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AT&T announces Aurora Red Galaxy S4
Earlier today, Samsung confirmed to launch new colours for the Galaxy S4 and AT&T has now announced the exclusive Aurora Red version of Samsung’s fastest selling smartphone. Starting May 24, consumers will be able to pre-order the device from AT&T’s website and will be available in-stores from June 14 for $199.99 (16GB). Except for the [...]
Galaxy S4 shipments reach 10 million units in under a month
As expected, Samsung has officially confirmed the 10 million shipment milestone for its current flagship Galaxy S4. Samsung has shipped over 10 million units to channels that includes carriers, retailers since the launch of the device on April 27. The Galaxy S4 is selling at the rate of four units per second and in comparison [...]
Apple claims Galaxy S4 infringes on five patents
Apple intends to add Galaxy S4 to its list of infringing devices and today they’ve filed a motion claiming Samsung’s latest flagship phone to infringe five of their patents. In the filing, Apple says they got the device on April 27 and following their analysis, came to the conclusion that the new device infringed the [...]
Samsung invests in Pantech for 10 percent stake
Samsung today confirmed to have invested in another South Korean mobile phone company, Pantech. Samsung acquired a total of 10 percent stake in the company valued at 53 billion won and in a statement released to The Next Web, the number one smartphone maker aims to “solidify” the relationship between them. Despite Pantech being a [...]
Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile to launch Galaxy S III in June
US-based carriers Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile have confirmed to add LTE-equipped Galaxy S III to their smartphone range. The previous-generation Galaxy S flagship will be available on both the carriers from this June at a price that will be disclosed closer to the launch date. As for the device, there’s little change on the [...]
HomeSync gets a detailed walkthrough on video
` Samsung has been mum on the HomeSync since the unveiling in February. Now their official YouTube channel has posted a lengthy video that walks us through with all the features of the HomeSync device. HomeSync allows users to store all their multimedia content from their phone or tablet to HomeSync’s 1TB HDD for viewing [...]
Samsung Wallet app now available in South Korea and US
Samsung announced the Wallet service at MWC and now the service is available in South Korea and United States. While the United States version seems to be limited to storing boarding passes, membership cards, coupons, and event tickets, the Korean version apparently can store credit card information which then the users can use to pay [...]
Galaxy S4 Active shows up on video
Not content with the photos of the Galaxy S4 Active (GT-I9295) that were leaked yesterday. Well, here’s a brief 40 seconds video that shows the phone and claims to have a dual-core CPU, which interestingly, contradicts yesterday’s benchmark screenshot showing a quad-core CPU inside. Furthermore, the camera has been confirmed to have an 8 megapixel [...]
Samsung introduces 960GB SSD for servers
Samsung has announced that they’re now supplying their new SSD – SM843T for use in enterprise servers and data centers. The SM83T offers a whopping 960GB of storage space and supports SATA 6.0 interface. Samsung says the SM43T can help companies see a performance gain of 6 times while saving electricity by up to 30 [...]
Galaxy S4 Active (I9295) reportedly shown off in Croatia
Apart from the mention from Samsung executive and some benchmarks, Galaxy S4 Active has not revealed itself, until now. GSM Arena got their mitts on few pictures from Croatia that reveal the front and back of the Galaxy S4 Active (I9295). The Antutu benchmark on the device suggests it to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core [...]