Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy Mega 6.3 now available

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy Mega 6.3 have both gone on sale, SIM free

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy Mega 6.3 are now available from one online retailer, SIM free.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is available for £389.99 SIM free in both black and white iterations, while the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 will set you back £434.99, also in black and white.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is a smaller and more budget version of the full fat Samsung Galaxy S4. The device features a 4.3-inch 960x540 pixel qHD Super-AMOLED display, with rounded corners and metallic accents that look pretty good, but it still retains that Samsung trademark plastic finish.

There's a 1.7 GHz Dual-Core Processor powering the show, while Android 4.2.2 puts in a very fine performance indeed.

The device went up for pre-order just last week and is due to launch on EE with 4G, although the manufacturer hasn't yet revealed when we can expect it to become available on contract.

The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is a completely different beast in comparison to the Samsung Galaxy S4, making things a whole lot more complicated in the phablet/smartphone space. The device is being marketed as a smartphone, but at its gargantuan size, some could struggle to use it for phone calls.

Samsung's Galaxy Mega 6.3 features a 6.3-inch LCD display with a 720p resolution. It packs a decent punch owing to the use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 dual-core chip. This is clocked at 1.7GHz and has 1.5GB of RAM, options for 8GB or 16GB of onboard storage and microSD support for cards up to 64GB.

None of the networks have yet confrimed availability, so we'll just have to settle for SIM free at the moment.

Source: Expansys via Knowyourmobile

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on Friday, June 28, 2013

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Verizon Wireless Galaxy S4 Developer Edition now available for $649

• 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED™ display
• 13-megapixel camera with simultaneous dual photo capture
• Easy Mode simplifies use, so you can explore at your own pace
• Air Gesture™ and Air View™ makes your touchscreen touch-free

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Developer Edition that works on Verizon’s network is now available directly from Samsung for $649.99. We first spotted the listing for this device back in May, shortly after it launched with Big Red, but had no idea when to expect its arrival. I don’t know about you, but this version seems to have been made available much sooner than previous developer editions. 

For those not familiar, the “Developer Edition” phones come with an unlockable bootloader. This is the choice that Samsung is giving you should hacking, rooting, and custom ROMs be a part of your daily activity. The price is steep, but as they say, “That’s the price you pay.” Keep in mind though, that there are already root methods widely available along with a guide for developers to be able to bypass the bootloader on the retail version.

The need to buy this version has certainly diminished, however, the bootloader and hack-a-bility of this version won’t ever be an issue.

Source: Droid Life and Samsung

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on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

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Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1.2 Update Brings Improved Download Speeds

Canadian Samsung Galaxy S 3 owners will soon be receiving an update soon, which will bring their devices up to Android 4.1.2, version MVLDMF1. The update is now available for Galaxy S 3 owners who use Rogers, Bell, MTS, Koodo, Fido and TELUS services. Although the carriers have not revealed the exact contents of this update, users are noticing the following changes:

• Improved download speeds when HSPA+ network coverage.
• Proactively addresses instances where third-party VoIP apps could interfere when dialing E911
• Multi View
• Gallery has been updated
• Improvement in the Camera app

The update is currently rolling out OTA and is also available through Samsung’s Kies software. Look for the update to hit your device soon.

Source: Mobilesyrup via intomobile

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on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

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Snapdragon 800-rocking Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A gets unboxed

Samsung’s LTE-Advanced version of its Galaxy S4 handset complete with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 800 CPU has appeared online in rather detailed unboxing.

Samsung CEO JK Shin confirmed his company was working on an LTE-Advanced version of the Galaxy S4 last week, we just didn’t expect to see the device so soon.

Reports suggest Samsung will launch the Snapdragon 800-rocking Galaxy S4 on Korea’s SK Telecom LTE-Advanced network very soon. Sadly there’s no word on whether this version will come to the UK.

We had a rather extensive hands-on benchmarking session with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 chipset yesterday. The new silicon from the mobile space’s biggest chipmaker is beyond impressive surpassing everything we’ve previously seen inside Snapdragon, Tegra, and Exynos.

Alongside the recently launched Sony Xperia Z Ultra, the Snapdragon 800 variant of the Galaxy S4 will be one of if not the most powerful handsets on the planet. Being LTE-Advanced, the new Galaxy S4 handset will also be able to access even faster mobile data speeds – we’re talking the upper thresholds of LTE here (100+mbps). 

Shin confirmed that the LTE-Advanced version of the Galaxy S4 will cost more than the normal4G-enabled variant but did not give any details regarding wider availability or a release date.

Customers who had purchased the Snapdragon 600 have already expressed their dissatisfaction of Samsung's move to launch a more powerful version of the phone just two months after they've bought theirs, claims GSM Arena. 

It’s also worth noting that we didn’t even get the 32GB version of the Galaxy S4 here in the UK. Instead, we got the 16GB version (of which just 9GB was available to the user) priced at almost £600 SIM-free. 

Source: knowyourmobile

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on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and 5.8 to come in Plum Purple

Renowned leak site SamMobile has gotten word that Samsung is looking to launch a new colour variant of the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8. Dubbed Plum Purple, these devices should hit the market within the next month. This comes after Samsung had announced earlier this week that it will launch five new colour variations of the Galaxy S4.

The Galaxy Mega 6.3 features a 6.3-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1280X720, dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait processor, 1.5 GB RAM, 8.0 megapixel camera along with a 1.9 megapixel front shooter and storage variations of 8 and 16 GB. It also features LTE and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Samsung’s Touch Wiz Nature UX 2.0.

The Mega 5.8 also comes with similar internal hardware, with the only difference being a 5.8-inch qHD screen and a dual-core 1.4 GHz CPU.

Source: Sammobile

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.2 Update Release Dates Emerge

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update was originally rumored for a roll out in either May or June though recent whispers suggested that the software had been postponed until the third quarter. It appears that that was indeed the case as a carrier says that its submission date slipped into July and that it doesn’t expect to get the update out until August.

At launch, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was carrying Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on board, an update that at the time was the most current version of Android. Shortly after it arrived in the United States though, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean rolled out and while available since November, the update is scarce. The Galaxy Note 2 is one of the devices that remains on Android 4.1, waiting for an upgrade.

Originally, the update was believed to be rolling out in either May or June, shortly after the launch of the Android 4.2 powered Galaxy S4. May went by and soon, reliable whispering claimed that the update had been pushed into the third quarter which of course consists of July, August and September. The reason for the push is thought to be issues with the new TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0 software that’s coming with the update.

Now, we appear to have proof of this slip as Australian carrier Telstra claims that the update’s submission slipped to July, a sign that Samsung is having problems with the software. The carrier expects a submission on July 8th and one round of testing before it’s ready to roll out. It expects to roll the software out at the beginning of August or right in the middle of the third quarter.

Dates are always subject to change but at the moment, this is likely the closest we’re going to get to dates for the Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.2 update. Carriers typically are far behind the roll out for unlocked devices so it’s possible that we could see the software roll out sometime in July ahead of Telstra’s supposed August 5th roll out.

If true, the update will be rolling out only a month before the expected arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 which is thought to be arriving in the beginning of September at IFA 2013.

source:Gottabemobile

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on Friday, June 21, 2013

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Tablets Priced in Europe

The latest Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets are about to hit the market really soon, and now we have a general idea as to how much they will be priced at. Well, at least in Europe – a Dutch online retailer has all three of them listed on its web page, along with an estimated delivery date. 

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, which is the biggest of them all, carries a 379 euro price tag. That equals to a tad above $500. However, the retailer is running a promo (for a limited time, presumably) that slashes the tablet's price by 50 euro, thus bringing its cost down to a lot more reasonable $440. That gets you a 10.1-inch Android tablet of a mid-range class, with a 1.6GHz dual-core Intel processor, 1GB of RAM, 3.2MP main camera, and 16GB of storage.

Moving further down the list we see the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch priced at 299 euro, which is about $400. Sadly, there are no discounts with this one. Specs-wise, the tablet offers an 8-inch screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 5MP auto-focus camera, and 16GB of storage. 

Last but not least we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch retailing for 199 euro, or about $266. That's a tempting price indeed, but you do get what you pay for. This low-end Android tablet has a 7-inch 1026 by 600 pixel display, dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 3MP camera, and 8GB of storage.

Note that these prices are for the Wi-Fi-only versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablets. How much the 3G/4G-capable variants will cost isn't known at this time. All three devices are on pre-order with an estimated delivery date of July 11.  

Source: Tablet Center

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on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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