With the Galaxy S4 having been comfortably established in the market for a good while now, most recent press pertaining Samsung's smartphone division has encircled the release of the highly-anticipated Galaxy Note 3. Reports today suggest the device could be unveiled in just a month's time, and to up the ante just a little further, it also appears we may finally see evidence of Samsung's elusive smart watch effort, or the Galaxy Smart Watch as the tech world loves to call it.
More evidence has emerged that the Samsung Galaxy Folder - the kind of flip device seldom seen in the market for a decade - is an actual product, with instructions for the device numbered SHV-E400K showing up on Samsung's website. The handset, which features dual displays, is said to be a target of the mid-range market, and although it's not expected to see the light of day outside of Asia, it's rather astonishing that Samsung is even still manufacturing this type of smartphone in the first place.
As a company, Samsung offers plenty of products for the smartphone world to consider, but while its range is wide and covers most areas of the market, its flagship models derive from the Galaxy S series. One thing you might've picked up from every new Galaxy S device, including the Galaxy S4, is that when it comes around to benchmarks, the new model always performs significantly better on paper than its predecessor. This, in terms of digital evolution, perhaps stands to reason, but AnandTech has done a little digging, and discovered evidence that appears to suggest the latest and greatest Samsung Galaxy S4 may have been tweaked to show favorable numbers in the benchmark tests, even if this doesn't necessarily translate to real-world performance improvements.
Samsung has made two new Galaxy S4 ads available on YouTube before, presumably, putting them on every TV channel on the planet. If there's one thing Samsung knows how it do, it's blanket advertising. Check out the ads right after the jump!
We've been chasing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 for a good few months now, and seen a plethora of spec leaks from tipsters in the process. Today, however, we've got something a little more concrete: a complete list of specs sourced from none other than the Korean company itself. WAP provisioning files found on Samsung Mobile’s website confirm two devices with the model numbers SM-N900T and SM-N900A, both of which refer to the Note 3, and also a run-down of some of the specifications. Details after the break!
When it comes to marketing a product, it's fair to say that Samsung likes to break the mold. We've already encountered the rather cringe worthy Samsung Style ad (a play on the popular Gangnam Style from Korean rapper Psy), and now, the company has come through with another rather strange ploy in advertising its flagship Galaxy S4. Featuring a bunch of guys performing pop-like synchronized dance moves in balaclavas, it plays over a dubstep tune and ends with a goat sat in the middle of a mountainous area. Strange? We certainly think so.
Although the Galaxy S series is rightly considered Samsung's flagship smartphone range, the Galaxy Note 'phablet' has risen to prominence in the past couple of years, forging a new market of high-end devices with incredibly large displays. The Galaxy Note II was well-received when it first released towards the latter stages of 2012, and with the Galaxy S4 now well into its life cycle, focus on the third Note has been strong during the last month or two. The current word on the Web is that the device will be significantly thinner than its predecessor, with 3GB of RAM packed into both the reported 3G-only and 4G LTE variants.
Reports of faltering sales and slow user adoption seems to be part and parcel of the life cycle of any smartphone these days. Gone are the days when a company can hit the market with a new premium device, then let the CEO just sit back comfortably waiting for the sales reports to land on his or her desk. Every modern device launch seems to come with intense rumors about lack of product demand and subsequent reports of reduced part orders as a reaction to those alleged slow sales. Samsung has been the latest company to deny that their Galaxy S4 has been slow to capture the imagination of users and today's reports of over 20 million units shipped seems to back up those denials, which is a big follow up over the fact that Samsung shipped 4 million units in just 4 days of release.
When considering a future smartphone purchase, few take into mind the importance of a decent battery life. Bamboozled by the megapixels, dots per inch and multiple core processors, it's amazing how little regard folk give to the battery life, which has to go down as one of the most important features because without it, any exciting hardware is basically useless. Which.co.uk, a prominent observer of the mobile industry, has thrown together a rather interesting infographic on the battery retention levels of the foremost handsets on the market and, suffice to say, the results may shock you.
The notebook market is becoming a very blurred environment, with touchscreen options and detachable keyboards crossing over with the tablet market on a frequent basis. These tablet-notebook devices are often referred to as hybrids, but Samsung has come through with an alternative kind of concoction by announcing a convertible that can dual boot Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2. Moreover, the ATIV Q packs in a fantastically sharp 3200x1800 13.3-inch display, and with an S Pen Stylus also a part of a device just 0.55 inches thick, this might just be the all-in-one you've been holding out for.
