Samsung News

The website AnandTech, which tracks hardware trends, reported that Samsung has been caught boosting the score of Exynos Octa, the processor used in Galaxy S4 (sold in India), to make it appear faster than the processors made by other companies. As per AnandTech, S4 identifies some benchmarks and artificially boosts the processor-speed accordingly, thereby creating the illusion of performing faster.

Defeating Apple's iPhone-5, Samsung's Galaxy S-III has topped the customer satisfaction index, followed by Galaxy Note-II, according to The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) research. The iPhone-5 and iPhone-4 has been ranked 3rd and 5th respectively. However, the ACSI said that in terms of overall rankings, Apple is still at the top spot.

Samsung announced the rumoured Hennessy (W789) dual-screen Android flip phone on Wednesday. The Hennessy has two 3.3-inches 320 x 480 pixels touch displays, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor running Android 4.1. Other key specs include a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, and 1,500 mAh battery. It comes with support for both CDMA and GSM.

With a 31.5% market share(in revenue), Samsung became the smartphone market leader in India dethroning Nokia this year. The other two top players are Nokia(27.2%) and Micromax(8.7%). While the overall market has grown by 14.7% in 2012-13 to touch Rs 35,946-crore, Samsung recorded a growth of 43.6%, Nokia recorded a decline of 18% and Micromax recorded a growth of 58.6%.

Samsung on Tuesday announced to launch a version of its Galaxy Tab designed for kids. The tablet will come pre-loaded with kid-friendly apps and games, a Kid's Store, and parental control features that include whitelisting capabilities, time management features and password protected access. The tablet includes a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 7-inch 1024 x 600 display, and 8GB of internal storage.

Samsung on Tuesday announced the launch of Galaxy Note 3 smartphone and Galaxy Gear smartwatch (priced at Rs.49,900 and Rs.22,990 respectively), which will be available in India by September-25. While the 5.7-inch FullHD Note is the first smartphone having 3GB RAM, Gear is a smartwatch, with 1.63-inch SuperAMOLED screen and 1.9MP camera, which allows users to receive or make calls.

After iPhone 5S, Samsung is up with the gold treatment to its flagship smartphone Galaxy S4. Samsung Arabia revealed its model in Gold Brown and Gold Pink editions via Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday. The company will launch the device in the Middle East and then perhaps roll them out to other markets, depending on their initial response.

Samsung's instant messenger ChatON, launched in October-2011, has crossed 100-million subscribers globally, announced Samsung. The smartphone giant also unveiled plans to add another 13 Indian dialects to ChatON, which already supports 10-regional languages. Even though ChatON has enjoyed steady growth in regions including India, China and the US, WhatsApp remains the leading online messenger with almost 300-million active users worldwide.

Samsung Electronics has recorded another high Operating profit in the third quarter(July-September quarter). It's operating income rose 25 percent over a year earlier to 10.1 trillion won ($9.4 billion). Also, third-quarter sales increased 13 per cent to a record high of 59 trillion won ($55 billion). Semiconductor businesses and mid and low end smartphones sale are considered reason behind this.

Samsung has launched the 2014 Edition of Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet in India priced at Rs.49,990 for the 32GB variant. It has a 10.1-inch Super clear LCD display with 2560x1600 pixels resolution. Powered by a 1.9GHz Exynos-5 Octa processor and 3GB of RAM, it runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and features a 8-megapixel rear camera and an 8,220mAh battery.

Strong smartphone sales and higher microchip prices have helped Samsung Electronics register a record profit of $7.76 billion in the third quarter. The figure represents a 26% rise in profits compared to the same period a year earlier. Moreover, the total revenue between July and September also rose by 13.2% on a year-to-year basis.

Samsung India launched it's most expensive smartphone in the country Galaxy Golden flip phone, woth Rs 51,900, having 3.7-inch dual-touchscreens on the front and back. Apart from the two touchscreens, the phone also has a T9 keypad for input. The phone is powered by a dual-core 1.7 GHz processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8MP rear camera, and runs on Android 4.2 OS.

A Silicon Valley jury on Thursday held Samsung Electronics guilty of copying Apple's vital iPhone and iPad features and ordered it to pay $290 million to Apple. The verdict covered 13 older Samsung devices that infringed Apple patents. A next trial is scheduled for March to consider Apple's claims that Samsung's newest devices on the market also copied Apple's technology.

After a man posted a video on YouTube showing the damage his Samsung Galaxy S4 suffered after catching fire, the South Korean company offered him a replacement -- but only if he removed the video. While Samsung tried to suppress the story, the video got almost half a million views, and the story is being covered widely in the media.

A Seoul court on Thursday denied Samsung's claim that Apple violated three of its patent related to SMS. The court said, Samsung patents lacked 'progressiveness' and can be easily developed by others. Samsung had sued Apple in March 2012. The ruling is the latest blow to Samsung, which owes Apple $930 million from two jury verdicts in Silicon Valley.

Within a fortnight of launching the Galaxy Duos 2, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Grand 2 phablet in the Indian market on Monday. The android smartphone has 5.25-inch HD screen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, 8MP camera. Reportedly, the device which will hit the markets in January will cost between Rs 19,000 and 21,000.

The world's largest Ultra HDTV, Samsung's 110-inch U-HD TV, went on sale on Monday in South Korea, China, the Middle East and Europe. The TV, which has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs, has been priced at 160 million won ($152,000) in South Korea . Measuring 2.6*1.8 metres, it is bigger than a king size bed.

Samsung has developed the world's first 4GB RAM meant for mobile devices. The new DDR4 mobile RAM will offer 50% higher performance than today's DDR3 memory chips, and still consume 40% less battery. Other benefits of this new memory chip include faster and more responsive applications, more advanced features and higher resolution displays.

Samsung Galaxy S5, reportedly having an eye scanner and 5.25-inch 2K resolution display, will be showcased at Mobile World Expo at Barcelona in February, hinted Samsung's VP (Design) Doon-hoon Chang. Earlier, a Samsung device believed to be Galaxy F (S5’s higher-end variant) having 3GB RAM, 2.5GHz processor, 16MP rear camera and running Android 4.4 Kitkat already appeared on AnTuTu benchmarks.