Samsung is a Korea based company that was founded in 1938, and is one of the most popular and successful electronics companies in the world. Like its most businesses, Samsung's mobile division creates products that are widely sold all over the world. Today Samsung smartphones are powered by Google's Android OS and Samsung's own BADA OS. Some popular Samsung devices include Nexus S, Galaxy S series, and more. Read our Samsung coverage for the latest news, reviews and videos about Samsung smartphones:
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by Jaime Rivera | May 24, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the red aurora Samsung Galaxy S 4 and why you shouldn't be excited. Then it's more Samsung news as some leaked photos of their Tizen phone have emerged. Google is next as the company seems to be collaborating with Microsoft to fix the compliance issues with the YouTube app on Windows Phone 8. More Google news continues as leaked photos of the Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 leaked recently. We end today's show talking about the Google HTC One that continues to be rumored along side with some new rumors of a phablet HTC One in the works. All this ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 1:55 PMRead OnTopic Jolla unveiled their first phone this week, together with "the other half", which brings an interesting concept to the mobile world. HTC's executives are leaving the company which makes us wonder whether this is a good or a bad things. Samsung officially sold 10 million Galaxy S 4 units through its global channels and unofficial sources talk about 5 million HTC One devices being sold. All this in a context in which Microsoft downgrades its YouTube app for Windows Phone in order to comply with Google's requirements. If any of the above is not an interesting enough topic for you then ...
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by Taylor Martin | May 24, 2013 1:19 PMRead OnEven today, we consider the HTC EVO 4G and Motorola DROID as the two phones that helped kick-start Android's rapid rise to the top. They were once the two most popular Android smartphones ever. And, sure, some other popular hero devices followed suit in the following months and years. But the EVO 4G and original DROID were the two that everyone looked back on, the two smartphones responsible for making Android what it is today. They were special. Now there's another one in the mix, casting a rather large shadow on the other two: the Samsung Galaxy S III. It's the most popular Android ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 24, 2013 11:35 AMRead OnYesterday, we started getting to the bottom of rumors surrounding Samsung's first Tizen hardware, taking a look at the User Agent Profile for the Samsung GT-I8805. That was a model number we heard before, when a previous rumor claimed the GT-I8805 was under development as codename Redwood, and there was also a model GT-I8800, which Samsung was calling Melius. Since then we've heard that Melius is actually an Android, but what of that model number, GT-I8800? It turns back up again today, only this time it's also taken on that Redwood name. That's very interesting; could both the GT-I8800 ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 8:39 AMRead OnWhen Samsung announced it managed to sell 10 million Galaxy S 4 units through its global channels yesterday they also unveiled new color options for the near future. Among these is the Red Aurora Samsung Galaxy S 4 and AT&T was quick to make it public that customers will be able to grab this color flavor, in 16GB internal storage version, starting June 14, in stores and online. AT&T also promised that the Red Aurora Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be available for pre-order starting May 24, in stores, as well as online. If you head over to the source link you can do just that. The ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 23, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG's demo of a smartphone with no bezel, and the possibilities of it ever happening. We later talk about Samsung, the sales results of the Galaxy S 4 and their future Developer Edition. We later go through how the Facebook phone is now being pulled away from the UK because of the obvious bad results on sales, even though they don't tell you that. We then cover HTC, their results with the sales of the HTC One, and their new HTC Desire 600. We end today's show talking about the iPhone 5S and iPad 5, manufacturing dates and even some changes ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 5:28 PMRead On
The Google Galaxy S 4 will be here in just over a month, but even if the idea of that flexible, hackable GS4 has you salivating at the thought, there are a number of serious limitations that could stand in the way of your being able to enjoy the handset. Beyond the fact that the Google GS4 will (at least at first) be a US-exclusive, it's also incompatible with CDMA networks like Sprint's and Verizon's. What's a custom ROM lover to do? There's always a Developer Edition of the GS4, and a couple for AT&T and Verizon just popped-up on Samsung's site. Versions for both carriers are still ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 3:23 PMRead OnWe've still got over a month to go until Google starts selling its own special edition of the Samsung Galaxy S 4, ditching the familiar TouchWiz and Samsung software touches for a stock Android experience. While nothing new is happening with the phone's hardware, we've nevertheless been curious to learn about just how it will arrive, and a new listing over at the Bluetooth SIG site looks like it's ready to help clue us in. The model in question is Samsung's GT-I9505G. Now, the regular old GS4 is the GT-I9500, and the international version with LTE support (and dropping the Exynos 5 Octa ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 12:19 PMRead OnSamsung's told us to expect the first smartphones running the new Tizen platform to arrive towards the end of Q3 2013 – sometime in August or September. We've heard rumors about a couple models in particular, codenamed Redwood and Melius. Since then, we've learned that Melius might be an Android, instead, but that leaves Redwood, attached to model number GT-I8805. Armed with that, the phone's User Agent Profile has been unearthed, which not only confirms the Tizen presence, but also gives us some insight into the phone's hardware. For instance, we've heard that Tizen hardware would be ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 23, 2013 3:26 AMRead On10 million Samsung Galaxy S 4 units was the number we expected officially from the company after reading reports concerning the success of this year's flagship coming from South Korea. Right on schedule, the phone-maker officially announced global channel sales for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 exceeding 10 million devices. As a quick reminder, it took the original Galaxy S seven months, the Galaxy S II five months , and the Galaxy S III 50 days to reach the same number and we can't say we're surprised as we predicted the Galaxy S 4 will be the best selling Samsung phone ever. Furthermore, ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 22, 2013 11:38 AMRead OnThe Galaxy S 4 is all about software. Some of us are less taken with Samsung's effort than others, but it's nonetheless clear that the company focused on creating a feature-packed experience for its users. It looks like Samsung is just as interested at keeping the flow of software coming that really highlights the GS4's capabilities, and to that end Samsung has announced its Smart App Challenge 2013, with $800,000 in prize money to be distributed. For this competition, Samsung wants apps to really show off its Samsung Chord SDK. Chord lets devices that are in close proximity discover each ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 22, 2013 5:09 AMRead OnSamsung and Pantech are direct competitors, and, even more, they're from the same country, South Korea, together with LG. According to a press release today, the announcement says that Samsung buys stake in Pantech. 10%, to be more specific, according to the wording. That tenth slice will cost Samsung 53 billion won (about $47.6 million), but, on the long run, it is believed to further strengthen "bilateral cooperation in smartphone and other business areas". With this move Samsung becomes the third largest stake holder in Pantech, after chip-maker Qualcomm Inc. with its 11.96% and the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 21, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Sony's launch of the Xperia Tablet Z, price points and the reason why it's worth your money. We then move into Apple territory as reports call the next-generation iPad ready for trial production. Later it's HTC in the news as we talk about a Google HTC One in the works and when we assume it might be launched. Then we talk about Nokia and their LiveSight technology reaching their Here Maps application for almost every other device that supports it. We end today's show talking about Samsung's possible project to bring Galaxy fingerprint scanning ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 21, 2013 5:11 PMRead OnYesterday, we got what seems to be our first real look at the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active, the waterproof version of the Galaxy S 4 that's been the subject of a number of rumors in recent weeks. What we saw looked great, and the rumored specs suggested that the phone would keep much of the original GS4's abilities, only really taking a small hit when it came to camera resolution. As Pocketnow reader Amer Lukac pointed out in the comments, a video of the GS4 Active has surfaced as well, only this time the specs attached to the model aren't quite as grand. The good news first: the video seems ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 21, 2013 3:42 PMRead OnMillions of shoppers turn to Consumer Reports for unbiased, in-depth comparisons to help them shop for anything from cars to chainsaws. That includes smartphones, and we've looked at the company's ratings a number of times in the past. CR recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S 4, and found itself so enamored with the smartphone that it gave the handset its ranking top-spot. Previously, that first place smartphone slot was inhabited by the LG Optimus G. Despite being a solid phone, it's not a particularly popular model, so it's really almost surprising to see it hold on to "best smartphone" ...