USA
Samsung will setup Experience Shops in 1400 Best Buy stores
Samsung and Best Buy will try to enhance the retail shopping experience of customers from this month as both companies have partnered to setup Samsung Experience Shop in 1400 outlets of Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the United States. It will be a Samsung-specific store inside a store and Samsung expects to [...]
Galaxy Camera (Wi-Fi) reaches US this month for $450
Samsung announced a cheaper Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Camera variant earlier this year and has now announced the availability for the American market. Consumers who want the goodness of Android OS sans 3G/LTE connectivity, the Galaxy Camera will be available later this month carrying a price tag of $450. Except for the removal of 3G and a [...]
16GB Galaxy S4 will go for $199.99, says AT&T
AT&T has issued a clarification on the pricing of the Galaxy S4 that was announced a few days ago. AT&T says the asking price of $249.99 is for the 32GB variant whereas the base variant of Galaxy S4 that comes with 16GB of internal memory will go for $199.99 on 2-year contract. The clarification from [...]
U.S. Cellular to start Galaxy S4 pre-orders from April 16
U.S. Cellular has become the third American carrier to confirm the Galaxy S4. The carrier will accept pre-orders of Samsung’s flagship device from April 16, same day as AT&T. Unlike AT&T who has confirmed the $249.99 price tag, U.S. Cellular hasn’t revealed the asking price but have published a signup page for interested customers. Galaxy [...]
Amethyst (Purple) Galaxy S III appears on Samsung website
We saw the Galaxy S III in Purple colour a few days back and the phone has surfaced on Samsung’s website. Samsung tends to name the colours inspired by nature and this Galaxy S III will have an Amethyst hue. Disappointingly, we don’t have more pictures of the phone but expect the new colour option [...]
AT&T Galaxy S4 pre-orders start from April 16 for $249.99
Couple of days after T-Mobile revealed their intentions to launch the Galaxy S4, AT&T has now announced its plans to start pre-orders of the device from next month. Interested consumers will be able to pre-order the device from April 16 for $249.99 on a 2-year contract and AT&T hasn’t confirmed as to when they’ll ship [...]
Android 4.1 Update for Galaxy Stratosphere II
Samsung and Verizon will be releasing a software update this week that will upgrade the Galaxy Stratosphere II to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. The update – JZO54K.I415VRBMA3 will be available as over-the-air (OTA) or via Kies and will bring all the goodness of the latest Android OS like actionable and expandable notifications, Google [...]
T-Mobile USA to release Galaxy S4 in May
UPDATE: It seems T-Mobile also confirmed the price. Apparently, the upfront cost of Galaxy S4 will be $99. T-Mobile USA is making a slew of announcements today and it includes the confirmation of Galaxy S4. While the press note says the release will be in the second quarter of this year, T-Mobile’s CEO has confirmed [...]
S9 UHD TV coming to US for $39,999
Samsung at an event today announced the pricing and availability of its S9 UHD TV for the US market. By the end of this month, Samsung will start taking pre-orders of their 85-inch Ultra HD TV at a price of $39,999. Needless to say, the asking price is not for the masses but is in [...]
US Judge reduces patent infringement damages by $450.5 million
The jury in the US case back in August last year awarded Apple a sum of $1.05 billion in damages as they found Samsung infringing iPhone maker’s patents. But according to the latest news judge Lucy Koh has reduced the awarded damages by $450.5 million. The reason for reducing the damages were that the jury [...]