Samsung Android Phones

Nearly a month after first going hands-on with Samsung's new smartwatch, we finally have a concrete price and release date. The Gear S2 will go on sale this Friday, October 2 starting at $299.99 for the low end model and $349.99 for leather-and-metal Classic. To recap, the Gear S2 is Samsung's first circular smartwatch, and its first to work on other Android devices. It uses Tizen rather than Android OS, but thanks to a complete overhaul that actually doesn't sound so bad this time around. We were tentatively optimistic after our hands-on, and Samsung promised "over 1,000" apps for watch around launch time, though time will tell if there's any serious developer traction. The watch will be available from a few different retailers at launch, including Amazon, Best Buy and Macy's (in addition to Samsung's own Web store). Units will be available at Best Buy retail locations on the same date and Macy's in NYC's Herald Squar

Some smartphone releases this year have shown us that bigger batteries aren't always going to keep coming. Samsung opted for smaller power cells in its Galaxy S6 than the previous generation – in favour of faster charging. Apple's iPhone 6S Plus has 2,750mAh battery, making it smaller than last year's model. But some people want to avoid charging as long as possible. Some of us want bigger batteries. READ: Quick Charge 2.0: What is it and why do you need it? We've rounded up the big boys in the phone battery world to deliver the phones with truly huge batteries of 3,000mAh or more. Of course bigger batteries don't always mean longer use, with screen size and processor performance to be taken into account. But generally a larger battery will help. Just look at the larger Sony Xperia Z5 Premium or Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Plus that can deliver over a day's heavy use easily. So what smartphones can you buy now with a 3,000mAh battery or larger? Samsun

The company will pay up to $120 of your lease or installment charges until 2016 on a new Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ or Note 5 phone. Samsung is again trying to lure buyers to get one of its latest Galaxy smartphones with a rebate offer to pay your monthly lease or installment device payments through 2015, for a total amount up to $120 per customer.The "phone payments on us until 2016" rebate promotion was announced by Samsung on its Website for customers of  participating mobile carriers in the United States, according to the offer. Customers of AT&T are not eligible for the rebates, though no explanation was provided. The announcement also does not specifically mention which mobile carriers are participating in the offer, though Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and U.S. Cellular are being named as participating, according to other reports.Samsung declined to comment on the promotion in response to an inquiry from eWEEK.The up to $120 rebate offer is also being acc

T-Mobile has begun pushing out an update for the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge + and Galaxy S6 in preparation of the Samsung Pay launch on Sept. 28.(Photo : Donald Bowers | Getty Images) With Samsung gearing up to make its Samsung Pay - the mobile payment rival to google Wallet and Apple Pay - official on Sept. 28 in the U.S., carrier T-Mobile has begun pushing out updates to several Samsung smartphones in preparation for its launch. On Friday, Sept. 25, T-Mobile began pushing out an update for the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge + and Galaxy S6 as validated the support documents from the carrier. The Samsung Pay update for the Galaxy Note 5 has the build number N920TUVU2COI5 and weighs 30.72MB. The Samsung Pay update for the Galaxy S6 Edge and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ has the build numbers G925TUVU3DOI1 and G928TUVU2COI5, respectively and weighs 30.58MB and 59.96MB. The build for the Galaxy S6 is G920TUVU3DOI1 and is the heaviest of the lot, we

Tweak with Gmail settings Tweak with Gmail settings Gmail in Android comes with great features, but you need to tweak the settings. Open the app go to Settings and tap on your e-mail address and change the settings with your preference. Google Play Store Settings Google Play Store Settings Open Google Play Store, swipe to the right and select the Settings from the list. Change the settings like password required for purchase, add icon to home screen and more as your preference. Source: 10 Important Things To Do For Your First Android Smartphone

This week at an event in Beijing, Meizu announced its a new flagship handset dubbed the Meizu PRO 5. The phone is powered by a 2.5 GHz Samsung Exynos 7420 processor and comes with either 3GB or 4GB RAM variants. With Meizu PRO 5, company has restricted itself to a full HD panel despite having upped the screen size to 5.7 inches. With an all metal build, the phone continues the same design language as that of Meizu MX5. The phone sports a 21.6-megapixel camera at the rear with laser auto focus for 0.7 second quick capture that is accompanied by a 5-megapixel camera up front. The Meizu Pro 5 runs Flyme 5 that is based on Android 5.1. Checkout our hands on and unboxing from the Beijing event. Meizu also introduced its all new compact Wi-Fi routers at the PRO 5 smartphone launch event in China. It comes in mini pro version with dual-band 802.11ac support offering speed of up to 433 Mbps and the mini variant comes with 802.11n support. It connects directly to the power supply, s

Home » Samsung Submitted by Sneha Bokil on September 25, 2015 – 9:53 am Samsung and Oculus has unveiled new version of Gear VR headset. Aimed at consumers, the new Gear VR is compatible with whole 2015 line of Samsung Smartphones including the Note 5, S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge+. The Samsung Gear VR is 22 percent lighter than previous Gear VR Innovator Edition and gets an improved touchpad that provides easier control to access films, gaming, 360 degree video and experiential content available for Gear VR. It also comes with a new foam cushioning to make the device more comfortable to wear. Gear VR is bringing Netflix and Twitch streaming to the device and will soon add more content in near future. Key specifications of Gear VR: Dimension: 201.9 x 116.4 x 92.6 mm; Weight: 310g Sensors: Accelerator, Gyrometer, Proximity(Mount/Unmount Detection) Field of View: 96 degrees IPD Coverage: 54 ~ 70 mm (Fixed Lenses) Color: Frost White Compatibility: microUSB conn

The Galaxy Note 5 is Samsung's latest iteration of their stylus-equipped smartphone, sitting alongside the Galaxy S6 Edge+ in the large-screened market. The Note 5 features an all new body that continues the design language Samsung established in the Galaxy S6, with several other features – including the 16-megapixel camera and Exynos 7420 SoC – also transitioning from the S6 to the Note 5. If you loved the metal and glass design of the Galaxy S6, you'll also love the design Samsung has used for the Note 5. Side by side the two phones look very similar, with a matte-finished metal edge separating two sleek, glossy glass panels on the front and back. Color is embedded into the glass in such a way that light reflects and diffracts in spectacular ways, giving the 'black sapphire' model a blue or black hue. Naturally the Galaxy Note 5 is a larger handset than the Galaxy S6 by virtue of its larger 5.7-inch display. This does make the phone harder to hold than its small

"U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California has entered a $548 million judgment for Apple Inc. in its smartphone "trial of the century" against Samsung," Scott Graham reports for The Recorder. "Acting at the explicit direction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Koh ordered Samsung Electronics Co. to pay $548,176,477 for 18 Samsung mobile devices that infringe five Apple design and utility patents," Graham reports. "The order appears to create a virtual lock—absent certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court—that Apple will collect at least half of its landmark 2012 jury award. The decision came one day after the Federal Circuit endorsed a limited injunction on Samsung that loosens the eBay standard for competitor cases and will give Apple more bragging rights to smartphone innovation." MacDailyNews Take: Apple doesn't need any more "bragging rights." Apple invented and defined the mode

Smile Partners Samsung to Launch First LTE Voice Service on Smartphone in Nigeria LAGOS, September 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Smile Communications Nigeria Limited, the first authentic 4G LTE provider in Nigeria, in partnership with Samsung Electronics West Africa, has launched the first LTE voice over broadband service on smartphone, first in West Africa. Today is another proof point that the LTE ecosystem is set to become the global standard for delivering voice over LTE networks, revolutionizing the way mobile communication is enabled in Nigeria and West Africa. Part of the promise of the new technology is high quality and improved voice and video communications, enabling faster, better video calls, faster music, video streaming and conferencing, faster downloads and more pictures. A bonus for consumers to do more and an end to the frustration of drop calls. The 4G LTE mobile network will also allow faster Internet on the S6 Edge. According to Smile, the giant stride is in li

Google's Android Pay mobile payment system, unveiled way back at the I/O Developers Conference, can now be checked out by owners of multiple HTC smartphones in the US. At this point in time, the new cashless payment system is yet to expand beyond US shores. As per HTC, owners of multiple smartphones can use Android Pay by downloading the free Android Pay application from Google Play. Compatible HTC handsets include: Sprint-driven handsets: HTC One M9 HTC One (M8) HTC One (E8) HTC One (M7) HTC One Max HTC Desire 601 HTC Desire 816 T-Mobile-driven: HTC One M9 HTC One (M8) HTC One (M7) Google Nexus 9 Verizon-driven HTC One M9 HTC One (M8) HTC One (M7) HTC Desire 626 Google Nexus 9 AT&T-driven HTC One M9 HTC One (M8) HTC One (M7) HTC Desire EYE HTC Desire 626 How to use Android Pay within smartphones? To use Android Pay, owners of prominent HTC handsets can download the official application from the Google Play Store: Down

Samsung has been a name which has been a true market leader across the world when it comes to the world of smartphones. In the last five years the company has grown like a giant, and has been dominating several markets across the globe. One of the biggest markets that Samsung has managed to captured is the Indian markets, where the company ranks number one, with over 24% of the total market share. The company's global market share has been on a decline, though they still have a dominating position in most countries. They have been trying hard to burst out of this scenario, and have been adapting competitive pricing off late – the latest phone that they have released in India is the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE. Samsung has launched a new value-edition variant of its Galaxy Core Prime smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 8,600, the new Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE is now listed on the company's India e-store. The smartphone was listed as 'out of stock',

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court is blocking Samsung Electronics from selling some of its older smartphones in the U.S. in the latest twist to a long-running legal battle over how much of the devices' technology was copied from Apple's iPhone. The ruling issued Thursday by the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington vindicates Apple, but might not hurt Samsung too much. That's because it applies to phones that are no longer popular. The most recent phone affected by the injunction, the Galaxy S3, was released in 2012 - long enough ago to be eclipsed by slicker smartphones in the rapidly evolving market for mobile technology. Samsung recently began selling the Galaxy S6, which was unaffected by Thursday's decision. Samsung could also revise the features covered by the injunction, something that the company has previously indicated it might do if prodded by the courts. Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have been locked in a bitter feud

Samsung's second-gen tablet series knocks it out of the park again with solid performance and a lighter-than-Air chassis. It's been a relatively quiet year for Android tablets. Besides the Nexus 9 and Dell Venue 8—both of which are about a year old—not many Android tablets have made waves. That's why I'm glad that Samsung is doubling down on its Tab S series. The Galaxy Tab S2 is one of the best Android tablets, though it's only an incremental improvement over its predecessor. It offers solid performance, a stunning display, and comes in two very thin, very comfortable-to-hold sizes. As far as premium Android tablets go, Samsung still reigns supreme. Light as a feather Florence Ion The 9.7-inch Tab S2 is ridiculously light. I was in love with last year's 8.4-inch Galaxy Tab S. It was a stylish tablet and, with its snap-on folio case, it quickly became my daily gadget companion. I'd typically tether it to whatever smartphone I was using at the ti