As we reported earlier, Samsung is ready to launch the Samsung Galaxy Mega in India. The main even will happen in Chennai, and will begin at 12:15 PM you can catch the Live Stream video below.
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Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy Mega in India tomorrow for an expected price of Rs. 27,999/- and 29,999/- as an MRP of the product’s two variants. The Handset which has gained quite some hype in India is expected to beat sales of the Galaxy Grand, and also be the next hot category for the company.
The Galaxy Mega comes in two variants one with a 5.8 inch screen and one with a 6.3 inch screen, although both may not be launched tomorrow there is a high possibility that they will be shown off.
Specifications on these devices consist of Dual core processors, and an unusual 1.5 GB of RAM for the handsets. The 5.8 inch version has a QHD display 190 ppi density, whereas the 6.3 inch will come with a 1280 x720 p display with a 233 ppi density.
The Galaxy Mega 6.3 sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.7 GHz whereas the Galaxy Mega 5.8 comes with a Broadcom chipset similar to the one found in the Grand. Other inclusions have the 8 megapixel cameras with 1080p video on both phones and a front facing 1.9 MP camera. Both Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 come with 8 GB of inbuilt storage and 64 GB expandability via microSD.
The Galaxy Mega 6.3 sports a 3500 mAh battery whereas the Galaxy Mega 5.8 will come with a 2600mAh battery. While these specs are from the global variants of the handsets the Indian variants of the handsets could have slightly different specifications.
Samsung has just launched an ultra budget smartphone called the “Galaxy Star”, putting the company in handset range from Rs. 5000 to Rs. 45,000 for Smartphone Market Segment. The phone is aimed at the basic market, and targets the likes of Indian brands with budget smartphones. The Galaxy Star is powered by a 1200 mAh battery and runs on a 1 GHz A5 chipset, along with 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of internal storage. The Galaxy Star also has a 2 MP camera at the back and a 3 inch capacitive touchscreen in the front along with Bluetooth 4.0 for sharing abilities.
The Galaxy Star is being launched with a free data offer from Vodafone – 250 MB per month for 2 months .The offer is applicable on Vodafone 2G on purchase of Samsung Star till July 31 , 2013 .
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The entry level Galaxy device from Samsung
New Delhi, May 24, 2013 – Samsung Electronics, the number one smartphone provider in India, today announced the launch of the Samsung GALAXY Star in the Indian market. The GALAXY Star is the entry level smartphone from Samsung, which provides users’ with an enhanced smartphone experience at a very affordable price point. Powered with an ultrafast, speedy processor, intuitive motion UI and smart multimedia features, the dual SIM capable Samsung Galaxy Star offers seamless all-round performance, greater flexibility, freedom and content sharing possibilities to its users.
Announcing the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Star, Mr. Vineet Taneja, Country Head, Samsung Mobile stated, “In line with our commitment to providing Smartphones to a wider set of consumers , I am happy to announce the launch of Galaxy Star – a device that provides superior value to consumers based on its advanced features , intuitive performance and superior design features. We want more and more feature phone users to upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy Star. ”
Superior performance
Powered by A5 1GHz processor and the latest Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system, the Samsung GALAXY Star provides the user with exceptional performance for an enhanced multi-tasking and connectivity. With 3” capacitive touch screen, the device comes loaded with a 2MP camera and the latest Bluetooth 4.0 technology for on-the-go Internet and effortless sharing. Supported with a large 512 MB RAM & 4GB internal memory Samsung Galaxy Star can be expandable upto 32GB for a seamless smartphone usage.
Dual Smart Experience
The GALAXY Star comes bundled with several smart features that enable users to control and connect with the device. Intelligent Motion UI maximizes smart features for the most responsive, intuitive user experience. For example, shake the device to refresh and update, mute volume by simply flipping device, etc. . It’s innovative Smart Dual SIM feature provides total communication flexibility, allowing users to manage two phone numbers from a single phone, thus maintaining personal and professional life with ease. The feature enables the user to receive calls on one SIM number while taking a call from the other, ensuring efficient management of personal and work commitments without ever missing a call. Enhanced Smart Dual SIM UX is designed to manage both accounts with safe call dialler and message composer.
Rich connected applications
The GALAXY Star comes pre-loaded with ChatOn, Samsung’s unique cross-platform communication service that enables the users to socialize with friends and to do more than just instant messaging. ChatOn allows users to freely share multimedia content, do group chatting with friends and create personalized animated messages. The device also comes pre-loaded with the services such Google Search and cutting edge Google Now. Google Now provides the users’ helpful cards with information they need throughout the day, even before they ask. The device is also embedded with the of the Samsung Apps store with contains a variety of e-books, games, news, navigation, productivity, social networking apps, etc. Last but not the least, Galaxy Star based on latest Android OS i.e. Jellybean 4.1 provides opportunity to consumers to download more than 700k Apps & Games from Google Playstore.
The Samsung GALAXY Star comes with a powerful 1200mAh battery and has an MRP of Rs. 5240/-.The Galaxy Star is being launched with a free data offer from Vodafone – 250 MB per month for 2 months .The offer is applicable on Vodafone 2G on purchase of Samsung Star till July 31 , 2013 .
With the launch of this device, Samsung now offers a range of 15 Smartphone models priced in the range between Rs. 5240/- and Rs. 41,500/-.
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Samsung said it sold 10 million units of its latest flagship Galaxy smartphone within a month of its release — about half the time it took the previous model, the Samsung Galaxy S3, to reach that benchmark. The S2 and S waited five months and seven months, respectively, to achieve the same number.
“Launched globally on April 27, the phone is estimated to be selling at a rate of four units per second,” Samsung said in a statement announcing the news.
The Android-powered Galaxy S4, with its 5-inch 441-PPI display, 13-megapixel camera and slew of snazzy features, is evidently proving a big hit with consumers in the 110 countries where its currently sold.
In addition, the next level of estimations have the company selling upward of 22 million Samsung Galaxy S4 devices by the end of Q2.
In comparison, Apple’s iPhone 5 — the Samsung Galaxy S4’s main rival — sold 5 million devices in the first weekend (three days) of its release, but that amount proved disappointing for investors who expected sales to be much higher. Several analysts predicted that Apple would sell closer to 8 million units on opening weekend. (via Mashable)
“On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank the millions of customers around the world who have chosen the Samsung Galaxy S4,” gushed JK Shin, CEO of the Mobile Communications Division at Samsung.
The electronics giant now has 33 per cent of the smartphone market, according to figures from the last quarter.
You can view our hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy S4 below.
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Samsung has paid nearly $48 million USD for a 10% stake in one of its competitors, Pantech Corp. Pantech is the third-largest handset maker in South Korea behind Samsung and LG.
Pantech said in a statement Wednesday that it will sell 53 billion won (US$48 million) worth of new shares to Samsung. Samsung’s investment will help the company better finance its operations and attract more investor interest going forward, the statement said.
The deal, revealed by Yonhap News, makes Samsung the third-largest stakeholder in Pantech, and builds on an existing supply chain relationship which sees Pantech source more than $210m worth of components from Samsung’s manufacturing divisions each year.
While the move has raised concerns over potential anti-trust issues, Samsung was quick to release a statement that it will have “no involvement in Pantech’s business management in any way or form,” instead using the deal to strengthen ties between the two manufacturers.
Pantech has been struggling to make profits and maintain its market share amid stiff competition from crosstown rivals.The company said earlier this year it will focus on attracting investments and improving its financial status, as a means to boost its competitiveness.
The deal is aimed at giving the top global smartphone manufacturer easier access to Pantech’s semiconductor and display technology – something the two companies have traded between one another frequently in the past.
So as Apple relinquishes some of its reliance on Samsung’s chips, the Korean company is furthering its own interests in ensuring future self-reliance.
[Yonhap News, Fox News]
When Google released their Chromebook Pixel earlier this year, its pixel density topped anything on the market, including Apple’s Retina MacBook. That could be set to change however, as Samsung is working on a display that could best both those devices.
Samsung is preparing to showcase what could be the sharpest display to ever debut on a 13-inch notebook. At this year’s Display Week 2013, Samsung will flaunt a 13.3-inch notebook display with a 3200 x 1800 pixel resolution and 276 pixels per inch.
This beats Apple’s 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro by a decent margin, which comes with a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1600 and 227 ppi. It also outshines Google’s 2560 x 1700- resolution Chromebook Pixel, which comes with a 12-inch display packing 239 ppi.
By utilizing a decreased number of driver circuits and increased LED BLU efficiency, the duo will also deliver up to 30% energy savings compared to the current generation of displays, said Samsung.
As Laptop Mag reports, Samsung will also show off a 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution touch screen for tablets and an 85-inch LCD panel for TVs that enables local-dimming control. This means that color will render more vividly on the 85-inch screen with higher contrast and “80 percent brightness uniformity.”
It certainly sounds enticing, especially when you consider the quality of the displays on both Retina MacBook Pro’s, and even the Chromebook Pixel. More competition in the laptop display space can only be good news in the long run.
These newest displays come on the heels of a recent announcement by Sharp, where they unveiled that they will begin producing IGZO panels with UltraHD resolutions for notebooks. It is not yet known if the panels will simply be displayed or will be included as part of actual products, but we should know more in the coming days.
[The Verge, LaptopMag]
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Active is expected to launch by the end of this month, so it comes as no surprise that leaks for the phone are starting to become more prevalent. Several photos of the Galaxy S4 Active were spilled by GSMArena on Monday and we can see that, unlike the Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S4 Active will launch in a bright red color and offers a slightly different industrial design.
The phone will be water-proof and dust-proof which makes it Samsung’s answer to the Sony Xperia Z. The pictures also confirm the GT-i9295 model number, which has been previously associated with the Galaxy S4 Active.
As GSMArena reports, the specs of the Galaxy S4 Active are expected to be the same and the live pictures below confirm it – the device is running on a quad-core 1.9GHz processor with Adreno 320 GPU, which most definitely means a Snapdragon 600 chipset. The screen supposedly has the same size and resolution as the original Galaxy S4 – a 5.0-inch 1080p unit, though it’s unclear if it’s a Super AMOLED one or not. Strangely enough, the reported pixel density of the phone is 480ppi, so the display might actually be smaller.
Rumours also suggest the possibility of other Galaxy S4 variants, including both a Mini and a Mega version. Both will have differing screen sizes from the current stock Galaxy S4.
Also confirmed last week was the Galaxy S4 Google Edition, a vanilla Android packing version of Samsung’s flagship phone available for those who like their Android experience without any tweaks.
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Everyone who said that the Galaxy S4 is just a mere update to the Galaxy S3 might just be right this time around. A test Android 4.2.2 update, discovered by SamMobile, has all the new “amazing and unique” features of the Galaxy S4 for the previous flagship. The new test build includes the lockscreen effects and widgets, enhanced screen modes, updated settings, and new S Voice control features found in Samsung’s new flagship.
Of course if you were expecting Air View and the Remote feature, you would need to know that those things are hardware dependent and not software dependent. However, in theory you could increase the sensitivity of any capacitive screen to perform Air View sort of gestures, with a considerable amount of power-juice drain on the device. But that remains a theory.
The Update was found in Internal testing zones, and may or may not include all the said updates, and may also add some new “unique & amazing” features when it finally rolls out.
New enhancements in Android 4.2.2 update
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Samsung has announced that it will launch smaller variants of the 85 inch 4k TV we saw earlier this year. The two variants will bring economies of scale to the 4K TV lineup with a 65 inch and a 55 inch 4K will be launched in June.
The Pricing on the smaller variants will ensure that the people stay interested in this technology and it does not become another Blue-Ray fiasco. The new TVs will also have Samsung’s upgradeable Smart TV platform and the “micro dimming ultimate” LED lighting. To the relief of most of the future buyers/owners the horrendous frame was not listed, and may not be included in the smaller, designed for home variants.
Read the translated PR below, or head on over to the link for a Korean flavored version.
Samsung India has verified that the company will carry the units around Diwali season. Aditya Gupta who is a sales manager at Samsung Electronics, said;
The company is very excited about the new 4K lineup, and has seen huge response from India for the 85 inch variant. Samsung expects a large number of sales of their smaller 4K TVs especially if launched during Diwali season
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Samsung UHD TV and launching a new product type 65, type 55 in June to embark on UHD TV market.
Samsung plans to strengthen market leadership UHD TV launched in January followed by the 85-UHD TV basing the additional five months in two sizes, the new UHD TV.
UHD TV, 65 type, 55 type, the newly released Samsung boasts the highest level of quality technology to further enhance the clarity and vividness of the image, of course, the resolution is four times higher than the existing Full HD TV.
Apply our own quality across the four steps, such as improving the noise of the screen, up-scaling, improved quality detail engine algorithms automatic detection and resolution of the original video signal, standard-definition (SD) and Full HD video all enjoy a clearer picture of the UHD class can
In addition to share the details of the screen block (Micro Dimming Micro Dimming Ultimate Ultimate) technology presents a clearer picture on the screen handle every detail each block to step 3 for each contrast, detail keolreogam, and maximize the quality and sophisticated analysis. .
UHD TV UHD TV lineup, expanding world markets, spurring these Samsung TV market in the world for seven consecutive years as one of the leading companies in the best UHD TV technology based on next-generation TV to market preemption me out of a clear commitment expressed.
UHD broadcasts indefinite standard, especially in situations where Samsung Electronics ‘Evolution kit’ in all the UHD TV future UHD broadcast standards determined fully able to cope.
‘Evolution kit’ Samsung TV’s central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware to software change to the latest version at the same time, of course, is the only state-of-the-art technology.
UHD TV lineup more in line with the market trend of increasingly larger televisions in the big screen so you can enjoy a more vivid picture has expanded, “said Lee Sun – Woo, vice president of Samsung Electronics Visual Display Division imaging strategy marketing team as” the world’s # 1 TV makers UHD of a wide range of innovative products, including TV market leader in next-generation TV to realize the ‘the infinite gap’ competitiveness, “he said.
Is expected to nearly double to 793 million in 2016, more than 60 types, according to market research firm DisplaySearch, the demand for a large TV from 440 million units in 2012.
In, UHD TV market demand grows increasingly large TV’s, began in earnest this year, from 93 million units in 2013, and is expected to jump 987 million in 2016, more than ten times as
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The Google I/O conference is ongoing, and Google has just taken wraps off, of a Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition, that runs stock Android. The report had come many hours before the events initial address.
The device is fully unlocked and comes with LTE support for AT&T and T-Mobile, along with 16GB of storage. The Galaxy S4 Google Edition is aimed at the US market and it is assumed that it will come with the Qualcomm chipset that supports US LTE bands, and not the Exynos 5 chipset we are used to.
The Galaxy S4 Google Edition will receive OTA updates for the latest version of Android almost hours after announcements (in the future). The price of the Phone is set at US $ 649 and it will be available via Google’s online Play store, again only in the US.
Literally hours away from Google I/O, rumors of an upcoming Galaxy S4 Google Edition have surfaced. The Phone could very well be the next Nexus aka Nexus 5 with a 5 inch display (The Nexus 5 moniker would fit). The Galaxy S4 Google Edition will address concerns from the ever growing vocal minority of Android users demanding a pure Android experience from their Android devices, without having to go through the pains of rooting.
The Galaxy S4 Google Edition will also have a Google brand on the back cover along with possibly a new texture on the back as seen on the white tablets given last year. The Galaxy S4 Google Edition is said be designed on the Qualcomm Quad Core chipsets as opposed to the Exynos 5 on the Indian S4 variant. It is also expected that the Galaxy S4 Google Edition will be launched for the US market at first where it might be exclusively available with T-Mobile as the handset will have T-mobile band support from the get go.
More news will come at launch and we will keep you posted.
Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Grand Quattro also known as the Galaxy Win in other markets. This smart phone is a retake on the Galaxy Grand adding a few things and removing a few.
The packaging is minimal suggesting towards the lower end spectrum for Samsung but also infusing their new less paper (eco-friendly) model they suggested during the launch of the Galaxy S4. Listed below are the box contents:
There are a bunch of differences in the Galaxy Grand Quattro, starting with a smaller 4.7 inch 480 x 800 px display, which bumps up the ppi to 199 ppi. The chipset on the inside is now a Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 quad-core 1.2 GHz chipset, along with an Adreno 203 GPU.
The rear camera and the front camera have also been downgraded to 5 MP and VGA from 8MP and 2.1 MP respectively. Inside however we still have 8GB of storage (5GB + is available to the user) and 1 GB of RAM.
The build quality is along the lines of the Galaxy Grand, composed of 100% plastic build including the back panel and the bezel. The Galaxy Grand Quattro has a significantly smaller footprint thanks to the smaller screen size. The phone also weighs less and fits comfortably in the hand of the user.
The interface reminds us of many of the recent Samsung launches all showing of similar Touch-Wiz and Android 4.1.2 functionality. The Galaxy Grand Quattro / Win however, does not carry the smart features seen on the Galaxy Grand, No Multi Window toolbar, no S-Voice and No Pop-Up-Play. Which could nullify the proposition for a lot of buyers. The Smaller screen is definitely more crisp and is evident in the first impression. Video playback is smooth even though we felt a bit of lag in the Internet browser.
The keyboard is as fast as ever and retains the continuos input option, along with all of the Samsung customizations for its keyboard. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro / Win is a promising upgrade to the Galaxy Grand, it removes a lot of software and hardware features, but, does two interesting things, Adds a quad-core Processor and drops the price by about Rs. 2500 or US $ 50.
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Samsung’s success in the Indian market is truly thanks to their ability to understand the need of the market. The company understood that by penetrating the lower end of the spectrum they could increase their popularity. So with devices like the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Y, Samsung tapped the under 10,000 market space. With the Galaxy Y plus, Samsung has further tried to take away from the feature phone buyer and get him interested in smartphones. In our Samsung Galaxy Y Plus review we try to see if Samsung has yet another winner.
Weather you buy a Rs. 5000 phone or a Rs. 50,000 phone from Samsung, you will find the excessive use of plastics. The Samsung Galaxy Y Plus is no different, with a Plastic chassis, plastic back and plastic bezels along with plastic buttons. The phone however is robust and looks or at least feels like it could survive a bunch of falls and crashes, in fact we wont be surprised if it survives a car running over it, only to be thrown away.
The design and shape is reminiscent of the Y Series of Galaxy phones. The shape adds a bit of the looks of the higher end of the spectrum devices from Samsung.
Not a lot to boast about here for the Samsung Galaxy Y Plus. The front has a 2.8 inch LCD which has a resolution of 240 x 320px making it 143 ppi, it truly makes you wonder if Samsung will ever dump small size AMOLED displays in budget phones. The insides are a little sketchy with an unknown 850 MHz processor, no details for any sort of GPU and no info on the RAM. If we were to guess, we’d say the RAM should be around the 384MB mark.
The Galaxy Y plus has a 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, camera which has a fixed focus and Geo Tagging capability. The internal storage is shown as 4GB out of which under 2 GB is available to the user and expandability is kept at 32GB via microSD. The Galaxy Y Plus has a 1200 mAh battery which seems sufficient considering the specs in question even thought the phone has two sim card slots, one for 3G and one for 2G.
The Samsung Galaxy Y Plus comes with Android 4.0, which is a slight disappointment especially because companies like Micromax are throwing out Jelly Bean equipped phones by the minute. The interface however is very responsive and seems like this variant of Android was a logical choice of the company to retain the fluidity of the experience.
TouchWiz is also loaded on the tiny display which makes for a fun trailer to what you can expect when you later on switch to a more expensive Samsung Device (the company is betting on this). In fact adaptability of OS along with the available hardware is surprisingly great and performance seems acceptable from a phone of said value.
The phone is poor in these departments and for anyone who may be looking to buy this phone for the multimedia aspects, we suggest you look elsewhere. Although the Samsung Galaxy Y Plus is capable of playing games like temple run 2 smoothly, we feel the display is tattered and totally takes away from any such experience. Similar is the video playback experience, not only does the screen create a letterbox, but also reduces the size of the video to play it totally taking away from the end user enjoyment.
Pictures can be clicked from the phone’s 2 MP snapper never to be reconsidered, Samsung’s emphasizes on the geo tagging feature, as if we must remember exactly where we clicked the atrociously horrible pictures which were completely out of focus.
The Samsung Galaxy Y Plus Duos is a great dual sim phone, which fades the barrier between smartphone and feature phone. While it does have multitasking capabilities, and a whole array of multimedia features you may not end up using any of them except possibly the loud music from the speakerphone.
If you want to get a basic phone to make phone calls and send messages , this is your bet, dual sim with a good two day battery life and great network reception and a loud speaker. You may also be happy knowing that you have other Android capabilities which you may never use.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 buyers are getting much less storage than they pay for because the device is sold full of ‘bloatware’.
Bloatware includes apps and files that are added to handsets by the manufacturers and networks before they are sold to customers. Some of the preinstalled Samsung files are needed for its new features, such as eye tracking, air gestures and voice commands.
The 16GB version of Samsung’s newest flagship handset has only just over half of its listed memory available for owner use, according to CNet UK. The rest is taken up by the smartphone’s operating system and built-in apps.
“For the Galaxy S4 16GB model,” Samsung said in a statement, “approximately 6.85GB occupies [the] system part of internal memory, which is 1GB bigger than that of the Galaxy S3, in order to provide [a] high resolution display and more powerful features to our consumers.”
For users who aren’t satisfied with the 8.49 GB or so of free space left to them on the 16GB model, Samsung’s simple solution was:
To offer the ultimate mobile experience to our users, Samsung provides [a] microSD slot on Galaxy S4 for the extension of memory.
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 was launched on April 26th in India, and retails for a Price of Rs. 41,500. The Smartphone has a dual-Quad core setup along with a 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED Display. The cameras and optics have improved with a 13mp Sony Sensor and a front facing 2.1 MP camera. Both capable of FULL HD video recording.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 in India comes with 2GB of Ram and a 16GB storage capacity along with expandability options via microSD card (max 64GB).