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Report: Samsung Is Planning a Klutz-Proof Version of the Galaxy S4

Rugged phones are nice, but they are almost invariably crap. According the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is making a move to kick that trend with an upcoming waterproof, dustproof Galaxy S4. The WSJ’s unnamed source says the tenatively named “Galaxy S4 Active” will launch this June, alongside robust models of the Galaxy line’s 7 and…

Galaxy S IV Display Shoot-Out: How Does It Compare?

The Samsung Galaxy S smartphones are by far the most popular Android smartphones, and are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The display on the Galaxy S4 is a major enhancement and improvement over the Galaxy S III—it has a full HD 1920×1080 resolution display with 441…

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Camera Versus the Competition

Last month, we tested the best smartphone cameras out there and declared the HTC One’s ultrapixel camera the master of all. Now it’s time to see how the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z measure up. https://gizmodo.com/htc-one-ultrapixel-camera-versus-the-competition-5990360 Today, we’re comparing the cameras on five top smartphones: The Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, HTC…

Verizon will kick off pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4 tomorrow. No word on when you might actually get it, though.

Samsung Is Working on Mind-Control for Its Tablets

Samsung’s got no shortage of alternate control methods up its sleeve. You’ve got your eye scroll and your air gestures, but how about full on mind-control? Samsung’s messing with it, but it probably won’t be coming to consumer devices very soon. Probably. In conjunction with researchers at the University of Texas, Samsung has been whipping…

It’s official: the U.S. version of the Galaxy S4 will have a 1.9GHz quad-core processor and be available this month.

AT&T’s Galaxy S4 page claims that the 16GB phone will ship from April 30th—for $640, or $200 on a 2-year contract.

Samsung’s New 6.3-Inch Phone Is Bigger Than 75 Percent of Human Penises

Samsung’s Galaxy Mega is pretty big. (You: How big is it?) So big that it’s bigger than about 75 percent of the full grown human penises on planet Earth. Full stop. Last year, noted penis blogger John Herrman alerted us to the phone-penis size crash course we were on. Smartphones surpassed dicks last summer—a bit…

You can officially pick up your very own Samsung Series 9 Premium Ultrabook with a 1080p display for a cool $1,400.

Samsung’s New Galaxy Mega: 6.3 Inches of Oversized Smartphone

Samsung has officially announced the arrival of its new gargantuan handsets. The new, aptly named Galaxy Mega will be available in both 5.8- and 6.3-inch versions—for people with freakishly large hands everywhere. The new pair of phones, both of which are bigger than Samsung’s already enormous 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2 (check out a comparison shot…

This Super-High Density Flash Storage Will Cram More Storage Into Your SSD

Samsung has been trying to squeeze as much storage as it can into its latest flash chips, and it’s done a good job: these 128-gigabit chunks of siliocn are, apparently, the industry’s highest density memory storage available. The new chips use super-compact three-bit multi-level-cell, 10 nanometer process technology to pack the storage in. Sounds awful,…

Samsung Offices Raided By Police Over Alleged LG Technology Theft

Police have raided one of Samsung’s offices in Asan, South Korea, after being tipped off about the possible theft of OLED TV technology from rivals LG. Bloomberg reports that the police were looking for evidence that people connected with LG had leaked secret OLED data to Samsung. It’s currently not clear what came of the…

Samsung Is Building 1,400 Retail Stores Inside Best Buys

In a bid to compete more directly with Apple, Samsung has announced that in the coming months it will open 1,400 Samsung Experience shops within Best Buy stores around the US. Following an agreement made by Sammy and Best Buy in December, the venture will see 900 stores open across the country by May, with…

Future AT&T Galaxy S4 owners will shell out $250 or $200 for their respective models—with two-year contract, of course.

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 Has Been Rooted Before It’s Even Available

Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy S 4 isn’t even on the shelves yet, but a team of dedicated tinkerers over at XDA Developers has already managed to root the thing. That means that those who can’t resist getting under the skin of their phones will be able to do so immediately with the new S 4.…

Samsung Galaxy S 4 pre-orders for AT&T customers start April 16th. $250 with a two-year contract. $250!? Sheesh.

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Cheaper, Smaller Samsung Galaxy S 4

Businessweek has a deep profile of Samsung detailing the company’s rise to the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world. The article appears to confirm what we’ve been expecting all along: that a smaller cheaper version of the Galaxy S 4 will arrive on the heels of the big S 4 next month. Rumors of…

Is This the Samsung Galaxy S IV Mini?

When we found out Samsung was making a mini version of the Galaxy S III we got excited… and then we were disappointed because it was so boring. If these leaked photos are true, it looks like we’ll be disappointed again because even though the S IV Mini has a svelte body and not ginormous…

Size Comparison: Samsung Galaxy S IV vs. iPhone 5

Excited about the Galaxy S IV? Maybe you are, but haven’t had a chance to hold it. Or maybe you just haven’t seen it lined up against its biggest (smallest?) competitor, the iPhone 5. Here are some high quality renders of the two side by side from our good friend Martin Hajek. We compared the…

I Went To a Samsung Event and All I Got Was This Incredible Eli Manning GIF

Today Samsung hosted an event at the American Museum of Finance. It announced pricing on some stuff they’d already announced and blah blah blah showed off smart TVs we saw two months ago at CES. But more importantly they had some special guests: Supermodel/professional breast-haver Kate Upton, brother of Peyton Manning Eli Manning, and Flo…