World’s first upright piano made entirely of Samsung tablets spreads cheer in London

Classically-trained pianist Myleene Klass spread Christmas cheer at London’s Spitalfields Market using the world’s first upright piano that’s made entirely out of Samsung tablets. This piano is made with over 100 of the company’s latest tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2, and in proved to perform quite well under the able hands of Myleene Klass. “The Samsung Tab S2 piano is a real first and nothing like I’ve ever played before,” she said.

Vice President of IT & Mobile at Samsung Electronics UK & Ireland Conor Pierce extolled the virtues of the Galaxy Tab S2, saying that it’s a tablet designed for those who want an ultra-slim tablet that helps them explore new content wherever they might be, even if in the middle of the bustling Spitalfields market in London. It’s a pretty interesting way to promote its latest tablet, passers-by would have certainly doubled back to see the contraption, and perhaps it may even have convinced some of them to give Samsung’s new tablet a chance.

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Samsung rumored to release four models of the Galaxy S7

In just a couple of months from now Samsung is due to unveil the Galaxy S7 most likely that the Mobile World Congress 2016 in February, the company has unveiled previous S series handsets in line with MWC as well, so there’s no reason to believe that it’s going to stray from tradition this time around. For now there’s no concrete evidence to support that Samsung will release multiple models of the Galaxy S7, but a new rumor claims that as many as four models of the Galaxy S7 will be released.

As per the rumor Samsung is going to release the Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 Edge, the Galaxy S7 Edge Plus and the Galaxy S7 Plus, however no model numbers have been revealed as yet to support this claim. Per our information there’s only the SM-G930 and SM-G935 in the pipeline right now, or the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, the most we can expect is the Galaxy S7 Active which may not arrive until a few months after MWC 2016 and like its predecessors may only be limited to AT&T in the United States. Take this rumor with a big dose of salt as there’s no concrete evidence as yet to support this claim.

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T-Mobile offering $75 discount on the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Note 5

The holiday season is a great time to get great discounts on some of the best products and both the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 fit that description. T-Mobile is offering a good discount on the handsets, $75 to be precise, the promo code can be used on any internal storage variant of the two smartphones.

The carrier mentions that this deal is only available for a limited time so those who are interested in picking up the Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy Note 5 for less shouldn’t really waste any time. All they need to do is use the DEAL75OFF promo code upon check out after picking out either the Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy Note 5 which costs $624.99 and $504.99 respectively after discount.

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Samsung Pay will take you to see Usher this New Year’s Eve

Samsung has been using a variety of methods to promote Samsung Pay adoption, we’ve even seen it offer cold hard cash if you activated Samsung Pay in the United States, and now it’s running yet another promotion for precisely that purpose. Samsung Pay users in the United State get a chance to be treated to an “exclusive, special performance and private New Year’s Eve party” featuring Usher in Los Angeles. As part of this promotion the company has also launched a Samsung Pay nationwide shopping experience at 50 malls across the country where customers can try out and activate the mobile payments service on their supported handsets.

Those who activate Samsung Pay at one of its 50 mall locations from December 10 through December 21 will be given the chance to win two round-trip tickets to Los Angeles with hotel accommodations and access to a New Year’s Eve concert and party. Unfortunately this promotion doesn’t consider those who have already activated the payments service on their handset. The Samsung Pay mall experience will remain in place till January 10 so that the most number of shoppers can learn more about this service and activate it. List of participating mall locations is available on the Samsung Promotions website.

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Buy One, Get One Samsung smartphone free at AT&T

If you’re in the market for a new Samsung smartphone perhaps you might want to consider the promotion that AT&T has just launched. The carrier’s Buy One, Get One free promotion is now live and it covers the “most popular smartphones” on its network. Supported handsets include the Galaxy S6, the Galaxy S6 edge, the Galaxy S6 edge+, the Galaxy S6 Active and the Galaxy Note 5.

Those who opt for this promotion will need to pick up both devices on AT&T’s Next installment plan, the free handset is going to be covered by 30 bill credits of $21.67 each, which comes out to $650. AT&T will apply these bill credits within 3 bills, customers will also need to get a Mobile Share Value plan of at least $70 per month on both phones in order to be eligible for this promotion. If the service is cancelled before it’s up then customers will have to pay off the balance of the second phone. This means that customers will be locked to AT&T for 30 months if they want to keep the second phone for free so only those who wouldn’t mind being stuck to this carrier for 30 months should consider it.

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Samsung rumored to be developing new virtual assistant for mobile devices

Virtual assistants on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have proven to be quite useful, look no further than Apple’s Siri, which compelled companies like Microsoft to come up with alternatives like Cortana. Samsung has its own assistant in the form of S Voice though it’s not nearly as powerful as those options, but the company is rumored to be fixing that.

According to a new rumor Samsung has started developing a new virtual assistant for its mobile devices, it’s also claimed that the assistant will be based on the S Voice app however it will feature a much more powerful search feature as well as clever notifications. Nothing else is known about this rumored virtual assistant at this point in time, seeing as how the company has a habit of launching major new software features alongside new hardware, it won’t be wrong to assume that the new assistant may be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S7 at MWC in February 2016.

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Samsung leads AMOLED panel market share as demand grows

Remember the claim made by an analyst that Samsung will exit the smartphone market in 5 years? Here’s a new piece of evidence that shows the 5-year claim to be far from the truth. Over double the number of mobile display panels shipped in Q3 2015 as opposed to a year earlier, with 79 million mobile display panels shipped in the Q3. Panel shipments were up 35% from Q2, in part due to Samsung’s own Galaxy Note 5 (August 13th) and Gear S2 smartwatch (September) product unveils. Both Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 and Gear S2 smartwatch boast AMOLED displays, however, and Samsung’s decision to go with AMOLED has led to an increase in AMOLED panel shipments. Of the 79 million mobile display shipments in the quarter, AMOLED panels counted for 18%.

The increase in AMOLED display production has much to do with Samsung, whose affiliate, Samsung Display, has produced the AMOLED displays that have powered Samsung Electronics’ own Galaxy-branded devices, and Samsung will have an even bigger role in AMOLED display production in the next few years. The largest new rumor surrounded AMOLED displays concerns Samsung’s Cupertino rival Apple Inc., who is rumored to consider substituting its tried-and-true LCD panels for AMOLED displays in 2018 when the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus enter the consumer market. HTC has also been rumored to use AMOLED displays in its lineup, and the HTC One A9 is the start of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s AMOLED trend. Vivo, UMi, and Gionee have also turned to AMOLED displays, with Vivo using them in the newly announced X6 and X6 Plus, the Gionee S6, and the UMi Rome (a $90 handset) all featuring them.

Top Chinese smartphone and wearable manufacturer Xiaomi is rumored to have an AMOLED panel lined up for its Mi 5 smartphone, and Huawei will continue its trend of AMOLED reliance in its P9 smartphone as it did with Google’s flagship, the Nexus 6P. The Nexus 6P uses a Samsung AMOLED panel. In addition to leading the mobile display panel market share, Samsung also led the overall smartphone display panel market with 38.5% market share, compared to fellow Seoul rival LG Display’s 13.8%.

Due to Android OEMs and their growing interest in AMOLED displays, and Samsung at the forefront of AMOLED panel production, one can surmise just how much Samsung will financially benefit from this overwhelming demand. With the rise of AMOLED panels, though, Samsung is being validated for its choice to utilize the panel type – and LCD screens, though holding what many deem to be accurate color reproduction, aren’t yet complete when it comes to viewing the entire color gamut. All this is to say that, regardless of some critic’s wishful thinking, the Korean giant, like Tizen, is here to stay.

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