Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ Hands On: More of the same, but with a bit more polish
If there were any doubts that Samsung had lost its touch, the South Korean company quelled them at Mobile World Congress 2018… mostly. On Sunday, the smartphone maker formally announced the Galaxy S9...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy S9+ has the best Camera of any Smartphone according to...
The moment Samsung started to tease the release of their upcoming flagship smartphone it was clear the company wanted to highlight the camera. As we got closer to its official announcement, we learned...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy S9 Display is Almost Perfect According to DisplayMate
Samsung has officially launched their latest flagships, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ (hands-on). Like clockwork, DisplayMate has published their review of the displays. There are some websites out...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S8 Android Oreo Update Official Changelog Now Available
Android Oreo was officially launched in August 2017, but it took Samsung six months to begin rolling out the update to the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+. The company started an official beta program of...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will be available in India on March 16th
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ were officially unveiled on February 25 at Mobile World Congress 2018. At that time, Samsung detailed pricing and availability for the two devices in multiple...
View ArticleSamsung Internet 7.2 Beta adds Protected Browsing to warn users of malicious...
The Samsung Internet browser has attracted a growing fan base due to its speed, features, and frequent updates. It was back in October when the browser was updated to version 6.2 and it received a...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ can now boot official TWRP
Shortly after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, we saw the kernel source for both devices get officially released. This kicked off the development community here on the XDA forums to...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9 durability tested by SquareTrade, only marginal...
The Nokia 3310 was one of the company’s most popular cell phones and it became famous for being virtually indestructible. It wasn’t the best looking cell phone at the time, but it had great battery...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will soon support ARCore for augmented...
ARCore is Google’s new augmented reality platform. Project Tango was deprecated in December, and ARCore intends to carry forward where Tango had left off. The difference between the two platforms was...
View Article[Update: LineageOS now works] Samsung Galaxy S9 now able to boot AOSP Android...
Update: LineageOS is now working. Screenshot posted below. Ever since Google announced Project Treble, Android enthusiasts have hoped to one day be able to boot AOSP versions of Android on many devices...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 9 will reportedly have In-Display Fingerprint Scanner...
The idea of Samsung getting a fingerprint scanner embedded in the display of their next smartphone is becoming a running joke. For the last couple of years, there have been rumors circulating about...
View ArticleSamsung announces the Exynos 9610 SoC with 480FPS slow-motion video recording
Samsung’s flagship Exynos 9 series SoCs are used in the international variants of its flagship phones. The company also makes mid-range Exynos 7 series SoCs, which are used in its mid-range Galaxy A...
View ArticleSome Samsung Galaxy S9 users are noticing touchscreen dead spots, Samsung is...
Those of us within the smartphone community generally have a few elements of the hardware and design that are more important to us. For example, there’s a passionate segment of the community who refuse...
View ArticleHow to Get Face Unlock on Any Phone
Face unlock, one of the OnePlus 5T‘s best new features, bypasses the lock screen in less than 0.2 seconds by analyzing over 100 facial identifiers, performing a “liveness” check to make sure the...
View ArticleSamsung Gear S4 may be in the works with improved S Health features
The smartwatch business is nowhere close to the size of the smartphone market, but the competition is similar. On top of this market is Apple, whose Apple Watch captures a big chunk of the wearable...
View ArticleUS unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 8 now receiving Android Oreo
It’s been a long road for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 owners waiting to receive the Android Oreo update. The Galaxy Note 8 was released in September with Android 7.1 Nougat, and it has taken Samsung six...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy J7 Duo launches in India with Dual Cameras and Android Oreo
In recent months, Samsung has been facing stiff competition from Xiaomi in the Indian smartphone market. In Q4 2017, Xiaomi overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor in India. The...
View ArticleThe Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 has a GPU Stability Bug that can be...
The new Samsung Galaxy S9 includes the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 system-on-chip for several markets, including Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, and parts of Latin America. Samsung has often...
View ArticleIt is time for Google to fix its Android Security Update Problem
If the largest, richest OEM does a terrible job and gets away with it, how can we expect any better of the rest of them? Samsung makes pretty good phones–great ones, even. They are also one of the few...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9/S9+ with 128GB and 256GB of storage will be available May 1st
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ launched a short time ago with 64GB of storage as the default option. For the vast majority of people, 64GB is a perfectly fine amount of storage. Especially if you use a...
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