Samsung Galaxy S5 mini support page spotted on official site

The Samsung Galaxy S5 mini has been rumored for a long time and we’ve encountered its SM-G800 model number a few times. This time it’s right on Samsung’s official web site (the Finnish portal in particular).

Unfortunately, the web page appears to be just a placeholder at the moment with no additional info. The Galaxy S5 mini is rumored to come with a 4.5” 720p screen, Snapdragon 400 chipset and an 8MP camera.The Galaxy S5 mini will be water-resistant with an IP67 rating, just like it's bigger sibling.There’s also an SM-G750 in the works, currently known under the Galaxy S5 Neo moniker. This one seems to be a higher end model - a 5.1” 720p phone with a 2.3GHz CPU - despite the lower model number.

Samsung ships more smartphones than major competition combined

Samsung is ubiquitous; there’s no doubt that they are a mobile powerhouse, however, the latest IDC quarterly update gives us a look into just how much of a powerhouse the Korean manufacturer is.

30.3% of total smartphone market share is controlled by Samsung, which is about 85 million units, in Q1 2014.

Now compare this number to Apple, Huawei, Lenovo, and LG, who account for 15.5%, 4.9%, 4.6%, and 4.4% respectively; .9% less than Samsung’s share.

All “other” smartphones account for 40.5% of the market share, but these are hardly the bigger players that pose a threat to Samsung’s current market dominance.

IDC predicts that smartphone shipments will reach 1.2 billion units, total, for 2014; a 200 million increase from last year. This is due to growth in the smartphone market and the constant spread of new models entering the market, especially low-range handsets.

If you suprised about this,you shouldn't be,We virtually see a samsung device everywhere we go?

Samsung Galaxy S5 mini with IP67 certification confirmed

We already know that Samsung is going to release the mini version of its Galaxy S5 flagship, just like it did for the Galaxy S4 last year. The upcoming Galaxy S5 mini has already been leaked via a case maker, and today Samsung has confirmed one of the features of the device.

Samsung New Zealand on its website has affirmed that the Galaxy S5 mini will come out with IP67 certification. The company has posted the warranty information of the upcoming device, which states that the warranty is excluded if the Galaxy S5 mini is submerged in water for more than 30 minutes.

Both Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4 Active boast IP67 certification and have the same warranty exclusions. This means that the upcoming Galaxy S5 mini smartphone will also carry the same feature.

The other rumored specs of the device include a 4.5-inch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, quad-core processor along with 1.5 GB of RAM on a Snapdragon 400 chipset, 8 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front facing shooter, 16 GB of internal memory and Android 4.4 KitKat.

There is no word on the pricing and the availability details of the smartphone, we will know more about that when the device goes official.

Samsung Galaxy S5 mini with IP67 certification confirmed

We already know that Samsung is going to release the mini version of its Galaxy S5 flagship, just like it did for the Galaxy S4 last year. The upcoming Galaxy S5 mini has already been leaked via a case maker, and today Samsung has confirmed one of the features of the device.

Samsung New Zealand on its website has affirmed that the Galaxy S5 mini will come out with IP67 certification. The company has posted the warranty information of the upcoming device, which states that the warranty is excluded if the Galaxy S5 mini is submerged in water for more than 30 minutes.

Both Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4 Active boast IP67 certification and have the same warranty exclusions. This means that the upcoming Galaxy S5 mini smartphone will also carry the same feature.

The other rumored specs of the device include a 4.5-inch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, quad-core processor along with 1.5 GB of RAM on a Snapdragon 400 chipset, 8 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front facing shooter, 16 GB of internal memory and Android 4.4 KitKat.

There is no word on the pricing and the availability details of the smartphone, we will know more about that when the device goes official.

4.5" Samsung Galaxy Core 2 leaks with quad-core CPU

The Samsung Galaxy Core 2 has leaked in dual-SIM form over in Russia and carries the product codeSM-G355H. We got two images that show the device with a physical home button along with a capacitive recent apps and back buttons.

According to the leak the Galaxy Core 2 Dual SIM has a 4.5" WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) display on the front, quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, a lowly 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage and a microSD card option.

Samsung Galaxy Core 2

The phone comes as heir to the Galaxy Core, Galaxy Core Plus and Galaxy Core Advance lineup. It measures 129.7 x 67.9 x 9.8 mm - around the same as the 4.3" Galaxy Core and Core Plus - and weighs in at 138 g. The camera is a 5 MP unit at the back and a front-facing 0.3 MP.

Octa-core Galaxy S5 tops S801-packing model in AnTuTu

The octa-core Samsung Galaxy S5 went through another round of the AnTuTu 4 benchmark and passed with flying colors, improving on the score of its Snapdragon 801-powered twin.

Screenshots of AnTuTu 4 running on the octa-core Galaxy S5

It scored over 38K, while the S801 model does 36K. With the Galaxy S4 generation, Samsung made sure both Snapdragon and Exynos versions are on par so users and devs get the same level of performance.

However, this time around the Exynos version of the Galaxy S5 generation might have a lead, especially in the CPU department.

Samsung unveils LED Smart Bulb that works over Bluetooth

Not to stay too far behind its domestic rival LG, today Samsung
unveiled a smart LED bulb of its
own. It’s called simply “Smart Bulb” and unlike most of the competition,it’s utilizes Bluetooth in order to connect to smartphones and tablets.
Samsung says you can control up to 64 bulbs via the dedicated app
without any additional equipment or set-up. The bulbs can be dimmed down to 10% and lasts up to 15,000 hours or 10 years if used normally. Home automation is possible if you use a ZigBee Bluetooth hub, but Samsung doesn’t seem to be including it in the bulb’s package.The Smart Bulb has already been awarded a Design Plus award by iF Design, which is noteworthy if you care about the design of your bulbs.
Pricing and availability are yet to be confirmed. We hope going for
Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi will allow Samsung to place its Smart Bulb below the $32 threshold established by LG’s Smart Lamp.

Samsung Galaxy S5 hit Korea todayto preempt sales ban

South Korean regulators caught the country's carriers violating laws that impose the maximum subsidy for a phone. The resulting 45 day ban of acquiring new customers that starts on April 5 would interfere with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5 on April 11. The Galaxy S5 is going to be one of the hottest sellers for both Samsung and the carriers, so SK Telecom "strongly asked" Samsung to launch the flagship earlier. Starting today,SK Telecom stores and website willbe offering the Galaxy S5 at KWR 866,800 ($810) off contract.The other two major carriers – KT and LG Uplus – will also be able to sell the Galaxy S5 under some restrictions. Samsung is "very puzzled" by SK's decision to move up the launch. The phone maker adds that the international launch of the device remains on April 11. Even if the company doesn’t entirely agree with the carrier's decision, investors are obviously quite happy as its stock went up 3.7%.

Galaxy S5 could launch before April5 in South Korea due to ban oncarriers

The Galaxy S5 will have one of thebiggest simultaneous smartphoneblaunch in history when it hits 150markets on April 11, but inSamsung’s home country, an upcoming ban on local network operators
could result in the Galaxy S5 launching considerably earlier. The ban will stop all carriers from selling
smartphones for a 45-day period, which has prompted Samsung to aim for a pre-April 5 launch in South
Korea, according to a source speaking to The Korean Herald . Why April 5? Because that’s the day the
ban goes into effect for the country’s largest carrier, South Korea Telecom, which would be a serious setback for the launch of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone. If the Galaxy S5 launches on its scheduled date, only South Korea’s smallest carrier, LG U+, will be able to sell the device as it doesn’t have to stop selling phones until April 27.

T-Mobile and US Cellular detail Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders

A few hours ago AT&T announced it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S5 for $199.99 with a two-year agreement with pre-orders starting today. Understandably, the rest of the carriers are rushing to show that AT&T isn't your only option and have published the pricing and availability details for the Samsung flagship on their networks.

T-Mobile US and US Cellular have also jumped on the Galaxy S5 pre-order bandwagon. T-Mobile will give you the Galaxy S5 for $0 down payment and 24 months of $27.50 (total of $660). No additional contract required if you already have one with T-Mobile. If you are a user coming from another carrier T-Mobile offers to cover all of your early termination fees if you choose to switch.

AT&T announces pricing and availability for Galaxy S5

AT&T has just announced the pricing and availability of the Samsung Galaxy S5 on its network. The flagship is going to cost $199.99 with a 2-year contract or $649.99 without an agreement. You can also opt for the AT&T Next plans - in that case the Galaxy S5 comes at $25 per month on AT&T Next 18 or $32.5/month with AT&T Next 12.

                                                                                        

Samsung Galaxy S5 to be €60 cheaper than S4 at launch

The South Korean publication ZDNet has confirmation on the Taiwanese launch price of the Galaxy S5 - TWD22,800 (KRW800,600 or €540). This is good €60 (KRW90,000) below the Galaxy S4 launch price of €600 from last year.

Samsung Hired PCB Factory Fire Raises ConcernAbout Galaxy S5 Availability

A huge fire has destroyed a factory in Anseong, South Korea, which has been hired by Samsung to manufacture a number PCBs (printed circuit boards) for the upcoming finger print included flagship device the Samsung Galaxy S5. The damage was estimated to be around a whooping $1 billion in equipment,
despite strong effort of  the 287 firefighters on the ground to contain the fire which gutted the factory in Anseong .The fire was detected around 7AM on Sunday and even though the fire brigade

Samsung Reportedly HadIssues With The Galaxy S5 Production

The Samsung Galaxy S5 got announced some few days ago at the MWC in Barcelona.According to a new report, it seems that Samsung is having some trouble putting together its new flagship the Galaxy S5. The main point of focus on this device was the fingerprint scanner, or rather the lack of supplier for it.

Samsung was reportedly planning on having a fingerprint scanner on its third generation Phablet the Note 3 smartphone last year but those plans fell through when Samsung could not get satisfactory results from its suppliers.

After that un appealing experience Samsung decided to head into production of its own fingerprint scanners for the next flagship Galaxy S5 but that seemingly didn’t go quite so well either  the company had to resort to once again on a supplier for the scanners, but in this case Crucialtec.

Samsung Windows Phone W750V Huron leaks

An upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 device has been leaked via famous Twitter-based leaker @evleaks, showing off what appears to be the first new WP device from Samsung in over a year.

The  Huron codenamed SM-W750V , looks just like a  Samsung Galaxy S, but this time it will be based on Microsofts Windows 8.1, and apparently run on Verizon in the US. Besides the impressively thin bezels, the Huron is rumored to feature a fullHD display and a 13MP shooter.

The Huron codename SM-W750V  has also shown up on the site of the famous GFXBench benchmarking tool, which has listed a screen resolution at 720 x 1280. According to several sources GFXBench resulution is demed wrong,because GFXBench sometimes display inacurate display resolutions.

Also as shown by the GFXBench there is the presence of a quad-core CPU and Adreno 305 graphics.

Unfortunately the is no word on pricing and availability of the Huron just yet.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo unveiled, with live photos

After the great and massive success of the Galaxy Note 3 Samsung has added two new phablets to the Galaxy Note 3 Line these are the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo and Note 3 Neo LTE+ which were  officially unveiled (by Samsung Poland). We heard of the Note 3 Neo, the Note 3 Neo also showed up in benchmarks some time ago along with  the Galaxy Grand Neo Some time ago.Basically the Samsung Note 3 Neo is the long awaited budget friendly Note 3.It gives you the S-Pen feature experience at a lower price.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo leaks

After the release of the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 we heard that Samsung is working on a version that sits between the Galaxy Grand And the Galaxy Grand 2,That was the The Grand Neo all heard of it but it was a mystery what exactly it will be. Now we know virtually all there is to know of the upcoming addition to the Galaxy Grand series, thanks to a leaked internal document that we got hold of from GSMarena.

  

 

The Galaxy Grand Neo Comes with a grand 5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Under the hood, there is a 1.2 GHz quad-core and an A7 chipset powering the smartphone along with 1 GB of RAM.

The 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and the front facing VGA shooter completes the camera department, while the 8GB internal memory along with the microSD card slot take care of storage.
The connectivity options of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo include Bluetooth 4.0, HSPA+ (21Mbps down, 5.76Mbps up), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, micro USB, GPS and GLONASS support. However, there is no LTE or Wi-Fi ac radios built-in.

Samsung Galaxy Note10.1 root

Samsung unveiled the Second edition of the Galaxy Note 10.1 2 in Berlin which brought us a total of brought us three new Galaxy devices, just as expected.Samsung has also refreshed the Galaxy Note 10.1 slate and brought us the brand new Galaxy Gear smart watch.
  The new Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition comes in three different flavors sharing a quite similar design to the Galaxy Note 3 phablet. There is a WI-Fi-only version and a 3G-enabled model, both powered by Samsung's own Exynos 5 Octa chipset, as well as an LTE-capable tablet with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 800 chipset ticking inside.Today I am going to show you you how to root your Samsung galaxy 10.1.

Root and Install CWM on Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is the top or flagship phone of all mid range price phones.  If there was anything certain after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4, it was the imminent arrival of a mini version. The question wasn't whether, when and how  - the Galaxy S4 mini is drafting even closer behind the flagship than its predecessor did last season. All that mattered was how much specs will we slashed away from it or how much less will it cost.Today i am going to show you how to root the Samsung galaxy S4 mini.
 

Requirements

1. Download the appropriate USB drivers for the phone or use KIES
2. Enable USB Debugging in developers menu
3. Backup all information and data on your phone

Root and install CWM on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3

The Galaxy Ace 3 arrives as Samsung's best entry into its popular and affordable Ace lineup, the galaxy ace line up is targeted at those who are cost conscious that is those those who don't really like spending much money on phones, The Ace 3 brings  a vanilla 3G version and either dual SIM support or LTE connectivity.
The Ace lineup was not just a mere mid-ranger, user have always enjoyed adequately-sized screens and powerful enough processors alongside timely software updates from Samsung to make it an excellent value offering long after the initial release.In the last post i showed you how to root the LG G2 today I am going to show you how to root and install CWM on the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3