Arctic Blue Samsung Galaxy S4 is now available in the UK
- Mobile Phones
- Friday, 26 July 2013 12:47
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Samsung now released a new color range for its Galaxy S4 UK customers. Artic Blue painted Galaxy S4 is now available to order from Phone4U. Samsung Galaxy S4 Arctic Blue was announced at Samsung Premier Event with four other color variants, Purple Mirage, Red Aurora, Brown Autumn, and Pink Twilight .
Samsung is already selling Arctic Blue colored Galaxy S4 in Asian markets and soon it will be available in many other markets.
Purple Mirage Galaxy S4 spotted in Exynos 5 Octa variant
- Mobile Phones
- Friday, 26 July 2013 09:13
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Samsung already announced at the Samsung Premier Event that they are going to produce Galaxy S4 in five more variants along with standard colors, White Frost and Black Mist. Now we got hold of some pictures of the Purple Mirage painted Galaxy S4. This is a I9500 variant so it should be available in few regions where Samsung released Galaxy S4 in Exynos 5 Octa processor.
The standard Galaxy S4 colors are White Frost and Black Mist while Blue Arctic, Red Aurora and Brown Autumn are being sold in select regions.
Will Samsung pay Apple $30 - $40 per Galaxy device?
- Samsung
- Friday, 26 July 2013 07:05
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Samsung and Apple are arch rivals and the rivalry goes a step forward when it comes to patents. Both the companies are fighting in different patent claims in different courtrooms across the globe. Is there any immediate solution of this problem? Answer is NO.
From a latest report from Koran news agency it is now clear that why Samsung does not want to settle down all the differences with Apple.
In one stage Samsung was looking to enter a cross-licensing agreement with Apple. But Apple is not in a mood to do that. Apple wants a whopping fee of $30 - $40 per tablet to license with patents. Apart from that Apple also wants $600 million for Samsung’s 20 million Galaxy S4 sale. This is definitely a dual policy of Apple as it charges $5 to HTC for each smartphone.
That is not the end of the story, Apple also wants Samsung to sign a anti-cloning agreement. This will stop Samsung from implementing any Apple related patents on Galaxy devices.
With all these demands Samsung stopped to proceed with any talks with Apple when it comes to patents and cross-licensing agreements.
It is also worth to mention that it is reported that Apple signed agreement with Samsung to obtain iPhone chips in 2015 from the Korean electronics giant.
Autumn Brown - New Galaxy S4 Color for Verizon
- Mobile Phones
- Monday, 22 July 2013 08:05
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Samsung adding one more color variant to it’s already flagship smartphone, Galaxy S4. Th new color will be called Autumn Brown and will be exclusive for Verizon.
When this new color will be available is unknown at this moment and there is no official words from Samsung or Verizon. Verizon is offering two Galaxy S4 variants, Black Mist or White Frost at this moment.
Android 4.3 Spotted on Galaxy S3
- Mobile Phones
- Monday, 22 July 2013 07:21
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Samsung yet another time delayed Android 4.2.2 update on its last generation Galaxy S device but that does not hold back the Korean manufacturer testing latest Android 4.3 on Galaxy S3. According to a latest snapshot leak Samsung is already testing Android 4.3 on Galaxy S3.
Latest reports suggest that Samsung R&D center in Bangalore, India is working on both 4.2.2 and 4.3 updates for Samsung Galaxy S3. But it is now believed that Samsung will not provide any update with Android 4.2.2 but instead directly move to Android 4.3 for Galaxy S3 smartphones.
Though this is a great news for all Galaxy S3 owners, but it is equally frustrating not to hear any official words when their phones will receive the much waited updates.
Samsung is of course gaining a lot of market share lately with bringing state-of-art technologies in smartphones and handheld devices, but it is one of the worst manufacturer when it comes to software updates.
Leaked Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean ROM for the Galaxy Note 8.0 Wi-Fi
- Tablets
- Monday, 15 July 2013 13:06
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Sammobile leaked a test ROM for Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 today with Android 4.2.2. Galaxy Note 8.0 comes with Android 4.1.2 preloaded and Samsung will provide upgrade to Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 sometime in the future. But there is no updated information from Samsung about the upgrade.
If you want to try your hand on the test software download Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 for Galaxy Note 8.0 here. This is an official test software.
The Galaxy Note 8.0 features a 8.0” 1280 x 800 (WXGA) display, 5 megapixel camera, Quad-Core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz, Touch-Wiz Nature UX, S Pen functions.
Flashing Instructions
- MAKE SURE TO BACK-UP EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU PROCEED!!!
- Unzip the file
- Open Odin 3.07 (already included in the firmware package)
- Restart phone in download mode
- (Press and hold Home + Power + Volume down buttons)
- Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
- Add CODE_N5110XXCMG2_1031850_REV01_user_low_ship.tar to CODE
- Add CSC_OXA_N5110OXACMG2_1031850_REV01_user_mid_noship.tar to CSC
- Add kona_wifi.pit to PIT
- Make sure re-partition is ticked
- Start flash, sit back and wait a few minutes.
- If you encounter any issues with the firmware (Any FC, Bootloop etc)
- Boot into recovery mode (Home+ Power + Volume Up)
- Choose to wipe/factory reset.
- (THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA INCLUDING YOUR INTERNAL SD CARD!)
- Then choose reboot and you should be good to go!
Samsung will once again provide Apple iPhone 7 chips
- Samsung
- Monday, 15 July 2013 12:24
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Samsung was the provider of Apple iPhone chipset from 2007, when the original iPhone came up. Beginning from first generation iPhone till the latest iPhone 5 Samsung was the sole provider of iPhone chips which changed this year when Apple grabbed TSMC as their chip provider of choice for iPhone 6.
Reportedly Apple once again signed contract with Samsung for it’s future generation iPhone expected in 2015. This may be the iPhone 7 which will arrive late 2015. According to local Korean media, Samsung will produce chipsets with 14 nanometer FinFET technology for Apple.
So TSMC will only provide chipsets for only Apple iPhone 6?
There is no official words yet, neither from Samsung or Apple about this deal. It seems like we have to wait a bit to get some concrete information.