If you’ve ever cracked your phone before, the huge edge-to-edge display we expect from the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 may seem like an accident waiting to happen. But you may be safe if Samsung releases the Samsung Guard S8 protection plan, which is rumored to be available with the Galaxy S8 launch, reported Android Authority, …
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Samsung Galaxy S8 could have a 3
If you wind up buying and disliking the Samsung Galaxy S8, which launches March 29 in New York, you might be able to return it fuss-free for up to three months, according to according The Investor, citing Korean outlet Chosun Biz. A three-month unconditional refund policy is considered generous in the mobile industry, which often has much shorter grace periods …
Read More »Samsung teases its upcoming Galaxy S8 in a new YouTube vid
We’re so close to the official unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S8, and Samsung won’t stop teasing us with quick ads. Samsung Mobile Korea posted the latest teaser trailer on YouTube yesterday for Korean audiences; check out the video below. The video is only 15 seconds long and doesn’t reveal too much, just the number 8 branding and that Samsung …
Read More »Drake destroys Apple Music’s single
If streaming is the new king of music, then Drake must be the king of streaming. After Drake’s self-proclaimed “playlist” “More Life” was released on Saturday, it amassed 89.9 million streams on Apple Music and 61.3 million streams on Spotify in the first day alone, according to official numbers confirmed to Fader. Drake’s More Life raked in millions and millions …
Read More »Super Mario Run bounds on to Android this week
After three months of Apple exclusivity, Super Mario Run is warping to Android. The game will launch on March 23, according to a Nintendo tweet on Friday. Super Mario Run is an important part of Nintendo’s mobile strategy, and one that Nintendo will need to leverage. iPhone and iPad players downloaded the game 40 million times in its first four …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy S8 could look pretty in purple
We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy S8 may come in all sorts of colors, one of them being violet. Thanks to a leakster on Twitter we get a chance to see what this could look like. The pictures show that violet is only used on the back of the phone, while the display’s bezels could remain black. This stays true …
Read More »The Samsung Galaxy S8 may come with 6GB of RAM in China
Everyone expects the Samsung Galaxy S8 to be a powerful phone, but it could be even more powerful in China. Word has it that the Galaxy S8 may come with 6GB of RAM in China compared with 4GB for the rest of the world, according to IHS research director Kevin Wang. Generally speaking, phones use Random Access Memory (RAM) as …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S8 app isn’t for everyone after all
Yesterday, Samsung released an app for the March 29 launch of its Galaxy S8 phone, which anyone can download for Android and iOS. We had hoped that it would eventually reveal juicy hints and tidbits about the phone, but unfortunately, it’s only for invited guests like press and Samsung’s VIP partners. “The Unpacked 2017 app is for invited guests to …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy S8 could reportedly shoot 1,000fps videos
You might not need your old video camera if you’re getting a Galaxy S8. The upcoming Samsung phone is rumored to capture video at 1,000 frames per second (fps), according to SamMobile, which cites Korean tech news site Naver. The report adds that it may have two front cameras, one for iris scanning and the other for selfies. The Galaxy …
Read More »The iPhone 8 may not get that curved screen, but it’ll still cost you
The rumored iPhone 8 may not feature that curved edge-to-edge OLED display that we’ve heard so much about after all (reported on here, here and here), according to some industry analysts. IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam says that Apple will stick to its flat-screen design, but still with an OLED screen versus the LCD technology found in today’s iPhones, according …
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