4TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD specs and price appears online

Samsung is yet to announce a 4TB 850 EVO SSD but it appears that this SSD may be out soon. It’s already listed for sale on Adorama which is one of the largest photography and video retailers in the world. It’s the only online retailer that’s listed the 4TB 850 EVO SSD so far, even though an official announcement has not yet been made a revised EVO 850 data sheet from May 2016 does mention the 4TB model so it won’t be surprising when it’s released in the near future.

This 4TB SSD utilizes 3D TLC (3 bit) V-NAND with a maximum speed of 98,000/90,000 4K random read and write IOPS as well as up to 540/520 MBps of sequential read and write throughput. The big selling point here is the fact that Samsung has been able to cram in 4TB of capacity in the standard 2.5-inch form factor with just 7mm thickness. Attempts to purchase the SSD don’t go through as Adorama says that the SSD is on back order but it’s likely that Samsung will provide information about the release soon. The 4TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD is priced at $1,499.

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Samsung reveals how it fosters innovation within its ranks

Samsung introduced its Creative Lab (C-Lab) innovation program earlier this year, it enables the company’s employees to develop their own business ideas. It has showcased nearly a dozen C-Lab projects up till now and has even launched five projects as proper companies. Samsung is now providing us with a closer look by taking us on a virtual tour of the C-Lab

The Creative Lab was set up to allow Samsung employees to work on their own business ideas and to give them the time and resources they need to develop that idea into a production. The only pre-requisite for a C-Lab project is that it has to be genuinely innovative, it doesn’t matter if the idea does not fit within an existing area of business for Samsung, the company promises its employees full support to develop that idea into a new product or service. Employees are allowed to dedicate themselves to their projects 100 percent as Samsung allows them to take between six months and a full year away from their usual jobs to spend it working on their projects.

Samsung says that it created the C-Lab back in 2012 based on the experiences the company’s management had in Silicon Valley. The management saw that the entire business environment was changing and that the startup scene was particularly doing well because they were not held back by the intricacies of a global conglomerate. That’s what made it decide to launch C-Lab and also make some changes in the way it conducts business to become more of a startup instead of a boring corporate giant. Hierarchical systems do not govern C-Lab projects, each team has a leader and project members and that’s it. This enables everyone to get their hands dirty so to speak and work together on projects to meet shared goals. C-Lab workers are also told that failure isn’t a bad thing and that it’s a part of the exploration process that some of the most innovative companies on the planet go through.

Any Samsung employee can suggest an idea for a C-Lab project which is then screened based on how innovative, specific, and marketable they are. In the voting stage, voters decide which projects should move to the next stage. The projects then go through a final review by experts before the final presentation where a selected audience plays the role of venture capitalists and decide whether or not they would invest in a project. Up to 20 projects are selected every year using this process and they become official C-Lab projects. When projects are completed, those that are closely related to Samsung’s existing businesses like home appliances or TVs are transferred to each division for further development before market launch. Those that don’t fit into Samsung’s existing divisions are provided support to launch as an independent company and Samsung also invests money to help those employees launch their business.

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Samsung launches its first P6 LED display in Madrid’s Plaza del Callao

Samsung has today revealed that it teamed up with Super 8, founders of City Lights, to complete the first commercial installation of its P6 display in Madrid’s Plaza del Callao in June. The panel itself measures in at 6 meters by 37 meters, and has been strategically positioned on the exterior of one of the plaza’s tallest buildings in the heart of the shopping and entertainment district to gain attention from an estimated 51,000 cars each day and 113 million people per year; making it the perfect platform for the South Korean company to promote its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

The P6 LED is Samsung’s highest-quality advertising panel to date. It features an enhanced resolution of 960 x 5760 pixels, which produces deeper contrast and a significantly wider viewing angle than the firm’s previous generation of super-sized displays. The P6 is the first monitor on the market of its size to feature a high-resolution Surface Mount Diode (SMD) board and cabinet structure. These work hand-in-hand to extend the signage’s lifespan and provide continuous performance for up to 100,000 hours (11 years). Integrated temperature control and ventilation management systems also reduce energy consumption.

It’s currently a mystery as to where Samsung will install its next P6 LED, but it’s nice to see the panel finally hit the streets. Over the course of the next few weeks, the manufacturer will review advertising applications from local businesses in Plaza del Callao. If approved, their captivating adverts will be displayed on the board, reaching hundreds of passersby at any given moment of the day.

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Samsung Pay will finally be accepted in Shinsegae department stores

Despite first launching in South Korea back in August, Samsung has only just managed to reach an agreement with the region’s largest retail firm Shinsegae that’ll see its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay, accepted in all of the company’s fifteen nationwide bricks-and-mortar stores. Unfortunately, a specific launch date remains unknown, but an official claims that representatives will be meeting next month to determine a suitable distribution schedule.

The Shinsegae Group also runs a handful of other extremely popular stores in the region, including US coffeehouse chain Starbucks, which would prove to be extremely profitable for Samsung Pay. However, it’s believed that in order to have its platform accepted in these additional third-party stores, Samsung will first have to introduce compatibility for SSG Pay, a mobile payment solution run by Shinsegae, both in its physical and online shops.

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Verizon-bound Galaxy Note 7 surfaces on Geekbench

Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 early next month and so far we’ve seen a lot of rumors and leaks concerning this flagship handset. Another version of this handset has been spotted on the Geekbench benchmark database, it’s the Verizon-bound SM-N930V though it appears to be a test unit for the largest carrier in the United States.

The benchmark result shows that this SM-N930V is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor – the same processor that powers the Galaxy S7 - and is coupled with 4GB of RAM. However, we know from previous reports that the Galaxy Note 7 is going to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and Samsung’s Exynos 8893 processor in certain variants coupled with 6GB of RAM. The test unit could just be under testing on Verizon’s network so it doesn’t necessarily have the final specifications. Samsung is yet to announce when the Galaxy Note 7 is going to be unveiled but there’s some evidence to support the theory that it’s going to be announced on August 2nd.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 now available for pre-order in the US

The Galaxy Tab A 10.1, which was announced two months ago, is now available for pre-order in the US for $299.99 through Samsung’s official website. Only 16GB variant of the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 is available for pre-order as of now.

The Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) 10.1 features a 10.1-inch PLS LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, an 8-megapixel primary camera with ƒ/1.9 aperture, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera with ƒ/2.2 aperture. Both cameras can record 1080p videos. It runs Android 6.0, and is equipped with an octa-core Exynos 7870 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot.

It features dual-band Wi-Fi ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, a Micro-USB 2.0 port, and a 7300 mAh battery. The mid-range tablet from Samsung is available in two colors: Metallic Black and Pearl White. Shipping is free if you order from Samsung’s official web store, and it the estimated shipping time is 7-10 days.

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Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Neo with 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display is now official

After unveiling the Galaxy J2 (2016) and the Galaxy J Max, Samsung has listed a new entry-level Android smartphone on its official website, the Galaxy J1 Ace Neo.

Samsung South Africa has listed the Galaxy J1 Ace Neo (SM-J111) on its official website. The smartphone features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It uses a 1.5GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC8830 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage, and a microSD card slot.

Samsung has equipped the Galaxy J1 Ace Neo with a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with ƒ/2.2 aperture, autofocus, LED flash, and HD video recording. There’s a 2-megapixel front-facing camera as well. It features one SIM card slot, LTE connectivity, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and microUSB 2.0 port.

The smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, which is a shame considering that it has been almost a year since Android 6.0 was released. There’s a 1900 mAh battery with Ultra Power Saving mode. The Galaxy J1 Ace Neo will be available in three colors: Black, Blue, and White.

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