Check out our new YouTube talk show and win a Galaxy Fit e!

We have been doing a lot of interesting things over on our official YouTube channel. You can find video reviews for several new devices there in addition to our weekly live shows. We have now launched a video series on the channel based on the talk show format titled 3 topics in 30 minutes.

A new episode of the show will be posted every week on our YouTube channel. As the name suggests, we will be talking about three main topics in half an hour. They will be related to Samsung devices and the general developments in the tech industry that may have implications for the Korean company.

The first episode in which we discuss Huawei’s ongoing troubles and what that means for Samsung is up. The other topics that were discussed include the Galaxy Tab S5e and the Galaxy S10. To celebrate the launch of this new show, we’re giving away a new Galaxy Fit e! This new activity tracker was launched three months ago and it offers some good health and fitness tracking features.

All you have to do for a chance to win the Galaxy Fit e is subscribe to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on the first 3 topics in 30 minutes video. Your comment can be a suggestion for us or your thoughts about the topics discussed. We hope that you will participate and check back weekly for new episodes of the show.

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Galaxy A50 gets price cut in India, Galaxy M30 goes on open sale

With multiple new phones launching in the next couple of weeks in India, Samsung has started making some room for them. The company has just slashed the prices of the Galaxy A50 and made the Galaxy M30 available via open sales. Launched in February this year, the Galaxy M30 could be purchased via flash sales only until today. Samsung also rolled out the Android Pie update for the device earlier today.

Galaxy A50 gets even more affordable

Packed with several premium features, the Galaxy A50 is the most value-for-money Samsung mid-ranger yet. And it just got more affordable. Samsung has slashed its prices in India by ₹1,500. The 4GB RAM variant is now available to buy at ₹18,490, whereas the 6GB variant now costs ₹21,490. The new prices are already live on Amazon India, Flipkart, and Samsung India’s official website, as well as offline retail stores.

The Galaxy M30, meanwhile, is the most premium Galaxy M smartphone so far, at least until the Galaxy M40 launches on June 11. It is one of the very few phones to come with a triple rear camera setup under ₹15,000 in India. However, Samsung opting for a flash sale model for the Galaxy M series meant the M30 was so far available on a first come, first served basis only.

Customers who missed the first sale had to wait until it was restocked at a later date. That’s changed now, as the handset is available via open sales. The Galaxy M30 is now listed as in-stock on Amazon India, Flipkart and Samsung store. It costs ₹14,990 for the 4GB+64GB variant, whereas the 6GB+128GB variant is priced at ₹17,990.

Galaxy M30

• Model: SM-M305F
• Dimensions: 159 x 75.1 x 8.4mm
• Display: 6.38"(162mm) LCD
• CPU: Exynos 7885
• Camera: 13 MP, CMOS

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Galaxy A50

• Model: SM-A505F
• Dimensions: 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7mm
• Display: 6.4"(162.1mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9610
• Camera: 25 MP, CMOS F1.7 & 5MP, CMOS F2.2 Depth & 8MP, CMOS F2.2 Ultrawide

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Hide your Galaxy S10’s display cutout with these Disney wallpapers

Samsung has introduced Galaxy S10 wallpapers based on Disney and Pixar characters that creatively hide the display’s camera cutout. Samsung teamed up with Disney last year to bring emoji characters based on popular Disney and Pixar movies like Wall-E and The Incredibles to the Galaxy S9’s AR Emoji feature, and it is now taking that partnership further with the new Galaxy S10 wallpapers.

These wallpapers are available for the Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 in the Galaxy Themes store. At the moment, there are five characters to choose from: Flash from Zootopia, Jack-Jack and Dash from The Incredibles, Olaf from Frozen, and good old Mickey Mouse. The Disney wallpapers are free for Galaxy S10 owners and can be accessed by tapping the Cutout wallpapers banner in the wallpaper section of the Galaxy Themes app.

Galaxy S10+ owners aren’t invited

Samsung hasn’t released any of these wallpapers for the Galaxy S10+, which is a shame considering the Galaxy S10+ is the costliest flagship the company sells at the moment (not counting the Galaxy S10 5G). Perhaps Samsung will fix that in the future with wallpapers that hide the wider camera punch hole on the S10+, but it’s not saying anything on that front just yet.

Thankfully, you can always grab a third-party app like this one to download from a wide variety of cutout wallpapers for your Galaxy S10+ (and for the S10e and S10 as well), including wallpapers based on Disney and Pixar properties.

Galaxy S10e

• Model: SM-G970F
• Dimensions: 69.9 x 142.2 x 7.9mm
• Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP, CMOS F1.5/F2.4 (77°) & 16MP, CMOS F2.2 (123°)Ultra Wide

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Galaxy S10

• Model: SM-G973F
• Dimensions: 70.4 x 149.9 x 7.8mm
• Display: 6.1"(157.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide

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Daily Deal: up to 47% off Samsung Wireless Charger Duo Fast Charge Stand

Charge two devices wirelessly at once! The Samsung Wireless Charger Duo Fast Charge Stand is perfect for use on your night stand or desk. It can simultaneously charge two phones or one phone and a smartwatch. Because it supports fast wireless charging, your phone might get a little hot, but fret not, as the charger comes with a built-in fan to keep things cool. For non-Samsung devices, it supports standard Qi wireless charging, making it compatible with plenty of smartphones out there.

At 47% off, this deal on the Samsung Wireless Charger Duo Fast Charge Stand is a real steal. Save yourself $46.99 and order one today while it’s still discounted using the Buy Now button below.

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Latest Galaxy S10 update has some serious bugs

Galaxy S10 owners are reporting numerous issues with the latest update (XXU1ASE5), the one that brings major improvements and new functionality to the camera and the May 2019 security patch. The most common complaint going around right now is a freezing issue with third-party apps. Apps like Twitter and Nova Launcher seem to be most affected, but the problem isn’t limited to these apps. We’ve had Twitter hang on our devices here at SamMobile as well, and since the app didn’t get an update in the Google Play Store recently, the phone’s software update is no doubt the culprit.

Issues include the phone freezing and requiring a restart

It’s not just apps that are freezing for many Galaxy S10 users. The phone itself freezes from time to time according to many of our readers who have reached out to us, and users on this Reddit thread and this XDA thread are reporting the same. The phone doesn’t seem to completely freeze for everyone – long pressing the power button brings up the power options, but the restart or power off buttons don’t respond, although the phone does eventually restart on its own. For some users, pressing the power button makes the screen go dark but doesn’t lock the device, while others say the fingerprint sensor stops responding now and then or becomes slow to unlock the device once a fingerprint is detected.

At this moment, there seems to be no solution for the freezing issues. A factory reset isn’t helping, so the new update is clearly broken; we’re not sure if Samsung has pulled the update from the air, but that’s something the company might want to do given the severity of the problems users are facing. For now, you should hold off from updating your Galaxy S10 if you haven’t already updated. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more reports of issues with the update, and we’ll let you know if and when Samsung rolls out a new update to fix them.

Are you facing problems with the latest update on your Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, or Galaxy S10+? Let us know in the comments down below!

Galaxy S10e

• Model: SM-G970F
• Dimensions: 69.9 x 142.2 x 7.9mm
• Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP, CMOS F1.5/F2.4 (77°) & 16MP, CMOS F2.2 (123°)Ultra Wide

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Galaxy S10

• Model: SM-G973F
• Dimensions: 70.4 x 149.9 x 7.8mm
• Display: 6.1"(157.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide

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Galaxy S10 Plus

• Model: SM-G975F
• Dimensions: 74.1 x 157.6 x 7.8mm
• Display: 6.4"(162.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5/F2.4 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide

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Samsung Galaxy M40 launches in India on June 11

After a successful run with the first three smartphones of the new Galaxy M series, Samsung is all set to introduce the fourth member. The Galaxy M40 was rumored to be launching in India in early June, and we finally have a concrete date. YouTuber Gaurav Chaudhary of Technical Guruji has published a first-look video of the Galaxy M40 revealing some exclusive details about the phone, including the launch date.

Galaxy M40 launches on June 11

The Galaxy M40 is the first Galaxy M smartphone to feature an Infinity-O display. It sports a cutout for the selfie camera on the top left corner of the display, similar to that of the Galaxy A8s. Also, it will be the first device in the series to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Snapdragon 675 SoC is paired with the Adreno 612 GPU, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The phone will come with Android 9 Pie out of the box.

The triple rear camera setup of the device is said to see significant improvements over the one found in the Galaxy M30 (review). And contrary to some of the rumors, the Galaxy M40 gets a capacitive fingerprint sensor and not an in-display optical fingerprint sensor.

The Galaxy M40 is expected to be priced somewhere around ₹20,000 (~$290). The Galaxy M30 costs ₹17,990 (~$250) for the 6GB+128GB model, so the M40’s rumored price would make it a very attractive proposition. June 11 is just a little over two weeks away, so it won’t be long before we get confirmed information on pricing and more details on the phone’s specs.

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Galaxy M30 Android Pie update rolling out in India

Samsung has released the Android Pie update for the Galaxy M30 in India. The company had announced that the Galaxy M10, M20 and M30 would be getting Pie on June 3, but the M30 update has been pushed a week early. The update comes with software version M305FDDU1BSEA, includes the May 2019 security patch, and is a 1144 MB download over the air.

The Galaxy M30 is getting a rather bare-bones version of Android Pie and One UI 1.1. One UI 1.1 debuted on the Galaxy S10 with features like Digital Wellbeing and Bixby Routines, and only the former has come to the Galaxy M30 with the Pie update. Other new functionality includes a system-wide Night mode, floating mode for the Samsung Keyboard app, Scene Optimizer for the camera app, and a few others, which you can see in the screenshot below. The update also adds Amazon Prime Video as a preloaded app while removing the LinkedIn and Microsoft Office apps.

Galaxy M30 owners in India can download Android Pie right away by going into the phone’s Settings app, tapping Software update, and selecting Download updates manually. We also have the Pie firmware for the device in our firmware database and you should be able to update via Samsung’s Smart Switch software for desktop PCs as well. We’ll let you know once the Galaxy M10 and M20 start getting Pie, so be sure to check back here on SamMobile later this week.

Have you received the Android Pie update on your Galaxy M30?

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