Alleged official renders for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ leaks

Evan Blass, who operates the popular Twitter handle called @evleaks has arrived with what are said to be the official press renders for the much rumored upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+. Both of these handsets are expected to be unveiled next week on the 13^th of August during the Samsung Unpacked event. The event is supposed to take place in New York and would be ironically nicknamed as “The Big Apple.”

Samsung is currently said to have a huge marketing budget for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. The Edge+ is basically the successor of the recently announced Galaxy S6 Edge and is supposed to have a bigger 5.7inch screen and the handset expected to host a 16MP primary rear camera.

Along with the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the company is also likely to announce the Galaxy Note 5 with its home-baked Exynos 7422 chipset and the hosting the famous Note series S Pen in a tube-like home at the bottom right of the phablet. Users can pry out using their index finger with a gap opening left at the bottom of the phone. The Note 5 is initially expected to hit the U.S and Korean markets followed with a global distribution.

source: @evleaks

Alleged official renders for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ leaks

Samsung partners with Vogue and GQ for fashion campaign to promote Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

The South Korean electronics giant announced that it was partnering with two popular fashion magazines Vogue and GQ and create a global campaign for promoting its flagship smartphones Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

Readers may recall that last year too, Samsung had partnered with Vogue to promote its Galaxy S5 smartphone. In March this year, the company had announced the “Rich Accessory Collection” for these two devices such as protective cases made by renowned luxury brands Swarovski, Montblanc, Rebecca Minkoff, Romero Britto and Burton. These accessories were subsequently made available for purchase earlier this month.

Samsung seems to be putting all out efforts to promote its latest flagship handsets. The partnership with Vogue and GQ will help the company to reach out to the fashion conscious public who reads these magazines and grow sales of these smartphones. Recently, Samsung had also tried to take on Apple’s iPhone 6 with a couple of promo videos showing how its Galaxy S6 edge was better than the iPhone 6.

Samsung’s latest Galazy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are currently the most fashionable smartphones in the market and its partnership with Vogue and GQ is sure to yield great results in terms of sales.

Have a look at the promo photos below:

 

Samsung partners with Vogue and GQ for fashion campaign to promote Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

Check out the Iron Man Limited Edition for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Earlier this week, Samsung has finally announced the Iron Man Limited Edition for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge which has been designed in collaboration with Marvel. The handset comes dressed in the red and gold pattern and is available only with the 64GB internal memory option which comes in a premium packaging along with the wireless charging pad. A cover for enhancing its design is also included in the package. Below is the official promo video of the handset.

The Iron Man Limited Edition for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is likely to be launched in South Korea on 27^th of May. The handset will arrive to Hong Kong and China next month. The company has yet not mentioned other markets where it could possibly unveil the handset. The pricing for the handset is expected to be bit higher than for the regular Galaxy S6 Edge.

Check out our complete review of the Samsung Galaxy Edge here.

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Check out the Iron Man Limited Edition for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Galaxy S6 Edge Battery Life in Different Usage

The most things which concerns users of a smartphone is the battery life. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge which was released recently comes with a 2600 mAh battery which required to power up a Quad HD display, octa-core processor and 16MP camera. Some of us must be wondering whether it is sufficient to power up all those components.  In this entry, we take a look how is the performance of the battery in different conditions.

On the first day,  we used the smartphone for about an hour of video streaming, half an hour gaming, about half an hour for phone calls, about two hours we use the full brightness feature, then we left with about 14 hours battery life at the end of the day. This of course includes Facebook and Twitter usage. Not really a bad performance.

On the second day, we used the smartphone in full brightness for about two hours and 15 minutes, longer than on the first day. About an hour of video streaming, no gaming, about 14 minutes of phone calls, it was left with about less than 8 hours of battery life at the end of the day. It is not confirmed whether the battery draining issue is because of the full brightness of display.

To confirm the matter, on the third day, we did not put the smartphone into full brightness at all, no video streaming for the day, about 48 minutes of gaming and about 1 hour and 45 minutes of phone call and by the end of the day, it is left with 23 hours and 45 minutes. Therefore, from this, we can confirm that full brightness drains a lot of battery life.

To counteract this issue, Samsung has issued an update for the Samsung Push Service app to improve the battery life.

Galaxy S6 Edge Battery Life in Different Usage

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Inboxing Video Shows the Inner Component of the Device

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge was scheduled to be released this month. In line with the device release, Samsung released a new promotional video for Galaxy S6 Edge. What is unique about this video is that instead of unboxing the device where the box is opened and the device is removed as well as the accessories which comes with the device is shown, it is showing how to inboxing the product.

The video starts off with all of Galaxy S6 Edge components laid out on the table and a guy starts to put them together. He starts by placing the fingerprint scanner in the chassis before attaching the dual edge curved display. After that, he puts the non-removable battery followed by the rear camera and the logic board. The logic board contains user memory, RAM and application processor. He then puts the front facing camera followed by Galaxy S6 Edge metal frame which has the wireless charging coil and speaker built in. Lastly, he screwed the glass back cover and he’s done. Once he turns on the device, the Samsung logo will show up on the screen.

To complete the process, the put the instruction manuals followed by earphones, USB cable and Fast Charger into the box and lastly Galaxy S6 Edge. The box is then closed and slipped inside the sleeve and the process is complete.

Below is the video showing the whole process.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Inboxing Video Shows the Inner Component of the Device

Select Samsung devices to come with pre-installed Microsoft Services and Apps

Samsung and Microsoft are further expanding their partnership to bring Microsoft mobile productivity services to more consumers and businesses. The Korean company has announced that it plans to pre-install Microsoft services and apps on select Android phones and tablets.

As already announced in the Mobile World Congress earlier in the month, the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will come with Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive and Skype out-of-the-box. They will also get extra 100GB free cloud storage space from Microsoft OneDrive for two years.

Samsung will also offer pre-installed Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype in certain selective Android tablets in the first half of 2015.

Those businesses that purchase devices directly through Samsung’s business to business sales channels will have a choice of three versions of Office 365 (Business, Business Premium and Enterprise) together with Samsung’s KNOX security pack. The package will include Samsung set up service which will help them to get their business up and running as well as provide ongoing support.

Microsoft’s Office 365 is powered by cloud and allows users to access several of Microsoft apps such as email, up-to-date documents, calendar and video-conferencing. Samsung KNOX allows customers to switch easily between their business and personal profiles in a secure way.

Peggy Johnson, executive VP of Microsoft’s Business development says:

“Great things happen when you converge services and devices. Our partnership with Samsung is emblematic of our efforts to bring the best of Microsoft’s productivity services to everyone, on every device – so people can be productive wherever, however and whenever they want.”

SangChul Lee, executive VP of Samsung’s Strategic Marketing Office, IT & Mobile Division says:

“Our goal is to meet the ever-evolving needs of both consumers and business customers and give them more power to discover new mobile experiences. We believe our suite of premium mobile products coupled with Microsoft’s productivity services will offer users the mobility they need in both their personal and business life.”

Looks like Samsung and Microsoft have decided to move ahead with new partnership ventures after they resolving their legal dispute over patent royalty payments.

Select Samsung devices to come with pre-installed Microsoft Services and Apps

Take a look at the official “Rich Accessory Collection” for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge

Earlier this month, Korean tech giant Samsung announced its much awaited flagship the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. This week, the company has announced the “Rich Accessory Collection” for the two handsets that include the protective cases designed and made by some of the top fashion brands in the industry. During this announcement, the company said that it is looking forward to unite “the worlds of fashion and technology.”

Some very renowned and premium brands like Montblanc, Swarovski, Burton, Romero Britto, Rebecca Minkoff would contribute to the accessories of the handset with their own style patterns. Montblanc would contribute with luxury covers and leather made flip-cases while Swarovski would have a “crystal embellished covers” with different glass shades covering the handsets. Rebecca Minkoff is expected to come with leather pouch designs with edgy flower prints.

Images at the bottom

Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, IT & Mobile Division, Samsung Electronics, Younghee Lee said, “Samsung has a long history of designer partnerships and an unparalleled understanding of how technology enhances fashion and how fashion inspires technology. The premium accessory collection for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge represents our commitment to uniting the worlds of fashion and technology. Samsung has and will continue to pursue and create innovative, meaningful collaborations with the fashion industry that resonate with the ever-evolving consumer and provide them with essential tools for self-expression.”

These accessories would be offering an additional style to this premium handset and the accessories would be available from the company’s (Samsung’s) online store and even at the retails locations. This collection would have a protective cover, clear cover, clear view cover, flip wallet, S-view cover, external battery pack and wireless charger.

Take a look at the official “Rich Accessory Collection” for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge official camera released

We have witnessed the major unveiling of the two much awaited Samsung Flagship handset the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. Samsung has said to be improving the camera outputs with these two handset and thus we have the first official camera samples from the two devices.

Let’s us have first a look at the camera specifications for both the flagships. Both the handsets come with a 16MP camera sensor with its aperture size getting upgraded to F1.9. this means the camera sensors would now have better light capturing with more shallow field depth. Moreover, users would get even better focus options and effects. Some of the expected features include HDR, 4K video, OIS. A new feature has been brought to instantly trigger the camera. Now a double tap on the home button would give a quick access to the camera app in just 0.7 seconds.

On the other hand, the selfie snapper has been made more impressive with 5MP resolution and has the same F1.9 aperture size which too delivers some excellent performance in low-light conditions. Below are the sample images captured by primary 16MP and secondary 5MP cameras. However, we have toned down the image to smaller size. For actual size of the images, take a look at the samples from this link.

Back camera 16MP samples

 

Front camera samples 5MP

 

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge official camera released

Samsung announces Samsung Pay, a secure and easy mobile payment service

Samsung has officially launched Samsung Pay, its mobile payment service, at the MWC as expected. This was announced alongside Samsung’s much awaited flagship phone Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. Last month, Samsung had bought LoopPay, a mobile payment startup and now the South Korean giant is ready to take on Apple Pay with this new “secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service”.

The good thing about Samsung Pay is that it will use both its own Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology and the Near Field Communication (NFC) system for contactless payments making it accessible at majority of terminals. In contrast, Apple Pay uses only the NFC system for mobile payments. This means that Samsung Pay will have a greater reach and would be accepted at about 30 million retail locations worldwide. With its MST technology, Samsung Pay can also enable private label credit card (PLCC) support with the cooperation of Synchrony Financial and First Data Corp.

Samsung has already roped in two largest payment networks Visa and MasterCard and is also working to expand the Samsung Pay reach by partnering with other financial institutions such as American Express, Bank of America, U.S. Bank, Citi Bank and JPMorgan Chase.

JK Shin, CEO and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics said:

“Samsung Pay will reinvent how people pay for goods and services and transform how they use their smartphones, The secure and simple payment process, coupled with our robust partner network, makes Samsung Pay a truly game-changing service that will bring value to consumers and our partners in the ecosystem.”

Samsung Pay is an easy-to-use app requiring some simple steps to add your card.  Once your card is added, you have to just swipe up from the bezel to wake the Samsung Pay app and then select the card from which you want to make the payment. Then authenticate it with the fingerprint sensor. For making payment, simply tap your smartphone to the point-of-sale (POS) terminal and viola your payment is made!

Your transaction information is protected by Samsung’s KNOX mobile security platform jointly with ARM TrustZone. Any data attacks are also thwarted.

Samsung Pay will launch in summer of 2015 first in US and Korea, expanding to other regions such as Europe and China later. Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will be the first devices to support Samsung Pay.

 

Source Samsung Mobile Press

Samsung announces Samsung Pay, a secure and easy mobile payment service

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge alleged official press photos surface

It’s just a matter a day when we are to hear an official announcement for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. However, a huge leaks from CNET Korea arrives which shows some official press renders for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

Take a look at the images below that shows the illustration for all the rumors and leaks, with a very slight curve of the screen which is much narrower than the curve of the Galaxy Note Edge. Looking to some of the back panel images, you will see a bit bulky protruding camera here.

As earlier seen in one of the leaked renders for the Galaxy S6, the home key has gone bit larger that would feature a new touch based fingerprint sensor and the Galaxy S6 Edge is also said to have a heart sensor. Tomorrow as we get with all the official details post launch, in the meanwhile take a look at the leaked images below.

source: CNET Korea

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge alleged official press photos surface

Earbuds for Samsung Galaxy S6 leaks in detailed images. Resembles Apple’s EarPods

The Samsung Galaxy S6 along with its Galaxy S6 Edge is soon to be announced this Sunday and now detailed images for its earbuds have leaked out in the wild. Well, after almost every detail about the two Samsung flagship handsets have been leaked and now the accessories earbuds have also surfaced.

Here are the alleged images which are said to be the earbuds for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the leak has arrived from Vietnam spooted by the famous Samsung tech website SamMobile. Take a closer look at the images, they very much resemble similar to the Apple earpods which come with iPhone. The images show a very classy design and have been detailed.

Just hold some patience for few more time as we will get you with all the official details for the handset on Sunday. Take a look at all the images below.

source: SamMobile

Earbuds for Samsung Galaxy S6 leaks in detailed images. Resembles Apple’s EarPods

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has a better design than iPhone 6: Mobile Carriers

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge have been leaked out extensively in the past few days with almost every details of the handset getting surfaced. The design for the Galaxy S6 Edge has largely been credited for the “Project Zero” initiative by Samsung.

A recent report coming from the hometown of South Korea shows that major mobile carriers like T-Mobile, Vodafone, SK Telecom (local), Sprint and others have reportedly said to be loving the design of the Galaxy S6 Edge (the dual edge smartphone coming along with the Galaxy S6) that is likely to be coming in a wrap-around display. It is said that representatives of these carriers were so impressed with the design that they even thought it to be better than the iPhone 6.

An unnamed source allegedly revealed that “Some executives said the new phones were the best of the best among Samsung-made phones.”

It is being said that the Samsung Galaxy S6 along with its sibling the Galaxy S6 Edge could prove to be a major turn-around story for the not-so-well-going Samsung and would help the tech juggernaut to come back strong. Many analysts have also said the Galaxy S6 could be a major game changer for the Korean company. Few days from now and we will see the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge announced officially this Sunday on March 1^st.

source: Korea Herald

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has a better design than iPhone 6: Mobile Carriers

Samsung Galaxy S6 image on Instagram confirms metal build

Samsung posted an images on Instagram which is most likely said to be an Samsung Galaxy S6. The handset profile shows a thin device and the background shows some sort of metal. This means that Samsung might break the plastic build design which it had in its previous flagship and come with a more strength offering and polished metal devices.

Samsung is said to be working since long for the design of the Galaxy S6 under its Project Zero program. The company has struggled a bit over the design aspects of its handsets and is now coming up with new designs looking to consumer desirability.

On the 1^st of March, the Samsung Galaxy S6 along with the Galaxy S6 Edge is expected to break covers. At the very same day, HTC is also coming up with its much purported flagship the HTC One M9. This we a very crucial time for Samsung as its will decide how the company can move ahead in this year specially during its struggling time.

source: SamsungMobile

Samsung Galaxy S6 image on Instagram confirms metal build

Check out the latest design concepts of Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge: Video

Almost everything about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 has been known right from the specs to some of the image renders. The chassis for the device is still in speculation and it is being said that the Samsung Galaxy S6 would be having a glass covering both to its front and back. Now some very beautiful 3D render models for the device have appeared made by a group of artists at Concept Phones.

Well, these renders show the device with a very thin metal frame having bit rounded up corners and a protruding camera lens to its back which has been seen in previous rumors and leaks of the device. In addition to just the Galaxy S6, the concept designers have also shown the design for the Galaxy S6 Edge and shows it to be a dual-curved model as speculated earlier. The Galaxy S6 Edge is likely to have a flexible substrate AMOLED display. the sides of the Galaxy S6 Edge are said to be bit less sloppy so that it offers firm grip in user’s hands. Check out the concept video showing the two beautiful devices.

source: AndroidJS via NWE

Check out the latest design concepts of Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge: Video

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge appears at GeekBench. Shows up the Exynos 7420 chipset.

The much purported Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge having model number SM-G925F has recently been spotted on GeekBench. The handset has been spotted with the much talked after Exynos 7420 chipset and a Android 5.0.2 Lollipop version. However, the chipset has put a formidable score where the single-core of the Exynos 7420 chipset puts 1,495 score points and the multi-score tests results to 5,375 points which puts the handset at the top of the list for mobile gaming.

Moreover, the TouchWiz for the device is also to worked upon a bit and now would have the 64 bit processing. Moreover, the GeekBench benchmarks also confirmed that the Exynos 7420 is built with 14nm process and would come with 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM and the latest Android version as stated above.

source: GeekBench

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge appears at GeekBench. Shows up the Exynos 7420 chipset.

Samsung Galaxy S6 possible release dates unveiled

Here are some more news regarding the most hot device currently being talked in the tech industry – the Samsung Galaxy S6. According to the reports from PhoneArena, a possible Samsung employee has subtly hinted for the possible release date of its yet to be announced Galaxy S6 which will be heard officially on March 1^st. It has been listed that the vacation blackout periods would start from March 22^nd and end on March 30^th meaning that the handset would be launched/ released just in 22^nd days after being officially announced.

Another memo (image below) shows a second vacation blackout coming on around 19^th of April. There is nothing said about this, be this could be a possible release date for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

This is a good thing that Samsung is pushing itself to release its next flagship in very short time period after it undergoes an official announcement on March 1^st. Well, even if it is not a global launch, the launch in the hometown of South Korea seems to very certain will a probable roll out by US carriers in next few weeks. In the meanwhile check out few of the renders for the device.

Via: PhoneArena

Samsung Galaxy S6 possible release dates unveiled