Samsung's next Lite tablet could have 5G and come in two sizesIf you're looking for specs, you won't find them here
Samsung usually releases two Tab S slabs in a year and we're inching toward what would historically be the time for a "Lite" release. While we don't have any spec points to discuss at the moment, it's been figured that a mid-range ta....
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Samsung Galaxy S21 series officially supports Google Duo auto-framingBe the center of attention
Google's Pixel Drops have introduced a bunch of interesting features for Pixel smartphones, including car crash detection and automatic call screening. Another such feature is auto-framing on Google Duo, which had been (at least according to Google) exclusive to th....
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 Android 11 update has been haltedUser complaints include camera blur issues and excessive heat
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Android 11 update pulled
Samsung's hard at work in bringing One UI 3 to its smartphone lineup and only recently pushed the update to the Galaxy S10 series. Unfo....
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Galaxy S21 vs. S21+ vs. S21 Ultra: What's the difference?Samsung is switching up its product strategy yet again
Samsung's Galaxy S21 series is finally here, and the lineup is a bit different than what many were expecting. There are three models, same as last year, but the changes between them (especially the Ultra vs. the others) are more substantial t....
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Will anyone manufacture the most exciting LG phone so far?The LG Rollable phone that was teased at CES 2021 and then confirmed to launch this year might turn out to be vaporware.
LG is looking to sell its mobile division, according to several reports, including a story that says a Vietnam-based group wants LG's mobile business in the US.
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Honor just launched its first 5G phone since splitting with Huawei – will it be allowed in the US?Former Huawei subsidiary Honor launched the first affordable flagship phone of 2021, the View 40 5G.
This might be the first Honor phone to avoid the US sanctions that forced Huawei to remove all Google apps, including the Play Store, from its high-end smartphones.
The US ban impacted Huaw....
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Samsung stands to benefit from Intel's chip outsourcing planSamsung Electronics stands to benefit from US tech giant Intel’s chip outsourcing plan, industry sources said Friday. Intel’s incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger said during an earnings call Thursday that the company is likely to increase use of....
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Galaxy Note 21 cancellation rumors rise againThere are always a number of rumors about Samsung products that refused to die. Most of those, like under-display cameras, revolve around features to be added or products to be launched. One undying rumor, however, is all about the death of one rather popular product. For years, Samsung has been bel....
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AT&T Galaxy Z Fold2 receives Android 11 updateIt's the second US carrier model to get it
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AT&T is now sending out the Android 11-based One UI 3 update to the Z Fold2 as well. This one actually comes with the January 2021 security patch and
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Galaxy S10 One UI 3.0 Android 11 update pulled due to bugsSamsung has been making good on its commitment to roll out major Android upgrades faster, and while it’s still not as fast as most would wish, it’s still a lot better than Samsung’s old ways. That said, there would inevitably be some bumps along the way and, unfortunately, it seems....
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra teardown suggests bigger is not always better for repairabilityThe culprits are a fussy display cable and some nasty adhesive on the battery
The Galaxy S21 got a thumbs-up in repairability with a recent teardown video. Will the S21 Ultra get similar or better marks? We've got another video from PBKreviews, the same channel that looked into the slab's smaller....
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I desperately want this iPad mini 6 design leak to be realAn iPad mini 6 render based on purported leaked CAD designs indicates that Apple might launch a brand new iPad mini design soon.
The iPad mini 6 in the render features a totally new display design — for Apple, at least — with a hole-punch camera at the top and a bizarre Touch ID sensor in....
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Good Lock modules Theme Park and Wonderland get new features in One UI 3 updateThe new theme editor is a much welcome change
Theme Park has been a stand-out Good Lock module since it arrived last year, allowing users to create their own themes for One UI. However, the need to select colors by way of an existing wallpaper has always been a sticking point, as was the lack of ....
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Galaxy Buds Pro review: You can finally have your AirPods Pro for AndroidSamsung comes out swinging with a truly great set of all rounder earbuds
The Galaxy Buds Pro are the biggest update to Samsung's line of in-ear true wireless headphones since the original Galaxy Buds in 2019. The most notable upgrades? Audio comes via a brand-new dual dynamic driver system in eac....
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Good Lock module NavStar gets One UI 3 support and gesture navigation options (APK Download)The three-button navigation options are still here as well
When we discovered that many of Good Lock's modules wouldn't be compatible with One UI 3 until this year, it was interesting to see that NavStar was the one of the most discussed modules in our comments section — many of our readers....
App Pairs on Android 12 may let you open two apps at onceOnly 4 years after Samsung introduced this feature on the Note8
Long gone are the days when smartphones were tiny and cramped, and multitasking on them was a distant dream. With the adoption of larger displays and more flexible software, smartphones make it easier than ever before to do more at o....
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Crush your 2021 fitness goals with these Samsung fitness trackers on saleHere are the best deals on Samsung smartwatches and fitness trackers as of Jan. 21:
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Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra review: Enough with the feature overkill, SamsungGalaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra
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Attractive • durable design • Improved image processing • Improved clarity in Space Zoom • Long battery life • S21 Ultra stylus compatibility
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review – Lower price brings tougher decisionsSamsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra is more affordable than last year’s flagship, has more cameras, and adds an S Pen: on paper, at least, what’s not to love? Setting the bar for smartphones in 2021, the daddy of the currently three-strong Galaxy S21 family promises more of that monstrously....
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Amazon's best-selling portable Bluetooth speaker is only $26 todayYou might not have heard about it since it flies under the radar, but the OontZ Angle 3 portable Bluetooth speaker is the single most popular model on Amazon's whole site.
This perennial best-seller has more than 82,000 5-star ratings, so it also happens to be one of Amazon's best-reviewed portable....
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Samsung's exciting OLED screens for laptops confirmed to equip mysterious devices this yearSamsung announced it would manufacture large quantities of 14-inch 90Hz OLED displays that will be just as good as 120Hz LCD screens.
Several mysterious "global IT companies" will release new laptops with OLED screens this year, the company said.
Samsung is rumored to launch new Galaxy Boo....
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Early Galaxy S21 Ultra battery life test offers promising resultsAn early battery comparison between the Galaxy S21 Ultra, iPhone 12 Max, S20 Ultra, OnePlus 8 Pro, and Xiaomi Mi 11 shows promising results for Samsung.
The new S21 Ultra, powered by the new Exynos 2100 chip, outperformed all other Android handsets, with the iPhone 12 Pro Max lasting the long....
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Samsung Display will mass-produce the first 90Hz OLED laptop screensSamsung Display has announced that it will mass-produce the world’s first 90Hz OLED laptops starting in Q1 of 2021. Initially, the company will produce “very large quantities” of 14-inch 90Hz OLED displays aimed at laptops and notebooks. According to Samsung Displaying CEO Joo Sun ....
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Lee's 1st message from prison: 'Compliance drive should continue'Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong finally broke his silence, three days after he was sent back to prison on Monday for bribing former President Park Geun-hye. In a message sent via his attorneys on Thursday, the Samsung Electronics vice chairman reaffirmed....
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LG reportedly wants to sell its phone business to a Vietnamese manufacturerLG might exit the smartphone business and it's already in talks with potential suitors to buy its unit. After yesterday's reports of LG's internal memo informing staffers of this step, Korean dailies are reporting today that the company might sell the smartphone segment to a Vietnamese conglomerate....
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Preorders for Galaxy S21 tipped to be larger than its predecessorPreorders for Samsung Electronics Co.'s new flagship smartphone line are estimated to be larger than those of its predecessor, industry insiders here said Thursday, as the South Korean tech giant targets brisk sales of its latest 5G handsets. Preord....
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Galaxy S21 Ultra teardown has some disappointing surprisesiFixit might still have its hands full from a backlog of products to teardown but PBK Reviews, fortunately, lost no time in poking inside Samsung’s latest and greatest. The Galaxy S21 proved to be a pleasant surprise in some ways, particularly for its modularity and the screen’s relative....
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Samsung Display to mass-produce 90Hz OLED screens for laptopsSamsung Display Co. said Thursday it will mass-produce organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for laptops with a higher refresh rate in the first quarter of the year as the South Korean panel maker eyes increasing sales amid the pandemic. Sams....
Good Lock 2021 arrives earlier than expected, with a colorful new design and One UI 3 supportNice Catch and One Hand Operation+ receive some changes, too
When a new version of One UI is released, it often breaks compatibility with certain Good Lock modules until they themselves can be updated. Last year Samsung refreshed (almost) all of the Good Lock modules at once in what it called the....
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Android 11 update for Samsung Galaxy S10 series lands in IndiaIt's arriving right after
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The update has now arrived in India on both the S10e and the standard S10, weighing in at around 1.8GB and coming with the January security patch. If you have
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Refurbished Galaxy Buds Live true wireless earbuds are just $70 at Best BuyGet some Galaxy Beans on the cheap
The Galaxy Buds Live, affectionately known as the Galaxy Beans, are now discounted at Best Buy in refurbished form. For only $69.99, $100 less than MSRP new, you can have yourself a pair of true wireless buds that will (hopefully) nestle comfortably in your ears....
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10 awesome Amazon deals for Prime members onlyAmazon's deals on popular products like Black AccuMed face masks, Powecom KN95 masks, the MyQ smart garage door opener, and Purell hand sanitizer pump bottles have been flying off the shelves lately.
Those great deals are available to anyone and everyone, but Amazon also has a special "Just for Pri....
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Astronomers just detected the oldest and most distant quasar everMore than 13 billion light years from Earth, the quasar J0313–1806 radiates vast quantities of electromagnetic radiation. This body, formed just 670 million years after the Big Bang, is seen shining with 1000 times the total light produced by the Milky Way Galaxy. The supermassive black hole at it....
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These cases turns the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro into a retro flip phoneUnfortunately, they're exclusive to South Korea
Truly wireless earbuds are hella convenient, but the comparatively expensive price tags associated with them usually call for the use of cases. While most official cases are a standard affair, Samsung's newest ones for its latest Gala....
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MediaTek's 2021 flagship chip comes with big promises: 168Hz display and ray tracingWhen it comes to smartphone chipsets, usually, Qualcomm, Apple, and Samsung rule consumer debates. However, Taiwanese firm MediaTek, which became the largest chipset vendor in Q3 2020, is no small fish. The chipmaker released its new flagship processor, called the Dimensity 1200, today. The chip is....
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Samsung heir's prison sentence casts a shadow on South Korea's tech titanThe man who calls the shots at Samsung was just sent to prison for the second time in less than five years. Even if the South Korean tech giant can keep its day-to-day business humming in his absence, the verdict is still likely to cast a long shadow.....
Samsung introduces thinner, more advanced capacitors for 5G phonesSamsung Electro-Mechanics has begun supplying slimmer three-socket multilayer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, to global smartphone makers, the electronic components maker said Wednesday. The company’s latest MCCC model, 0.65 millimeter thin, is....
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Samsung announces global launch of new SSD seriesSamsung Electronics Wednesday announced the global launch of its new consumer solid state drive series. The 870 EVO SSD series will be available in around 40 countries, starting with South Korea and the US, according to the company. Samsung Electr....
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Samsung's chip R&D spending 2nd-largest in 2020: reportSamsung Electronics Co. was the industry's second-largest spender on semiconductor research and development (R&D) last year, a report showed Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant tries to beef up its presence in the non-memory sector. Samsun....
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Verizon now pushing Android 11 update to Galaxy Z Fold2It's the first US carrier to do so
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Verizon has become the first US carrier to send out the Android 11 update to the Galaxy Z Fold2. The update comes with the December 2020 patch and carries
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics develops slim 3-socket MLCC for 5G smartphonesSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronic components maker in South Korea, said Wednesday it has developed an ultra-slim multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) with a three-socket structure that can be used in 5G smartphones as the company targe....
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active3 rugged tablet brings its pen and LTE to the USSamsung is bringing its newest rugged Android tablet to the US, and while the Galaxy Tab Active3 may not be as sleek as a Galaxy S21 Ultra, it’s a lot more welcome on work sites and in warehouses. Announced last year, the toughened tablet meets not only IP68 dust and water resistance standards....
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Samsung CTV: Taking the guesswork out of targeting and reportingOne of the major benefits Connected TV (CTV) advertising holds over traditional linear TV is that it eliminates any guesswork when it comes to targeting and reporting. That was the key conclusion of Emma-Lou Wagstaff, head of programmatic sales at Samsung Advertising, in the second episode of a two-....
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Samsung has a new rugged tablet with an S Pen and removable batteryThe Galaxy Tab Active3 is available now
Samsung sells a few rugged Android devices under its 'Active' brand, but it has been over three years since the company released a new rugged tablet. Thankfully, businesses looking for tough devices now have a new model to pick from: the Galaxy Tab Active3.....
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Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 870 is an 'almost-flagship' chip for Android phonesQualcomm has always had a confusing naming scheme for its processors, and today it's adding to that confusion with the launch of the Snapdragon 870. It represents something of a new category for a company, in that it's a step below the company's latest and greatest, while still being an upgrade over....
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Samsung's smaller, cheaper S21 and S21+ beat the Ultra at slow-mo videoThere's 960 fps and then there's 960 fps
Samsung's various models for the S21 aren't all the same. If the price and physical size didn't clue you in, the spec sheets likely did. And nestled among the list of different named standards and numbers is a curious tidbit that escaped detectio....
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Samsung 870 EVO SSD gives 8K creatives a storage speed boostSamsung has a new version of its most popular SSD, with the Samsung 870 EVO promising up to a 38-percent boost in speed for those wanting a big chunk of speedy solid-state storage. Replacing 2018’s 860 EVO, the new SSD supports maximum SATA sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s, and write s....
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Magnetic highways are contributing to gas and dust ejection in Messier 82Scientists have been searching for what’s fueling the ejection of gas and dust out of Messier 82, known as the Cigar galaxy. Astronomers know the galaxy has thousands of stars coming into existence that drive a powerful super wind that blows matter into intergalactic space. The new research sh....
