Samsung decided to reduce the number of smartphone models by a third starting with next year. The decision comes after the Korean company received a couple of wake up calls this year. Both the upper and lower end smartphone markets witness increased competition. Playing on too many fields at once is a dead-end strategy at this point for the world’s largest smartphone producer. The third … [Read more...]
Samsung Suing NVIDIA For Chip Patents and False Claims About its Products
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has sued Nvidia Corp for infringing several of its chip-related patents and for making false claims about its products. Samsung's actually counter-suing, after Nvidia filed a suit against the Korean company in September. Samsung, which filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court on Nov. 4, is looking for damages involving deliberate infringement of several technical patents, … [Read more...]
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Phablet Available at AT&T from October 24
The new Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 will be available at AT&T starting with October 24. The latest Samsung phablet is already on the market in East Asia, but the South Korea producer just brought it to the U.S. The first Mega model was released during the summer of 2013. The first Mega had one gigantic 6.3 inches display. That is the ‘mega’ part of the smartphone. Hardware specs were less … [Read more...]
Samsung Third-Quarter Earnings Slump
Samsung expects the third quarter to be its least profitable one in the last three years. The news is not a complete shock, but even so, it is still lower than expected. The company’s operating profit dropped by 60 percent. On Tuesday, Samsung announced an estimated 4.1 trillion won ($3.8 billion) profit for the July-September period. Analysts were expecting Samsung to make at least 5.6 trillion … [Read more...]
Samsung to Invest $14.7 Billion in New South Korea Chip Plant
Samsung will build a new chip plant in South Korea. The total investments in the Pyeongtaek-based factory will reach $14.7 billion (KRW 15.6 trillion). Samsung will produce memory chips or processor chips, according to market demand. Memory chips will be used in a wider range of PCs, tablets and smartphones, while processors will be meant for mobile devices. Demand for mobile processors grows at … [Read more...]
LG Executive Accused by Samsung of Washing Machine Sabotage
Weird news has surfaced as rival electronic giant Samsung, accused LG executive of vandalizing their property. LG is trying to iron out allegations. Apparently, the company’s top home appliances exec, Jo Seong-Jin, was seen vandalizing Samsung washing machines in two Germany stores during the IFA shinding in Berlin. The problem was reported to Seoul prosecutors who are currently probing the … [Read more...]
Nvidia Sues Qualcomm, Samsung over Patent Infringement
The video chip maker Nvidia Corp. decided to sue chip maker Qualcomm Inc., along with Samsung Electronics Co. over patent infringements. Nvidia says that two years of talks regarding the licenses failed to lead to an agreement. Nvidia sues Qualcomm because allegedly this chip maker uses some of Nvidia’s most relevant patents on mobile technology processing. Samsung uses Qualcomm processing … [Read more...]
Apple Desired Ban on Samsung Smartphones not Granted by Judge
On Wednesday, a San Jose Federal judge didn’t rule in favor of Apple. As a result, Apple will not be entitled to its desired court-ordered sales ban on the nine Samsung smartphones that were found to violate iPhone’s patent rights. The already fiercely contested case ended with the 42-page ruling of U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who rejected Apple’s arguments. Apple had claimed that it would be … [Read more...]
Samsung Android Wear smartwatch to debut at the Google I/O
The major attraction at the Google I/O developer conference, which will kick off on June 25 and end on June 26 in San Francisco is the Android Wear, Google's upcoming smartwatch platform. Samsung is all set to announce its Android Wear-based watch in the conference. The news spilled from the website CNET's reliable sources says, "Samsung plans to introduce its first Android Wear device at … [Read more...]
Camera Comparison Test Gives Edge to Galaxy S5
Galaxy S5 – 16-megapixel ISOCELL camera, LED flash, f/2.2 Xperia Z2 – 20.7-megapixel sensor, LED flash, f/2.0 The Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2 have two of the most accomplished mobile phone cameras on the market. They have two of the highest-resolution sensors around them. The Galaxy S5 sensor is a 16-megapixel setup while the Xperia Z2 goes even higher resolution of 20.7 megapixels. However, even … [Read more...]
