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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom: More Camera Than Phone

Rumors have swirled about the existence of a Galaxy S4 Zoom cameraphone for the past few months—and now Samsung has officially announced its existence. The phone packs a 16-megapixel sensor and is capable of 10x optical zoom, achieved by rotating a ring that surrounds the lens. That same ring also launched the camera app, and…

6 Tech Company Slogans That Mattered

Intel’s always been a bit of a brand machine—remember the “Intel Inside” stickers?—and on Tuesday it upheld that tradition. In a pivot from the sort of stodgy “Sponsors of Tomorrow” slogan, the company is going with the hacker-friendly “Look Inside.” How much can a new slogan really matter, though? A lot, if history is any…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Emerges from the Rumour Swamp

The constantly leaked Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has just been officially announced by Samsung, which has confirmed its insane level of desirability by telling us it features a 5-inch 1080p display and 1.9GHz quad-core processor inside a fully waterproof case. What’s that, like 15 Galaxy devices now? Samsung’s gained IP67 certification for the S4 Active,…

Samsung Legal Win Could Halt US iPhone 4 Sales

Samsung has, to some surprise, won a patent battle against Apple that could see the iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 banned from sale in the US. The legal fight was centered on a patent relating to 3G standards, which Samsung has pledged to license freely, reports the Guardian. But according to the International Trade…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review: Better, But Not Best (Update: LTE Version)

Since it arrived last year, the Galaxy S III has been the world’s best-selling smartphone that wasn’t born in Cupertino. An impressive feat, but one that—along with Samsung’s Megatron-sized hype-machine—has made for sky-high expectations for the sequel. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review-a-great-phone-that-tries-t-5919730 Our first impressions of the S4 left us a little cold, but we’ve now spent a full…

Wait, Samsung just launchedtwo more Galaxy Tabs? Anyone who can keep count of these things deserves one for free.

Could You Stare at a Samsung Galaxy S4 For 60 Minutes to Win One?

Because the Samsung Galaxy S4 can sense when you’re looking at it, Swisscom hilariously set up a challenge for people to stare at the phone for an hour. If you hit the 60 minute mark, you win a free Samsung Galaxy S4. If you get distracted, you don’t get one. Easy? Not as easy as…

Samsung’s New Galaxy S4 Mini Isn’t Really All That Small

If a 4.3-inch phone is considered “mini”, god help us all. Samsung’s just announced that the Galaxy S4 Mini is real, and it’s still bigger than an iPhone 5. In fact, last year it would be considered mid-range, but compared to the 5-inch monsters we have now, 4.3-inches is small, I guess. As you might…

Samsung has published a listing for the as-yet unannounced Galaxy S4 Mini on the changelog of one of its apps. That as near as dammit confirms the impending arrival of the phone, which will probably possibly be announced at Sammy’s June 20th London event. [SammyHub via Phandroid]

Samsung has announced it’s got a new 13.3-inch display with a staggering 3200 x 1800 resolution ready to plop into new Ultrabooks. Take that, MacBook Retina and Chromebook Pixel.

Whoa! Google’s Selling a Pure Android Samsung Galaxy S 4 on Google Play

YOU GUYS! Google just announced at I/O that it’s going to be selling a Samsung Galaxy S 4, unlocked, with stock Android, on Google Play starting June 26. Just to pick out the important words for you: “STOCK” “ANDROID” “GALAXY S 4.” The phone will be unlocked GSM, so it’ll run on AT&T or T-Mobile…

Following rumors that Samsung is readying a klutz-proof version of the Galaxy S4, just such a phone has appeared on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s (SIG) Bluetooth-certification pages. Looks like it’s on its way, then.

Report: Samsung Will Roll Out 5G by 2020, Promising 1Gbps

Korea’s Yonhap News Agency is reporting that Samsung is busy testing the future of mobile internet connections—and it’s set to be lightning fast. The news agency describes recent tests by Samsung of a 5G platform that should be available by 2020. The prototype 5G devices use radios with 64 antenna elements, which have so far…

Just three months after an acid leak caused a fatality in a Samsung plant, the same thing’s happened again, injuring three people. Sounds like something needs fixing.

The Department of Defense is planning to approve Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and Apple’s iPhone and iPad for government agency use. Maybe they’ll replace some of the 470,000 BlackBerrys they currently use…

Samsung NX2000: A Fancy Camera That’s Dumb Like a Smartphone

Don’t let the Samsung NX2000’s big ‘ol interchangeable lens and APS-C image sensor fool you—its touchscreen UI is designed for the jabs of the simplest operators. At first, you’d think the NX2000 fits right in with other more advanced touchscreen cameras coming out these days. You see, even if a $650 mirrorless camera like the…

Athlete Tweets About His Love for the Galaxy S4 from an iPhone

David Ferrer, the 4th ranked tennis player in the world right now (which probably makes him the best tennis player you never heard of), made a silly unforced error off the tennis court today: he tweeted about how happy he is with his new Samsung Galaxy S4 from… his iPhone. Whoops! Like how BlackBerry spokesperson…

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3: Oh, Another One?

Just in case you thought Samsung didn’t offer enough variety in its tablet range, its gone ahead and launched yet another. This 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 is brand new and, um, like virtually every other Samsung tablet that’s gone before it. The third iteration of Samsung’s first tablet attempt, this little seven-incher packs a 1.2GHz…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Teardown: Easy to Fix By Design

Samsung barely tweaked the exterior design of the Galaxy S4. That plastic casing might not be much to look at, but as iFixit’s teardown reveals, that’s precisely why you can replace much of its guts without any hassle. The slim, aluminum unibody design of gorgeous handsets like the HTC One and the iPhone pose a…

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…