About a week ago Samsung officially announced its rumored Samsung Galaxy Mega phablets, one weighing in with a 5.8 inch display and the other with a whopping 6.3. We were initially very sceptical as to the validity of these rumours, as whether or not the market for such devices actually exists is as yet uncertain. However, that’s exactly what everybody said about the original Galaxy Note and now we could hardly imagine the mobile market without it.
Rumors are flying suggesting that, alongside its increasingly popular Galaxy Note line of phablets, Samsung could be set to release a new set of phablets under the moniker of Samsung Galaxy Mega. While the name is definitely ripe for change, we’re more interested in the larger screens that these new handsets are said to sport.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 (GS4) has finally been unveiled at an odd, broadway-themed Samsung launch event in New York. While the event itself was strange enough to possibly warrant its own post a little later on, for now we’ll stick to covering the new heir to the Android throne, the Galaxy S4, and the new hardware/features that it brings.
With the Samsung Galaxy SIV launch just one week way, we thought it wise to revisit some of the rumors that are circulating about it, as well as the (apparently) ‘real’ leaked specs that have cropped up recently and what those mean for Samsung, the GSIV and how they reflect the current smartphone market.
While Samsung’s biggest competitor is certainly Apple, in the Android world HTC and Samsung seem to be the most evenly matched each year. While Samsung takes most of the popularity and profit with each new flagship, HTC still manages to release a great flagship device each and every year. So, what do the current rumours say about each company’s new and upcoming devices?
Samsung often gets a bit of a bad rap for being unoriginal, so much so that they recently lost over a billion dollars to Apple in their legal battle regarding copyright infringement. This time, though, it seems that Samsung has beaten everyone to the punch with its new Samsung Galaxy Camera.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 (aka S III) should need no introduction. It’s the latest record-breaking Android flagship device from the world’s #2 smartphone manufacturer. Bringing more than just upgraded specs to the table, the Galaxy S3 is the fastest-selling Android smartphone to date with an estimated 19 million units to have shipped by the end of Q3 of 2012.
We know this one’s a little late, but we thought that while we eagerly await Samsung’s Galaxy S III to show up on our doorstep and with the Galaxy Note 2 supposedly around the corner we should at least finally do a Samsung Galaxy Note review. The phone/tablet, or “phablet”, hybrid has sparked polarizing opinions amongst smartphone users regarding both its size and the viability of its capacitive stylus.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the direct successor to the original and remarkably successful Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note almost single-handedly created the niche, yet thriving “phablet” industry, with its originally questionable size that sits somewhere between what one might consider a smartphone and a tablet. Knocked by many at first, and still to this day by a few less, the Galaxy Note managed to find its place in an ever increasing, yet oftentimes evolutionarily one-directional industry.
We’ve been hearing talk that Samsung is looking to release its own cloud service, currently known as ‘S-Cloud’, in order to compete with Apple’s popular iCloud. If the rumor turns out to be true and if Samsung is able to provide a solid cloud-based product then this is certainly good news for Samsung owners.
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