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The first commercial version of the Gear VR, created by Oculus for Samsung, is finally available. It can only be used with the Samsung Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge+. One year ago, Samsung released an innovator's edition for the Galaxy Note 4, which was well received given that people thought by the time of the commercial version, a lot would be fixed. It hasn't been. If you use the Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge, the field of view (FOV) is too small and makes the software seem as if you are looking at it through an igloo hat. This isn't much of a problem on the Galaxy Note 5 or the Galaxy S6 Edge+ since the phones are bigger. However, no matter which phone you use, your eyes will see faint black squares on each side of the lens. When you look at one of the squares directly, it disappears. This can be fixed by holding the Gear VR slightly further from the face or inserting a cotton ball on both sides by your cheeks to push the unit slightly away

The anticipated Samsung Galaxy S7 has gone through AnTuTu benchmarks, revealing the scores delivered by Samsung's newly unveiled Exynos 8 Octa 8890 SoC. The unannounced Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) also appears to have hit the US FCC certification website, tipping its dimensions and battery capacity. A Samsung smartphone with model number SM-G9300, thought to be the Galaxy S7, is seen in a leaked benchmark running the Exynos 8890 SoC, via GSMArena. The smartphone reportedly posted a record-breaking high score of 103,692. Unfortunately, nothing more has been mentioned about the smartphone. The Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 processor was launched earlier this month. The new processor has been built on 14nm FinFET fabrication process and features Samsung's first custom-designed CPU based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture. From the past leaks and rumours, Samsung Galaxy S7 will run Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC under-the-hood in some markets, and the newly unveiled Exynos 8890 SoC in other

Samsung Galaxy phones on displayReuters Samsung's soon-to-be launched smartphone Galaxy A9 has reportedly been spotted on a benchmarking site, revealing key details of the device. Technology blog Mobile-Dad, while sifting through the popular Geekbench performance site, has stumbled upon the document page of Samsung device SM-A9000, understood to be the Galaxy A9. As per the Galaxy A9 score-sheet, it gets an impressive 1,446 and 4,134 points in single-core and multi-core testing, respectively, thanks to the Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 620 (MSM8976) Octa-core (1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A72 + 1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A53) processor with Adreno 510 graphics engine. It also revealed that the Samsung device will house 3GB RAM and run the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS. For the uninitiated, Snapdragon 620 will come incorporated with Cat. 6 LTE modem technology, thus enabling 300Mbps of download speed in the device. That's not all: It also supports 4K-resolution video recording and quick

Could you walk into a shop today and buy a smartphone for over R10 000 without flinching? Many will be able to but many more will scoff at the idea. Especially with the likes of Chinese manufacturer Xioami bringing its considerable low price heft to the market today. To our mind buying a phone that eats through your salary faster than you can spend it, is a bit silly. This year has seen manufacturers competing to bring us phones that are even cheaper but still boast a number of features that the average user will love. This might not be the case but with the influx of cheap smartphones it's hard not to think that. This can making choosing the best smartphone for you a bit difficult but never fear, we have a few pearls of wisdom for you, and four cheap handsets we've been bowled over by so far this year. LG G4 Stylus for R3 999 The large screen and Stylus made this phone the perfect companion for the business professional on the move. LG's multiview window works reall

2015 was a bad year for LG smartphone sales. Josh Miller/CNET LG Electronics on Thursday enacted a major leadership shakeup that will see the company headed up by three representative directors. It hopes that the new directors will "strengthen the company as it enters the new year." Control of the company will be split three ways between Jo Seong-jin, president and CEO of Home Appliances & Air Solutions, Juno Cho, president and CEO of Mobile Communications and David Jung, president and CFO. The restructuring is designed to make each of the component parts of LG more nimble and quicker to respond to market conditions. The healthiest business areas for LG, according to its latest financial results are TV sales, which have experienced a resurgence over the last few months, as well as home appliances and vehicles components. Smartphones, though, are struggling. LG needs to work out how to j

The Android 6.0 Marshmallow update is yet to be made available on flagship smartphones of this year. It is currently available preinstalled on few smartphones like Google Nexus 5X, Google Nexus 6P and HTC One A9. The LG G4 users in Poland and South Korea have received Android 6.0 update. Here is the status update of Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for smartphones from different brands. Samsung According to Phone Arena, the Marshmallow update is scheduled to be available for Samsung devices. The Galaxy Note 5 is expected to receive the update next month. In January 2016, the update will be available for Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 Edge and S6 handsets. In February 2016, the Galaxy Note 5 and Note Edge are expected to receive it. For Galaxy S5, the update will be available by April 2016. LG Since the Android M update has been made available for LG G4 users at certain regions, the update is expected to be available soon for its users across the world. LG G3 users in Poland are expected t

While news about a BlackBerry smartphone using a Samsung Exynos chipset is already out, there is more news confirming  that the Priv will not be its first and last Android smartphone. Accoridng to Htxt.africa a BlackBerry representative confirmed that the company's Priv smartphone will not be its last one. In a conversation with htxt, BlackBerry's Nader Henein, who is responsible for advanced security solutions in the Advisory Division commented, "It wouldn't be a once-off (thing). [The license to use Android] is too expensive and it is a mass market product – it is for consumers, it is for enterprise, and is really for anyone who likes the keyboard and the versatility of the operating system," Moreover Nader also said that, Google so far has been pretty supportive about BlackBerry building an Android-powered smartphone. This is surprising because BlackBerry has been taking pot shots at Google (more so with the Priv) about Google not putting sufficient effor

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung is once again turning heads over the launch of its next series of Galaxy smartphones. This time it is the much talked about Galaxy S7 smartphone. Several rumours about the phone have already started doing the rounds. On the launch date Though there are several views on the launch of the smartphone but the one point where most media reports are agreeing is the Mobile World Congress, scheduled in Barcelona between  22 and 25 February 2016. However, some contradictory reports can't also be negated which states that the company might launch the phone a tad earlier. By a tad earlier, what is meant is January. Processor South Korea's Electronic Times had said that Samsung will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chips for the Galaxy S7 phones, which will be sold in the United States and China. But Galaxy S7 phones sold in other markets will be powered by Samsung's own Exynos processors. It m

[Photo credit: Samsung Austria] Samsung Galaxy A5 More leaks on the refresh of the Samsung Galaxy A lineup continue to crop up. The latest leak gives users an update on the Samsung Galaxy A9, which recently paid a visit to Geekbench for a benchmark test and showcased some of its specs in the process. It was revealed there that the forthcoming smartphone will have an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 620 for a processor. It has an Adreno 510 graphics processing unit and 3 GB RAM to boot. All that allowed the device to garner 1446 points during the benchmark test. The prototype during the test had Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. It's unclear if it will get Marshmallow when it's made available for purchase. As for some of the specs that weren't mentioned, reports claim that the Samsung Galaxy A9 is getting either a 5.5-inch display or a phablet-sized 6-inch touchscreen. Whichever ends up on the handset, word on the street is that it will get full HD quality. Meanwhile,

  Dave Batson is all about cutting the clutter, absorbing life, being present and sleeping a full eight hours. So, goodbye smartphone. Here's how he feels about it.   — Shortness of breath. Anxiety and tightness in my chest. Just a sampling of emotions I felt last night as I waited patiently at the counter of Metro PCS for my number to be ported. By no means was this an easy transaction, even though I had been contemplating a switch for months. At this very moment, I could see clearly how dependent I had become on this little device. As ridiculous as it sounds, I was experiencing the emotional and physical effects firsthand. My Samsung Galaxy S5 was surrendering to the ZTE Altair, a basic phone, and ushering in a new, simpler era in my life. In with the old, out with the new. Was I making a terrible decision? Or the best decision of my life? Only time will tell. I was late to the smartphone game, having only used one for less than two years. At the time, I could

Flip phones still seem to be en vogue in Asian countries as people are still nostalgic about the flip phones. Samsung decided to not to ignore these Flip phones and has given them a a go. Flip phones and slide phones were very popular much before the advent of smartphones. There is a certain specialty of these phones which is why they still seem to be a souvenir for some people who feel they are an irreplaceable lot. SEE ALSO: ZTE announces three mid-range smartphones under Blade series Samsung's clamshells with Android went in overdrive in the last few weeks as a Samsung Flip phones seem to be leaked on China's TENAA website. The Flip phone was spotted on the Chinese certification agency's website, flaunting some great specs. The phone has been dubbed as Galaxy Golden 3 and has been released by China Mobile under the name W2016. The W2016 has a a 3.9" exterior and a diagonal interior display with a resolution of 1280x768 pixels. The phone is powered by a 2.1

LG Mobile - Facebook The mobile payments arena is already crowded, but that's not stopping LG. The consumer electronics giant has announced LG Pay, the company's own mobile payment system that will likely enable its customers to complete purchases using only their smartphones. LG has partnered with South Korean credit card issuers Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card, which are probably two unfamiliar names if you live outside of that country. It's not surprising that LG will roll out the service in its home country first. There's no word on how comprehensive the rollout will be, but it's likely we will have to wait a bit to see LG Pay in the US or Europe. LG did the same thing with the launch of the Watch Urbane with LTE connectivity. The cellular-powered smartwatch launched in South Korea earlier this year, and now it's just beginning to come to the US as 2015 comes to a close. If LG Pay ends up launching in other countries, it would join the likes of Apple P

The clamshell body stands out like a sore thumb against the dual AMOLED displays. Clamshell phones are a fond memory from not too long ago. It was a simpler era, with T9 dictionary autocorrects, MMS messages, and furiously hitting the back key when you accidentally started up your GPRS connection. And Samsung is trying to bring back some of that old-school charm in a....questionable way.  The smartphone giant has slapped smartphone hardware into a flip phone casing, and it's ready to launch it in Asia sometime (likely) next year. Leaked from TENAA, the Telecom Equipment Certification Center in China, the new device currently goes by the name product name SM-W2016. It looks deceptively like a Samsung Galaxy S6 in a clamshell but don't let that deceive you, there's some quality hardware underneath. The phone will run on Android 5.1.1and has dual 4G capability. It packs a 64-bit octa-core Exynos 7420 SoC with 3GB RAM, and 64GB of built-in storage. The phone has a 16MP re

Despite the inception of large touchscreen devices the popularity of flip phones is still on the high in China and South Korea. So much so that even Samsung is being reported to bring out a flip version of their present flagship - Samsung Galaxy S6 Clamshell. This isn't the first time for Samsung though. Previously the company have tried their hands on a 'smart' flip phone. Very recently a report emerged stating that the company is working on a device dubbed the Galaxy Golden 3. SEE ALSO: ZTE Blade S7 smartphone launched: Top 5 specs and 5 features it missed However, the Samsung S6 Clamshell has passed TENAA certification in China and is expected to launch soon. Though the exact name of the alleged device SM-W2016 isn't known as of yet, the folks at SoftPedia report that it will be called the Samsung Galaxy S6 Clamshell. And why not? Just like the Samsung Galaxy S6, the alleged flip device dubbed the S6 Clamshell packs a 64bit octa core Exynos 7420 SoC with

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. What will she decide? What should she decide? Samsung France screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There are offers that are special, offers you can't refuse and offers that make you shudder at the very thought. Please decide which you think this is. It's an ad produced by Samsung's French arm. It ran in May. However, as Adweek reports, it's just won a gold EPICA advertising award, in which tipsy journalists, rather than ego-addled creatives, are the judges. The ad has a simple premise. It puts young people -- all owners of a Samsung Galaxy A smartphone -- into strange rooms with one-way mirrors and a TV screen. Then, on behalf of Samsung, an enticing offer is made. Would the kids like to go on the vacation of their dreams? It shall be theirs. Oh, with one little condition. Samsung Galaxy A

It was previously speculated that Samsung may unveil its new flagship smartphone sometime in early January. This means that any information sent, or received, from that phone first passes through the base station. Let us know what developments you want to or expect to see in the new Samsung Galaxy S7, and which features you want Samsung to improve upon or upgrade as well. This was during the Mobile Pwn2Own competition in which both the researchers showed how phones like the Samsung Galaxy S6, the Galaxy S6 Edge, and the Galaxy Note 4 were flawed. "The Galaxy S7 could be a slightly larger device than its predecessor, boasting a 5.7" flat or curved screen with QHD resolution. It's too tough to tell, but it could have a metal frame and glass back as well. This device is also presumed to have an upgraded version of the 3D Touch functionality that can be now experienced in Apple's iPhone 6S devices. The smartphone may also sport two different screen s

Walmart Black Friday deals 2015 on smartphones, TV: Samsung 55-inch curved 4K Smart TV for $998 Walmart Black Friday deals 2015 on smartphones, TV: Samsung 55-inch curved 4K Smart TV for $998 Has Black Friday already arrived? If you see the cacophony surrounding the shopping festival that peaks on the day of Black Friday, you will be excused in believing that the biggest shopping day of the year is tomorrow or day after tomorrow. Many major festivals celebrated across the world don't get the sort of media attention that this day gets. This has become so much important that people have started making preparations about it weeks in advance. Walmart being the biggest retailer has much more expectations from shoppers and every time the expectations are fulfilled. Walmart not just gives biggest discounts on range of products, its deals are also most comprehensive. picture courtesy techradar Day before yesterday, Walmart released its extensive list of offers, deals

A row of Galaxy S6 edge smartphones are seen on display at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona March 1, 2015.REUTERS/Albert Gea Samsung appears to be gearing up to release its upcoming flagship smartphone dubbed as the Galaxy S7. Nothing much has been revealed about the next-generation device but leaks have thrown some light, revealing its major features. You may think that the release date of Samsung Galaxy S7 may fall in April, by the time its predecessor Galaxy S6 completes a year cycle in the market but the upcoming flagship device may arrive earlier than expected. Reports are doing the rounds that the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be unveiled at a private event on 21 February, a day ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. However, the South Korean electronics giant is yet to confirm the reports. Interestingly, China-based analyst Pan Jiutang has claimed that Samsung is considering its upcoming flagship smartphone to be priced

Printer-friendly version Send by email Friday, November 13th, 2015 Samsung Electronics ranked No. 1 in the world's major regions, excluding North America, in terms of smartphone sales. According to market research firm Strategy Analytics on November 8, Samsung Electronics topped the list of smartphone sales in the world's five major regions, i.e., West Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, East Europe and the Middle East/Africa in the third quarter of this year. Samsung Electronics' premium model Galaxy Note 5, plus its low-cost models such as Galaxy A8 and J5, enjoyed steady sales growth throughout the world's major regions. This was the first time for Strategy Analytics to reveal the list of specific regions where Samsung Electronics ranked No. 1 in smartphone sales terms. The research firm added that Samsung sold 83.8 million units of smartphones worldwide in the third quarter of this year, the highest among major smartphone makers. By region, Samsung sold 15.3

Technology is infiltrating every aspect of our lives. The majority of us would agree that it's a great thing. Advances in technology and automation have made tasks easier and more cost effective. Technology brings us together by making it easier and cheaper to communicate across short and vast distances. A short time ago it was incredibly costly to talk to a family member in another country on the phone, and just a little before that, it wasn't all too uncommon to write letters by hand. Heck, I bet some of you remember paying extra money just to talk to relatives in another state – on a landline. We've moved into a time of where you don't need to keep as much information in your head. Memorization becomes less of a necessity when you can pull a computer out of your pocket, ask it a question, and it returns the answer you're looking for in seconds. Only a few years ago we were relying on dictionaries, maps and encyclopedias for guidance or answers to important

The company is aiming the chip design at entry-level devices for what officials say is the next billion smartphone users. SANTA CLARA, Calif.—ARM, which already owns the bulk of the global smartphone market, is putting its focus on emerging markets like Brazil, India and China with the introduction of a low-power chip that offers 64-bit processing capabilities while driving down power consumption.At the ARM TechCon 2015 show here Nov. 10, CTO Mike Muller announced the Cortex-A35, the first of what company officials said will be a family of low-power, highly-efficient 64-bit chips aimed at smartphones and other mobile devices as the vendor looks to extend its reach in a global smartphone market that is seeing slowing growth as markets like North America become saturated.However, emerging markets like India, Brazil and parts of Asia-Pacific are seeing shipment numbers expand, with people embracing lower-cost and lower-power entry- and mid-level devices. Even in China—the world's

So take these details with a grain of sand until the phone is made official by Samsung. According to TENAA, the flip features internal and external 3.9-inch screens, both with a 768 x 1280 resolution. The SM-W2016 has been certified in China by regulatory agency TENAA. While there might be no such thing as a free lunch, free swag definitely does exist-if you're interested in buying a Samsung Galaxy phone, that is. However, it certainly looks plausible that this is the Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 and that it's getting closer to a launch. The GFX Bench database listing included a 4.6-inch HD display, but we often point out that benchmark listings are not always 100% accurate. That's most likely an error as GFXBench does report wrong specs sometimes. Also, Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 will pack a 16-megapixel camera in the back, while in the front it should feature a secondary 5-megapixel selfie camera. The powerful CPU is accompanied by 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, but

Right from the launch of the country's leading Smartphone manufacturers, Samsung's Smartphone Note 1, the company certainly crafted the best example of who creation and innovation can be merged developing a single product. Note 5 Following the same legacy of making innovative products, Samsung recently launched its brand new Smartphone belonging to its previously launched Note series Note 5. Priced at Rs.53, 900, the newly launched Note 5, because of some of its innovative features certainly is the best device to look out for. Talking about the new Smartphone features, the company in an official release said that the new Smartphone would be featuring many outstanding features including a shiny metallic color finish, which has been specially designed to give the best and compact design to the Smartphone, making it different from other devices. With this on the storage grounds, the new device would be offering onboard storage capacity of 32 GB memory,

Typically, carrier promotions designed to boost smartphone sales are pretty weak. The latest smartphone promotion from Sprint, however, is actually worth checking out. DON'T MISS: Smartphones from 2013 that are still awesome two years later Throughout the entire month of November, Sprint is offering users a free year of Amazon Prime if they purchase a qualifying Samsung smartphone. Per usual, the devil is in the details, so it's not as if you can stroll in and pick up an outdated or entry level Samsung device and then bask in the glory of free two-day shipping. Qualifying devices for the promotion include the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and the Galaxy Note 5. Still, that's about the only footnote worth mentioning as it pertains to this promotion. So wh

According to reports, the three of the most used and liked smartphones manufactures would be  updating  their devices with creative hardware's and the list of these three Smartphone manufactures who would be s doing the hardware update includes, BlackBerry, Motorola and the LG android base Smartphones. blackberry While talking about the fist on the list that is BlackBerry's first Android phone which would be coming with the updated and innovative physical keyboard and along with this the company's first android Smartphone would also be featuring a 5.4-inch screen feature which have been curved on the both sides, and would be giving the similar looks as of the Samsung's presently offer galaxy S6. While with this the Smartphone would also feature many other innovative features. Then the second Smartphone that has been added in the list is the MOTOROLA DROID TURBO 2, which would be featuring the latest shatter proof technology and would also be offe

NEW DELHI: Mobile phone shipments in the country increased 24.7 per cent to 70.54 million units in the July-September 2015 quarter from the previous quarter, driven by strong uptake of feature phones. Against a 10.7 per cent per cent growth in smartphone shipments (to 27.01 million) in the said quarter over April-June 2015 quarter, feature phones registered a 35.3 per cent jump (to 43.53 million units), CMR said in a statement. "While the general belief at the moment is that smartphone is the growth catalyst for the India mobile handsets market, the results announced today reveal a contrarian view," CMR Lead Analyst Telecom Practice Faisal Kawoosa said. He added that feature phones segment recorded over 35 per cent growth over the previous quarter, bettering the smartphones growth of 11 per cent, after a long spell of negative growth. The growth in feature phone sales was led by strong increase in sales by Intex (94 per cent), Lava (69 per cent) and Zen (54 per ce nt). On a

Good news is that eight out of the eleven have already been fixed. Google's Project Zero team has indeed had a busy month. The team that looks into finding vulnerabilities had a bit of competition with two teams cracking down on a not so normal candidate for speculation, the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge smartphone. On a normal day, the team usually delves into finding vulnerabilities on Google's own Nexus hardware. The Project Zero team suddenly decided make it into a hackathon of sorts and the results were indeed impressive. The teams found about 11 vulnerabilities on one single Samsung smartphone. Mind you, this is just one OEM (original equipment manufacturer) device among the thousands on sale out there. And all eleven of those vulnerabilities were big ones. Another angle to this research would be that most of its vulnerabilities were the result of Samsung's customisations to the stock Android firmware. So in short manufacturers tweaking Google's AO

Samsung claims to have grown its market share in the mid segment (Rs 10,000 - Rs 20,000 smartphones) to 49 percent in September from 43 percent in the same month last year. "Young India today is always on the move and is looking to be connected all the time. At the same time, India is a value driven market and 'On' series will enable millennials to seamlessly integrate their personal and professional lives," said Samsung India Electronics Director Product Marketing Manu Sharma. He added that 'engaging propositions' like MixRadio and My Galaxy will help in the uptake of the 'On' range of devices. Samsung has launched two devices under the range – On5 and On7, priced at Rs 8,990 and Rs 10,990, respectively. The 4G-enabled devices will be available exclusively through e-commerce firm Flipkart. The On5 features 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quadcore processor, 8MP rear and 5MP front cameras, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB memory (expandable up to 128GB) and 2,600 mAh ba

By Sambit Satpathy on Nov 3, 2015 at 10:49 AM Email @some_bit comments News Last week Samsung sent out media invites for a launch event later today in Delhi. While the company has kept its cards close to its chest, it is widely expected to launch the Galaxy On5 and the Galaxy On7 today in India. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy On5 and the Galaxy On7 in China last month. These smartphones were also briefly listed on Samsung's India website and Flipkart, before being taken down. These are indications that the aforementioned smartphones will indeed be launched later today. Samsung Galaxy On5 specifications and features: The smartphone features a 5-inch 720p TFT display, Exynos 3475 quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 8GB internal storage along with a microSD card slot. It also features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel selfie camera, and a 2,600mAh battery. Connectivity options include dual-SIM card slots, 4G s