Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Batteries Were Tested Within the Company
Now that the Galaxy Note 7 has been discontinued permanently, everyone wants to know what caused the issue with the batteries. Not only has Samsung launched an internal investigation into the issue,...
View ArticleSamsung Rolls Out Industry’s First 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM Package
While 4GB of RAM may seem as a standard for flagships that come out these days, a lot of companies have been bringing in devices with 6GB of RAM, even though their utilization of such large amounts of...
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Samsung Launches the Galaxy C9 Pro with SD-653 and 6GB RAM in China
Samsung is keen to move past the Note 7 fiasco and get its business back on track. The Note 7 was a (big) road-bump in the grand scheme of things, so it makes sense that the company wants the show to...
View ArticleSamsung Still Does Not Know Cause of Note 7 Fires, Development of S8 Delayed
You already know about the Note 7 and all of its battery combustion issues. When the early reports related to the Galaxy Note 7 going up in smokes started coming in, Samsung conducted an investigation...
View ArticleReport: 70% of Note 7 owners will stick with Samsung
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few weeks, you’ve probably heard of the sometimes explosive nature of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s battery. The fiasco has resulted in Samsung recalling...
View ArticleSamsung and LG Both Announce Their Q3 2016 Financial Reports
Yesterday we saw HTC publishing their financial report for the third quarter of the year, and today we see that both LG and Samsung have done the same. All three companies were not able to put their...
View ArticleSamsung is Investing in Bezel-less, Edge-to-Edge Screen Technology
While some companies, including Samsung, are investing in foldable display technology, others are opting for a full screen display product. We recently watched Xiaomi make headlines with their Mi MIX...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy S8 to Reportedly Feature an AI Assistant
Similar to how Google Assistant is a selling point for the Pixel and Pixel XL right now, a new report suggests that Samsung will do the same with the Galaxy S8 and its own personal assistant...
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Snapdragon 835 Announced on Samsung 10nm FinFET Process for Early 2017
Despite a lukewarm performance for most of 2015, Qualcomm has largely had a successful 2016 thus far thanks to its Snapdragon 820/821. While the 820/821 struggled against some of its competitors in...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Sides with Samsung Over Apple in Latest Appeal
There are multiple lawsuit cases going back and forth between Samsung and Apple right now. At the end of last month, we learned that Samsung was denied an appeal against Apple in regards to their...
View ArticleGoogle, Samsung, Sony and More Form a VR Association
VR used to be an enthusiast’s dream, but we’re getting closer to the point where it’s going to become mainstream. There are still some hurdles that need to be fixed, but companies like Google and...
View ArticleSprint, Virgin Mobile, and Boost Mobile to Launch the Galaxy J3 Emerge Next...
The 2016 Samsung Galaxy J3 was a budget smartphone the South Korean conglomerate launched way back in January of this year. This smartphone launched with a 5″ 720p display, Exynos 3475 SoC (while some...
View ArticleTasker v4.9 is out with Non-Root Programmable Firewall, Multi-Window...
It’s no secret that we at XDA are big fans of Tasker. We’ve covered the application and its capabilities multiple times in the past and have demonstrated that the potential uses of Tasker are limitless...
View ArticleRumor Suggests Samsung is Integrating Bixby in the Galaxy S8’s Native Apps
Back in October, Samsung announced they were acquiring Viv Labs and their entire AI platform. For those who are unaware, the founders of Viv Labs were the same group of people who worked on Siri...
View ArticleReport Says Flexible AMOLED Shipments Could Triple in 2017
Despite a recent shortage of display panels, shipments of AMOLED displays have been on an upward trend for the past few years. Samsung in particular is one company that has dedicated much of their...
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Samsung Introduces Galaxy A-series 2017 with IP68 Rating and USB Type-C
Starting the new year with a bang (a figurative one, for now), Samsung has launched the next iteration of its mid range lineup. The A-series smartphones spread across three different screen sizes and...
View ArticleReport: Samsung to Disclose Note 7 Battery Issue this Month, Note 8 will...
With CES happening this week, there’s been a lot of talk about what Samsung will do with their upcoming smartphones. At the end of November, it was reported that Samsung would officially announce what...
View ArticleSamsung & BlackBerry Publish Their Android Security Bulletin for January
Each month we talk about Google’s Android Security Bulletin, but these aren’t the only vulnerabilities that get patched. Google helps OEMs by taking care of the patches which are specific to the core...
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Samsung Introduces the Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro, Designed for...
At Google I/O 2016, the company announced that Google Play support would be officially extended to several Chrome OS devices. This move vastly extended the capabilities of Chrome OS machines, whose...
View ArticleReport: Samsung to Produce an Initial Output of 10 Million Galaxy S8 Units
Samsung may have stumbled during the second half of 2016 with the battery issues that plagued the Galaxy Note 7. Interestingly enough though, it didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the company’s...
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