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Samsung’s New Galaxy Buds+ Have Double the Battery Life and More Mics

While you might have a hard time telling them apart if they were placed side-by-side, in conjunction with the new Galaxy S20, Samsung has also announced a new version of its wireless Galaxy Buds with a few notable upgrades. Starting at $150, the new Galaxy Buds+ cost $20 more than the outgoing model and feature … Continued

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Everything We Gleaned From the Oscar Commercial for Samsung’s New Phone

Even though Samsung managed to do it without actually revealing its name, it seems the smartphone giant just couldn’t help itself from teasing its next foldable phone during the Oscars. In case you missed it, you can check out a recording of the commercial for yourself below. The commercial all but guarantees that we’ll see … Continued

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Massive Leak Reveals Pretty Much Everything About Samsung’s Next Foldable Phone

The Galaxy Fold was the pioneer for Samsung’s first efforts in making foldable phones, and now thanks to a massive leak, we’re getting a detailed look at Samsung’s second foldable handset—the Galaxy Z Flip—weeks before its expected official debut. The leak was first uncovered by Winfuture.de and sheds light on almost everything you’d want to … Continued

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I Really Hope This Rumor About Flexible Glass on the New Samsung Foldable Phone is True

Samsung has already demonstrated the vast potential of bendy screen devices with the Galaxy Fold, but there are still a number of improvements needed before foldable gadgets can really go mainstream. And if rumors are true, Samsung may have solved one of the Fold’s biggest shortcomings. According to Max Weinbach at XDA-Developers, Samsung’s next foldable … Continued

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Big Leak Gives Us the Best Look at the Galaxy S20 Yet

Among all the commotion that happened at CES, Samsung announced that the next Galaxy Unpacked Event will take place on February 11th in San Francisco. And now just a few days later, some big leaks have given us a more detailed look at Samsung’s next major phone. While all the previous leaks were renders, according … Continued

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Samsung and Microsoft’s Working-Class Smartphone Coming to the U.S. for $499

Samsung and Microsoft are joining together to bring an ingenious new idea to the workplace. Are you ready to have your mind blown? Get this: walkie talkies. Ok, so maybe it’s not exactly a new idea, but by building push-to-talk capabilities into Samsung’s new Galaxy XCover Pro, that’s one less device for employees to lug … Continued

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Samsung Is Making the Best Phones

Last year after a somewhat lackluster product cycle, I said Samsung couldn’t afford to hold back anymore. And in 2019, it seems Samsung took that message to heart because it released some of the most exciting phone tech we’ve seen in the last 12 months. Now before I get in trouble for patting myself on … Continued

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Samsung’s Incubator Lab Is Making Indoor Sunlight and a Robot Friend That Definitely Won’t Murder You

Samsung’s in-house incubator program, Creative Lab, has developed a reputation for brewing off-the-wall innovations it feels like few people, if any, asked for. Since opening its doors in 2012, it’s spawned projects like a 360-degree wearable camcorder, an AI-driven desk lamp, and a recording app specifically geared toward the ASMR crowd. Now the company’s pulled … Continued

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More Galaxy S11 Leaks Appear to Settle the Samsung Flagship’s Most Debated Feature

Are you tired of all these Galaxy S11 rumors yet? Well too damn bad. Because it looks like we’re rounding out the year with a purported first look at the Samsung flagship’s final camera configuration following other leaked details about its size and, possibly, a new naming convention to match the new decade. A previous … Continued

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Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite Will Be Announced at CES: Report

CES typically isn’t a major show for smartphones, but this year could be different now that a Korean newspaper is reporting that Samsung will announce two new phones at CES 2020. According to the Korea Herald, the two phones in question are the Galaxy S10 Lite and the Galaxy Note 10 Lite, which are essentially … Continued

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Samsung Reportedly Has Some Major Camera Upgrades Planned for the Galaxy S11

Almost a year ago, Samsung acquired mobile camera developer Corephotonics, and now, if reports are true, Samsung might finally be ready to add some of the company’s fancy new photography tech on the upcoming Galaxy S11. According to a story from Bloomberg, in addition to a super high-res 108-MP sensor, the Galaxy S11 will get … Continued

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Early Galaxy S11 Leaks Suggest Samsung Is Going Huge on Battery

Now that all the big 2019 phones have been released, it’s time to look forward to next year’s handsets, and if these early leaks are any indication, the Galaxy S11 could be in line for a huge upgrade in the battery department. According to noted Samsung leaker Ice Universe, Samsung’s next batch of flagship smartphones … Continued

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Samsung’s Second Foldable Is a Flip Phone with a Next-Gen Design

The Galaxy Fold just went on sale a month ago, but at Samsung’s 2019 developers conference, the smartphone giant just released a teaser for its next foldable phone. While Samsung didn’t reveal anything about its specs, price, or even a possible release date, Samsung’s next bendy gadget features a very different design than the Galaxy … Continued

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Samsung Brings Big, Bright QLED Displays to Laptops For the First Time

Samsung knows that its recent laptops haven’t quite made the impact it wanted, so for its next batch of notebooks, Samsung is trying something new: borrowing the QLED display tech used on Samsung’s high-end TVs and putting them on the upcoming Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion. Samsung claims this is the first time … Continued

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A Month With the Improved Galaxy Fold and I Actually Still Like It

Following the ambitious but janky Royole Flexpai, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold was supposed to be the redeemer, a device that demonstrated the power of foldable tech. Then Samsung gave the Fold to a bunch of savages (aka tech reviewers), who pawed at it like it was a normal phone, and then the Fold had to go … Continued

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A Bug Lets Any Fingerprint Unlock the Galaxy S10 and Note 10, and Samsung Blames Phone Covers

After a British couple discovered that their Galaxy S10 could be unlocked by anyone’s fingerprints, Samsung has now provided an official statement explaining the issue and advising late model Galaxy phone owners on what to do. In short, Samsung advises that anyone who owns a Galaxy S10/S10+/S10+ 5G, or Note 10/Note 10+ and uses a … Continued

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Samsung Galaxy Fold to Launch in Korea on Sept. 6, No Official U.S. Release Date Listed Yet

Samsung’s beleaguered, $2,000 Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone has a new launch date in Korea: Sept. 6. The Galaxy Fold was scheduled to launch in the U.S. in April, but Samsung indefinitely delayed its release after multiple reviewers quickly experienced issues including flickering screens and hinge bulges—though some of the issues were apparently caused by reviewers … Continued

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Samsung Is Supposedly Working on a Much Cooler Folding Phone

The Galaxy Fold is an innovative device, even if many reviewers broke it almost instantly. It’s more a tablet that folds down into a phone-sized device. As someone with tiny pockets, I’d probably prefer a phone-sized device that folds down into something even smaller when not in use. Bloomberg reports that Samsung has such a … Continued

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Samsung’s First Bixby Speaker Still Isn’t Out, But Now There’s a Mini Version

More than a year ago, alongside the reveal of the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung announced that it was working on a smart speaker powered by its Bixby digital assistant called the Galaxy Home. And even though the original Galaxy Home still hasn’t gone on sale, it seems Samsung already has a Galaxy Home Mini in … Continued

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Should You Buy the Galaxy Note 10+?

Now that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is officially on sale, and we’ve had a chance to thoroughly check it out, here comes the next big question: Should you actually buy one? For some people that can be a difficult question, because while the Galaxy Note 10+ is easily the best Galaxy Note yet and … Continued