Samsung Lists Devices To Receive Monthly Security Updates
A while ago, during the height of the Stagefright scare, major manufacturers made promises to provide monthly security patches. Samsung was amongst the ones who promised, and now, the OEM has launched...
View ArticleMarshmallow Update & Unofficial Port Round-Up — Get Up to Date!
Come one, come all! While Nexus owners have already gotten a taste of some sweet, sweet Marshmallow, most users are left waiting for an official update. For many devices, it’s hard to say when they’ll...
View ArticleVerizon Galaxy S5 Bootloader Has Been Unlocked
Verizon has a storied history with regards to bootloader unlocking – namely, they hate the very idea of it. For years now, Verizon has maintained that preventing you from unlocking your device’s...
View ArticleThe Grand Journeys of XDA Phones: To Kill or Not To Kill (A Device)
A few days ago, we wrote about Sony’s Open Device Program. The interview that followed after the talk focused on the realization that the devices that we possess are much more powerful than what we...
View ArticleIn Defense of TouchWiz: How the Kitchen Sink is Getting Cleaner
Samsung’s approach to mobile evolution has largely consisted on a strategy that not many agree with: throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. While this often results in half-baked,...
View ArticleSamsung Launches the 2016 A Series: A3, A5, A7
Samsung has taken the wraps off their initial product lineup going into the new year of 2016. This brings a refresh to the 2015 lineup of the A series of smartphones with the launch of the A3 2016, A5...
View ArticleSamsung, Stop Putting Trash in My Notification Tray
There is one thing I love about getting Nexus phones, and that’s the wonderful feeling one gets when setting them up. Why? It’s hassle free, fast, unobtrusive. It launches you right into the...
View ArticleGalaxy S7 Plus Renders Surface, Show no MicroSD Nor USB Type-C Port
Every Samsung Galaxy S’ premiere is a milestone to every Android user. Most smartphones from this series are widely regarded as some of the best Android devices available. We don’t have to mention that...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Brand? A Look at Honor and its Plans to Achieve Virality.
If you’re in the U.S., you’ve probably never heard of Honor before. That’s not very surprising since the brand has yet to launch any products in the U.S. If you’re in one of the regions where Honor...
View ArticleSamsung Launching Marshmallow Beta Testing Program in UK & South Korea
Samsung does a lot of things to be considered as an innovative OEM. The Koreans invest a lot of resources to provide the best design their devices had in recent years. They also focus on safety and...
View ArticleEvan Blass: Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to Feature MicroSD Support, Water...
Samsung’s Galaxy S-series flagships are amongst one of the most anticipated phones every year. And there’s good reason too. The S-series flagship feature the best of what Samsung can offer in a...
View ArticleSamsung’s new Family Hub Refrigerator is… The Future?
Sometimes, there are products you don’t think you want until it’s out. People said this about the original iPhone and iPad, two devices which breathed life into two new categories of electronics by...
View ArticleSamsung: If You Release Multiple Variants, Please Focus on Equal and Parallel...
New Galaxy S flagships are coming, and as is tradition this time of year, I feel like I must bring up an important issue that Samsung seems hesitant to fix — their fragmentation. Even on their flagship...
View ArticleSnapdragon 820 to be Made by Samsung with New 14nm FinFET LPP Process
Rumors had it that Qualcomm would come to Samsung for the fabrication of their new Snapdragon 820 chipset. At launch, the announcement of a 14nm build narrowed it down to just a couple alternatives....
View ArticleIoT Scope: The War Between Standards and the Many Players Fighting it
If this year’s CES has taught us anything, it’s that 2016 will be the year of the Internet of Things (IoT). We’ve caught glimpses of exciting IoT related products, services, and technologies in the...
View ArticleWhat Does the S7 Need to Improve upon, Change, and Avoid?
The S7 is a much-awaited flagship by the android community at large, but like with every Samsung release, there are still many users skeptical of the upcoming Galaxy, and with good reason too. It’s...
View ArticleSamsung Hints at Feature Changes in Android N: Better Stylus Support?
We don’t yet know much about Android N (after all, we’re still a few months away from the next I/O) but we do know that Google works quite closely with several major OEMs to ensure that the OEMs can...
View ArticleVulkan API Means More Control and Alternative to OpenGL [UPDATED]
After missing their goal of releasing the initial Vulkan API specifications by the end of 2015, the Khronos group has now completed the 1.0 release of the API. By now most of our readers are also aware...
View ArticleLive Feed: Samsung Galaxy S7 Event
Join us for live coverage of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge as they launch at MWC. S7
View ArticleSamsung Knox Customization Hands On & Demo at MWC 2016
Our coverage is from MWC 2016 is still going strong. XDA TV Host TK found some interesting initiatives from Samsung. While Knox may be a bad word to us enthusiasts, but businesses love the features. In...
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