Upcoming Galaxy devices to support multiple wireless charging standards on-board
Wireless charging isn’t some newfangled ability. The Nexus line has had it built-in for a while and there are plenty of cases, kits and pads out in the market to give the ability to your current devices. Patriot has a pretty slick set-up with Fuel iON for various Galaxy devices and iPhone. While very useful […]
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The Galaxy S6 will support all wireless charging standards
Although it’s adopted by many of the market’s leading manufacturers, wireless charging is still considered to be an emerging technology. At present, there are three main parties striving to provide the service — the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC/Qi), the Power Matters Alliance (PMA) and the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP). South Korean multinational company, Samsung, is a member of all three parties, and now it looks like it’s trying to bring them all together in its latest smartphone — the Galaxy S6.
According to a post published on its official blog earlier today, Samsung received a delivery of components back in 2014 which support multiple standards. It has now finished designing and testing the hardware — so we can expect to see devices using the new chips sometime this year, bearing that it mind the Galaxy S6 could potentially support all three standards of wireless charging.
“With our upcoming Galaxy smartphones, users will be able to enter a new wireless world like never before,” writes Samsung.
Obviously, it’s more than possible that this technology won’t be quite ready for the Galaxy S6′s unveiling on March 1 and Samsung is, instead, referring to its next Galaxy Note device. I guess we’ll just have to wait a few more days to find out.
Source: Samsung
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Australian Samsung Galaxy Note Edge gets Android 5.0.1 Lollipop
The race is on across the globe to get Android 5.0 Lollipop out to consumers. HTC, Motorola, LG and Samsung have certainly upped their game this year with many devices already getting Lollipop. On the Samsung front we have seen Lollipop make its way to the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy […]
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Samsung Galaxy Note II seemingly getting the Android 5.0 update
Multiple reports from Samsung have confirmed that its 2012 flagship, the Galaxy Note II will be receiving the latest Android 5.0 update. This has taken us a little by surprise considering how older devices are often neglected by OEMs.
There’s no word on when the smartphone will receive the update officially, but we’re guessing it won’t be long away considering that the update is already seeding to the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S5 and the likes. Strangely enough, the Galaxy S III seems to be exempt from the Lollipop update, even though it was launched some months prior to the arrival of the Galaxy Note II.
The Galaxy Note II arrived with Android 4.1.2, so it has seen a variety of Android updates along the way. It’s safe to assume that its update cycle will end with Lollipop, but the customers won’t be complaining much. The only plaguing question now is with regards to the timing of this update.
Do you still own a Galaxy Note II? What do you make of this news?
Via: Sam Mobile
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Xiaomi Passes Samsung as Top Chinese Vendor in 2014
Xiaomi continued its inexorable rise in China, rising to 13.7% of market share in Q4 of 2014, while Samsung’s ongoing decline in China continued through the last quarter, slipping to 7.9% of the market, down to fifth place behind Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, and Lenovo.
However, Samsung’s overall 2014 performance, while worse than 2013, was still good enough for second place on the year. The Korean giant captured 12.1% of the market over the course of the entire year, a mere 0.4% behind Xiaomi. All in all, it’s a pretty tight race between the top five vendors, with a mere 3.1% of market share between all of them.
Samsung had previously been the giant in China, owning 18.7% of the market in 2013 with Lenovo in a distant second and Xiaomi way off the radar. So what happened?
Xiaomi was extremely aggressive in 2014, releasing moderately-priced high quality phones. Add to the mix a bevy of sales and promotions and Xiaomi now sits atop the rankings, having experienced nearly 187% growth year-on-year.
Apple also had a hot Q4 thanks to its new line of iPhones, which was good enough for second place in the fourth quarter, but still left Cupertino out of the top five rankings on the year.
As for Lenovo, the Motorola acquisition is starting to bear fruit and we can expect to see it rise in the overall rankings, though #3 on the year is nothing at which to scoff.
Samsung had a so-so year in 2014. The Galaxy S5 was met with a lukewarm reception and tepid sales, and there seemed to be a general mood of deflation around brand, as if consumer excitement plateaued in 2013 and had nowhere to go after an underwhelming S5 update.
2015 will be a crucial year for Samsung, and it can’t afford to another year of drastic contraction, not just in China, but globally. We can expect a new Galaxy S6 within the next few weeks, likely at MWC, and there’s no doubt the bean counters in Korea are waiting with bated breath.
Xiaomi will also need to be on its toes if it intends to fight off an embattled Samsung and rising Lenovo. 2015 should be a fun year to watch.
Source: IDC
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Samsung hints that Galaxy S6 could support multiple wireless charging standards
One “special function” of the Galaxy S6 could be wireless charging that works with any of the current standards.
In a new post on its Samsung Tomorrow blog, the maker of the Galaxy series extols the virtues of wireless charging and promises that 2015 will be a “landmark year” for the technology. This sudden interest in wireless charging is curious, given that Samsung hasn’t really promoted it so far – while competitors like LG or Motorola have shipped devices with built-in wireless charging, Galaxy S and Note phones have lacked this feature out of the box. Samsung users can buy replacement covers fitted with wireless charging coils, but that’s obviously not ideal.
Samsung is now signaling that its 2015 flagships will not only feature wireless charging out of the box, but they will be compatible with multiple standards.
“Last year, components that support multiple standards on a single chip were released. Given that it usually takes around 6 to12 months to integrate new components and put them on the market, it is expected that several of these products will be available to consumers this year”
The company doesn’t spell it out, but given the timing of the post, the above is a strong indication that the Galaxy S6 will be among the first devices with multiple standard compatibility. In fact, this may be the “special function” that Samsung’s head of investors relations Robert Yi hinted at last month.
The multi-standard wireless solution that Samsung mentioned could be thanks to Broadcom – back in May 2014, the chipmaker announced a charging control chip that works with the three main standards, A4WP, PMA, and WPC.
“Samsung will accelerate to democratize this wireless charging technology with compelling smartphones. With our upcoming Galaxy smartphones, users will be able to enter a new wireless world like never before.”
If our assumption is correct, users of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will be able to drop their device on just about any charging surface without worrying about the technology inside. That would be a great user-facing feature, and a great step forward for wireless charging technology, which has been so far held back by fragmentation.
For more about the state of wireless charging, check out our recent look at the technology.
Samsung overtakes Apple, jumps to number 3 in Reputation Quotient in Harris Poll
The Harris Poll has released the results of their annual poll of corporate reputation and Samsung has moved all the way up to number 3 in the rankings, surpassing Apple along the way for the first time. Samsung moved from seventh in the prior year while Apple fell from third down to ninth. Some other notable tech companies also made the top ten including Amazon at number two and Google slid in to the tenth place.
Amazon continues to be one of the strongest performers year after year on the strength of their breadth of products, customer focus and public trust, although they did get supplanted at the top by Wegmans Food Markets. Meanwhile, both Microsoft and Sony slipped out of the top ten even as Google managed to slide in to grab the final top ten spot.
On the longer list, Sprint Corporation found itself as one of the biggest gainers from 2014 to 2015, gaining 5.3 points to land in the 72nd spot on the list of the top 100. Competitor Verizon found itself in the 66th spot and the leader amongst telecom companies.
The poll asks respondents to rate companies on 20 different attributes that are grouped into six dimensions of corporate reputation:
- Social responsibility
- Emotional appeal
- Products and services
- Workplace environment
- Financial performance
- Vision and leadership
The Reputation Quotient, or RQ, is the sum of the ratings on the 20 attributes divided by the total number of attributes answered multiplied by seven. That result is then multiplied by 100 to give a final RQ score with the maximum being 100. Wegmens Food Markets top score was 84.36.
source: Harris Poll
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Samsung launches Galaxy J1 4G, Core Prime 4G, and Grand Prime 4G in India
Aside from the Galaxy A7, three new handsets from Samsung are all heading to India. The company has announced the Galaxy J1 4G, Galaxy Core Prime 4G, and Galaxy Grand Prime 4G. The handsets all look similar but the specifications differ slightly.
Hit the break for the specifications of each.
Samsung Galaxy J1 4G:
- 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display
- 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
- 768MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
- 5MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
- 2MP front-facing camera
- Dual SIM
- 8.9mm thick and weighs 122 grams
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC
- 1850mAh battery
- Available in Blue, Black, or White
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime 4G:
- 4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display
- 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
- 5MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 2MP front-facing camera
- Dual SIM
- 8.8mm thick and weighs 130 grams
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS + GLONASS, NFC
- 2000mAh battery
- Available in White, Silver, or Charcoal Grey
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime 4G:
- 5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
- 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor
- 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with micro SD
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
- Dual SIM
- 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
- 5 MP front-facing camera
- Dimensions: 144.8×72.1×8.6mm; Weight: 156 grams
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS＋GLONASS, NFC
- 2600 mAh battery
- Available in White or Grey
Via: Fone Arena
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HTC One M9 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 – concepts compared
With the next two flagship devices just around the corner from HTC and Samsung, inevitably the renders of what fans believe the next devices will look like start to surface; so let’s compare them.
The concepts represent what the HTC One M9 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 could look like, as suggested by the various leaks we’ve heard, together with some imaginative creativity.
HTC One M9
The new device from HTC retains a similar back to what the current One M8 has, but brings a more curved smoother look to the front, together with slimmer bezels. The concept oozes premium look and feel, opting for a curved back and two-toned chassis coloring.
Samsung Galaxy S6
Picture the HTC One M9 against the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the premium design of the HTC definitely shines trough, as well as those thin bezels. However, the Samsung Galaxy S6 seems to have borrowed the chassis from the iPhone 6 with the design looking very similar to the Apple competitor.
The Galaxy S6, One M9, and iPhone 6, look more similar than ever in these concepts, with design influences easily seen shared across devices.
With that said, there is very little to complain about if this really is what the One M9 and Galaxy S6 end up looking like, because I really like them; however, let us know what you think of the renders in the comments below.
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Samsung Exynos 7 Octa SoC with 14nm FinFET technology now ready for mass production
Samsung announced earlier today that a new Exynos 7 Octa chip is now ready for mass production. It’s the first processor using 14nm FinFET technology. 14nm is much better than the current 20nm offering, and it boosts performance by 20% and power by 35%.
The performance is the key here since this is likely the chip that will power the upcoming Galaxy S 6. the S6 will sport a smaller battery than the S5 (2,600 vs 2,800 mAh), but hopefully the FinFET technology will ensure no drop in battery life.
The new chip is also 64-bit and is an octa-core.
source: Samsung
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