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Our Samsung Galaxy S5 Liveblog Starts Right Now

Today, Samsung will deploy the Galaxy S5, the latest in its venerable line of Android smartphones. You can watch it live in the stream blow, or if you’re more into reading, we’ll be providing a delicate coat of analysis and sass in the liveblog even further down. To get caught up on everything we think…

These Are Supposedly Leaked Photos of the Samsung Galaxy S5

We’re expecting Samsung to announce its latest flagship, the Galaxy S5 in a couple of hours at the first of the year’s Unpacked event at MWC. But because the internet is a leaky, leaky ship, we’re seeing some images popping up already. Todays images are coming to us from SaudiAndroid and HardwareZone via TechCrunch. We’ll…

Samsung’s Android Escape Plan, And What It Means for You

There’s not a whole lot that’s new about Samsung’s Galaxy Gear 2. It’s take two of a product that wasn’t that great on the first go-round. But underneath, the Gear 2 isn’t just another gadget; it’s a defiant shot across Google’s bow. It’s a trial run where Samsung can practice seceding from the world of…

Samsung Gear 2 Smartwatch Ditches Android, Keeps the Rest

As expected, Samsung has released its follow-up to last fall’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The biggest change? That it’s left Android in favor of a Tizen, an open source operating system that gives Samsung a battery boost and, more importantly, a sense of independence. There are some internal upgrades here worth talking about as well; the…

Rumor: Samsung’s 2nd-Gen Smartwatch Might Come in Two Flavors (Updated)

Noted leaker Evleaks tweeted an image this morning purportedly showing two versions of the new Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The image indicates Samsung might add a “Neo” version, possibly a budget model along the lines of the iPhone 5C. That’s not a guarantee (this is, after all, merely a leak), but perhaps this is what…

Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything We Think We Know

We’re almost certainly about to see Samsung’s Galaxy S5 superphone next week, the long-awaited followup to the company’s Android flagship. With competition heating up from the likes of Motorola and HTC, will it be enough to stay near the top of the heap? Here’s what we’re expecting to see. https://gizmodo.com/every-android-phone-ranked-1468382693 Design While there wasn’t a…

Did Samsung Try to Ban Apple Logos From the Olympics Opening Ceremony?

Lucky Olympic athletes taking part in the Sochi Winter Olympics found a Samsung Galaxy Note III in their arrival goodie bags, so even if they don’t take home a medal they’ve still got something of a fairly high value to sell on the internet when they get home. But did Samsung demand they avoid being…

Is This Samsung’s First Windows Phone 8.1 Handset?

Nokia may be readying its own Android phone for Verizon, but it also looks like Samsung could be working on its own Windows Phone 8.1 device for the carrier, too—at least if this Evleaks post is to be believed. This image depicts what’s reported to be a Samsung device known as Huron, powered by Windows…

Report: Samsung Will Stop Screwing Up Android

Samsung’s super Android phones, and its Android devices in general, have long been hindered by the terribleness of the proprietary UI and apps the company insists on bundling with its hardware. Re/Code reports that Samsung’s gonna cut it out. Let’s hope so. According to the report, Google is fed up with Samsung’s meddling, and has…

Google and Samsung have made an agreement to cross-license each other’s patents for the next ten years. That includes any patents already held, or any new ones issued in the coming decade. Long live Android!

Why Curved TVs Aren’t Just Another Gimmick

They’ve been a vital aspect of movie theater visuals for years, but curved displays have become increasingly common on small screens—specifically high-end OLED televisions and adventurous smartphones. But are curves in your TV or phone really the wave of the future? Or just another marketing gimmick? Why Curved Works For Movie Theaters Many movie theaters,…

How Much Storage Does Your Smartphone Actually Give You?

The dirty little not-so-secret of smartphones is that you’ll never get the full amount of memory marked on the case. Operating systems take up space! But different phones leave you with different amounts of storage. Here, from Which?, are the most and least generous. Among 16GB smartphones, the iPhone 5C ends up leaving the most…

Samsung May Start Making High-End Windows Phone Handsets Again

Samsung’s biggest mobile successes have been planted firmly in rich Android soil, but it looks as though the company hasn’t given up on Windows Phone yet. A high-end Windows Phone 8 handset from Sammy looks to be on the way, after a number of details hit the web. Shipping documents have pointed towards a high-end,…

The Weirdest CES Gadgets Of All Time (That Never Came Out)

The tech industry is riddled with vaporware — those products that get a big public announcement, but never actually find their way to stores. And it’s always been this way. Just ask investors who were throwing tons of money at airship companies at the turn of the 20th century. Sometimes the people tasked with building…

Bloomberg: Samsung Galaxy S5 Due April, Maybe With Eye-Scan Security

If you’re holding out for the next Android superphone, you may only have a few months to wait. Samsung has spoken out about its upcoming devices in a long interview with Bloomberg, and it plans to have the S5 out by April. Speaking to Bloomberg, Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business,…

I Want Samsung’s First Curved Monitor (To Be More Awesome)

Curved TVs—we’ve seen those. Curved monitors for your computer? I just saw the first one in the world. I played games on it, and it’s definitely a great technology to be developing. But I hope they keep developing it. Usually when you think of curved screens you think of a bunch of curved televisions lined…

Samsung’s Glorious 8K TV Will Show You the Meaning of Infinity

Samsung’s showing of a prototype of a 98-inch LED 8K television at CES. I leaned in and tried to see the pixels on this fantasy screen and my brain got lost in the detail. My mind tried do the math of how many pixels were assembling the heads of the tiny people in the screen.…

Hands On Samsung’s New NotePRO Tablet: Like Surface for Android

We just got to feel up Samsung’s latest tablet offering in the 12.2-inch beast of the Galaxy NotePRO. Here’s what we thought. For starters that screen really woos your eyeballs. It’s big and beautiful. It’s plenty bright, colors really pop, and it’s super sharp. Text looked great, photos looked great. The screen: Great. The cost…

Michael Bay Just Freaked Out at a Samsung Press Conference (Update: Bay Speaks!)

Michael Bay just walked on stage, flubbed his lines, and walked off at a Samsung CES press conference. It was weird. Bay was there to promote Samsung’s curved UHD TVs. At first it seemed like a planned thing where he was talking about TVs and he’d pretend to screw up his lines then maybe he’d…

Samsung’s Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO Tablets are Big and Dreamy

Samsung’s tablet family is about get a few new professional members. The new Android tablets, dubbed the Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO (which includes three sizes) are definitely aimed at the business sector, but they certainly look like flagship products that anybody would want to get their hands on. The two stars of the show…