New Galaxy ad is all about Samsung’s display prowess
The video highlights best quotes from YouTubers praising Samsung’s Infinity Display on the latest Galaxies.
Galaxy S8 Plus
Samsung starts rolling out Siri rival Bixby in US English
Following multiple delays, Samsung’s new personal digital assistant Bixby has introduced voice capabilities in U.S. English for users in the United States and Korea.
Despite rear fingerprint sensor, Consumer Reports ranks Galaxy S8 higher than iPhone 7
Consumer Reports is out with their latest smartphone rankings. Unsurprisingly, Samsung’s latest Galaxy S8 series and other 2017 flagship phones ranked higher than the 8-month-old iPhone 7.
Video: tricking Galaxy S8’s iris scanner into unlocking the phone
German hackers have posted a proof-of concept video demonstrating how easy it is to fool Galaxy S8’s iris scanner into unlocking the phone using an infrared photo of the owner’s eye and a contact lens.
Some Galaxy S8 owners complaining about burnt-in pixels
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 phones have suffered from their fair share of teething problems, ranging from burnt-in pixels to mysterious red tint on their AMOLED-based Infinity Display to unexpected restarts.
Samsung’s Q1 results: mobile business declines, worries about iPhone 8, Note 8 coming
Samsung said revenue and profit in the first quarter were up year-over-year on the back of its lucrative components business, but the mobile unit experienced annual decline.
Watch latest Samsung ads emphasizing Galaxy S8’s bezel-less Infinity Display and design
Ahead of the upcoming April 21 Galaxy S8 launch in the United States, Canada and Europe, Samsung has already covered Times Square with advertising for its new flagship phones. Today, the South Korean conglomerate published a pair of official Galaxy S8 television commercials on its YouTube channel.
Titled “The New Normal” and “Breaking Out”, the videos showcase the key features of the handsets, like their curved AMOLED screen, branded as Infinity Display, and a stunning industrial design with a nearly full-screen face and no chin at the bottom.
Battery showdown: Galaxy S8+ vs. iPhone 7 Plus
Samsung’s top-of-the-line Galaxy handsets are typically outfitted with some of the best-performing batteries. That said, you could imagine our surprise when we learned that the battery in Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S8+ performed worse than the cell powering Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus, as per a new test carried out by review website PhoneArena.
Here’s everything Samsung unveiled today
Wednesday, Samsung fired the first salvo against Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 with the official introduction of its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones at media events in New York’s Lincoln Center and London’s Olympic Park.
But the South Korean conglomerate didn’t stop there: they announced a 4K-capable 360-degree camera and other accessories, including a docking station that lets you connect your new Galaxy to an external display and wireless or wired keyboard and/or mouse to use it as an Android-driven computer with a desktop-like interface.
Without further ado, here’s a quick recap of everything Samsung announced today.
Galaxy S8 may capture slow motion video at 1,000 FPS & cost less than iPhone 8
According to prolific smartphone leakster Evan Blass, Samsung’s regular Galaxy S8 and the rumored Galaxy S8 Plus models will occupy prices between Apple’s iterative iPhone 7s and a new premium iPhone 8 model that will likely cost more than $1,000 unlocked. Blass also shared genuine-looking press renderings of the next Galaxy smartphone.
Meanwhile, SamMobile is reporting that Galaxy S8’s slow motion video capture mode could blow iPhone 7 out of the water with the ability to capture a thousand frames per second. Apple’s camera partner Sony recently announced a new 19-megapixel CMOS sensor (IMX400), built it into the new Xperia XZ Premium, that can capture slo-mo video at 960 frames per second.
