Vodafone UK now rolling out Wi-Fi calling update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
Vodafone UK has started pushing out a rather unexpected update to all its carrier-branded models of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge located in the United Kingdom. This upgrade carries support for the operator’s fairly new Wi-Fi calling service, which authorizes users to place calls via the Internet when they have no cellular signal without incurring any extra charges.
Unfortunately, you will need to be a subscriber of either a Pay Monthly Red, Red Value, Red+ or Business Premier plan to use the Wi-Fi calling platform. You’ll also need to ensure that your device was bought directly from Vodafone because if you purchased it from a third-party company, it won’t bundle the correct drivers for the feature to work. Other than these two provisos, using the service couldn’t be easier. Simply install the upgrade, then text the word “CALLING” to 97888 to enable it.
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[Deal] Get a free Samsung TV from Best Buy with a purchase of a select Galaxy smartphone
A deal that began with just Sprint has now been extended to Verizon and AT&T subscribers through Best Buy. For a limited time, with a purchase of a select Samsung smartphone you can get a 32-inch Samsung LED HDTV totally free of charge.
Now what’s a deal without some terms and conditions. First off, there only a few smartphones that are eligible for the offering. They include the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6. Buyers must activate the handset on one of the supported carriers with either a 2 year deal or via installment payments.
The deal is valid through January 2, 2016 and has limited quantity available, so hurry up before they’re all gone!
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge used to make a professional quality short film
I have seen tons of comparisons between modern smartphone cameras and professional cameras over the years. Each year they get closer and closer, but not quite there yet. However, that doesn’t mean an excellent smartphone camera can’t be used to film a professional quality short film and look great.
Part 1 of the film has been released by Jens Rijsdijk, Sjoerd de Bont and Kuba Szutkowski, three up-and-coming directors who used an S6 Edge as their only camera. The short film also has an interesting idea behind it as this first part was shot by Sjoerd de Bont, and the next two parts will be shot by the other two directors. However, each director must continue off from where the last one started. As you’ll see by the part 1, it could go anywhere.
Samsung is using the film as a promotion for the Galaxy S6 Edge. Either way, it still shows just how great their smartphone camera is, and how it can be used to create professional quality films in the right hands.
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T-Mobile slashes $100 off top Samsung phones along with free Netflix subscription
This holiday season, T-Mobile is playing Santa of sorts. As part the Un-carrier Unwrapped promotion, T-Mobile offering a $100 discount off Samsung’s premium Galaxy devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Edge+ and Note 5. If that was not good enough for you, the wireless carrier is also throwing in a full year’s Netflix subscription for free.
“Today we’re putting the final bow on a fantastic month of gifts to all wireless customers. Starting this weekend, we’re giving you $100 off the top on Samsung’s hottest phones, plus a year of Netflix. Period. Happy Holidays Everyone!”
– John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile
There is just one catch – the deal is only valid for T-Mobile’s equipment installment plan, which means you can’t avail the offer on the purchase of unlocked Galaxy devices. But if you don’t mind staying bound to one service provider, it is indeed a sweet deal.
To make the most of this offer, you must make a purchase between December 18th and December 23rd. While the $100 discount may not be available after December 23rd, customers still get up to a free year of Netflix though December 31st.
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[Deal] Sprint is giving away a free 32-inch TV to all customers who purchase one of the latest Samsung smartphones
Sprint has announced a new holiday promotion it will be offering from this Friday, December 18 for customers who purchase either a Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+ or the Galaxy Note 5 on any of its prepaid plans or two-year contracts.
In order to qualify for a free 32-inch Samsung LED TV, which is normally priced at $419.99, consumers will need to have bought their new smartphone by Thursday, December 24 and sent off the TV Order Claim form before Thursday, December 31.
You can find all of the details in the press release below:
Hot Sprint Offer – Get a FREE 32-Inch Samsung LED TV With Any Qualifying Purchase or Lease of Popular Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Until December 24
Through Jan. 7, take advantage of the biggest wireless offer in U.S. history – 50 percent off the price of most Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile rate plansOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 16, 2015 – Sprint (NYSE: S) is making it easy and affordable to give the best technology gifts this holiday season. Beginning Friday, Dec. 18, get a FREE 32-inch Samsung LED TV with a qualifying purchase or lease of the hottest Samsung Galaxy smartphones1.
This special holiday offer is available for existing Sprint customers who upgrade or add a new line of service and new customers switching to Sprint. Qualified Samsung smartphones include Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Samsung Galaxy Note5. Customers can get their new Samsung smartphone through Sprint Lease, Sprint Easy PaySM, sign a two-year contract or pay full retail price. Offer available Dec. 18 – Dec. 24 or while supplies last.
“A free TV from Samsung is the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one,” said Roger Sole, chief marketing officer, Sprint. “Sprint is excited to team up with Samsung and offer consumers an exciting promotion with the popular Galaxy smartphones. And, we invite new customers to switch to Sprint and save 50 percent off their current rate plan.”
50 Percent Off Rate Plans
Consumers switching to Sprint also can take advantage of the biggest wireless offer in U.S. history – 50 percent off the price of most Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile rate plans2. Customers who switch get 50 percent off most current rate plan prices from their current carrier. And, Sprint will pay your switching fees up to $650 per line via an American Express® Reward Card after online registration and phone turn-in3.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint served more than 58.6 million connections as of Sept. 30, 2015, and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You can learn more and visit Sprint atwww.sprint.com or http://www.facebook.com/sprint and http://www.twitter.com/sprint.
1Must be 18+ and a resident of 50 US/DC/PR/USVI. Between 12/18/15 and 12/24/15, lease or purchase a Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ or Note5 (“Qualifying Galaxy Device”) from a participating Sprint retail location, Sprint authorized dealer, online or National Retailer where Sprint is sold, and follow the instructions athttp://samsungpromotions.com/SamsungTVFlashSale (“Website”) to submit your Offer Claim Form. Must submit Offer Claim Form online by 12/31/15 at 11:59:59 PM ET. Subject to verification and while supplies last receive a Samsung 32? LED J4000 Series TV w/in approx. 4–6 weeks. In the event a TV arrives damaged, Participants may call customer service at 888-795-6442 for assistance. Limit 1 TV per Qualifying Galaxy Device purchase or lease. Offer cannot be combined with other Samsung rebates, offers, discounts, promotions or programs. Subject to Terms available at Website, including complete Offer details/restrictions. Void where prohibited.
2Discount applies to base monthly service plan and access charges only. Discount does not apply to certain charges such as taxes, surcharges, roaming, premium content, add-ons, and apps. New plan features may not be an exact match. Discount offer limited to regular rates on consumer plans as of 12/9/15 for: Verizon’s shared data rate plans as of 12/9/15 for 1GB, 3GB, 6GB, 12GB, 18GB, 20GB, 25GB, 30GB, 40GB and 50GB; T-Mobile’s Simple Choice rate plan prices as of 12/9/15 for 2GB, 6GB and 10GB; and AT&T’s shared data rate plans as of 11/18/15 for 300MB, 2GB, 5GB, 15GB, 20GB, 25GB, 30GB, 40GB and 50GB. Discount does not include competitor promotional or sale prices. Plans exclude unlimited music and video streaming, data carryover, and cloud options that other carrier plans may offer. Offer/coverage not available everywhere or for discounted phones. Subject to new-line, $36 activation fee, credit, valid port-in. Customer must choose from same porting carrier rate card.
3Requires valid port-in, submission of previous bill, current phone turn in and online registration. Via American Express Reward Card.
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$100 off Samsung smartphones, year of Netflix offered by T-Mobile in final Unwrapped deal
T-Mobile announced today their final special offer as part of their holiday shopping Un-carrier Unwrapped promotions. The offer encourages consumers to pick up a Samsung smartphone thanks to a $100 discount and suggests consumers avail themselves of T-Mobile’s new Binge On feature by throwing in a year of Netflix.
John Legere, in announcing this final offer for the season, says other carriers are engaging in trickery with their specials, but T-Mobile’s Unwrapped is different in being simple, “we’re giving you $100 off the top on Samsung’s hottest phones, plus a year of Netflix. Period.”
The devices eligible for the special pricing include the Samsung Galaxy S6, the Galaxy S6 Edge, the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5. The offer will launch this Friday, December 18th, and will be accessible via retail locations, by phone or through online orders. The special pricing on Samsung devices will be good through December 23rd, but the Netflix offer can be had until December 31st. If you are already a Netflix customer, you can get a 12-month credit through this deal.
Check out the full press release below.
T-Mobile Gives Customers $100 Off Samsung’s Best Smartphones, Plus a Year of Netflix
Un-carrier Unwrapped ends with gifts for all!
Get $100 off a Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge, edge+ or Note5 AND one full year of Netflix on us!Bellevue, Washington — December 16, 2015 — T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today revealed its final gift of the Un-carrier Unwrapped holiday season and it’s for absolutely everyone. Starting this Friday, the Un-carrier is knocking $100 off Samsung’s latest superphones – the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge, edge+ or Note5. To sweeten the deal, the Un-carrier is throwing in up to a full year of Netflix – more than $100 value – when you pick up any of these Samsung smartphones! With Binge On you can watch all the Netflix you want without eating up your high-speed data. It’s the gift that keeps on giving year round!
“Today we’re putting the final bow on a fantastic month of gifts to all wireless customers,” said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile. “The carriers’ holiday ‘deals’ are full of trickery and promises in exchange for a set of handcuffs and higher costs down the road. That’s not a gift, and it’s not how the Un-carrier does it. Starting this weekend, we’re giving you $100 off the top on Samsung’s hottest phones, plus a year of Netflix. Period. Happy Holidays Everyone!”
Thanks to the carriers’ inflated data charges and overages, if you don’t have T-Mobile, you’re paying a lot more for your binge watching than just the normal subscription fee. Binge watching a full season of House of Cards can eat up about 9.59 GB of high-speed data. An AT&T customer with a 5GB data bucket would use up their entire bucket and tip into overage penalties to the tune of $15 per gigabyte before the season is even done – an extra $75 on top of their monthly bill! At T-Mobile with Binge On, that same season of House of Cards would eat up exactly ZERO of your high-speed data bucket on most plans.
The Un-carrier has been in the holiday spirit this month, unwrapping holiday gifts every week as part of Un-carrier Unwrapped. First, T-Mobile gave its Simple Choice customers three months of Unlimited LTE. Then,Sprint customers got $200 per line when they switched. And AT&T customers got a phone memory upgrade and half-off accessories. Finally, Verizon customers got up to a full year mobile viewing joy with Hulu and half-off accessories.
This latest Un-carrier Unwrapped gift is available to everyone starting Friday, December 18th in T-Mobile stores, by phone and online. Customers can get $100 off Samsung phones through December 23rd, and customers can get up to a free year of Netflix though December 31st. For more information, visithttps://explore.t-mobile.com/samsung-phone-offer.
Offer subject to change. At participating locations; while supplies last. Qualifying service required. Netflix offer sponsored by Samsung. Follow instructions at http://www.SamsungPromotions.com to redeem. Netflix codes must be used by 3/31/16 or they will expire. Subject to Netflix Terms & Conditions.
About T-Mobile
As America’s Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company’s advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to more than 61 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
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T-Mobile rolls out much-needed security update for the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ and Note 5
T-Mobile is currently in the process of rolling out a vital security update to its carrier-branded variants of the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ and Note 5 located in the United States. This upgrade transports a much-needed patch for the incredibly irritating MMS bug found present on a number of smartphones running Lollipop, along with several bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations.
The full changelog can be seen below:
- The security of your device has been improved.
- Device stability improvements, bug fixes.
- New and / or enhanced features.
- Further improvements to performance.
As is the norm, this update is being distributed in stages. To see if it’s ready for your device head into Settings, scroll to the bottom and tap on “About Device”, hit “System Updates”, then select “Check for updates”. Alternatively, you can wait until you receive a push notification prompting you to install the update.
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AT&T is offering a free Galaxy S6 with the purchase of another Galaxy
If you’re looking to switch over to AT&T this month, you’re in for an awesome promotion. Until the new year starts, when you buy one of the current Galaxy devices, you’ll be able to pick up a free Galaxy S6 on a second line. That’s right, if you buy a Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus or Galaxy S6 Active (which you can only get at AT&T), AT&T will credit your account for your AT&T Next payments on a 32GB Galaxy S6.
The small print here is that the free Galaxy S6 must be on a new line and if you cancel either line, the balance of that phone is due immediately (up to $950). You’ll be required to choose a qualifying plan, which AT&T says is $70/mo or more, and the bill payments will be split up over 30 months. Your credits will start after three months of service if you keep your account in good standing. This promotion ends on December 31 and is only for “well-qualified” customers.
If you’re looking to switch over to AT&T want to be tied to a Galaxy S6 for the next 30 months, this is a pretty good deal. I think this will be especially popular with those getting their first or second smartphone who aren’t jumping around to a new device a lot and just want something nice that will work and not break immediately. The Galaxy S6 is still one of the best phones out there and will be one of the best sellers this holiday season due to the Galaxy branding and build quality.
Is this a promotion you’re going to jump on? Let us know down in the comments what you think of this move from AT&T.
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[Deal] AT&T goes BOGO-ish with Samsung Galaxy S6
If you are looking for a pair of smartphones as gifts this holiday season, AT&T is offering up the Samsung Galaxy S6 in a kind of buy one get one free deal. Since the deal only works by signing up for the AT&T Next program, you end up having to setup service and make payments on both phones. However, as long as you comply with the program’s requirements, AT&T will start granting credits that effectively make the second smartphone free.
For the first device, users can choose from the Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, Galaxy S6 Active or the Galaxy Note 5. Once you add one of those devices to your cart, you can add the Galaxy S6 as the second device. In addition to signing up for AT&T Next and staying with the program, consumers also have to use a service plan of at least $70 per month.
With so many people putting multiple lines on their plans, this could be a good way to control the cost a bit. Hit the source link below for more information and to start your order.
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Verizon goes live with WiFi calling for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge
Verizon announced last week that a software update coming to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge would activate WiFi calling for the handsets. Today, the carrier is pushing out the update along with additional features and fixes. Verizon’s variants of the two Samsung devices are also getting Live Broadcast and Hi-Fi audio support.
Hit the break for the full changelog.
Make calls over Wi-Fi
It’s easy. Start by going to Settings > Advanced Calling > Activate Advanced Calling. Once Advanced Calling is active, you can turn on HD Voice and Wi-Fi Calling from the same settings menu.Go to Settings > Advanced Calling > Activate Wi-Fi Calling
Live Video Broadcasting
The Galaxy S6 helps you share life’s can’t-miss moments as they happen. Take live video and broadcast it to the world via YouTube, letting viewers see it in real time.
- Share important moments in real time
- Seamless HD capture and sharing
- Integrated with Camera and Contacts
- Watch and broadcast via YouTube (mobile/web/TV)
Ultra-High-Quality Audio- UHQA (Hi-Fi Audio)
Your favorite tunes have never sounded better on a Samsung smartphone. This breakthrough audio technology takes select music files and enhances the richness and detail.
- Improved sound quality for any file type
- Audiophile level sound quality
- Every note from your playlists and punch lines from your favorite videos are brought to life with crisp audio
App/Folder Icon
Icon shape or folders and native apps have been updated.Messages
The Samsung Messages app lets you preview your messages on the status bar and lock screen.This feature is active by default, but it’s easy to turn off if you want to keep your incoming messages private.
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