Tag: Samsung

Samsung Officially Leaked Galaxy S4 Mini Confirming 4 models – Details

Samsung officially leaked Galaxy S4 Mini on its website confirming the device will come in four different variants. The word official might sound strange, but its true.

The leaks regarding Galaxy S4 Mini are grabbing pace. Three days back we told you about the rumor that suggested about the arrival of Galaxy S4 by Samsung is in works and the Mini Flagship will carry a 4.3-inch display with 256ppi. It was too early to believe that rumor because Samsung recently announced Galaxy S4 on its Unpacked 2013 event and the sales are yet to begin by the end of April. Moreover, the arrival of Galaxy S4 Mini in summer didn’t made any sense because it would be very early for another smart phone to enter the market after the release of its major Flagship.

While people couldn’t coupe up with the Galaxy S4 release date, features, and arrival of it in their country, they are now being double minded because of this Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini rumors. And hats off to Samsung who is making them double minded by leaking the Galaxy S4 Mini information officially on its website. Later today a user on Twitter shared an image taken from Samsung’s official website showing four different models of the Galaxy S4 Mini in the select model section.

The first one was identified as GT-I9190 that was leaked three days before and the remaining GT-I9xxx models are unknown.

According to Sammobile, the four variants will be

GT-I9190 = HSPA+ Variant with a Quad-Core CPU
GT-I9192 = Dial-SIM HSPA+ Variant with a Dual-Core CPU
GT-I9195 = LTE Variant
GT-I9198 = China Variant

As of now, what we know about Galaxy S4 Mini is that it will be packed with Android OS 4.2.2, 4.3-inch HD Display, Dual-Core/Quad Core Processor, 1GB of RAM, LTE, Dual-SIM, and 256ppi. These all features will vary from variant to variant. Not every Galaxy S4 Mini would be equipped with Quad Core Processor.

26 March 2013
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 With a 5.9-inch Display – Semi-Confirmed

Samsung is planning to release Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with a 5.9-inch superb display at IFA 2013.

If you were having trouble using Samsung Galaxy Note 2, then you should get ready for the biggest trouble that will be making its way at IFA 2013 by Samsung. This second biggest trouble is called Samsung Galaxy Note 3. In case you enjoyed using Samsung Galaxy Note II, and then you would for sure enjoy the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 later this year. Samsung has planned to release a new Flagship of Galaxy Note series with a 5.9-inch display called Samsung Galaxy Note 3. This new Flagship of Samsung will get an increment of 0.4-inch in the screen size as compared to the Galaxy Note II version.

There is no need to get surprised after hearing about Galaxy Note 3 with a 5.9-inch display because in the second week of December 2012, we told you about a rumor that hinted towards the arrival of Galaxy Note 3 by Samsung in early 2013. Then in March, before the arrival of Galaxy S4, we again told about the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 at IFA 2013.

However today, we are again backing with semi-confirmed news regarding the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Phablet with a 5.9-inch display. This time the news of Galaxy Note 3 arrival comes from an executive from one of the largest suppliers of the Korean tech Giant, Samsung confirming the screen size of the upcoming Phablet. According to the sources related to Samsung confirmed the arrival of upcoming Phablet in U.S by local suppliers. Moreover, the Korean manufactures would be showing off the concept design of Galaxy Note 3 to the U.S carrier AT&T in the upcoming days.

If the reports stay the same, we can see the upcoming Phablet Flagship with the same OLED Display technology that was used in Galaxy S4 by Samsung.

The arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is heavily expected at IFA 2013that is held in August usually, but at this moment, we cannot say anything about it because Samsung is unpredictable. Samsung can skip the IFA 2013 event and held Unpacked 2013 because the second Episode is due.

25 March 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Spotted Prior to Galaxy S4 Launch – Images

Samsung is planning to announce Galaxy S4 Mini after the release of Galaxy S4 world-wide in April.

Samsung the biggest and old rival of Apple has already got some plans to take the market share before Apple plays its move. Samsung recently announced Galaxy S4 with killer specs that ousted about every Android phone and the next big thing by Apple called the iPhone 5. Samsung introduced Galaxy S4 with a stunning 1080p display Full HD Amoled, 2GB RAM, 13 MP Camera, 5-inch of size, and Quad Core Processor. These are the specifications that made Galaxy S4 the killer phone yet. However, Samsung hasn’t announced any official release date of Galaxy S4. Indeed the company has said to release the next Flagship by the end of April for public.

This is not all because a new report enclosed by hinting towards a mini version of the Galaxy S4 would be making its way this summer. This summer the Korean company would be announcing the next Mini Flagship version called Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. The arrival of Samsung Galaxy S4 might sound strange, but it will arrive for sure by Samsung because last year Samsung announced Galaxy S3 Mini to eat the competition of the iPhone 5. At that time Samsung release Galaxy S3 Mini in October, where as the iPhone 5 was announced in September with October sales.

According to the images shared by ErmEchkiN with Sammobile showed the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini version running Android OS 4.2.2.

Samsung Galaxy S4 in comparison with Galaxy S4 Mini.

As you can see in the above image that Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini looks the same as of Galaxy S4 and the major difference between both of them is of specs, display.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will be equipped with a 4.3-inch Full HD AMOLED Display, 256ppi, and 1.6 GHz Dual-Core. The device will come in the same two color variants of Black and White. Moreover, Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190 will feature a Duos model and a non Duos Model.

22 March 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 Exynos or Snapdragon Release Country Wise – Details

The release of Samsung Galaxy S4 is coming near and the confusion that is arising is about which variant of Galaxy S4 will arrive in selected countries. Will it be Exynos or Snapdragon?

On the eve of March 14 Samsung announced the future of Galaxy S series called Galaxy S4. Samsung only announced the tech specs and features of the Galaxy S4, where as no release date by variant along with price wasn’t told at the event. We don’t know about what Samsung was thinking at time because they only told that the arrival of Galaxy S4 should be expected by the end of April. Somehow, Galaxy S4 is being sold in limited countries before the official arrival month. The selling of Galaxy S4 before official arrival month is nothing new. It happens with every smart phone.

However, the main concern at this time is not to figure out how the selling of Galaxy S4 is being done prior to official release month. The main question that is ticking in the minds of Galaxy S4 buyers is about the variant of Galaxy S4 that will arrive in their country would be equipped with Exynos or Snapdragon. Over here, Samsung makes Exynos and QUALCOMM Chip manufacturers make Snapdragon. The best of all, Samsung Galaxy S4 uses both in different variants.

The Snapdragon 600 clocked at 1.9 Ghz and the Exynos 5 Octa-Core clocked at 1.6 Ghz.

Now lets head towards the list of countries that will be getting Snapdragon, Exynos, or both.

No information about Latin America and Australia yet.

GT-I**** = Not decided yet.
GT-I9500 = Exynos
GT-I9505 = Snapdragon
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 = Samsung to bring both versions

Africa
GT-I9500 – Afghanistan
GT-I9500 – Algeria
GT-I9500 – Egypt
GT-I9500 – Kenya
GT-I9500 – Lybia
GT-I9500 – Marocco
GT-I9500 – Nigeria

Asia / Middle East
GT-I9500 – Bangladesh
GT-I9500 – China
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Hong Kong
GT-I9500 – India
GT-I9500 – Indonesia
GT-I9500 – Iran
GT-I9500 – Iraq
GT-I**** – Israel
GT-I9500 – Kazakhstan
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Korea
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Malaysia
GT-I9500 – Nepal
GT-I9500 – Pakistan
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Philippines
GT-I9500 – Russia
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Saudi Arabia
GT-I9505 – Singapore
GT-I9500 – Sri Lanka
GT-I9500 – Taiwan
GT-I9500 – Thailand
GT-I9500 – Turkey
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – United Arab Emirates
GT-I9500 – Uzbekistan
GT-I9500 – Vietnam

Europe
GT-I9505 – Austria
GT-I9505 – Baltic
GT-I9505 – Belgium / Luxemburg
GT-I9505 – Bosnia and Herzegovina
GT-I9505 – Bulgaria
GT-I**** – Croatia
GT-I9505 – Cyprus
GT-I9505 – Czech Republic
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – France
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Germany
GT-I9505 – Greece
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Italy
GT-I9505 – Macedonia
GT-I9505 – Nordic Countries
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – Poland
GT-I9505 – Romania
GT-I9500 – Russia
GT-I9505 – Portugal
GT-I**** – Serbia
GT-I9505 – Slovakia
GT-I9505 – Slovenia
GT-I9505 – Spain
GT-I9505 – Switzerland
GT-I9505 – The Netherlands
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505 – United Kingdom
GT-I9500 – Ukraine
GT-I9500 – Uzbekistan

Thanks to Sammobile for publishing the list of Galaxy S4 Variants country wise where Snapdragon or Exynos or both will arrive by Samsung.

21 March 2013
Galaxy Altius Smart Watch Confirmed by Samsung to be in Works

Samsung has confirmed the arrival Galaxy Altius Smart Watch to compete with Apple on its forthcoming iWatch.

Back in February we reported about a strange rumor that suggested Samsung is planning to make a smart watch called Galaxy Altius to compete with Apple on rumored iWatch. At first the name of Galaxy Altius hinted towards the codename given to Galaxy S IV, but this was a rumor and nothing happened like this. Indeed the codename of Galaxy Altius stayed for the same Smart Watch by Samsung. However, later today Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business confirmed the previous rumor of Galaxy Altius Codenamed Smart Watch by Samsung is work in progress.

The confirmation of Galaxy Altius smart watch comes from an interview in Seoul of Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business stating:

“We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”

This sudden jump from smart phone industry to smart watch industry by Samsung is questionable and strange because rumors strongly suggested that Apple is working on an iWatch that will debut within nine months and suddenly Samsung appeared on the scene from no where pointing out the release of smart watch by it soon. The height of rumor Fan following by Samsung related to Apple products has increased suddenly. The iWatch is still a semi-confirmed rumor and Samsung has confirmed the smart watch is being worked on.

However, when Bloomberg asked Lee about the arrival, specifications, and features of the Galaxy Altius Smart Watch, Lee opted to stay quite.

As of now only the arrival of Galaxy Altius is confirmed with no further details. All we know about the Galaxy Altius is that it will have a 500X500 display that was confirmed by the spy shots that were leaked prior month and it will feature the capability of GSM as well.

Now the ball is in the court of Samsung and Apple both because the first one to release the Smart Watch will win the game. The situation of Smart Watch release is like a Football match stuck on penalty shootouts with equal score. The first one to score on the target wins the game.

19 March 2013
Samsung is Giving Away 5,000 Galaxy S4 Units Scam Hits Facebook

A new scam has entered in the market of Cyber World. The name of the scam is Samsung Galaxy S4 Facebook Giveaway.

After the unveiling of Galaxy S4 on March 14 by Samsung, Cyber Criminals have a way to hack Facebook ids and trap people into a fake give away. All credit goes to Samsung’ Galaxy S4 that made the headlines on March 14 because of its new and unique features that Samsung has introduced in it. Samsung fans around the globe cannot wait to get their hands on the unreleased smart phone and on the other hand scammers on Facebook in the name of Galaxy S4 Give Away by Samsung are scamming the same fans.

Just imagine, one day you wake up, log on Facebook and see that Samsung has 5,000 units of Galaxy S4 in a give away, what will be your reaction? You will do everything to enter in the contest and make sure that you are the lucky one to get one unit out of 5,000 units available. How happy you would be after doing that without realizing that you are being scammed and you are putting your account at risk. By the end of the day, you would be happy that you participated in the contest of Samsung Galaxy S4 Giveaway on Facebook.

Anyhow, this is how the scam is growing on Facebook and according to a report from HackRead, about 20,000 people’s have got affected by this scam.

The typical process in order for an individual to be ”eligible” for the prize is typically as follows:
1. Like the photo.
2. Share the photo.
3. Comment with the text : ” I love galaxy”
4.Enter Shipping info -> http://galaxys4.claimtheprize.net/ (open at you own risk, opening is not recommended)

The best thing about this fake giveaway is that the cyber criminals are using alleged concept images of Galaxy S4, where as the original image of Galaxy S4 is as follows:

This fake giveaway of Samsung Galaxy S4 on Facebook by Samsung sounds very interesting because Samsung hasn’t gone mad that it will spend $4.5 Million on the giveaway of latest Galaxy S Flagship rather than selling the Smart Phones Globally. All we need to say is that stay away from these sorts of giveaways that are not verified or are using fake images of the smart phone. Once in a lifetime use your brain to sort out these sorts of giveaways and don’t start jumping after seeing these sorts of giveaways on Facebook.

19 March 2013