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The new Z flip 3 is basically a successor to the Z flip and Z flip 2 "flip" style smartphones, the phone of course sits below the Z fold 3 which was leaked earlier , bu the flip can hold its own thanks to top of the line hardware with at least a Snapdragon 888 Soc or compatible Exynos Soc and a 6.7" flip display and a smaller window for notifications. Announcement of the duo are still under wraps, but with Samsung ramping up production- even in a time of a global chip shortage,inducates that the announcement dates are around the corner and thus one can expect to see them in August hopefully.    Source - Androidcentral

Samsung has announced its commitment for wearable devices in the form of its own Wear OS UI named the One UI watch. The new interface, which is built upon Android for Smartwatches - Wear OS, brings a refined experience and more apps to Samsung's future wearables as it says good bye to Tizen OS for its smartwatches. The new interface design, demoed and announced alongside Samsung's Knox and security features at their  MWC 2021 livestream. The new UI and Wear OS is said to be available in the next Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and it will feature tight integration with Google services such as music, maps and notifications more than previous Tizen based watches of the past.  Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy watch 4 in August.  Alleged press ready renders of Galaxy Watch 4 Source - 9to5Google  

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are official ,the two phones , designed to refine the almost perfect S8/S8+ ,focuses on providing a better camera ,a faster heart and subtle design changes which are aimed at providing a better user experience (oh ,it still has Bixby - improved and more refined now ) . The design is still somewhat S8 esque ,the major difference is the fingerprint reader which now sits below the camera unit unlike the pervious version which had the reader placed at the side . Other design elements include IP 68 ingress protection , a headphone jack , and a front mounted 3D touch module for feedback .Both the front and back of the S9 and S9+ are covered with a sheet of Gorilla glass 5 and this the front panel provides protection to a new well placed IRIS scanner and a 5.8” 2690x1440p Super AMOLED panel on the S9 and a 6.2” 2960x1440p Super Amoled panel on the S9+ . Both displays support HDR10 . The main selling point of the New S9 and S9+ are its new camera modu...

Samsung has officially announced their latest flagship smartphone , the Note 8 , the device , launched after the disastrous Note 7 hopes to please new users as well as those who are loyal to the Note lineup , even though that relationship may have been dodgy due to the battery related recall . The phone brings familiar cues from the S8 , a new square design and dual camera set up , all in a expensive and luxurious chassis . Design Samsung's design for the Note 8 is heavily influenced by the S8 launched earlier this year, the new Note , like its two previous predecessors , features a metal chassis and curved gorilla glass on both the front and back . The phone still features the traditional fingerprint sensor at the back - a la S8 , and it now features a dual camera set up in linear fashion . There is still that somewhat (questionable) Bixby smart assistant button on the side  and  overall the phone is basically a larger ...

The Note series has been somewhat of a controversial topic for Samsung recently ,the company , which lost billions over the Note 7 fiasco has so far recovered from the sudden nosedive , and are now preparing to courageously launch the next installment of the Galaxy Note series - The Note 8 . But as always , leakers apparently caught wind of this device and decided to apparently snap and leak pictures depicting a case and the dual camera module which can be seen above . Although we are not sure of the final specifications for the Note 8 , the rumors indicate that it will feature  6GB of RAM paired with a Snapdragon 835 processor or a Exynos 8895 processor depending on your location . The cameras are said to feature 2x 12MP sensors and feature the dual camera witchcraft found on devices with this feature already ,rest of the specs are not mentioned yet , but the battery information leaked so far does indicate that the phone has a 3300 mAh unit onboard Leaked Samsung Galaxy No...

Test sample by © Christina Venedict Lensbaby has announced a new lens for their high end Velvet line . The new 85mm f1.8 might not sound groundbreaking , but if you are a fan of dreamy bokkeh with creamy skin tones and shoot at high apertures  then this prime is certainly something to have in your bag . The lens , which joins the Velvet 56mm offers a artistic,fun and a unique way of shooting portraits which according to Lensbaby, offers a way to "Compose impressionistic masterpieces with a velvety glow at bright apertures, straight out of camera. Use darker apertures to bypass glow and make images with a crisp, film-like aesthetic." Other details include the ability to shoot 1:2 Macro , a 12 bladed iris for awesome and unique bokeh art and f1.8-f16 manual control . The lens , built upon the feedback given to the Velvet 56 now comes in basically every camera mount option to date ! Building on the strengths of our bestselling Velvet 56 lens, Velvet...

As we predicted earlier , the battery onboard Samsung's former flagship Note 7 is now labeled as the prime cause of Samsung's Note 7 incidents where a few devices spontaneously exploded -leaving behind scorched furniture ,delayed flights and billions in losses for the Company .  The phone , launched last year was probably the best Note smartphone built to date as it featured an all new weather sealed body , mouthwatering specs and a new IRIS scanning system ,sadly things started to go wrong when some users reported the devices of spontaneously combusting and setting hotel rooms , cars and even delaying flights as the phone was declared a fire hazard by almost every airline service a cause now attributed to the batteries provided for Samsung by external parties working on contract to produce them for the Note 7  . The company , which issued an immediate recall of all devices sold has so far reported to have received 96% of all devices sold , but sadly the remaining 4% still c...

Samsung has refreshed their flagship Tab S2 models with a new processor upgrade . The new tablets - identical to last year's Tab S2 9.7 and 8.0 models still pack a 2048x1536 SAMOLED display and they have the same 8mp cameras from last year . The new tablets pack a Snapdragon 652 processor - a 6 core chip containing a duo Cortex A72 layout with a 4 core A53 cluster is said to replace the Exynos 7 processor in the previous model . The ram amount is said to remain the same at 3GB and it will still come with LTE options as well . Pricing and avilability will be available later on . Source - GSMArena

Samsung has officially launched the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge ,the two handsets , part of the Two handset strategy deployed last year is said to address some of the shortcomings of the S6 and S6 Edge , it is also hoped that this new pair of flagship smartphones will cement Samsung's dominance for another year .Designed to succeed the S6 and S6 edge , the two handsets boast of a new camera module , MicroSD memory expansion as well as a IP68 water and dust rating .The S7 and S7 edge will be Samsung's king devices for 2016 and they will go ahead against competing devices from LG , Sony , HTC , Motorola , Apple and many others . Both devices are said to be available on Pre order starting from the 23rd of February 2016 , Selected countries will have a free Gear VR headset bundled with every pre-order Samsung Galaxy S7 This is the "Regular" model of the flagship handset, sitting one tier below the larger 5.5" S7 edge , the handset is smaller and more poc...

The rumor train is streaming through at a all time high , on one side we have the LG G5 leaks and the new leaks about the HTC M10 ,but when it comes to rumor hype , the upcoming Samsung flagships beat them all as the S7 SM G930 and the S7 Edge SM G935 are said to continue Samsung's winning recipe this year as well .The Upcoming S7 and S7 edge are basically successors to the s6 and s6 edge launched last year , apart from a few cosmetic changes , the handsets look somewhat similar to its predecessors , but thats where the similarities end - the new S7 handsets feature all new hardware components as well as a new camera , bigger battery and even a sd card slot and water resistance , overall the S7 will be the killer smartphone everyone is waiting for , but now let us look at whats on the rumor table upto now . S7 EDGE PRESS RENDER  DISPLAY S7 and S7 press renders Samsung will be serving its staple QHD 2560x1440 resolution SAmoled dish this time as well ,but unlike th...

Samsung Galaxy J1 is finally official , the phone , a successor to the previous J1 of 2015 features a new two tier chassis and a new Exynos chip in place of the Spreadstrum processor of the old model .The phone runs Android 5.1 and it features 4G LTE out of the box , the device is set to be available unlocked for a price of $135 SPECS DISPLAY- 4.5" 480X800 TFT PROCESSOR- Exynos 3475 1.3Ghz Quadcore RAM/MEMORY -1GB ram/8GB internal storage with MicroSD expansion CAMERAS- 5MP rear ,2MP front BATTERY- 2050 mAh replacable OTHER-4G LTE , Android 5.1.1 PRICE- $135 Androidauthority

Samsung has announced a new Windows 10 based tablet/laptop hybrid for 2016 - The Galaxy TabPRO S is a Intel powered device with a 12" display aimed at taking on products such as the iPad Pro and Microsofts Surface line of large screen hybrid devices . The TabPRO S  series gets its name from the TabPro series of Android tablets which were decomissioned last year , the name Galaxy is usually reserved for Android devices , but Samsung has had some problems marketing ATIV so the Galaxy brand would probably appeal a lot better to the general market .The tablet features a 12" 2160x1440 Super AMOLED display ,Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro as well as  a 6th gen Intel Core M processor clocked to 2.2 Ghz with 4GB of RAM . The tablet/hybrid has a 128GB/256SSD option and it also has a optional keyboard accessory complete with a touchpad (included in the retail box) . The cameras on the TabPro S are - 5MP rear , 5MP front . The tablet also supports LTE as well as a whole set of...

Rumors and leaks about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S7 is all the rave in the technology world right now .The next gen flagship smartphone , a successor to the popular Galaxy S6 series will incorperate new features , a bigger battery and a incremental design upgrade over the current metal and glass unibody design . Although the S7 will look much squarer in design (Samsung seems to run a bi-annual square and round design phase ) the design will still pack a premuim finish incorperating metal and glass (sorry no replacable batteries) in a tight unibody that ,according to new rumors from @evleaks is said to be water resistant with a IP 67 rating (the S5 had a similar rating ) .The design is also said to incorperate a 3000 mAh battery in the normal S7 model while the S7 Edge will have a slightly beefier 3600 mAh battery -a major update over the woefully inadequate 2550 and 2600 mAh batteries found in the S6 and S6 edge . The phones are also set to recieve expandable microSD card suppor...

Android on domestic appliances is nothing new , from ovens to washing machines , manufacturers have come up with different ideas on how to insert the little green robot into just about everything they can find .Samsung - a company that has a large domestic appliance department has come up with a new fridge that runs on Android . Introducing the new Samsung Family hub - although it sounds like some Samsung smartphone app for kids , the family hub is actually Samsungs latest take on a android powered refrigerator.Equipped with a 21.5" portrait Full HD display , the fridge runs a heavily customized version of Android and it also features 5 android menu buttons(reminds us about the days of Android 2.1 smartphones) located at the bottom bezel on this humongous display .  The fridge , is also equipped with internal cameras that can display its contents without opening the fridge at all . Support for wifi means that this fridge can send its fridge cctv footage to connected devices lik...

The S-Pen stylus on the Galaxy Note series is probably the main reason why the product line is popular in the first place , the S-Pen ,along with the added features of the Note software made pulling a digital stylus out enjoyable once again ,but apparently the experience is not so great for some Galaxy Note 5 owners as the new model has a issue that will get the stylus stuck in its silo if you insert it the wrong way . The new S -Pen , a digital stylus which uses a Waycom digitizer is also equipped with a spring loaded action which once pressed releases the pen from the silo , earlier models of the Note line featured a fingernail pull out (queue the "thats what she said jokes) tab that worked without any issues even if it was inserted the wrong way . If the new S-Pen is inserted the wrong way , the spring section of the pen gets trapped in the S-Pen proximity sensor which might get destroyed if the owner decides to use brute force to pull the trapped pen out -rendering your prec...