening two Experience Stores in Ontario and British Columbia. Namely, the stores are located at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto and the Metrotown Mall in Burnaby. The Yorkdale store reopened yesterday, whereas the Metrotown Mall store is scheduled to reopen its doors from mid-November. The redesigned Experience Stores have new repair service centers, new customer...

Galaxy Gaming: What we are playing in November 2021

November is another opportunity for us to showcase some high-quality gaming experiences that have been dominating our Galaxy screens in recent weeks. So, let’s get right to it. Townscaper Townscaper is a beautiful game about… nothing, really. Sure, you get to do some townscaping, but in the grand scheme of things, what you get out of this game is entirely up to you. Because unlike your typical city-builder, Townscaper doesn’t feel like a chore...

Galaxy Z Flip 3 picks up another prestigious tech innovation award

Samsung just picked up a(nother) prestigious innovation award on account of the Galaxy Z Flip 3. Namely, the foldable flagship has been named as Time Magazine’s “Innovation of the Year” for 2021. Or rather, one of its innovations of the year; as is always the case, this annual award encompasses 100 products across the technology sphere, in total. While the recipient pool size might diminish Samsung’s accomplishment, the honor hasn’t been extended...

Samsung collaborates with Orange for rapid 5G network adoption via Open RAN

Samsung Networks has announced that it is collaborating with telecom operator Orange for the rapid development of the Open RAN (Radio Access Network) technology. The company is among the first network firms in the world to participate in Orange’s Open RAN Integration Center in Paris, France. Orange and Samsung would work on separating the hardware and software elements of traditional RAN. This is where Samsung’s experience with vRAN (Virtual...

Next Galaxy S21 One UI 4.0 release may be the global one

Samsung released four beta versions of the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 update to the Galaxy S21 series. The fourth beta version was released last week with many bug fixes, and it was expected that Samsung could release the fifth beta update sometime this week. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. The Community Manager of Beta operations has announced via the Samsung Members forum that the company...

This Galaxy S21 FE report could disappoint Indian fans

Yesterday, we stumbled upon the Exynos 2100 variant of the Galaxy S21 FE for the first time. While it was well-documented that Samsung would offer the affordable flagship in both Exynos and Snapdragon flavors, we now have a rough idea about the region-by-region distribution of the variants. Tipster StuffListings found both variants of the Galaxy S21 FE on the Google Play Console and confirmed that India will get the Exynos 2100 version. It isn’t...

Samsung’s 2.5D chip packing technology H-Cube is now available

Samsung Foundry has announced that its latest 2.5D semiconductor chip packaging technology H-Cube is now available for its foundry clients. H-Cube, which was developed in collaboration with Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Amkor Techology, allows complex logic and HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory) chips to be packed in compact sizes. The South Korean firm said that its new packaging technology is suitable...