The latest generation of smartphones follows a trend that has seen many OEMs try making an all display front panel. Hence, this sought to innovatively hide or exclude the front-facing camera altogether. Samsung was the first to introduce a punch hole front camera with the Galaxy A8s and now brings a new take to the mix. A freshly patented Galaxy device will apparently not have a front-facing camera and rather feature a display at the back which can be used to take selfies from the rear mounted camera.

Devices such as the OnePlus 7 Pro, that feature a pop-up front camera have become increasingly more common. Some even sport rotating and shifting cameras as well (see [...]

Samsung will soon be coming forward with the new members of the Galaxy A Series. They include the Samsung Galaxy A10, Samsung Galaxy A20 and the Samsung Galaxy A30, with speculations of the Samsung Galaxy A50 launching some time later. After the recent Samsung M series launch, this could be the next big step for the electronics mega-giant.

According to a leak the Samsung Galaxy A series will be targeted towards the offline market sector. Another feature that the A series might sport is the AMOLED displays across all the variants, which indicates that the devices might be launched in the premium segment. More good news for Samsung!

Korean Electronics Giant, Samsung is preparing for the launch of M-Series smartphones that is targetted towards young millennials. A latest leak indicates that the company will also launch the Galaxy A50 shortly. The Galaxy A50 was spotted on Geekbench which reveals that the device will pack impressive specifications.

The Geekbench score of the Galaxy A50 was first uploaded on January 15 and it gets a single-core score of 1700 points and a multi-core score of 5078 points. The smartphone is listed as model number ‘SM-A505GN’ on Geekbench’s website and going by name scheming on past devices, it will be called the Samsung [...]

Samsung has announced the new Galaxy A9 with five cameras an event in Malaysia. The new Samsung Galaxy A9 has a 6.3 inch, 2280 x 1080 px FHD+ Super AMOLED display, with a 392 ppi pixel density. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC with an Octa-Core processor and the Adreno 512 GPU. The device has two variants with either 6 GB or 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 512 GB via a microSD card. The device has a 3,800 mAh battery and supports Quick Charge 2.0. For securely unlocking the smartphone, it has a fingerprint sensor at the back and also has a face unlock option.

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Samsung is reportedly planning to discontinue its Galaxy J series of smartphones. Instead, it will merge its lesser priced lineup with the mid-range A series. The move is reportedly Samsung’s way to combat the rising competition from Chinese brands in the same price segment.

The Galaxy J series is the budget lineup that the manufacturer provides. It will merge it with the A series, which will then cover the entire segment. Apart from this, Samsung is also planning to replace its Galaxy On series with a new Galaxy M lineup. The Galaxy M series will target the budget smartphone segment which is currently ruled by Chinese manufacturers.

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According to reports, Samsung is going to lower the shipment of its smartphones in 2016 by 12%. This means the company would be shipping about 420-430 million units next year. Samsung is going to focus less on its high-end S series, and more on its budget and mid-range phones. The J series and the A series ensured that Samsung performed well in 2015. However, the year also saw a fall in the over-all demand of smartphones globally.

While Samsung still continued to be a leading smartphone manufacturer despite the falling demands, the company is altering its course a little next year. There will be some new additions to the Samsung Galaxy A and J series. There are also big plans [...]