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.
There have been a multitude of rumors flying about regarding the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone. Screen size, network support, processing power, casing material and more have all been speculated over excessively in the lead-up to its expected release. So which rumors are true and which are false? Of course it’s really impossible to say for sure, but we’ve collected some of the more popular bits of gossip and paired them with some explanations as to why or why not they’re plausible possibilities.
Samsung was already one of the world’s biggest names when it came to displays. Probably competing most effectively in this area within the mobile and TV markets, Samsung has been a forerunner in display technology for years now. The impressive Super AMOLED displays of Samsung’s mobile devices, huge ultra-thin TV screens and upcoming OLED widescreen product line in the home entertainment market have definitely assisted Samsung on the display-front.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has the honour of being the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) device available on the market. As a collaboration between Google and Samsung, the Galaxy Nexus both looks and functions a bit differently than other Samsung-manufactured smartphones we've seen in the past. We took it for a spin to check out its new operating system (OS), as well as wether or not the Galaxy Nexus is worthy of the Android flagship throne.
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