“Try before you buy”: Galaxy S6, S6 edge kiosks go live in Canada

Ever noticed how Samsung always has an “Experience” app that arrives at the Google Play Store before the company’s newest flagships debut? Consumers didn’t get an S6 Experience app, but the devices themselves have sure won a lot of attention.

April 10th is the magic day for Canadian residents to get their hands on the new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, but what can you do until then? Most individuals have read reviews and poured over every piece of information they can get on the new devices. Canadian, residents, however, now have one new advantage over the rest of the world: they can now “try before they buy” in their country.

Rogers and Bell Canada have both confirmed their Galaxy S6 and S6 edge kiosks are available, with Rogers Canada going so far as to provide a sheet layout of stores where Samsung’s two new models are available: Halifax Shopping Centre, Lime Ridge Mall, Bloor East, Cross Iron Mills, Polo Park Shopping Centre, Royal York, and Square One, among others, along with set address locations, cities, and provinces for these stores.

Bell Canada has Galaxy S6, S6 edge kiosks set up in Calgary, Edmonton, and the Greater Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto areas.

It is expected that other Canadian carriers now have kiosks available as well, though we’ve yet to receive any details as to whether or not their kiosks are yet available.

Make your way out to a carrier store near you to get a hands-on experience with these two devices. Let us know whether seeing them up-close met, surpassed, or underwhelmed your expectations. Visit the links below to find out more location details.

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Galaxy S6, S6 edge pre-order available in South Africa

We’ve seen Italy, Switzerland, and Canada launch their Galaxy S6 and S6 edge pre-orders. Now, the pre-order baton falls to South Africa.

According to the source, South African carriers Vodacom and MTN have both announced their pre-order registrations for Samsung’s latest and greatest devices. Apparently, the source also states that both carriers have bundled Samsung’s wireless charging pad with the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge as a means to encourage additional pre-orders for the devices.

Just in time for encouraging pre-orders, Samsung also launched an online repair booking system in the country that’s designed to help consumers get their devices fixed quickly. Consumers can simply manage their repairs by logging onto the site and registering their devices. Once online, the user can access the booking form and submit the model and serial number of the device to receive a reference number, according to Samsung Electronics SA Service Director Richard Chetty. Along with the free wireless charging pad for Vodacom and MTN customers, Samsung has promised to provide two free device repairs for buyers of the S6 and S6 edge.

While US customers have to wait for their devices until April 11, South African customers can expect to see Samsung’s latest in the country on April 10.

If you’re a South African resident that’s been waiting for your chance, here it is. Stay tuned to SamMobile as we bring you all the latest in pre-order registrations for Samsung’s new premium flagships.

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Canadian Gold Platinum Galaxy S6, S6 edge color now available for pre-order

Samsung has taken the wraps off its latest devices, and they’re both lookers in their own right. The team here at SamMobile has quite a crush on the Green Emerald S6 edge, and the White Pearl and Black Sapphire are excellent for those who like devices in black and white colors. We’re not knocking black and white, but those colors are typical for most smartphones nowadays.

Fortunately, for those who want a little color variety, White Pearl and Black Sapphire aren’t the only colors available for both the S6 and the S6 edge. Gold Platinum, like Black Sapphire and White Pear, is a color native to both devices, while our favorite, the Green Emerald, is native to only the S6 edge. Samsung Canada has finally announced that the Gold Platinum color is available for pre-order, along with the White and Black versions that have been up for pre-order for some time now.

The Gold Platinum is a bold color (like the Green Emerald) for those who want their smartphones to make a fashion as well as tech statement for the next two years (or six months, if you’re a tech enthusiast who’ll trade up for the Galaxy Note 5). Between the airplane metal casing underneath and the luscious Gorilla Glass 4 wrapped around the entire device, the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge’s “Six Appeal” will shimmer in the sun and indoors.

The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are available in the UK, Switzerland, Canada, to name a few countries, but both S6 models are expected to go on sale on April 11th, with 20 countries expected to start selling them on the first day.

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Samsung secretly announces the Galaxy Tab A in Russia

We told you the Galaxy Tab A and Tab A Plus tablet lineups were in the works, and Samsung has now announced the former at a press event in Russia. The Galaxy Tab A will be offered in 8-inch and 9.7-inch variants, and as we had confirmed in our exclusive leak, the tablets will have displays with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The Galaxy Tab A lineup will be priced at around Euro 300 and will be launched in blue and gold color variants sometime later this year.

The hardware on the Galaxy Tab A includes displays with a resolution of 1024×768 pixels, an unknown Cortex-A53 processor, 4G connectivity, and 5-megapixel and 2-megapixel rear and front cameras. As our sources told us before, there should also be 16GB of internal storage, and 4,200 mAh and 6,000 mAh batteries on the 8-inch and 9.7-inch variants respectively. Everything is packed under bodies that are only 7.5 mm thick.

Both tablets support wireless charging like the Galaxy S6, and as can be seen in the pictures, they also seem to run on the latest version of TouchWiz, which Samsung says is less bloated and more optimized than previous versions. More information on the Galaxy Tab A should be cropping up as the day goes by, so be sure to tune back in to SamMobile for all the nitty-gritty details.

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Rogers halts Galaxy S5 Lollipop update, says “minor bugs and issues” are to blame

We reported two weeks ago that Android Lollipop, Google’s latest OS update that’s been making its way worldwide and into the North American continent (US), had finally come north of the US border to Canadian Galaxy S5 users. Bell announced the update on its own website, but no other carriers had published an official announcement at the time.

Today, we’ve received word from Koodo Mobile that Lollipop has now arrived for its Galaxy S5 users, with a build as recent as 6 days ago (March 10). Rogers started pushing the update around the same time as Bell, but has currently halted the update.

The circumstances surrounding the halt come from a Rogers Galaxy S5 user who downloaded Lollipop onto his Galaxy S5 but experienced a reboot loop problem upon installing the new update. The update loaded onto the device, but he contacted Rogers about the problem. In turn, the carrier sent him a replacement device.

Upon receiving the new Galaxy S5 replacement, he set about configuring the device, logging into his Gmail account, and so on. This time, upon preparing to download Lollipop, things didn’t go as planned: there was no update, the screen said that he was on the current update (at 4.4 KitKat). Over the last week or so, he’s continued to attempt the download, but hasn’t seen anything hinting that the device will receive Lollipop.

Today, it was discovered that the individual will not receive Android 5.0 anytime soon because There were issues with the update so it has been removed from the FOTA server, a Rogers representative said at the GS5 user’s Reddit post. As for when Rogers Galaxy S5 users can expect the update? Samsung is working on a fix as we speak, but we don’t have any additional details as to when it will be re-released, the representative said.

So, if you’ve been wanting to grab the latest update, there’s no need at this point. Hopefully, Koodo Mobile users will have better luck.

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Samsung reportedly targets 60 million TV sales in 2015

A report out of Taiwan claims that Samsung Electronics aims to grow its TV sales target from 50 million in 2014 to 60 million in 2015. This will allow the company to increase profits amid lower sales from Samsung Display. By selling more TVs this year the company will also increase its influence in the TV market. The report claims Samsung has increased TV panel orders to suppliers in China and Taiwan which include Innolux, AU Optronics, BOE and China Star Optoelectronics Technology.

The company will mainly source 39.5, 48, 50, 55 and 65 inch LCD TV panels most of which are likely to be Ultra HD or 4K. These panels will be used in new units which will be released in the second quarter of this year. Panel makers in China and Taiwan expect that Samsung will purchase 33 million panels this year which will account for 55% of its overall TV panel demand.

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Galaxy S6, S6 edge US launch date rumored for April 11th

At Samsung’s recent announcement, the company said that April 10th would be the launch date of the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. This date meant, at the time, that Samsung would release their 2015 Galaxy S models just one day earlier than it released the Galaxy S5 in 2014 (GS5 release date: April 11th).

A new rumor says that Samsung will release the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in the US a day later than the company originally planned, April 11, 2015 – which matches the release date of last year’s model. The same source has said that a Samsung representative has informed him that Samsung representatives are currently traveling across the US to demo the products so that retail store employees can inform the consumer public about them. Both S6 models will arrive at all four major US carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) on that date.

We’ve mentioned the impressive spec sheets of both devices numerous times here at SamMobile, focusing on the new aluminum 6013 metal, Gorilla Glass 4 casing, and 5MP front and 16MP back cameras with f/1.9 aperture, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t note that Samsung’s devices also come with the company’s own Exynos 7420 processor – a first for the Galaxy S line in the US.

Samsung has always partnered with Qualcomm in the States for the release of its Galaxy S devices, but overheating issues with the Snapdragon 810 – despite LG’s attempts to downplay it in the G Flex 2 – along with a number of tech journalists internationally who’ve attested to the rumored overheating issues, influenced Samsung to utilize its own Exynos processor for the American variant(s) of its Galaxy S line.

The Galaxy S6 will come in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB memory storage versions and retail for $699 (32GB), $799 (64GB), and $899 (128GB), respectively. The Galaxy S6 edge will come in the same memory storage versions and retail for $849 (32GB), $949 (64GB), and $1,049 (128GB).

Top-ranked US carrier Verizon Wireless plans to accept pre-orders for both Galaxy S6 models on April 1st. UK residents can pre-order the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge right now, but it would be wise to pick up some Trident and Otterbox cases beforehand – whether or not you can pre-order at the moment.

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