Samsung Galaxy X1 and Galaxy X1 Plus leak

We already know that Samsung is working on a foldable smartphone that might be marketed under the name Galaxy X. And now, the monikers Galaxy X1 and Galaxy X1 Plus have leaked.
The leak came in the form of a Weibo post that also revealed model numbers for these devices – SM-X9000 and SM-X9050 – as well as what Android versions they run.
From what we"ve heard until now, Samsung"s foldable smartphone project is internally code-named as Project Valley. The device is rumored to come with a 4K display, and is also said to utilize various biometric forms including fingers, face, and palm.
A recent rumor said the device will be made official sometime in the Q3-Q4 time-frame this year.
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Samsung Bixby will be the Galaxy S8 new virtual assistant

Samsung is working on its new virtual assistant set to debut on the Galaxy S8 and it"ll be called Bixby. That"s not exactly new information, as it was initially rumored back in November last year. Nevertheless, it"s now listed on Samsung"s official website, giving it that much more credibility than before.
Bixby will be integrated in Samsung"s own Android apps as well as Samsung Pay Mini. The latter will be a lighter, stripped-down version of the company"s mobile payment system. It will be able to make online payments only, whereas the full-blown version of Samsung Pay also allows transactions in physical stores.
For now, that"s all the information available regarding the two new additions to be found on the upcoming Galaxy S8. Expect Samsung"s newest flagship ot arrive in April.
Rumor has it, Samsung will make the phone official on April 18, instead of its original plan for February at the Mobile World Congress.
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Samsung wants to sell 100 million Galaxy J phones this year and 20 million Galaxy A handsets

Earlier today we told you that Samsung is reportedly looking to sell 60 million Galaxy S8 units this year, and now it"s time for us to talk about the company"s mid-range and lower-end lines in the same context.
A new report from Samsung"s home country of South Korea claims that the company expects to move around 20 million Galaxy A handsets in 2017. Not only that, but the sales target for the lower-end Galaxy J series has allegedly been set at a whopping 100 million units for this year.
This information reportedly comes from “a person briefed on the matter”, but don"t forget to take it with a pinch of salt regardless. And even if these are actual internal sales goals for Samsung, that obviously doesn"t automatically mean they will be met. Still, it"s interesting to see the company be so ambitious about its non-flagship device lines.
The Galaxy A (2017) series handsets were unveiled last week, and all come with water and dust resistance, a feature previo..

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Samsung Bixby would be the Galaxy S8 new virtual assistant

Samsung is working on its new virtual assistant set to debut on the Galaxy S8 and it"ll be called Bixby. That"s not exactly new information, as it was initially rumored back in November last year. Nevertheless, it"s now listed on Samsung"s official website, giving it that much more credibility than before.
Bixby will be integrated in Samsung"s own Android apps as well as Samsung Pay Mini. The latter will be a lighter, stripped-down version of the company"s mobile payment system. It will be able to make online payments only, whereas the full-blown version of Samsung Pay also allows transactions in physical stores.
For now, that"s all the information available regarding the two new additions to be found on the upcoming Galaxy S8. Expect Samsung"s newest flagship ot arrive in April.
Rumor has it, Samsung will make the phone official on April 18, instead of its original plan for February at the Mobile World Congress.
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Shipment goals for new Samsung Galaxy A and J series revealed

The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)
Samsung"s shipment goals for their upcoming mid-range and low-end smartphone series, the Galaxy A and Galaxy J, respectively, have been made public by a market insider. According to the report, the mid-range A series is aiming for a 20 million target, while the ent..

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) trying out Android 7.0 Nougat over at Geekbench

The 2016 Galaxy A series was promised an update to 7.0 Nougat and a version of the software is already under testing – a Galaxy A5 (2016) posted a score to the Geekbench database running Android 7.0.
Note that this was the version with an Exynos 7580 Octa chipset, something that may have an effect on timing (the A5 2016 model is also available with a Snapdragon 615 chipset).
We poked around to see if any other phones of the 2016 A lineup put in a score. The most recent results we found were still on 6.0.1. Still, Samsung will probably release the upadte for all devices at once, that’s how it updated them to 6.0 Marshmallow after all.
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Virtual assistant Bixby and Samsung Pay Mini spotted on Samsung"s website

There has been talk about Samsung"s new virtual assistant Bixby, expected to debut on the Samsung Galaxy S8. Late last year, we told you that Bixby will be deeply integrated into native apps. One of these apps will apparently be Samsung Pay Mini, which is a “stripped-down” version of Samsung&#0..

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Operating profits gap between Apple and Samsung hits all-time low in Q4 2016

Samsung Electronics has reported a solid 17% operating profit rate for Q4 2016, which could mean that the Seoul-based manufacturer has managed to narrow the gap with its main rival Apple to an-all time low.
According to BusinessKorea, on January 8, South Korean industry sources reported that sales a..

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IBM and Samsung with most patents in 2016, Apple not even in Top 10

Due to a fundamentally flawed system the patent have become a synonym for trolling and suffocating innovation. Yet sometimes they also indicate a forward-driving spirit and amount of innovative ideas. The patent data experts from IFI CLAIMS published a Top 10 list of tech companies who filed most patents last year.
As you can see from the graph IBM is on top with huge lead ahead of Samsung. If we put it in perspective, IBM filed 22 patents a day, while the Korean company had 15/day. Following is a closely packed group featuring Qualcomm, Google and Intel with almost 8 patents per day while LG, Microsoft, TSMC and Sony are completing the top 10 with 5-6/day. Industry profit leader Apple didn"t make it to the list.
There’s an explanation for having so many patents. Companies don’t always put all this technology in action in their devices – they just want to make sure that no-one uses an idea they came up with first. And, of course, this graph shows us all patents, which stretch f..

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Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro poses for some photos

Last month, we saw some renders of the alleged Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro. The phone is supposed to be an upgrade of the China-exclusive Samsung Galaxy C7, and it is still unknown whether or not it will make its way to other markets.
Today we came across some live photos of the C7 Pro, that appear to be ..

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Despite the Note 7 washout, Samsung"s shares keep climbing

We think we can all agree that 2016 was not Samsung"s year. First the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started exploding, then the company"s washing machines followed suit. Both were recalled at the company"s expense, creating a serious dent in Samsung"s finances.
However, Samsung Electroni..

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Samsung was actually granted more patents than Apple in 2016

It"s been a running joke in the mobile industry that Apple has been patenting stuff left, right, and center. Even Steve Jobs joked with that during the unveiling of the first iPhone. But recent statistics show that some companies are way ahead of Apple in the patent race.
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Report says Samsung aiming to sell 60 million Galaxy S8 units this year

According to a new report out of Samsung"s home country of South Korea, the company is aiming to sell around 60 million units of its upcoming Galaxy S flagship smartphone (likely to be called the Galaxy S8) in 2017.
“The tech giant has requested its partners to supply (parts) based on the tech giant’s 60 million shipment goal,” the report quotes industry sources as saying.
The 60 million figure, if you compare, is higher than the yearly shipment numbers for some of the recent Galaxy S flagships: the Galaxy S5 (45 million), the Galaxy S6 (45 million), and the Galaxy S7 (48 million, expected).
The report also notes that the Galaxy S8 will be launched sometime in April (which is inline with what we"ve been hearing recently), adding that the mass production of the device will begin a month prior – in March.
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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) tested with Android 7.0 running the show; update coming soon?

It appears that the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) is getting prepped for an update. On Geekbench, the phone was benchmarked with Android 7.0 installed. The rest of the specs included the Exynos 7580 chipset powering the handset. The phone was tested with an octa-core CPU running at a clock speed of 1.6GH..

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 gets Bluetooth certified as well

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, as you might already know, recently received Wi-Fi certification from the WiFi Alliance (WFA). Now, a quick look at the website of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) reveals that the device (SM-T825) is Bluetooth certified as well.
As is usually the case, the Bluetooth listing for the tablet doesn"t reveal anything related to its specs. Sadly, we don"t have any rumored specifications to share as well. The only thing we"ve heard far is that the device will be made official sometime in Q1 this year.
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The unannounced Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is one step closer to release

The next generation of Samsung"s Galaxy Tab S tablets should have been introduced last year, but for some reason the South Korean company has decided to postpone the release.
We reported about Samsung"s upcoming Galaxy Tab S3 last year in November, as the tablet was spotted at Zauba, India..

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Samsung Gear S3, Gear S2 and Gear Fit 2 finally gain iPhone compatibility

Samsung has been working to make its wearable devices compatible with iOS for quite some time, and now it"s finally completed the task. As of today, January 7, the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, Gear S3 Classic, Gear S2, and Gear Fit 2 can be used with iPhones (not older than the iPhone 5) running i..

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Blue Coral Samsung Galaxy S7 edge to officially launch in Europe soon

The Blue Coral color variant of Samsung"s Galaxy S7 edge smartphone – which was made official by the South Korean company back in November last year – will soon be officially available in Europe.
The device is listed on the tech giant"s Netherlands website. You can"t, however, officially order it at the moment as the listing currently says “Available soon.” Some third party retailers seem have it in stock though.
The model landed in India last month, where it carries a price tag of around $755. Aside from India, the new color option is also available in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 on Sprint gets December security update

Sprint has started rolling out a new update to Samsung Galaxy S5 units on its network. Arriving as build version G900PVPU3CPL2 and weighing in at around 237MB, the update includes Android security fixes for the month of December.
The carrier is yet to update the Galaxy S5 software update page on its website, so it"s currently difficult to say what else (if at all) is included in the update, although going by its size, it"d be reasonable to say that some other improvements and usual bug fixes are included as well.
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Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro to soon be available outside of China

The Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro was made official back in October last year, and currently, it"s only available for purchase in China. Now, according to new reports, the device will soon be available in markets outside of China as well.
Specifically, it"s being said that several Asian countries – including India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam – will be getting the handset. The exact launch time-frame, however, isn"t yet known for any of these markets.
Given that the international variant of the phone has already started collecting necessary certifications, we expect the launch to happen sooner than later.
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