Posted by kunalg on 01 August 2013 at 5:47 With the original Galaxy S4 getting a processor bump to Snapdragon 800, how could the water resistant variant be left behind? A benchmark listing at GFXBench shows a Korean [...]
Galaxy S4 Active could also get Snapdragon 800 processor
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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Tizen 2.2 brings many interface enhancements, hardware back and menu button support
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 21:35 Whether you like it or not, and no matter what some "media personalities" might think, Tizen is under active development by Samsung and Intel, which resulted in version [...]
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Galaxy S4 mini to get three new colors: Scarlet Dawn, Bronze Autumn, and Blue Iceberg
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 21:58 Oh look, more color! This time, it's the Galaxy S4 mini that will be arriving with fresh paint jobs: hi-tech.mail.ru has published press photos of the Scarlet [...]
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AT&T Galaxy S III Premium Suite update rolling out, brings Multi-Window (Build UCDMG2)
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 21:00 Well, this is why carriers suck and should never be involved in the OS upgrade procedure: AT&T is finally rolling out the Premium Suite update for the Galaxy S [...]
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Samsung launches MangaCamera and Paper Artist apps for Windows Phone
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 19:31 Samsung isn't too focused on Windows Phone, with Nokia selling the bulk of devices based on Microsoft's young mobile operating system. Samsung's ATIV phones didn't [...]
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Samsung trademarks Samsung Micro, Samsung Go, and 5 more names
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 17:08 Well, Samsung is at it again: working on multiple new products that will be probably launched and forgotten by everyone. At least, that's what we can gather from the [...]
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Meet Samsung Hennessy: Clamshell quad-core phone with dual screens and hardware keypad
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 18:02 Do you fondly remember those days of flip phones with numeric keypads (that were great in letting you enter phone numbers quickly without having to open a dialer and [...]
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Water damage not covered in Galaxy S4 Active warranty
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 11:28 One of the biggest selling points of the Galaxy S4 Active, the ruggedized version of the Galaxy S4, is its ability to take pictures underwater, helped by its IP67 water-resistance certification. Samsung [...]
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Samsung speaks out against allegations of benchmark-rigging
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 11:47 Less than a day after Samsung was said to be using tweaks to make the Galaxy S4 score higher in benchmarks (by increasing the clock speed of the GPU when a benchmark [...]
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Review: ZENS wireless charging products
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Posted by DannyD on 31 July 2013 at 8:00 Earlier this month, we have received several products regarding wireless charging from a company called ZENS. ZENS claims that their wireless charging products are even more [...]
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Samsung announces dual-mode LTE Galaxy S4 and S4 mini variants
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 9:19 Samsung has today announced dual-mode LTE variants of the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini, adding two more Galaxy S4 variants to the laundry list of variants already in [...]
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Galaxy S III and Note II top consumer satisfaction list in the U.S.
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 8:58 The Samsung Galaxy S III and Note II are at the top of the list of phones with the highest level of customer satisfaction in the U.S., according to the American Consumer [...]
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Stock Android and TouchWiz will co-exist on Galaxy S4 with MoDaCo Switch
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 July 2013 at 8:04 Usually it's only possible to have either the stock manufacturer ROM running on a device or an AOSP (stock Android) one, but there are often times when someone loves [...]
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New Galaxy S4 mini variant for South Korea gets Bluetooth certification, exclusive to Korea Telecom
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 20:01 A new Galaxy S4 mini variant for South Korea has been found passing Bluetooth certification. Sporting model number SHV-E370K, it is supposedly exclusive to Korean carrier [...]
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Design patents reveal new smartphone design by Samsung
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 19:06 Ask anyone what's the worst thing about Samsung today, and they'll probably say it's their same old nature-inspired design that they are putting on every single phone [...]
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Samsung boosts Exynos Galaxy S4′s GPU clock speed to manipulate benchmark scores
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 16:29 Well, here's some surprising news. The folks over at AnandTech have discovered that the octa-core Exynos variant of the Galaxy S4 has a trick up its sleeves that lets [...]
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HTC results might move Samsung away from using expensive build materials
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Posted by DannyD on 30 July 2013 at 15:59 Today HTC confirmed that the coming quarter might be very bad for the Taiwanese smartphone maker. HTC launched the HTC One early this year, a smartphone made out of aluminium. [...]
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Snapdragon 800-powered Galaxy Note III (SM-N900L) appears on GFX Bench
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 14:15 Well, here's round two of the day for Galaxy Note III related news – the upcoming phablet has now appeared on benchmark site GFX benchmark, confirming some specs like [...]
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Galaxy NX camera priced in the UK, available now
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 13:52 The Galaxy NX (EK-GN120), Samsung's first professional-grade Android-based camera, has been priced in the UK at £1299.99 (around $1,990, or €1,500), with [...]
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Galaxy S2 might not get Android 4.2 update, due to “adjustment problems with TouchWiz”
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 11:29 Early this year, a listing of the devices Samsung was planning to update to Android 4.2.2 (and 5.0) surfaced, and the presence of the Galaxy S II, which is now more [...]
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Report: Samsung working on “true octa-core” processor
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 11:54 Samsung's Exynos Octa isn't exactly a true eight-core processor, as only four cores can be active at any time depending on the workload, but a new report says that [...]
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Pink Twilight and Purple Mirage Galaxy S4 now available in Taiwan
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 11:07 Samsung has already got Blue Arctic, Red Aurora, and Brown Autumn color variants of the Galaxy S4, and now the list is getting bigger and more diverse with the addition [...]
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Alleged Galaxy Note 3 prototype shows off device’s internals
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 July 2013 at 9:59 With each day taking us closer and closer to the official announcement of the Galaxy Note III, leaks and rumors regarding the phablet are bound to start flowing in much [...]
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Samsung could buy Novaled for more than $200 million
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Posted by kunalg on 30 July 2013 at 7:08 As per Bloomberg's sources, Samsung is in talks to acquire German-based OLED display company, Novaled. Samsung Group could buy the company for more than $200 million with [...]
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Samsung Galaxy S4 explodes and sets apartment on fire
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Posted by FaryaabS on 29 July 2013 at 22:49 Apparently, a Hong Kong resident, known as Mr. Du, was playing a game of Love Machine on his Galaxy S4 when the device exploded. As soon as the device exploded [...]
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US patent office rejects Apple’s ‘pinch to zoom’ patent claims
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 July 2013 at 19:23 Of all the patents that Apple has sued Samsung over in the past couple of years, the pinch to zoom patent was perhaps the one that always came to the fore in every [...]
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Samsung Mobile USA Galaxy S4 – Ready for Take-off
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Posted by DannyD on 29 July 2013 at 18:38 A new promoted video by Samsung America has been posted. According to Samsung there's never been a better time to make the switch. Easy Mode, Smart Pause, and Smart Switch [...]
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Samsung’s next processor to have customized ARM-based architecture
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 July 2013 at 17:20 According to the Korean publication ET News, Samsung is in the process of designing their own processor, which will use a customized version of the standard [...]
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