Samsung Galaxy S III and S4 KitKat software update dates leak

This week there’s word on the expected range of dates for the Android 4.4 KitKat software update for the current and second-most recent set of Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4, and Galaxy Notes. This tip suggests that models GT-I9500, SM-N900, GT-I9300, and SM-N7100 will all be updated to Android 4.4 […]

Galaxy Note 12.2 hits FCC: how big is too big?

Supposing you’ve used the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 before, you know exactly what’s possible with the most standard Android tablet size combined with Samsung’s most advanced stylus technology. What that company would appear to be doing next is bringing on a tablet with a size 2.1-inches larger diagonally with the S Pen once again coming […]

Pink Samsung Galaxy Note 3 launches in the UK

When Samsung originally unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone it launched in black and white colors around the world. Samsung did originally show off a pink version of the phone, but that device has yet launch. That’s changed with the pink version of the Galaxy Note 3 available to purchase in the UK starting tomorrow. […]

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Developer Edition release imminent

Straight out of Samsung’s own device archives comes a listing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Developer Edition with 4G LTE from Verizon Wireless here in the USA. This device will almost certainly be released with its bootloader unlocked and ready to roll for developers (and hackers) galore. This device will also be appearing with […]

Samsung Galaxy fingerprint scanner up next: Note 3 nearly supplied

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 works with a variety of next-generation abilities, most of them based in its unique S Pen technology – one thing it doesn’t have (but almost did) is a fingerprint scanner. Currently rolling out with the iPhone 5s with Touch ID and quite likely appearing on the HTC One Max, the […]

Samsung denies Galaxy Note 3 exaggerates performance on benchmarks

Samsung has been in a bit of hot water over alleged benchmarking shenanigans this week. Reports surfaced claiming that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 exaggerates performance when popular benchmarking applications are running. We performed our own testing and found that Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker that might be exaggerating performance. The Galaxy Note 3 […]

Samsung HomeSync Android TV box appearing this month, Jelly Bean in tow

Earlier this year at the international technology conference known as Mobile World Congress, we got our first chance to have a hands-on look at the Samsung HomeSync Android TV box. Tossing aside the idea that a Google-friendly TV box should run none other than Google TV itself, Samsung decided here that the system should take […]

Ugh, Samsung Rigged the Note 3 to Perform Better in Benchmark Tests

Ugh, Samsung Rigged the Note 3 to Perform Better in Benchmark Tests

After pulling the same dirty trick with the Galaxy S4, Samsung has been caught rigging the Galaxy Note 3 to perform better in benchmark tests than it does anywhere else. It’s like all Samsung phones are on performance enhancing drugs or something.

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Galaxy Note 3 not the only one free of “benchmark shenanigans” accusations

As the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 appears on US-shores we’ve seen talk of not quite on-the-level benchmark boosting by the likes of what, at first, would seem to be the manufacturer of the smartphone. This report originates with Ars Technica where they suggest that the smoking gun is the fact that this smartphone brings up […]

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Display: How Much Better Is It?

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Display: How Much Better Is It?

The OLED display on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the best-performing mobile OLED display to date in every way. But its most impressive achievement? It’s the brightest mobile display we’ve ever tested.

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