If Micromax taking over Samsung in the last quarter wasn’t enough, smartphone retailers in India are playing hardball with the world’s biggest smartphone manufacturer. According to a report on Times of India, brick-and-mortar retailers who deal in Samsung smartphones are threatening to boycott every Samsung product. Reason? A huge price gap between the same handset […]
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Galaxy Alpha leaked in new set of pictures
Can’t get enough of the Galaxy Alpha leak from yesterday? Well, here’s more; this time, originating from an enterprising Twitter user, @culeaks. The images give a better look at the phone and confirm the metal sides, which does look good. Couple of images along with the iPhone also confirm the Galaxy Alpha will be slimmer […]
Research: Samsung cedes number one position to Micromax in India and Xiaomi in China
Samsung has had a less than stellar financial quarter and to add to their woes, market research companies like Counterpoint and Canalys claim that Samsung is losing its grip in the smartphone market in the world’s two largest telecom markets. Counterpoint Technology, a market research company in Hong Kong says Micromax has surpassed as the […]
Samsung Unpacked event scheduled for Sep 3
Samsung’s second Unpacked event for 2014 will be held early next month, according to press invites sent by Samsung. The Unpacked event will be conducted on September 3 in Berlin and there are no prizes for guessing what will be on Samsung’s agenda. Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 3 at last year’s Unpacked event on […]
Samsung gets accredited with joyn Blackbird from GSMA
Samsung Electronics today confirmed that they’ve been accredited with the joyn Blackbird certification from Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA). Such accreditation is first for any smartphone manufacturer that ensures users to enjoy Rich Communications Services (RCS)-based services like chat, video and file sharing efficiently. Some of the joyn Blackbird features include: – Video Share and […]