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A little over a week ago, Samsung announced the temporary shutdown of its smartphone manufacturing factory in Gumi, South Korea due to a confirmed case of the coronavirus infection. The factory was shut down for two days as the company carried out the disinfection of the entire workplace.

The company today announced that it’s going to shut down the factory once again for two days after another coronavirus case was confirmed. Production will remain suspended at its Gumi plant for two days, from March 1 to March 3.

There have been a total of three cases at Samsung

South Korea has been hit hard by the coronavirus infection. It has the highest number of infection cases outside China, the epicenter of the disease. The country’s biggest companies have rallied behind the Korean government to support its efforts to control the spread of this disease. Samsung announced this week that it will be donating $24.6 million to help the government’s efforts.

Samsung confirmed its latest coronavirus case today. A worker at the wireless business division of its Gumi factory, where premium devices like the Galaxy Z Flip and the Galaxy Fold are made, was infected. The assembly line where the worker was stationed has been closed temporarily and will be fully functional next week while the floor where he worked will remain closed until March 3 after which production will resume.

A confirmed case was also reported at Samsung’s Giheung semiconductor factory but it wasn’t a company employee. The infected employee was of a cafeteria partner. As a precaution, Samsung has shut down the cafeteria temporarily and could extend that for additional time if need be.

Like many South Korean companies, Samsung is having to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus infection. However, the company maintains that it doesn’t expect to have a supply shortage for the Galaxy Z Flip despite the earlier shut down of the Gumi factory.

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The LG G2 showed the world that a screen with thin bezels is a great thing. The LG G3 pushed that design further with a larger and sharper display - the first 1440p panel in the industry. And it came surprisingly fast. LG G3 The HTC Butterfly had the first 1080p screen on mobile, it came out in January 2013. A year and a half later, the G3 arrived with the first-ever 1440p display. Technically, Oppo announced the Find 7 first, but LG was first to market so we think it's fair to call the G3 "first". The 5.5-inch "True HD-IPS+" LCD panel had a pixel density of 534ppi, which is...

Xiaomi is expected to take the wrapping off of its new Black Shark 3 gaming handset in just a few days, on March 3 and naturally, the leaks have been intensifying accordingly. While cameras are understandably not going of be the main focus of this device, it is still good to get at least part of the scoop early. A new rough drawing of the phone has surfaced online, offering a better look at its back design, including what is a rather particular arrangement of a triple-camera setup. #Xiaomi #blackshark3 #blackshark3pro This is what the new gaming smartphone will look like. The render of the...

The IDC (International Data Corporation) recently published its Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device tracker for Q4 2019 and it is chuck-full of intriguing numbers. India definitely stood-out in this new statistic. The local market managed to close yet another record year in wearable device shipments, with an overall growth of 168.3% YoY and a total of 14.9 million units sold. Digging into the numbers further, we find that basic wearables, or in other words, devices that can't run third-party apps, dominate the market with a 96.2% share, up 177% YoY in 2019. Their counterpart "truly smart"...

Canadian carrier Telus began rolling out the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 for the Galaxy S10 trio on December 16, and now it has updated its website to reveal the rollout of Android 10 for Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Note9 will commence on March 9. Another Canadian carrier, Fido, also updated its website saying the rollout of Android 10 for the S9 duo and Note9 is expected in March. No specific dates are mentioned but once we have those, we'll update you. Source 1, Source 2 | Via

As we are nearing the scheduled March 6 unveiling date for the Oppo Find X2 pair of phones, the leaks and rumors are starting to align a bit better. Sadly, we can't necessarily pinpoint the exact differences between the CPH2020 vanilla Find X2 and its CPH2025 FInd X2 Pro sibling. If rumors are to be believed, the pair seem to look very similar and are even likely to share most spotlight features, to some extent - like the 120Hz refresh rate. Oppo Find X2 Pro specs Today brings yet another nifty summary and re-iteration of the main specs of the top-tier Find X2 Pro. Like many...

OnePlus India posted a short video clip on Twitter to tease a new device that will be revealed on March 3. The video doesn't really help us ascertain what exactly this product is, but thanks to OnePlus UK, we know it's not a phone or any other commercial product, meaning we are not going to hear anything about the OnePlus 8 series. You can check out the clip below and tell us in the comments what you think this product could be. 2020 is the year of surprises. Can you guess what's coming up? pic.twitter.com/EWWi1MEwo0— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) February 28, 2020 Some photos have...

Back in October, Microsoft delivered at least a couple of surprise announcements with a re-imagined new take on the foldable form factor. There was the dual 9-inch display laptop/tablet, dubbed the Surface Neo and more-interesting for us - the Surface Duo. A dual 5.6-inch handset device, running Android, of all things. Both of these gadgets were shown-off in a really early stage of development and promised with a vague time frame of Holiday season 2020. That was kind of the plan in the first place - to try out a new, more open development process on the pair, with plenty of outside...

Renders of the Samsung Galaxy A41 that passed through Geekbench last month have surfaced, revealing its design. The Galaxy A41 will pack an Infinity-U display, which is said to measure between 6" and 6.1" diagonally, and house a 25MP selfie camera inside the notch. Around the back, it has a triple camera setup with a 48MP main unit. The back panel doesn't have a fingerprint reader, which means the phone will either come with an in-display solution or will rely on Face Unlock for biometric authentication. The images also show us the volume rocker and power button - placed on the...

Despite its mouthful of a name, the ZTE nubia Red Magic 5G has really been blowing-up in the rumor mill lately. Joking-aside, the new gaming powerhouse is now a bit overdue, since it was originally supposed to be unveiled at MWC 2020 and is now headed towards a domestic market release instead. That could potentially lead to a major change in media exposure, which is why the company appears to be taking steps to keep the hype train going for as long as it can. President Ni Fei already has a history of teasing certain aspects of upcoming products, including the Red Magic 5G. Though,...

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Earlier this month, an image of the Samsung Galaxy A11's back panel surfaced, revealing a triple camera setup aligned vertically in the upper-left corner. Today, an official-looking press render has leaked, giving us our clearest look yet at the Galaxy A11 while also revealing a few more bits about it. The image reveals that Galaxy A11 will sport a display having a punch hole in the top-left corner. Around the back, we already know it will have a triple camera setup. But this time, we see an oval-shaped fingerprint reader on the panel. You can also see the power button and volume rocker...

As Oppo is getting ready to introduce the world to the Find X2 on March 6, the company has been teasing a lot of aspects of its next flagship smartphone (and its even more premium sibling, the Find X2 Pro). Now though, it's time to take a look at a bunch of leaked live images of the Find X2. Oppo Find X2 live images As you can see, the camera island on the back seems to protrude a lot from the phone's body, but at least it's not as wide as those on recent Samsungs. There's a periscope zoom module in there, up top, given away by the square opening and the "hybrid zoom"...

Early February, the FCC wrote a letter to the US Congress where it explained that "one or more" major US carriers was selling its customers' location data to some agencies. This practice was initially discovered back in 2018 and only how has the FCC done something to discourage it. On Friday, the FCC revealed that it was issuing a total of over $208 million in fines to all four major US carriers. T-Mobile is looking at $91 million in fines, AT&T faces $57 million, $48 million for Verizon, and Sprint may have to pay $12 million. Currently, these are proposed fines based on the FCC's...

The Redmi Note 8 Pro has been running the latest MIUI 11 for a while now, and yet everywhere across the world except China it's still been based on the rather ancient Android 9 Pie. An update to Android 10 has been in the works for months for global Redmi Note 8 Pro models, but for some reason it took this long to actually start rolling out. Don't get the champagne out yet, though. For now, a new update for the Redmi Note 8 Pro bringing Android 10 to the immensely popular mid-range device, is only going out in Pakistan, seemingly. It's unclear how long it will take for us to see it in...

The detrimental effects of the Coronavirus on the smartphone market will be felt throughout the year and as per the latest IDC projections could lead to a 10.6% decline in shipments for the first half of 2020. On a more long-term basis, the epidemic is expected to result in a 2.3% decline in global shipments for the entire calendar year. The market was supposed to see growth this year based on early estimates before the outbreak but the situation in the last month forced a re-evaluation of the previous estimates. The main problems for smartphone manufacturers right now are the...

Most of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones that lack a 3.5mm headphone jack ship with a pair of AKG Type-C earphones in the box. These earbuds satisfy the audio needs of most users, and unlike 3.5mm-based solutions, the AKG earbuds can be improved even after release via firmware updates.

Whether this is the first time you’re considering buying a pair of Type-C earphones or if you’re looking for a new replacement, you’re in luck, as Samsung’s AKG-tuned Type-C earphones are now available for purchase online at 14% off the original price.

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Samsung retained its top spot in the LATAM region throughout 2019, and it managed to increase its smartphone shipment market share from 36.6% in 2018, to 38% by the end of 2019. The Korean tech giant increased its influence even as the entire segment stopped growing in LATAM because of sluggish replacement rates, according to Counterpoint Research.

Although Samsung did increase its smartphone shipment market share throughout last year, it also lost a couple of points in Q4 when its devices have covered 34.2% of the market, down from 36.6% a year before. But overall, the company has not only kept the crown throughout the year but it also bumped up its market share over the 12-month period ending December.

Samsung has more market share than the 2nd and 3rd largest vendors combined

Samsung was not the only smartphone vendor to increase its influence in the region. In fact, each of the top-three vendors in LATAM, including Motorola on 2nd place and Huawei on 3rd, have increased their market share in the region by a couple of points at the expense of other, smaller brands. Nevertheless, Motorola and Huawei are not a threat to Samsung yet. While Samsung held 38% of the LATAM market in 2019, Motorola secured the second spot on the podium with only 15.5% market share, while Huawei held 12.9% of the segment. Even if these two companies would combine forces, that would still not be enough to overtake Samsung.

Apple is even less of a threat in the region, as it was the 5th largest vendor with just a 3.6% market share, down 1% from 2018. However, sales for the company have picked up in Q4 thanks to the iPhone 11 which has been selling well globally, so 2020 might look a bit different. The report doesn’t go into detail as to which Galaxy smartphones were the most popular in LATAM, but if the region reflects the global market in any capacity then the Galaxy A10 and Galaxy A50 would be fair guesses.

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Samsung had launched the 128GB storage variant of the Galaxy S10 Lite in India last month. Now, the company has launched the 512GB storage variant of the smartphone. The amount of RAM in this variant remains similar to that in the 128GB variant, at 8GB. The phone will be available in three colors: Prism Black, Prism Blue, and Prism White.

The 512GB variant of the Galaxy S10 Lite is priced at Rs 44,999, which is Rs 5,000 higher than the price of the 128GB storage variant. The new variant will go on sale in the country starting March 1 through Samsung e-shop, Samsung Opera House, online stores, and all major offline retailers. The South Korean smartphone giant is offering an additional upgrade bonus of Rs 5,000 in exchange for old smartphones.

The Galaxy S10 Lite was launched alongside the Galaxy Note 10 Lite last month. The Galaxy S10 Lite features a 6.7-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen with HDR10+, a 4500mAh battery, and 45W fast charging. It runs Android 10 with One UI 2.0 and is equipped with the Snapdragon 855+ processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB/512GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot.

The smartphone features a triple-camera setup on the rear, consisting of a 48MP primary sensor with OIS, a 12MP ultrawide-angle camera, and a 5MP macro camera. At the front, there’s a 32MP selfie camera hidden inside the screen’s punch hole. Other features include an under-display optical fingerprint reader, dual-SIM card slot, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, and a USB Type-C port.

You can read our in-depth review of the Galaxy S10 Lite here.

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Samsung has begun rolling out the first firmware update for the new Galaxy Buds+. It weighs only 1.21MB and carries software version R175XXU0ATB5. The changelog is sparse but mentions ‘improved system stability and reliability’ which is always welcomed.

Interestingly, while Samsung is spreading the update over-the-air, the company also took to the Samsung Community website in South Korea to discuss some aspects that go by unmentioned in the changelog. Specifically, the official blog post suggests that a white noise issue may have also been addressed with this latest update.

We haven’t found any white noise issues with the Galaxy Buds+ throughout our review, and we haven’t run into anyone else who may have experienced this problem, so perhaps it is limited only to some units or regions, like South Korea. And if it doesn’t affect units shipped to other countries like Germany where we’ve received the update so far, that would explain why there’s no info in the changelog.

Whatever the case may be, if you happen to own the new Galaxy Buds+, you can now benefit from improved stability and reliability, so you might want to grab the new firmware update as soon as possible. You can do this through the Galaxy Wearable app that’s installed on your paired smartphone.

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After the Realme 6 Pro was spotted on Geekbench yesterday, its non-Pro sibling - the Realme 6 also passed through the benchmark tool. The phone is seen sporting the RMX2001 model number revealing it packs the MediaTek Helio G90 SoC, 8GB RAM, and runs Android 10 which will likely come with the company's Realme UI on top. Realme 6 Geekbench listing It managed 508 points in the single-core test and 1633 points in the multi-core department. These scores are fairly close to those of the 6 Pro as well as the Realme X2 which gives us an indication for the performance prowess. The...

The Black Shark 3 series gaming phones are coming on March 3 and with the fast-approaching announcement date, we are getting a clearer picture of what to expect. The latest teasers for the Black Shark 3 Pro reveal it will come with a pair of built-in mechanical shoulder buttons. We've already seen capacitive shoulder triggers on gaming phones but this is the first time a company is implementing a mechanical solution, which is bound to offer more precise controls and superior feedback. Black Shark 3 Pro mechanical shoulder triggers The triggers appear to sit flush with the...

The Galaxy Z Flip was released today in Japan through mobile carriers KDDI and the Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company. And much like in most other markets including Canada, China, Germany, the US, and South Korea, the Galaxy Z Flip was sold out in Japan on its first day on the market, reports Blog of Mobile.

The Galaxy Z Flip was released in Japan in two color options, namely Mirror Purple and Mirror Black. Both flavors were sold out, but because Samsung has yet to reveal any sales figures for its second foldable phone, there’s no way to tell which color option is more popular, or just exactly how many people in Japan now own the Galaxy Z Flip.

Some people do prefer a more compact device

The Galaxy Z Flip had a launch price in Japan of 179,360 Yen or the rough equivalent of $1,650. That sum of money won’t guarantee the latest and greatest hardware specifications, but the Galaxy Z Flip proves that not all smartphone owners are alike.

Even if we keep in mind that the exact sales numbers are unknown, the Galaxy Z Flip shows that some users do prefer a more compact or stylish device even if it means that they’ll get slightly lesser hardware components in certain areas. It’s all about function versus form, and while most users seem to care more about the former, others gravitate towards products that embrace the latter.

As yet there’s no news as to when the second Galaxy Z Flip batch will be shipped to Japan, but it shouldn’t take more than a week if Samsung continues to manufacture and ship new Z Flip units at the same rate as before.

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The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite originally came in two memory configurations - 6GB/128GB and 8GB/128GB. Today a third version joins them, with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage. This new model was announced in India for INR44,999 ($625/€565) and it will go on sale in the country from March 1 through the company's official India site, Samsung Opera House, leading online portals as well as retail stores. If that's too steep, you can go for the 128GB storage variant with 8GB RAM that costs INR39,999 ($555/€500). Samsung didn't launch the 6GB RAM model in India. The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite is...

Realme will unveil the Realme 6 series on March 5 but alongside that, the company will also launch its first smartband dubbed Realme Band. We don't know the price of the Realme Band yet, but the company today revealed a bevy of features on its official India site to build the hype. For starters, the Realme Band will feature a color screen which will display notifications for calls, messages and alarms. Realme Band will sport a color display The band will come with sleep tracking and real-time heart-rate monitoring and support nine sports modes, one of which is the Cricket...

Huawei is set to introduce its flagship P40 line on March 26 in Paris and we got yet another bit of the P40 and P40 Pro specs. The latest entry comes from China's 3C and details the charging speeds of both phones. Huawei P40 listings The P40 (model numbers ANA-AN00 and ANA-TN00) will sport 22.5W charging speeds while the Pro variant (ELS-AN00 and ELS-TN00) will support up to 40W just like on the P30 Pro. Huawei P40 Pro listings If the rumors hold up, we should be getting a P40 Premium as well which could bring even faster charging speeds. Last week both the vanilla and...

Realme promised most of its phones will receive the Realme UI with Android 10 and it's now seeding it to Realme X and Realme 5 Pro. Owners of both phones in India have been receiving notifications for the past few days that an update is incoming, bringing the latest OS and user interface. The package is named RMX1901EX_11_C.01 for the Realme X and RMX1971_EX_11_C.01 for the Realme 5 Pro and is the same in size - 3.51 GB. It brings new looks of the user interface, as well as some key features that Realme proudly introduced back at the official launch of its custom UI. One of the...

Samsung started selling the Galaxy S20 lineup in its home country of South Korea yesterday and the initial numbers reported in local media are disappointing. However, it’s not because the handset hasn’t been well received. The huge drop in sales compared to the Galaxy S10 is due to reasons that are not in Samsung’s control.

Local media reports from Korea suggest that the Galaxy S20 sales are 50 percent lower on their first day compared to the Galaxy S10 from a year ago. That’s despite the fact that the new lineup brings one of the most comprehensive camera upgrades to the lineup.

Fewer people are visiting retail stores due to infection fears

South Korea is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak on a large scale. This has seriously dampened consumer sentiment. The country actually has the highest number of confirmed cases outside China. 256 new cases were reported just this morning, pushing the total number of infected people to over 2,000. The Samsung Group recently announced that it would donate $24.6 million to help the government’s efforts to contain the outbreak.

According to the report, fewer people are visiting retail stores due to coronavirus infection fears. This has led to a decline in first-day sales for the Galaxy S20 lineup. Samsung has itself canceled many secondary events for the Galaxy S20 as a precaution so it hasn’t really been able to push as hard on marketing and promotion as it normally does.

It has sold an estimated 70,800 units combined of the Galaxy S20 lineup compared to the 140,000 Galaxy S10 units that were sold on the first day of the launch last year. The Galaxy Note 10 lineup did even better with 220,000 units sold on the first day. We would have likely seen a similar response for the Galaxy S20 had South Korea not been battling with the outbreak.

The Galaxy S20 sales could pick up down the line once the outbreak has been controlled. More customers would also look to purchase the handset online if they don’t want to risk going to a crowded store. Like many other companies, Samsung is just having to deal with the huge economic fallout caused by the virus.

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Another day, another story about the Galaxy Z Flip selling out soon after it was made available for purchase. China is a highly lucrative market for Samsung and the company has been working hard to regain its lost market share.

The Galaxy Z Flip presents the company with an opportunity to target customers who are looking for something unique, a smartphone that’s unlike anything else on the market right now. No wonder, then, that customers in China were quick to get their hands on the Galaxy Z Flip. It sold out just nine minutes after Samsung start taking orders online.

Galaxy Z Flip is on a roll in China

Samsung doesn’t reveal how many units are made available initially so it could be 100 units or 10,000, nobody knows, but the company gets to create more hype. These stories about the device selling out feed into the element of scarcity that gets more people to make a purchase than you’d think.

What’s interesting, though, is the interest that customers in China have shown in the Galaxy Z Flip at this point in time. Consumer sentiment in the country has dampened as China pulls together to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Yet, the Galaxy Z Flip was capable of having a strong first outing in the country. The exclusive Thom Browne edition was sold out as well in just three minutes.

Customers in China are used to seeing flip phones from Samsung. It was actually one of the very few countries where Samsung launched its W series of flip phones. It was only this year that Samsung didn’t release a conventional flip phone under the W series, it launched the Galaxy Fold as the W20 5G instead. This was likely because of the Galaxy Z Flip which is a truly next-gen foldable flip phone.

Samsung will begin delivering the handsets to customers in China immediately. The company will soon make another batch of units available to customers who weren’t able to purchase it the first time around. Despite a coronavirus-related shutdown at the factory where the Galaxy Z Flip is made, Samsung is confident that there’s not going to be an impact on the supply.

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The Huawei Enjoy 10 family is about to get a new member. This Sunday, March 1, the Huawei Enjoy 10e will be introduced in China, bringing a big and powerful battery. The information was posted by the manufacturer on Weibo without revealing any specs whatsoever. The Huawei Enjoy 10e is likely to be the most affordable of the bunch, judging by the Enjoy 9 from last year. The Enjoy 9s had three cameras, the Enjoy 9 only two, and the Enjoy 9e had one shooter and pretty basic internals. Two days ago a mysterious Huawei smartphone with a Helio P35 chipset appeared on TENAA and...

Chinese phone maker vivo launched the Z5 last July and today the company unveiled its successor, dubbed vivo Z6 5G. The vivo Z6 5G is built around a 6.57" 20:9 display of 2400x1080 pixel resolution. It's surrounded by slim bezels on three sides and promises a screen-to-body ratio of 90.74%. The screen has a 3.85mm punch hole in the upper right corner which houses the 16MP selfie camera. Around the back, you get a fingerprint scanner accompanying an L-shaped quad camera setup which is a combination of a 48MP main, 8MP ultrawide (112-degree FOV), 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor...

It was supposed to happen at a lavish event in Barcelona at the MWC, but the Coronavirus messes up vivo's plans. The vivo APEX 2020 concept phone is nonetheless official and we get a glimpse of the technologies the company has been working on. We've come to expect innovation that's borderline unreal from APEX concept phones and the APEX 2020 willingly obliges. It has a seamless body with no openings and instead relies on pressure-sensing capacitive buttons. Its 6.45-inch 2330x1080px FullView display incorporates a 16MP in-display selfie camera, while the sides end on 120-degree...

After announcing the Galaxy Tab S6 and Galaxy Tab S6 5G, Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite soon. It recently bagged Bluetooth certification and now its press render has surfaced revealing its design. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite looks similar to the vanilla Tab S6 and the image reveals it will retain the S-Pen. The tablet also has the cellular network icon in the status bar, meaning it will support LTE connectivity. But it's said to have a Wi-Fi-only variant as well. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is rumored to have 64GB and 128GB storage options, and according to Geekbench,...

Smartphone companies have been racing each other to introduce a handset with a 120 Hz screen, but nubia is about to one-up them all. The upcoming Red Magic 5G will have whopping 144 fps that is the true improvement in screen performance - that is the equivalent of a gaming PC with a 144 Hz monitor. GameBench got its hands on a pre-release nubia Red Magic 5G that has Snapdragon 865 chipset, 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. There is also active cooling to keep the internals at a lower temperature, so there won't be any thermal throttling. Interestingly enough, the battery is listed as...

Apple's is preparing to release a new pair of wireless headphones called the Powerbeats 4. Late last month, we saw a glimpse of the earphone's design thanks to a set of icons found in iOS update 13.3.1. Powerbeats Pro (left) • Powerbeats 4 (middle) • Powerbeats 3 (right) Thanks to a new filing with the FCC, we are able to see more about the Powerbeats 4's design. It carriers a model number of A2015 and first began testing in November. A description in the filing reads the following: A2015 is wireless headphone with integrated battery, microphone, and antenna. It...

The unlocked variant of the Galaxy Z Flip was quickly sold in stores as well as on Samsung’s website in the US after the launch. The company had also claimed that it was overwhelmed with the response it received from consumers for its second foldable phone. Now, the South Korean smartphone giant says that the Galaxy Z Flip will be back in stock in the US tomorrow.

The phone was meant to be back in stock on February 21, but that didn’t happen for some reason. On its official website, Samsung has now mentioned that the unlocked Galaxy Z Flip will be back in stock and available to buy starting February 28. So, keep your wallets ready for tomorrow. If you’re an AT&T customer, though, you can buy the smartphone right away. It is still out of stock on Best Buy and Sprint.

The unlocked Galaxy Z Flip costs $1,380 and comes in two colors: Mirror Black and Mirror Purple. It features a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED vertical foldable screen on the inside with Ultra Thin Glass. There is a 1.1-inch screen at the front to check the time and notifications. It runs Android 10 with One UI 2.1 and features the Snapdragon 855+ SoC, 8GB RAM, and 256GB storage.

It has a 12MP+12MP dual-camera on the rear and a 10MP autofocus selfie camera. A side-mounted fingerprint reader, AKG audio, Samsung Pay, and a USB Type-C port are also on the offer. The Galaxy Z Flip is an LTE phone with a 3300mAh battery, 15W wired charging, and wireless charging. Check out our hands-on review of the Galaxy Z Flip if you’re interested in the phone.

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Realme has already confirmed that it's launching the Realme 6 and 6 Pro in India next week, on March 5. The phones will be joined by the company's first fitness band. The Realme 6 Pro has so far been rumored to sport the Snapdragon 720G chipset, and today it's been spotted in the Geekbench results database. The model number RMX2061 has been associated with the Realme 6 Pro through a previous IMDA certification. The SoC isn't specified in the benchmark listing, but we do get to find out that at least one version of the handset will come with 8GB of RAM. It will also run Android 10...

We exclusively reported over two months ago that Samsung is working on a new tablet (SM-P615) that features an S Pen. It was revealed yesterday that the tablet would be launched as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, all thanks to its Bluetooth certification documents. Now, we have our first look at the upcoming tablet’s design.

Staying true to its Lite tag, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite appears to have a design similar to that of the Galaxy Tab S6 but with thicker bezels all around its 10.5-inch AMOLED screen. The tablet also comes with an S Pen, which could attach magnetically at the back of the device and charge wirelessly. There could also be an LTE variant of the device as we can see the cellular network icon on the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite’s status bar.

Galaxy Tab S6 Lite uses a mid-range Exynos processor

The tablet’s specifications were revealed last month through Geekbench’s database. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite appears to come equipped with the Exynos 9611 processor and 4GB of RAM. It will be available in 64GB and 128GB storage variants. It would be launched with Android 10 out of the box, so it is safe to assume that it runs One UI 2.0 (or newer). The tablet also appears to have a metal body and has a black variant. The Wi-Fi only variant of the tablet carries the model number SM-P610.

The price of the Galaxy Tab S6, which is Samsung’s flagship tablet right now, is $649. So, it’s safe to assume that the South Korean smartphone giant would price the Wi-Fi only variant of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite lower, possibly as low as $399, similar to the price of the Galaxy Tab S5e.

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If there was any doubt about how Samsung wants to position the Galaxy Z Flip, it have been cleared by the company’s strategy to create hype for the product. At launch, Samsung unveiled a special Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne edition. It debuted at the New York Fashion Week on February 12, the very next day after Samsung’s February 11 Unpacked event where the Galaxy Z Flip was launched.

Since then, Samsung has hit the fashion week trifecta to highlight the Galaxy Z Flip’s potential as the must-have fashion accessory for 2020. It was showcased at the pretigious London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks.

Galaxy Z Flip is the must-have fashion accessory for 2020

The Galaxy Z Flip made its runway debut at the London Fashion Week runway with ace designer Ashley Williams. The designer’s AW20 collection included a custom-made microbag for the Galaxy Z Flip and even hairclips to really flaunt that you’ve got this device. Microbags are actually in fashion this year for some reason and the Galaxy Z Flip really is the perfect phone to carry around in them.

Next up, the Galaxy Z Flip went to Milan Fashion Week. It was prominently featured at a pop-up store launch event of fashion retailer 10 Corso Como. Both the Galaxy Z Flip and the Thom Browne edition were showcased at this event. It was actually possible to purchase the latter at the popo-up store.

During Paris Fashion Week, the Galaxy Z Flip is being featured at a pop-up store inside the iconic Galeries Lafayette department store on the Champs-Élysées. The location highlights the intersection of high fashion and technology, something the Galaxy Z Flip is the embodiment of.

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Samsung was serious when it said that it wants the Galaxy Z Flip to add "a fashionable touch to users' lives" - the phone strutted its stuff at the New York Fashion week where Samsung and Thom Browne hosted an exclusive event to showcase the limited edition of the Z Flip. The foldable phone then went on to attend the London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. Photos by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Samsung Electronics In London, the phone walked the runway with Ashley Williams who unveiled the AW20 collection, featuring a custom-made "microbag" case for the phone and hair clips for its...

It has been months since HTC announced a new phone, but the company just unveiled a new handset - the HTC Wildfire R70, an entry-level device for India and Thailand. It will be available soon, though pricing details are yet to be announced. The best feature on the phone is the 16MP main camera on the back with large 1.4µm pixels and bright f/1.75 aperture. It and the 8MP selfie camera can record 1080p video. There are two more cameras on the back, but they are hardly good for much - a 2MP macro cam and a 2MP depth sensor for bokeh effects. There's also a fingerprint reader...

Samsung is keeping to its three-month security patch release schedule for its mid-range devices, and as a result, the Galaxy M30s is now getting a new software update introducing the March 2020 security patch. Indeed, while other Galaxy phones are making the jump to the February security patch, the Galaxy M30s is beating them to the punch and it is now the first Samsung smartphone to bag the latest security update, aside from the yet-to-be-shipped Galaxy S20.

The update is presently rolling out in India and weighs around 119MB. Unlike the last security patch which was introduced in November along with AR Doodle, the latest package doesn’t seem to include any new features or additions to One UI. It’s simply a quarterly security update arriving according to Samsung’s usual roadmap.

The Galaxy M30s is a very successful smartphone in India, and it greatly contributed to increasing the company’s market share in Q4 2019 after it’s original launch. Given the smartphone’s popularity in India, it’s not surprising that the M30s is receiving the March 2020 security patch ahead of other Galaxy devices that may be newer or more powerful.

As usual, you can check to see if the update is available for download over-the-air by opening the Settings app and navigating to Software update, then tapping Download and install. You can also refer to our firmware archive and download the latest update manually – software version M307FXXS2ATB3 – when we’ll make it available (soon).

Galaxy M30s

• Model: SM-M307F
• Dimensions: 159.0 x 75.1 x 8.9mm
• Display: 6.4" (162.1mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9611
• Camera: 48 MP, CMOS F2.0 & 8MP, CMOS Ultra Wide F2.2 & 5 MP Depth F2.2

More specifications

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With just a day left before its big unveiling, vivo's APEX 2020 concept phone appeared in several promotional materials. The first one gives us a tour of the device, showcasing its waterfall screen and innovative camera setup. From the small glimpse, we can see the APEX 2020 comes with a periscope capable of 5-7.5X zoom while the bottom 48MP sensor is dubbed as a gimbal camera that is rumored to offer unprecedented image stabilization. Next up we get a clue about the phone's wireless charging capabilities which will top up at a blazing 60W. It's still unclear how this solution...

Midrange smartphones have been implementing the 64MP sensors more and more and Mediatek today delivered a newer chipset with support for it. The Helio P95 SoC was introduced by the Taiwanese manufacturer - it has improved AI over the Helio P90 while keeping the same CPU, GPU and other general specs. Helio P95 Helio P90 Process TSMC 12 nm FinFET TSMC 12 nm FinFET CPU 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2.2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2.2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz GPU IMG PowerVR GM 9446 @ 970 MHz IMG PowerVR...

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab S6 last August and followed up with a 5G variant in January. Now a Lite version sporting model number SM-P615 has bagged Bluetooth certification. The listing doesn't reveal any specification of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite other than confirming Bluetooth 5.0, but thanks to Geekbench we know it will come with an Exynos 9611 SoC, 4GB RAM and Android 10. According to a report by SamMobile, the SM-P615 is an LTE variant of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and there's a Wi-Fi-only version as well bearing model code SM-P610 - both of which will be available in 64GB...

It's the battle of the flip foldables - well, it's a battle for survival in the hands of Zack from JerryRigEverything. In his latest video he takes apart the Motorola Razr 2019 and compares it to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, focusing mostly on the hinge mechanisms of both phones. Also, as promised after the Z Flip video, he shows a better shot of the bristles that Samsung relies on to keep the dust out of the hinge. Motorola's approach is different. Several times throughout the video you'll see sticky goop over important connections inside the Razr. This is meant to catch dust and keep water...

Chinese phone maker vivo will launch the vivo V19 on March 10. This information comes from the company's Indonesian branch which posted an image on Twitter with #PerfectNightPerfectYou. Let us introduce you to #vivoV19, bringing you the perfect night! Will be here shortly on 10 March 2020. #PerfectNightPerfectYou pic.twitter.com/SvHrWHQJYY— vivo Indonesia (@vivo_indonesia) February 27, 2020 Additionally, the company shared an image of the vivo V19, which confirms the smartphone will have two color options and sport an L-shaped quad camera setup on the back with a 48MP main unit. For...

This might be one of the best times to jump on the wireless charging bandwagon, not only because the technology has advanced over the past few years, but also because the Samsung Wireless Charger DUO Pad is now available for a whopping 44% off.

The Samsung Wireless Charger DUO Pad can charge two smartphones or one smartphone and a smartwatch simultaneously. It’s capable of up to 12W fast-charging and it’s compatible with Samsung devices like the Galaxy S8 and newer devices. The 44% discount applies to the black model, whereas the white variant is presently available for 39% off.

Hit the Buy Now button below and order yours today while the offer lasts!

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Two days ago the Xiaomi and Redmi senior executive in India Manu Kumar Jain said the Redmi K30 Pro will be the first phone in the world with NavIC - India's satellite navigation system. Today, Madhav Sheth, the Realme India CEO revealed the Realme X50 Pro is already the world's first smartphone to support it, reigniting the flame war between the two brands. Sheth revealed that not only the first but the second phone in the world with NavIC support will also be Realme and everything will be unveiled on March 5. This is the launch date of the Realme 6 family, so we assume at...

The upcoming Black Shark 3 is scheduled to go official next week and as the launch date approaches, more of its key features are beginning to surface. It is now confirmed there will be at least two versions as Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said the Black Shark 3 Pro variant will pack a 5,000 mAh battery while the vanilla version will sport a 4,720mAh cell. Lei Jun Weibo post Both versions will be able to top up at 65W speeds and according to Jun will be able to charge up the battery to nearly 60% in just 15 minutes. We also got more details on the battery setup which will feature a two cell...

Samsung introduced two new versions of its Galaxy Watch Active 2 today. The first one is called Golf Edition and is supposed to be a smart assistant to all the golf players in the world, while the second is LTE Aluminum. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 Golf Edition (that is one long name) comes with a smart caddie application that provides information on over 40,000 golf courses around the world, and measures golf shot distances. It will also arrive in the United States and United Kingdom, but Samsung skipped on announcing any dates on the overseas markets. The Golf variant is...

Samsung Display, the display-making affiliate of the conglomerate, unveiled an optimized OLED display for 5G smartphones today. Samsung continues to dominate the mobile OLED market with an over 90 percent share and it aims to keep things that way.

So it continues to innovate and offer products that other display manufacturers are not yet able to. This competitive edge is what helps Samsung maintain its significant lead over the entire market. Samsung Display’s latest offering is likely going to be used for many top-tier phones due this year.

New display panel also has reduced power consumption

Samsung Display also supplies the display panels for the Galaxy S20. The entire new flagship lineup from Samsung features Eye Care-certified displays with a 120Hz refresh rate. The panels have also been certified by VDE Germany for 100 percent Mobile Color Volume in the DCI-P3 color range.

The latest offering from Samsung Display has reduced blue-light emissions and lower power consumption. Swiss certification and testing company SGS has awarded it the ‘Eye Care Display’ certification while Underwriters Laboratories has certified the display for lower blue-light emission and power consumption.

In its testing, SGS found that the new OLED display emits 6.5 percent blue light which is noticeably lower than the 7.5 percent level of the Samsung OLED panel released last year. Power consumption has dropped by 15 percent, according to UL, which found that the average power consumption when performing tasks like taking pictures or surfing the web dropped from about 1.5W to 1.3W.

Samsung Display has quickly commercialized the new display inventions that were unveiled with Samsung’s latest smartphones. It also confirmed last week that the Ultra Thin Glass, used for the Galaxy Z Flip’s foldable display, can now be mass produced for different foldable devices and screen sizes.

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Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+, one that brings improvements other than enhanced security for the first time after the two phones were updated to Android 10 and One UI 2.0. This new update, sporting software version N97xFXXU2BTB5, was released in Malaysia a little over a week ago and is now available in Germany. It will likely be released in more markets in the coming days.

The improvements in the new update are focused on facial recognition and full-screen navigation gestures, though Samsung doesn’t go into detail about exactly how these features have been improved. The update doesn’t include the March security patch, which is somewhat surprising as Samsung had recently gotten into the habit of releasing the next month’s security patch for its flagships before the preceding month was over. However, it’s possible that in some countries, Samsung will bundle the aforementioned improvements with the March patch.

If you own a Galaxy Note 10 or Note 10+, you can check if the update is available for your phone over the air by opening its Settings app, selecting Software update, and tapping Download and install. You can also update by installing the latest firmware, which you can download from our firmware archive, on your phone using a Windows PC.

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This year’s Mobile World Congress may have been canceled due to fears over the coronavirus infection, but it’s Global Mobile Awards have still been announced. Samsung always manages to pick up a few awards at these things and that’s no different in 2020.

Samsung Knox, the company’s enterprise-grade security platform, has been recognized by the Global Mobile Awards as the Best Mobile Innovation for Building Trust in the Digital Age.

Samsung views security as a highly important aspect of maintaining a trusted relationship with its customers. The company keeps security as a priority every step of the way, from designing the chipset to the operating system, device to network and app to cloud.

Knox is Samsung’s global defense-grade security platform that protects all data that’s stored, sent or received on consumers’ devices throughout the device’s entire lifecycle. As the largest mobile vendor on the planet, the Knox platform already secured billions of devices and it has been recognized by the mobile industry at large as well as governments across the globe.

A panel of six judges was responsible of selecting the winner of this particular award. Samsung Knox was chosen by the panel which also highlighted that Knox happens to be “a very good solution to the issue of device security – a global defence-grade platform.”

This isn’t the first time that Knox has picked up an award. The Global Mobile Awards had previously recognized Samsung Knox Workplace as the Best Security/Anti-Fraud product in 2015.

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Samsung rolled out the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 to the Galaxy A50s a couple of weeks ago in Vietnam, and now it's time for the Indian units to get a taste of the latest version of Android. The firmware comes bearing version A507FNXXU3BTB2, which is the same as the software released in Vietnam. It weighs around 1.6GB in size, includes February 2020 Android security patch, and comes with the usual set of Android 10 and One UI 2.0 goodies. This update is rolling out over the air and should reach all the Indian Galaxy A50s in a few weeks. But those who can't wait to see an...

The Galaxy Tab S6 is a flagship Android tablet that Samsung released last year. Samsung addressed a major shortcoming of its flagship tablet lineup with this device by shipping it with the latest processor, which was the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 at that time.

It appears that the company’s next tablet is going to be an offshoot of the Galaxy Tab S6. However, it’s not going to be a premium product. Samsung is likely going to launch its next budget tablet as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

Galaxy Tab S6 Lite will truly be a Lite device

We exclusively revealed a couple of months ago that Samsung is developing a new tablet bearing model number SM-P615. Specs of the device emerged the following month. We now know what Samsung is going to call this tablet courtesy of the device going through its Bluetooth qualification process. The Bluetooth SIG listing reveals that this product, the SM-P615, will be called the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

Despite sharing its name with Samsung’s flagship Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is going to be Lite in every sense of the word. Key specs of the tablet were revealed last month when it surfaced on Geekbench. It will use the same Exynos 9611 processor as found in mid-range devices like the Galaxy A50s. It will be available with 64/128GB storage options and 4GB of ram. There’s also a possibility that it will be paired with an S Pen and will most likely come with Android 10 out of the box. A Wi-Fi only variant of the tablet with model number SM-P610 will be on offer as well.

Seeing as how this is going to be a truly mid-range affair, expect Samsung to launch the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite by way of a press release at some point in the coming months. No word as yet on the pricing and availability details but we’ll be sure to let you know if we get a hold of them.

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vivo is set to unveil the Z6 5G on February 29 and the company has already confirmed it will come with a Snapdragon 7656G SoC, 5,000 mAh battery charging at 44W, and "PC-grade" liquid cooling. Now just two days ahead of the launch, the company has detailed the Z6 5G's quad camera setup. This setup will include a 48MP f/1.79 main camera joined by a 112-degree ultrawide angle snapper, macro and depth units. vivo doesn't reveal the resolution of the ultrawide angle, macro and depth modules, but TENAA revealed the ultrawide angle unit will have 8MP resolution while macro and depth units...

Huawei has brought the P40 series in Europe, starting from Spain. The first device is the midranger Huawei P40 Lite, which, after further inspection, is the same phone sold under the name Huawei nova 6 SE in China and Huawei nova 7i in Malaysia. The Huawei P40 Lite comes with a Kirin 810 chipset, meaning there are no Google Services on the phone. The SoC is coupled with 6 GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage, but if you want more, you have to expand with an NM card. The screen is 6.4" LCD panel with a punch hole in the upper left corner and Full HD+ resolution. The Huawei...

Samsung has launched two new variants of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in South Korea. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 Golf Edition, as the name suggests, is targeted towards golf aficionados. The South Korean tech giant has also unveiled the LTE version of the existing aluminum variant of the smartwatch.

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 Golf Edition comes with upgraded golf shot distance measurement. It also comes with a built-in Smart Caddie app, which offers information on more than 40,000 golf courses worldwide. This variant of Samsung’s newest smartwatch comes in two variants: 44mm Aqua Black and 40mm Pink Gold. They are priced at KRW 393,000 ($323) and KRW 359,700 ($295), respectively. Samsung had also launched golf editions of the Gear S3 and the Galaxy Watch in the past.

The South Korean firm has also introduced a new variant of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 Aluminum with LTE connectivity. It will be available in both 40mm and 44mm sizes. It comes in three colors: Aqua Black, Cloud Silver, and Pink Gold. The 40mm variant is priced at KRW 359,700 ($295), while the 44mm variant costs KRW 393,700 ($323) in South Korea.

These new variants of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 will be available in South Korea starting tomorrow. The company also mentioned that these new Galaxy Watches would be introduced in some markets outside of Korea. The golf-focussed variant will be launched in the UK and the US, while the Aluminum LTE variant will be launched in some Asian and European markets in the future.

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The main selling point of the Galaxy S20 series is its cameras. Samsung managed to cram in a lot of cameras in its latest flagship phones, the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra. Moreover, the camera sensors in the phones are some of the largest in the industry. However, some reviewers are complaining of bugs and underwhelming camera quality.

Some of the Galaxy S20 Ultra reviews published over the past few days have mentioned that the cameras on the phone have an inconsistent and slower-than-usual focusing mechanism, both in the photo and the video modes, and excessive processing. The phone uses PDAF (phase-detection autofocus) rather than a faster and more reliable dual-pixel PDAF system that is found in most modern high-end phones, including its previous-generation flagships. The cameras also seem to over smoothen people’s faces and skin.

The Galaxy S20 Ultra reviews published by PCMag and InputMag talk about similar issues with its cameras. The Verge hasn’t published its full review of the phone yet but notes that it has faced issues related to autofocus and skin smoothening as well. In response to the publications, Samsung said that it would improve and optimize the camera performance of the Galaxy S20 series in the future with software updates.

Here’s the complete response from Samsung:

“The Galaxy S20 features a groundbreaking, advanced camera system. We are constantly working to optimize performance to deliver the best experience for consumers. As part of this ongoing effort, we are working on a future update to improve the camera experience.”

The Galaxy S20 Ultra has the mightiest camera setup on any smartphone in the world, featuring a monster 108MP (1/1.33-inch) primary camera, a 48MP camera with a 10x hybrid optical zoom periscope lens, a 12MP ultrawide-angle camera, and a 3D ToF camera on the rear. The phone can also record 8K videos, albeit at a frame rate of 24fps. The South Korean smartphone giant has already released a software update in South Korea that improves the camera performance of the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

We are working on our own review of the Galaxy S20 Ultra and will soon share our findings regarding the phone’s camera performance with you. What are your expectations from the Galaxy S20’s cameras? Let us know in the comments section below.

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