Samsung heading for lowest quarterly profit
Published in PC Hardware


Memory chip glut

Samsung is heading for its lowest quarterly profit in more than two years as a glut in memory chips, slowing panel sales and rising competition in smartphones hit its bottom line.

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is very expensive
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 29 March 2019 16:05

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is very expensive


Over US $1,200 in South Korea

Although we already know that it will officially launch on April 5th, the price of the flagship Galaxy S10 5G was not announced. According to a leaked price in South Korea, the Galaxy S10 5G will cost over US $1,200.

Samsung sings of Chinese tasty green shoots of recovery
Published in Mobiles


The smartphone business is picking up

Samsung said it is starting to see the “green shoots of recovery” in its Chinese smartphone business.

Samsung to hide the front facing camera behind screen
Published in Mobiles


Learnt from the fingerprint scanner

Samsung is working toward building phone displays where the front-facing camera hides under the display completely, similar to the way the fingerprint reader is embedded inside the displays of the latest Galaxy S10 phones.

Corning working on bendy Gorilla Glass
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 07 March 2019 00:36

Corning working on bendy Gorilla Glass


Coming within two years

With the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X, foldable smartphones have been described as the next big thing, so it comed as no surprise that Corning is working on a way to protect the screen of these devices with foldable Gorilla Glass.

Not only Apple, but Huawei and Samsung may benefit from the FTC’s actions
Published in Mobiles


One arm of the US government is helping Apple, China, and Korea

The FTC and a coalition of tech giants, led by Apple, Huawei, Samsung, Intel, and LG, are fighting Qualcomm, more specifically, against the chipmaker’s licensing model and business practices.

Samsung installs McAfee bloatware in TVs
Published in News
Friday, 01 March 2019 11:44

Samsung installs McAfee bloatware in TVs


For its own operating system

Samsung thinks it is a wizard wheeze to install McAfee bloatware in its tellies even though users will get practically no benefit at all.

Samsung speeds up embedded universal Flash storage
Published in PC Hardware


Next-generation 512GB eUFS 3.0 chips

Samsung has jacked up the speed of its embedded universal Flash storage and released the next generation 512GB eUFS 3.0 chips.

Folding phones won't fold
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 25 February 2019 12:21

Folding phones won't fold


Unless the fold fails to fold

While Huawei and Samsung have now announced their foldable phones, the word on the street is that it will be a fair old while before we see them blossom. But they won't fold and will move into the mainstream.

Samsung S10, 10+, 5G and fold are a Qualcomm win
Published in Mobiles


855, 5G, ultrasonic sensor

The Galaxy S10 series and the Galaxy Fold are the next chapter in Samsung’s history and the company decided to use multiple Qualcomm products to power the S10, 10+ and the Galaxy S10 5G.