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Paul Lilly - Sat, Apr 13, 2019
Trading in a smartphone is not exactly rocket science, especially at this stage of the game where it has become a fairly common practice. For Samsung, however, it might as well be. Several customers have reported frustrating experiences in...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 11, 2019
Samsung is losing customers to the competition in the Android space. According to new data from Counterpoint Research, over a third of Pixel 3 and OnePlus 6T owners in the fourth quarter of 2018 came from Samsung Galaxy devices. In stark...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Apr 11, 2019
Samsung dazzled tech enthusiasts when it first unveiled the production version of the Galaxy Fold in late February, and now we’re getting a firm launch date for the smartphone in the United States. Third-place U.S. wireless carrier...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Apr 10, 2019
Samsung wasn’t kidding when it said that it would look to its mid-range family of smartphones to drive innovation. The company made the comments back in September 2018 after sales of the Galaxy S9 family were tracking well below...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 10, 2019
Samsung is taking somewhat of a risk by releasing the Galaxy Fold, one of the first smartphones with a folding display. From Samsung's vantage point, however, it is not so much a risky proposition as it is a building stone for the...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Apr 08, 2019
When Samsung launched its Galaxy S10 family of smartphones in late February, it introduced no less than four variants (Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 5G). All four models vary in screen sizes, features and most...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, Apr 06, 2019
One of the hallmark features of Samsung’s new Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+and Galaxy S10 5Gsmartphones are their use of in-display ultrasonic fingerprint readers. These newfangled sensors replace the tried and true optical fingerprint sensors...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 05, 2019
Samsung will need its recently launched Galaxy S10 family to sell like gangbusters in order to rebound from a Q1 slump. The South Korean handset and electronics maker warned investors that its profit in the first quarter will be in the neighborhood of 6.1-6.3 trillion Korean won (~$5.36-$5.4...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 04, 2019
Samsung is now producing its previously-introduced Exynos Modem 5100 and a new single-chip frequency transreceiver, the Exynos RF 5500, on a mass scale, the company announced on Thursday. In addition, it is also begun large scale...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 03, 2019
What good is it to own a 5G-capable smartphone if there are no 5G networks? That is not a question owners of Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G handset will have to answer, if they live in South Korea. That's because SK Telecom is getting ready to...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Apr 01, 2019
Late last month, we heard reports that Samsung would make its Galaxy S10 5G smartphone available starting on April 5th. Today, Samsung confirmed that information and said that the launch is indeed on track for this Friday in South...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 28, 2019
At this point, the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X are known quantities in the folding Android smartphone realm. But one other top Android OEM, Xiaomi, is also looking to throw its hat in the race. We’ve previously seen the...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Mar 27, 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is one of the most highly anticipated smartphones for 2019, and it’s been reported that the device will land early next quarter in the United States. The Galaxy Fold’s claim to fame, of course, is its 7.3-inch...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 26, 2019
Now that the Galaxy S10 series launch is in the books, what comes next? That would be the Galaxy A70, a mid-range phone with some high-end features, slated for April. But after that, Samsung will take the wraps off its big daddy, the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 26, 2019
If you are interested in owning the best Android phone on the market, Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup deserves strong consideration, and especially the Galaxy S10+. The caveat, of course, is price—the Galaxy S10+ starts at a grand. What if you...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 25, 2019
By all accounts, the Galaxy S10 is an excellent smartphone. It has one of the best displays—if not THE best, based on DisplayMate's testing—on the market, it is plenty fast, and the phone's camera performance is worthy of a flagship...
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Chris Goetting - Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Fold features more than an outlandish design. It is also outfitted with some serious horsepower. The Galaxy Fold is packing Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 855 SoC, 12GB of RAM, and a whopping half-terabyte of...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 21, 2019
Samsung pulled the wraps off its Galaxy S10 family of smartphones in late February, and the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ went on sale earlier this month. One member of the family that hasn’t yet launched, however, is the Galaxy...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Mar 19, 2019
One of the most hyped smartphones that was unveiled earlier this year was the Samsung Galaxy Fold. It represented the first entry from a mainstream smartphone OEM into what’s sure to be a hot category over the next few years: folding...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 15, 2019
Samsung's recently launched Galaxy S10 series represents the best of the popular smartphone line yet, with a gorgeous display, an excellent camera system, and some nifty features. There is that punch-hole cutout, though, which some people...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 14, 2019
In a relatively short period of time, we’ve gone from relatively thick bezels at the top and bottom of our smartphones, to increased real estate courtesy of a central notch, to punch hole displays. Samsung’s most recent Galaxy S10 family...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Mar 14, 2019
Samsung Electronics has launched the highest capacity mobile DRAM for smartphones promising it will power next-gen experiences for devices. Samsung's new memory tech is the industry's first 12GB low-power double data rate 4X, or LPDDR4X...
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