Samsung opens Galaxy Note 7 pop-up stores in Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Samsung has opened two pop-up stores in the Netherlands — one in Amsterdam, and the other in Rotterdam — to give potential customers a taste of what its recently-announced flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, has to offer before its delayed launch in bricks-and-mortar stores on Friday, September 9.

Those who attend the pop-up stores will also have an opportunity to try out the brand new edition of the Gear VR in a rollercoaster simulator that looks like it’s guaranteed to make you vomit. It’s called Icarus and is essentially just a chair that rotates 360-degrees in sync to the video playing on the headset.

After playing around with the Galaxy Note 7, atendees will be given the option to pre-order the handset. If they choose to do so, they’ll have the facility to pick it up from the pop-up store first thing in the morning on September 9, which saves them the hassle of having to wait at home all day for the package to arrive.

If you’re based in either of the two cities and would like to head over to the pop-up stores, be sure to check out details below:

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Amsterdam

Address: Kalverstraat 101

Time:

• Monday — 12:00 to 18:30
• Tuesday — 11:00 to 18:30
• Wednesday: 11:00 to 18:30
• Thursday: 11:00 to 21:00
• Friday: 11:00 to 18:30
• Saturday: 10:00 to 18:30
• Sunday: 12:00 to 18:30

Date: Thursday, August 25, to Sunday, September 11

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Rotterdam

Address: Beurstraverse 178

Time:

• Monday — 12:00 to 18:30
• Tuesday — 11:00 to 18:30
• Wednesday: 11:00 to 18:30
• Thursday: 11:00 to 21:00
• Friday: 11:00 to 21:00
• Saturday: 10:00 to 18:30
• Sunday: 12:00 to 18:30

Date: Thursday, August 25, to Sunday, September 11

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More specs of Samsung’s next high-end flip phone revealed

We have known for a couple of months now that Samsung is developing a new high-end flip phone codenamed “Veyron.” It’s going to be the successor of the SM-2016 high-end clamshell phone that was released in China last year. The SM-W2017 was spotted on Geekbench a couple of days ago and that revealed some specifications of the handset. It has now made a stop at AnTuTu benchmark where more specs have been revealed.

Aside from its 4.2-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution display, the AnTuTu benchmark result shows that it’s powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. It also features a 12-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front camera. It could be the same camera setup you find in the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy Note 7. The handset will be powered by Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. These specs make it clear that the SM-W2017 is certainly going to be a flagship in its own right but given that there’s isn’t a big enough market for flip phones outside of China, it will most likely be exclusive to the People’s Republic.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge giveaway goes live on the SamMobile Shop

Here is your chance to get one of the best smartphones Samsung has ever made for free. Entries for the international Samsung Galaxy S7 edge giveaway are now open on the SamMobile Shop. Enter now for a chance to win this amazing smartphone for free only via the SamMobile Shop. If you’ve forgot what this handset is capable of check out our review of the Galaxy S7 edge.

The giveaway is open to all those who are aged 21 or older at the time of entry. However, residents of Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Japan, Spain, and Czech Republic are not eligible to enter the giveaway. To enter, head over to the giveaway page on the SamMobile Shop and follow all onscreen instructions to complete the entry form. You can get an additional entry in the giveaway when you send the giveaway page to a friend by following the additional entry instructions on the screen. For you to get the additional entry your friend has to enter the giveaway through your referral. Entries for the giveaway are open until October 8 after which the winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the Samsung Cloud storage service

Samsung announced the launch of a new cloud storage service called Samsung Cloud alongside the Galaxy Note 7 earlier this month. It makes switching to a new phone or restoring an older device very easy. All Galaxy Note 7 owners get 15GB of storage for free. This is different from the Samsung Cloud Together app that’s great for managing all cloud storage services and locking secure images on your device.

Samsung Cloud provides users with a backup and restoration option that works without needing any USB cables. It works continuously to back up native apps like Notes, Contacts and Calendar as well as some third-party applications. Users can restore all of the backups on a new device and basically pick up right where they left off on a new phone. If Auto Backup for Messages is enabled on one smartphone users can restore the backed-up messages later from Samsung Cloud on another device that’s sharing the same Samsung Account.

The service has also been designed to back up the home screen and user settings. Even if a user loses their old device all of their shortcuts and layout settings can be easily restored. When Auto Backup is enabled the handset will automatically upload information to Samsung Cloud over Wi-Fi once every 24 hours provided that the handset’s screen is off and it has been connected to a power source for at least an hour.

It’s also possible to sync photos and videos with Samsung Cloud. When photo syncing is activated all pictures taken recently will be uploaded and shared across all connected devices as long as the device is connected to Wi-Fi or a data network. Synced photos and videos will be accessible via the Gallery app and will be updated to match the albums of the synced device. It’s also possible to sync selected albums if users do not want to share all images and videos across all of their devices.

Even though Samsung Cloud was launched alongside the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung is bringing it to the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge as well. Updated are gradually being rolled out for both handsets which bring Samsung Cloud.

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Galaxy Note 7 supply shortage should be temporary, company says

The Galaxy Note 7 is experiencing supply difficulties.

That is a statement that it seems unusual to say, considering that the Galaxy Note lineup hasn’t had this type of unprecedented success since its inception in 2011. Between the Galaxy Note series and the Galaxy S lineup, it’s been obvious which one sells the best — but Samsung’s latest feature-packed phablet with its intelligent S Pen is making waves. First, there’s the “outstanding” pre-orders in Canada (where the Galaxy Note 7 costs as much as $1,049.99); then, there are the doubling pre-orders in Korea (which has, no doubt, made Samsung all smiles these days).

Though there has been little if any official word on Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders in the US, I’ve heard a number of testimonies from T-Mobile customers in particular that Galaxy Note 7s are in short supply at some retail stores. With car accidents, fights, and disgruntled customers being some of the normal happenings for the US pre-order launch, perhaps we’d do well to call the Galaxy Note 7 “the Pokemon Go of smartphones” (though it is my wish that we do not).  Blue Coral Galaxy Note 7s, in particular, are out of stock, with only Black Onyx and Silver Titanium colors remaining for many consumers — that is, unless they’d rather wait another 4-6 weeks.

A new report out of Reuters says that huge, unprecedented Galaxy Note 7 demand is outstripping supply (which explains the rising numbers of unfortunate countries that are facing delays, such as The Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine, and Malaysia (the victim of launch rescheduling), to name a few. The fear is, as it was in the days of the Galaxy S6 edge shortage in 2015, that Samsung will lose business if it does not fix the supply issue and appease customers.

And yet, it seems that Samsung isn’t having a problem with curved display production (which was the issue last year); instead, Samsung is simply seeing an overwhelming order of Galaxy Note 7 phablets that has never happened in Note series history. The issue pertains to boosting production, which Samsung has said it’s doing to meet the growing demand. The Galaxy Note 7 supply shortage should be temporary.

Analysts have said that Samsung could ship as many as 12 million Galaxy Note 7 phablets this year, but Reuters now says that the original number could go as high as 15 million.

Why is this demand so high? because Samsung has discovered what consumers want in the next-generation Galaxy Note. 2016 isn’t over yet, but Galaxy Note fans (and Samsung) can take cues from Lil’ Wayne, pour the champagne and propose a toast.

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Samsung reportedly increasing OLED production ahead of curved iPhone release in 2017

Samsung has reportedly started installing new production equipment at a plant in Korea as it gears up production to supply OLED displays to Apple. Its rival has never before used an OLED display for the iPhone and it’s expected to break with tradition in 2017. A recent report from Nikkei Asian Review suggested that Apple will launch three iPhones next year one of which is going to be a premium handset with a 5.5-inch or larger display that’s curved on two sides much like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Samsung has long been rumored to be one of the major OLED suppliers, if not the only, for Apple. Chosun Biz reports that the company is now installing new equipment at its A3 OLED plant in South Chungcheong province in order to increase OLED production. Samsung currently produces around 40,000 mother glasses per month which are good for 9 million 5-inch display panels. It’s expected that with production being increased this figure could climb to 120,000 mother glasses for 30 million panels. The company uses OLED displays in its smartphones as well so it certainly needs to increase production capacity to make sure that its demand is also met and it can make money by selling its superior displays to Apple as well.

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Digital Europe awards UHD certification to Samsung’s entire 2016 SUHD TV lineup

Earlier today, Samsung revealed that all of its 2016 SUHD TVs have been granted Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV certification from Digital Europe, which is one of the most influential and reputable organizations representing the digital technology industry in the continent.

Achieving certification from Digital Europe is no easy task, so Samsung should definitely consider this as an achievement as only the best and most reliable Ultra High Definition TVs on the market are entitled to bear the European UHD TV and Consumer Technology Association (CTA) labels.

Having the CTA branding on the box of the product will separate Samsung’s SUHD TVs from the competition as it will provide customers with additional confidence that they’re spending their money on a reliable piece of technology, and not something that didn’t undergo thorough quality testing before it hit the shelves.

The European UHD TV and CTA labels will be on display on Samsung’s SUHD TVs at this year’s IFA exhibition in Berlin, Germany.

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