Tag: Samsung
OnePlus 2 to launch on August 11th – and it looks very promising
The OnePlus One smartphone was undoubtedly one of the most talked about mobile phones of 2014, becoming the smartphone of choice for those power users who were after a premium Android phone for a fraction of the cost of a Samsung model. However, there was just one problem: getting hold of one. Originally Chinese firm OnePlus used…
John Lewis unveils new mobile strategy – including 25 strong SIM free range and Vodafone partnership
Over 25 of the most popular SIM free smartphones available to buy from www.johnlewis.com SIM free iPhone mobile handsets to go on sale online and in John Lewis Oxford Street from early July. Includes 2-year guarantee Vodafone mobile contracts to go on sale in John Lewis Cheadle from August. Includes 2 years’ worth of Accidental…
Will Samsung ‘Safety Truck’ video display improve road safety or not? We’re not so sure
Really not sure what to make of this. I think it's a great publicity stunt for Samsung but not sure whether it will do anything to improve road safety or not. Basically it's a huge video display (or rather four displays) on the back of Samsung trucks which show the driver behind the view in…
600 million Samsung Galaxy devices could be exposed to hackers, says security firm
More than 600 million Samsung devices including the latest Galaxy S4, S5, and S6 phones are vulnerable to a bug housed within the built-in keyboard, according to security firm Now Secure. The predictive text Swift keyboard built into some of Samsung's latest phones allows an attacker to remotely execute code, according to NowSecure, which uncovered and…
Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge land at Carphone Warehouse
The S6 officially launched at the end of last week, and today it has finally landed at Carphone Warehouse. The Galaxy S6 is available there from £38.49 per month (with a two year contract) with an upfront cost of £59.99, and the S6 Edge from £46.99 per month (again, two year contract) with an upfront…
The Galaxy Note 5 could have a 4K screen for some reason
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and S6 both push the limits of what smartphones are capable of - sporting quad-HD screens (4x720p), but it seems that the Note 5 - which we're expecting around August - could go even further and use a full 4K display. The rumour comes via Phone Arena, which reports on…
Samsung dishing out free S6 handsets to dedicated fans in South Korea
As part of a special promotion, Samsung will apparently be giving its most loyal fans a free Galaxy S6, if they're able to show up with all of the previous phones. According to Chosun, customers will need present SK Telecom with everything from the original Samsung Galaxy S to last year's S5. That's 13 phones…
Samsung announces series of posh Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge phone covers
With the release of Samsung's new flagship phones just around the corner, perhaps unsurprisingly the company has announced the first cases and covers for the devices. Samsung has partnered with a bunch of fancy brands for its "Rich Accessory Collection". Here's the details: Burton: Burton has fuelled the growth of snowboarding worldwide through its ground-breaking…
Ex-Samsung engineer slags off Samsung’s Galaxy design process
Samsung's phone software is "horrible" and the company only cares about revenue at the expense of making good products - that's the verdict of someone claiming to be a former engineer at the Korean smartphone giant. This post on Quora has the details, which are posted by Rezaur Rahman - who after a quick Google,…
Samsung slowing production of smartwatches
Surprising news out of Samsung today as one of the company's executives has apparently said that the company won't be releasing fifty billion new smartwatches, each ever-so-slightly different, like you might expect. According to Trusted Reviews, Young-hee Lee, Executive VP for marketing at Samsung Mobile, said "We’ve been introducing more devices than anybody else. It’s…
