A patent trial between Apple and Samsung, two of the largest tech companies around, could end up looking like a trial between two of the largest car companies around. On Friday, an eight-person jury began its deliberations at US District Court in San Jose, smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley and a 10-mile …
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If you had to send your Samsung phone in for service, you’re in good company. Samsung sells tens of millions of smartphones every year, but more than 4 million of them were returned to the company for service in the US, the company revealed in a trial this week. Specifically, it was between 4 million and 5 million a year …
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Gray G. Lee, head of the AI Center at Samsung Research, says the company’s next flagship smartphone will incorporate an upgraded version of its AI, Bixby 2.0, according to an interview with the Korea Herald. Enhancements to Bixby will include better natural-language processing, improved noise cancelling and faster response. The next big Samsung unveiling is probably its summer Unpacked event, which …
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Samsung isn’t shy about the message of its latest ad: iPhone owners should upgrade to the Galaxy S9. But it doesn’t compare the Galaxy S9 against its natural rival, the iPhone X, or even one of Apple’s two iPhone 8s. Instead, during the roughly minute-long video posted to YouTube (also below), we see a woman’s slow loading speeds on her …
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It’s a billion-dollar question: Should we care that there’s a GH59-09418A printed circuit board inside a Samsung smartphone? At US District Court in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, Apple and Samsung are trying to persuade a jury to see smartphones in very different ways. An earlier trial in the seven-year case already determined that Samsung infringed three …
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With sunlight pouring in from a giant sliding door in a suite at Palo Alto, Calif.’s luxury Nobu hotel, Carl Pei sits on a firm grey couch. It’s early April and he has a lot on his plate. The company he helped co-found is a month away from announcing the new OnePlus 6 in London. On top of that, nearly …
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Red seems to be the smartphone color of spring. Samsung said Tuesday it’s adding Burgundy Red to the stable of colors the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus is available in. The flagship handset will also be available in Sunrise Gold, joining the previously offered Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple. Samsung’s announcement comes about a month after …
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There’s no doubt about it now. The Galaxy Tab S4 is on its way, and it’ll likely be here in July. Sammobile has been watching the development of the Tab S4 and the site reported Tuesday that the most recent Bluetooth certification for Samsung’s device in progress used the name outright. The Tab S4 is likely to be launched in …
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HTC’s newest phone, the HTC Exodus, is one you’ll probably never see vying for shelf space alongside the Galaxy S9, LG G7 or iPhone X. Unveiled on Tuesday, the HTC Exodus is instead the first phone by a major brand that’s dedicated to blockchain encryption, the security technology that forms the base of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. HTC …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, two of the hottest Android phones on the market, now support ARCore, Google’s augmented reality app platform. This means Galaxy S9 owners are now able to try out ARCore-based augmented reality apps, which use your phone’s camera to place virtual objects in the real world. You can use this to measure objects …
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