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With the Note 7 debacle Samsung's quality control on the Galaxy S8 pretty much needed to be perfect. It looks like users in South Korea are already complaining of a defect. According to a Korean Herald report some users who pre-ordered the device are complaining that the display features a weird...

Now that an all new Galaxy S device has been released the price of the last generation is steadily coming down. The Galaxy S7 and especially the S7 Edge are still great phones. If you have been eyeing the Galaxy S7 now may be the perfect time to grab the device. There is currently an ebay...

Samsung is apparently all in on their Bixby voice assistant creation. When Bixby was launched it was a bit confusing. Why did it need to exist on a phone that runs Android which already includes Google Assist? Bixby seemed a bit redundant. For those of us who will never use Bixby being able to...

A new Galaxy S8+ prototype has leaked over the weekend. We saw a few prototypes show up that included a dual lens camera setup like this one, but device in the new images is said to include an on screen fingerprint sensor. It is also missing the fingerprint scanner from the back, and the camera...

We were hoping that Samsung would be bringing their foldable display technology to IFA later this year to show it off. It looks like the tech won't be ready for market until at least 2019. Samsung's display principal engineer Kim Tae-woong has confirmed that the Foldable display tech isn't ready...

The Samsung Galaxy S8 may not be perfect with it's uncomfortably placed fingerprint scanner, face detection that can be tricked, and the fact that it is a bit overpriced. However the biggest change to the Galaxy lineup with the Galaxy S8 may be one of its very best features. The Infinity Display...

In case you were wondering the Galaxy S8 does shatter when dropped. You can always rely on a few youtubers to test out the durability of new smartphones. TechRax and a few other channels have some how been able to get their hands on the devices weeks before release and have already managed to...

While Samsung didn't announce it at the unpacked event last week they will be releasing a 6GB RAM variant of the Galaxy S8. Unfortunately it won't be available in North America. The only way to get it would be to import it from China or Korea where it will be available for more than $1000! This...

Samsung has been one of the leaders in AMOLED displays on their Galaxy lineup of phones for years. Other manufacturers like Moto have follow suit with the brighter more colorful displays, and Google has pretty much demanded AMOLED displays on their Nexus lineup as well. Other manufactures like...

The Galaxy S8 won't officially release until April 21, but you can actually install many of the touchwiz elements from the S8 to your Galaxy S7 or pretty much any Samsung device running Nougat. This is all thanks to a system dump that was released a few days ago. The latest bit of the software...

April 21st is the official confirmed ship date for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Most carriers in the US have promised this as the ship by date for their pre-orders as well. Telus, Rogers, Videotron, and Bell are giving their pre-orderers a shipment date of April 17th. Of the US carriers...

Google released their own version of Facial Recognition way back on the Galaxy Nexus. It was a heavily embraced feature at first until people realized it could be tricked with a photo. It quickly became a feature that no one was willing to use just based on how insecure it is for someone to be...

A new image was leaked just after the official Galaxy S8 and S8+ announcement showing an S8+ prototype with a dual camera setup. Samsung is known for making several different prototype units before settling on a final design. The particular unit in the photos has a dual lens camera and no...

Will anybody be pre-ordering the S8 or the S8 Plus in order to obtain a Gear VR with controller? It appears that pre-orders have to placed by April 20th and I am sure that the "freebie" is limited. This means if the Gear VR will help to justify the new phone, you might want to act early as I am...

With every new smartphone announcement Samsung is known for also announcing a full lineup of device specific accessories. Samsung official accessories are some of the most beloved when it comes to OEM accessories. Their are plenty of all new designs here as well as some familiar designs. For...

Today is one of the most anticipated phone announcements in recent history. Coming off a huge loss with the Galaxy Note 7 Samsung is looking for a big win with the Galaxy S8. They will be unpacking the phone for the world to see for the first time officially today in New York. The Event will...

Samsung has patented a secondary display for smartphones. Their idea envisions a secondary display that is embedded in the edge of the watch face display. This would allow users to glance down at their watch and gather possible scrolling information from this longer screen. If nothing else this...

Out of all the leaks we have seen on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus we have had no solid evidence to show which processors these phones will have. We know that Samsung is producing the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 on the new 10nm process. Their new Exynos 8895 is built on the same process as well...

According to a new leak Samsung will be releasing a new program alongside the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus tomorrow that is all about fixing broken phones quickly. The source states the new program will be called "Samsung Guard", and will allow customers to have their phones picked up just two hours...

Samsung won't be selling their own Exynos chips to other manufacturers for the next 25 years according to a new report. This is due to Qualcomm quickly putting their foot down when Samsung attempted to market their chips built specifically for Samsung devices to other manufacturers. Qualcomm...