The Galaxy S23 series is making waves everywhere, partly because how all three phones perform so well and last so long on a single charge, thanks to the work Qualcomm and Samsung did together to make the latter’s newest flagships the best they can be. Two of the three Galaxy S23 models give you two-day […]
Read MoreDurability has been a longstanding concern for customers thinking about buying a foldable smartphone. It’s with good reason. This is a new form factor for customers and they’re not quite as confident in its durability as they are with conventional phones. Since foldable phones have also been on the higher end of the price spectrum, […]
Read MoreWell, I finally did it! I purchased my first Galaxy smartwatch, and I’m unsure if I should be glad I waited this long or be sorry I didn’t do it earlier. What I am sure of is that I like this new gadget way more than I expected. After less than a week of using […]
Read MoreThere’s a question many Samsung fans have been asking for a few years: Why do its mid-range phones not come with a glass back when some phones from the competition do, often at a lower price? Samsung used to have metal backs for its Galaxy A series phones for some time, before it eventually switched […]
Read MoreSamsung announced two new mid-range Galaxy A phones today: the Galaxy A34 5G and Galaxy A54 5G. And I find them two of the most intriguing mid-range Galaxy A phones in recent memory because they seem to be more than yearly rehashes with improved hardware. They approach the budget-conscious segment from a new angle, while […]
Read MoreI’m not a fan of foldable phones. Actually, scratch that. I’m not a fan of the Galaxy Z Fold series, because Z Fold smartphones have an outer screen that is too narrow, and they don’t have the best camera specs (that’s reserved for the Galaxy S Ultra line I guess) despite their expensive price tag. […]
Read MoreSamsung has had some memorable years in the foldable phone segment. Last year, it sold 88% of all foldable phones worldwide. But the next few years will be highly challenging. Chinese brands are entering markets like Europe and India with their foldable phones, and each one is interesting in some way or the other, even […]
Read MoreI don’t count myself among those who hate the iPhone. I may not agree with Apple’s prices and practices sometimes, but I can’t say that I love or hate the company’s iOS-powered smartphones. I’m somewhere in the middle. I could live with an iPhone as my daily driver without ever using an Android device again, […]
Read MoreSamsung is far from the only company making foldable phones. Most Chinese manufacturers have jumped on the bandwagon as well. However, since they aren’t releasing those products widely, these obviously tend to get overshadowed by the global distribution muscle of Samsung. Having had a chance to try out some of those foldable phones recently, I’m […]
Read MoreSony’s presence in the Android smartphone market continued declining over the years, and now, it is one of the least relevant manufacturers around. It could’ve been worse had it not been for Sony’s reputation in the global consumer electronics market and its expansive retail network. Sony’s mobile business could’ve been another victim of getting bought […]
Read MoreSamsung has created what is arguably its best flagship smartphone series in a long, long time. The Galaxy S lineups were already mostly great over the last few years, but they suffered from one major issue. That issue was the company’s use of Snapdragon chips in some markets and Exynos chips in others, with the […]
Read MoreI’ve already written about why Samsung’s MWC presence felt so underwhelming this year. It seems that the Mobile World Congress isn’t quite the priority that it was once was for the company. So while Samsung may be moving on to focus its energies elsewhere, Huawei turned out to be the biggest surprise for me at […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23 Ultra is currently the battery life champion among all Android flagships. It goes so long on a single charge that quite a few people (including us here at SamMobile) are still coming to grips with it. While it’s unclear what Samsung has done to achieve this kind of battery life, the Galaxy […]
Read MoreAs much as I enjoy using numerous Samsung hardware and software products, one of the areas I very much dislike about the company’s mobile business is how it markets keyboard cover accessories for Galaxy tablets. In short, I think Samsung’s tablet keyboard cover accessories are ridiculously pricey. I’ve complained about this before, but now that […]
Read MoreI’ve been going to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for years, even when it was held at the previous Montjuic venue, which hasn’t hosted the trade show for a long time now. I and the team members accompanying me would primarily visit to check out the Samsung booth, but it was also a great […]
Read MoreWe have team members at MWC 2023 in Barcelona as we speak, visiting booths hosted by Samsung and other brands. We just paid Xiaomi’s booth a visit, where the company is showcasing the Mi Mix Fold 2 foldable phone — a rival to the Galaxy Z Fold 4 — among other devices. And we couldn’t […]
Read MoreI started doing office work exclusively on Samsung DeX a year ago, and I figured it was time for a yearly update on my journey. When I began using DeX on my Galaxy Note 10 — before switching to the Galaxy S22+ — I didn’t think I’d get this much usage out of Samsung’s desktop […]
Read MoreWhile Samsung usually gets a lot of flak for pre-installing its apps on Galaxy smartphones and tablets, many of its first-party apps are genuinely feature-rich. In most cases, they also offer better performance than Google’s apps. One of my favorite Samsung apps is Samsung Internet, and it is my first choice for a web browser […]
Read MoreJust when everyone thought the Android vs. iPhone debate was settled once and for all, Apple’s dominance is seen rising once again in the smartphone industry. And this is an interesting one. Several reports claim that the Gen Z crowd (people born after 1996) increasingly prefers iPhones over their Android counterparts, especially in the US. […]
Read MoreBixby is a feature that a lot of Samsung fans love to hate. It may have something to do with how Bixby was imposed, for lack of a better word, on users when it arrived with the Galaxy S8 back in 2017. The device featured a separate Bixby key that you couldn’t use for anything […]
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