Samsung to offer attractive discounts on Galaxy S8 and other devices in India

India’s largest online retailers, Flipkart and Amazon, have announced year’s biggest shopping events to capitalize on the festival season. While Flipkart will run ‘The Big Billion Days Sale’ from October 10 to October 14, its chief rival Amazon India will have ‘The Great Indian Shopping Festival’ during the same period. Samsung has teamed up with both the shopping portals to offer attractive discounts on a wide range of products, including its flagship smartphones from last year.

Flipkart will sell the Galaxy S8 64 GB variant for ₹29,990 (~$400) during the 5-day sale, while Amazon will offer the Galaxy Note 8 for ₹43,990 (~$590) during the same period. Both these prices are the lowest ever for these models in India and can be brought down even further with bank offers. Buyers can also avail No Cost EMI and Exchange offers to sweeten the deal even more.

Discounts on Galaxy On series phones as well

Samsung will also offer substantial discounts on many of its other products. Flipkart will have the Galaxy On6 64 GB for ₹11,990, Galaxy Tab A T335Y for ₹11,999, Gear Fit 2 Pro for ₹8,999, and more. Amazon India, on the other hand, will sell the Galaxy A8+ for ₹23,990 and Galaxy S9 for ₹42,990. It is also offering discounts on a wide range of online-exclusive Galaxy On series phones as well.

This isn’t the first time Samsung is trying to aggressively sell its last year’s flagship models at discounted prices. The company did something similar last year as well with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Though the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 are more than a year old, both of them are still very capable devices and will easily best many of the newer midrange models priced similarly. Buying them at these discounted prices, particularly the Galaxy S8, is definitely not a bad idea for those on a tight budget.

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Three Galaxy S10 models have now been certified in China

It has been reported multiple times that Samsung will launch three Galaxy S10 models next year. We confirmed their model numbers three weeks ago – SM-G970F, SM-G975F and SM-G973F. These three models have now received their certification from the China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology or CMIIT.

This is the first certification for Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone. CMIIT received these devices for inspection on September 25.

Three Galaxy S10 models receive certification in China

CMIIT has certified the three Galaxy S10 models bearing model numbers – SM-G9700, SM-G9730 and SM-G9750. The “0” at the end denotes that these models are intended for the Chinese market. The certification doesn’t confirm much about the devices other than just reiterating their model numbers.

Reports suggest that the SM-G970 and SM-G973 models will both feature a 5.8-inch display with single and dual rear cameras respectively. The SM-G975 will most likely be the device with five cameras – three at the back and two up front. The rumored 6.44-inch display will also be present on this model. It’s unclear if there will be design differences between these handsets.

Samsung is also reportedly preparing a separate 5G variant of the largest Galaxy S10 model. It may only be offered in select markets like the United States and South Korea without a separate model number. That’s because there aren’t a lot of markets where commercial 5G networks will be operational by early next year.

We can expect to see additional certifications for these three Galaxy S10 models to come up in the next few weeks. Samsung won’t be confirming much about the Galaxy S10 in this period. It will properly unveil its upcoming flagship smartphone early next year.

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Samsung has a neat solution for those who dislike software navigation keys

Here’s something interesting we discovered on the new Galaxy A7. Samsung has implemented a neat feature for those who don’t like the software navigation keys taking up screen space on their smartphones. On the Galaxy A7, you can permanently hide the navigation bar and use gestures for accessing the home, back, and recent apps actions. Confused? Allow us to explain.

Access software navigation keys without seeing them on-screen

On Samsung devices with Infinity displays, there’s an option to add a little dot in the navigation bar and then double tap this dot to hide or show the navigation bar. Hiding the bar allows for more usable screen estate, and one can simply swipe up from the bottom of the device to access the navigation bar when needed. On the Galaxy A7, though, you have a new option: Swiping up from the bottom of the screen while the navigation bar is hidden will instantly trigger the back, home, or recents key actions.

You will permanently see three small blobs at the bottom of the screen and you can swipe from each of these blobs for the respective actions. So, by default, a swipe up from the left blob will bring up the recent apps screen, while a swipe up from the rightmost blob will take you back. The middle blob, naturally, will take you to the home screen. These blobs can also be disabled if you wish (by toggling the ‘Gesture hints’ option). The only problem is that if you enable the key gestures and hide the navigation bar, the navigation bar can only be brought back by taking a trip into the display settings.

Again, if you don’t like the navigation bar taking up some part of the screen, these gestures are quite useful. Hopefully, Samsung will bring the same feature to existing devices via software updates. What do you think about the gestures functionality Samsung has implemented on the Galaxy A7?

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Latest Galaxy A5 (2017) update for India brings October security patch

The latest Galaxy A5 (2017) update for India is now rolling out. The firmware update brings the October 2018 security patch that Samsung detailed a few days back. This month’s security maintenance release has already been released for the Galaxy Note 9. It will eventually start rolling out for more devices in the coming days.

Latest Galaxy A5 (2017) update for India

The security patch for the month of October 2018 includes fixes from both Samsung and Google. There are fixes for a dozen critical vulnerabilities discovered in the Android OS in addition to fixes for many high and moderate-risk vulnerabilities. Samsung has fixed 11 vulnerabilities in its own software as well with this security maintenance release.

The Galaxy A5 (2017) is now receiving firmware version A520FXXU7CRID in India. It bumps up the security patch level to October 2018. There’s not much in the way of new features with this update. It’s an incremental update after all so the device remains on Android 8.0 Oreo.

Those who own the Galaxy A5 (2017) in India will now be able to download the update manually from the Settings » Software update menu on the phone. They can choose to wait for the update notification which should arrive soon as well if it hasn’t already. It’s also available for download from our firmware section.

Samsung will also be rolling out the October 2018 security patch to more devices in the coming days. The Galaxy A5 (2017) will also receive this update in other markets in the not too distant future.

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Samsung sends Fortnite supply drops to popular streamers in its latest marketing ploy

Samsung has been trying very hard to communicate the gaming capabilities of the Galaxy Note 9 since its launch in August. It all started with Fortnite’s Android debut as a timed-exclusive on the company’s flagship Galaxy devices. The collaboration also resulted in an attractive free Fortnite V-Bucks promotion for the Galaxy Note 9 and Tab S4 users.

Even after Fortnite being available for other Android devices, Samsung continues to bank on the popularity of the game to market the Galaxy Note 9. Last month, the company announced a Fortnite contest for the Galaxy Note 9 and Tab S4 users in the US in collaboration with the famous Fortnite streamer Ninja. It was followed by a new Fortnite-themed Galaxy commercial earlier this month.

Samsung pitching the Galaxy Note 9 to the gamers again

As part of its latest marketing ploy, the Korean company has sent real-life Fortnite supply drops to popular YouTubers and Fortnite streamers Ninja, HarryKane, Ali-A, and SSSniperwolf. These Fortnite packages include a Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy-branded Fortnite goodies like a cap, a phone case, posters, etc. The contents of each box are slightly different as they are custom-designed for the recipient.

Samsung always targeted power users with its Galaxy Note lineup. However, this time the company is going after the gamers in most of its promotions. Whether this a momentary shift or a fundamental change in the target audience for the Galaxy Note series remains to be seen.

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Samsung W2019 flip phone gets certified with Android 8.1 Oreo

The Samsung W2019 flip phone is expected to be launched soon. Samsung launches a flagship flip phone annually for customers in China and it has another one in the pipeline. The existing W2018 was launched in December 2017. If history is any indication then the W2019 will also be launched around the same time this year.

Some of the flip phone’s specs will be similar to that of Samsung’s recent flagship smartphones. It will reportedly be powered by a Snapdragon 845 processor and feature a dual rear camera setup.

Samsung W2019 flip phone will ship with Android 8.1 Oreo

The Samsung W2019 running Android 8.1 Oreo has now received its Wi-Fi certification. It can thus be taken as a strong indication that the handset will ship with this version of Oreo. That’s not surprising as Samsung would have hardly launched it with Android 9 Pie pre-installed. However, the handset will eventually receive the Pie update as well in 2019.

No further information about the SM-W2019 has been revealed by this listing. We have already told you that Samsung has the firmware for this device in development. The detailed specs are as yet unavailable but they should start leaking out in the coming weeks.

The Samsung W2019 flip phone will be exclusive to China like all of its predecessors. There isn’t really that big of a market elsewhere for this form factor. Samsung can’t be expected to offer the W2019 in any market other than China. The launch itself remains a mystery for now as Samsung hasn’t dropped any hints about it so far.

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You can access and manage your Samsung Cloud account in a browser

Over the weekend, Samsung France revealed some of the features and changes that Android 9.0 Pie will bring to Samsung smartphones. One interesting little nugget in there was that Samsung Cloud can be accessed in a web browser. It’s unclear how long this has been available, but you can now manage your Samsung Cloud data using a browser on a desktop PC or laptop.

Samsung Cloud management possible in a desktop browser

It’s simple, really. You just visit this website and then login with your Samsung account credentials to see all the data saved on Samsung Cloud. Much of the data, such as messages and contacts, can only be deleted from the browser. You can, however, download items such as your synced gallery pictures. Samsung’s 15GB of free storage isn’t great for backing up photos, but if you have opted for paid higher storage plans, you might like the idea of being able to download some or all of those pictures on your computer.

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