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The Samsung Galaxy S4 Family

What started off as a single flagship device has quickly expanded into one happy family full of Galaxy S4 branded devices. Now there there are five different members to the S4 family, how do you know...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 torture tests [video]

In a new video, Samsung shows us some of the torture its new devices go through before becoming official, including drops and impacts, water submersion, electricity, heat, humidity and dust. The Galaxy...

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T-Mobile drops the Samsung Galaxy S4′s price to $99.99

The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 had its price slashed, the Uncarrier announced in a recent press release. You can now purchase T-Mobile’s Galaxy S4 by paying $ 99.99 down and then $ 20 a month for two...

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AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active release on June 21

Samsung’s rugged Galaxy S4 version, the Galaxy S4 Active, is going to be available in the USA soon from AT&T. The carrier is so far the only mobile operator to show interest in the Galaxy S4...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Nokia Lumia 928 [video]

The Samsung Galaxy S4, one of the most anticipated Android devices of 2013, is one of the best Android handsets on the market. On the other side, we have the Nokia Lumia 928 — the best that Windows...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 shows up once again

Currently the Samsung Galaxy S4 is available with either a Snapdragon 600 or an Exynos 5 chip onboard, but a third processor configuration could soon be available as well. Last week we reported on the...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active AT&T pre-order process has started

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, which AT&T announced as part of its smartphone lineup yesterday (after teasing it in a video) is now available for you to pre-order from the carrier’s website. The...

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First picture taken with Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) reportedly spotted

Galaxy Note 3 concept The first picture reportedly taken with the Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) has been spotted, well ahead of the handset’s official announcement. As you can see in the screenshot below,...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini available for pre-order in the UK

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is now available for pre-order in the UK, with shipping set to start on July 5. This particular Galaxy S4 family member is expected to offer users a mobile experience similar...

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Samsung launch its anti-theft feature for smartphones as soon as July

Samsung, along with other tech industry giants, met with New York Attorney General Erich Schneiderman recently to discuss the implementation of the smartphone kill switch that we’ve talked about before...

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Samsung SCH-I435 could be Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

When the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini was first announced officially a couple of weeks back, we didn’t get any information on release date and pricing for the U.S. from Samsung. We still don’t, but perhaps...

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Extend Samsung Galaxy S4’s battery life

When the mighty Li-Ion battery of the Samsung Galaxy S4 (2600 mAh capacity) is not enough, owners can now make use of a spare battery and a helpful charger kit, which has been recently launched by...

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Jay-Z new album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” free for some Samsung Galaxy users...

Jay-Z is giving away his new album, called “Magna Carta Holy Grail” to users of some Samsung Galaxy devices, a full three days before the official release date. That’s good news for at least a million...

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Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 custom edition rumored

The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 is said to have a custom edition, if we’re to believe famed leaker @evleaks. The device, which Verizon launched a few weeks ago, is said to have a custom version in the...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-Advanced to launch in international markets

As if there weren’t already enough Samsung Galaxy S4 models to contend with, Samsung is expected to announce at least one more. A so-called Galaxy S4 LTE-Advanced is slated to launch in international...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-Advanced coming to South Korea later this month

It looks like the Samsung Galaxy S4 is getting yet another variant, this time the “Galaxy S4 LTE-Advanced”. According to J.K. Shin, the new LTE-Advanced model will arrive to South Korea as early as...

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Liquid-cooled smartphones from Samsung

We told you about the world’s first liquid-cooled handset about a month ago when NEC introduced the Medias X-06E phone for NTT DoCoMo over in Japan. It basically uses a smartphone-centric heat pipe...

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Mark Zuckerberg: Samsung-made Facebook phone?

AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan Like Larry Page of Google did a few weeks back, Mark Zuckerberg is visiting South Korea, home to some of the largest mobile companies, and increasingly, the place where...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has U.K. price

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, the smartphone with one of the best cameras on the market (or the camera that includes a smartphone, whichever way you want to put it), now has a price tag attached to it,...

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Registering your Samsung Galaxy S4 will save you 50% on most accessories

So you got a new Samsung Galaxy S4? Congrats! Now you just need to deck it out with some awesome accessories. Unfortunately, Samsung’ accessories can be a bit expensive. However, the Korean tech giant...

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Virgin Mobile rings up Samsung Galaxy Ring for prepaid crowd

Virgin Mobile announced on Monday that the Samsung Galaxy Ring is now available for its prepaid buyers. Priced at $ 179.99, the handset runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and features a 1.4GHz processor,...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 now available in Aurora Red exclusively at AT&T

We’ve known that the Samsung Galaxy S4 would be arriving on AT&T exclusively in Aurora Red for a while now, especially since the device’s predecessor, the Galaxy S3, had a similar color option and...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 getting stability update

Users of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in the UK should check their phones, because an update has begun rolling out to their devices. The new update brings improved stability, along with some bug fixes, so...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active ships to AT&T customers early

The release date of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active on AT&T is June 21, but it seems that the carrier is shipping the devices to customers earlier. According to AT&T, both the Urban Gray and the...

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Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 gets new update to fix 4G LTE connectivity issues

The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 has caused some of its users 4G LTE connectivity problems following the latest Android 4.1.2 update, but these problems seem to be coming to an end now. The update has...

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 appears with AT&T LTE

Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Mega 6.3 back in April, an Android smartphone with a ‘mega’ display. In the same month, FCC hinted that we might see the Galaxy Mega 6.3 on AT&T and now the...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 adding five new colors to the mix

Like the Samsung Galaxy S4 but feel that its current color palette is a bit lacking? Today’s your lucky day. At Samsung’s Premiere 2013 event, the Korean giant announced it will soon be introducing...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Wireless charging cover lands at Verizon for $39.99

Earlier this month, Samsung announced the wireless charging pad for the Samsung Galaxy S4. Now Verizon Wireless made the wireless charging cover for the Galaxy S4 available on their online store,...

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Purported Samsung Galaxy Note 3 image hits the web

Galaxy Note 3 concept A new purported image of the upcoming Galaxy Note 3 flagship smartphone has hit the web, although it can’t be confirmed just yet. This isn’t the first rumored image showing the...

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Huawei Ascend Mate vs. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

While most people like a device that easily fits in their hands and pockets, some of us would really like a small tablet that makes calls. These aren’t just phones; they’re little computing devices...

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Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on a Samsung Galaxy S3!

If you’re a proud Galaxy S3 owner, but long for Android 4.2.2, you’re in luck. SamMobile has leaked an early firmware build of Jelly Bean for the S3! While they caution it is still in testing at...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy Note 8.0 4G LTE now available from AT&T

A couple of new Samsung Galaxy devices available from AT&T today, the Galaxy S4 Active rugged handset and the Galaxy Note 8.0 4G LTE tablet. The devices were just recently announced by the carrier,...

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New rumored Galaxy Note 3 image hits the web

Galaxy Note 3 concept Shortly after seeing a purported Galaxy Note 3 image hit the web, a second such image has been published – see picture below. Unlike the first image, which only showed only a...

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Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active, HTC One 50% off at AT&T

AT&T has kicked off a smartphone promotion that lets users purchase a new device for half the price. However, in order to take advantage of the promo, you’ll have to ink a new two-year contract...

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and LG Optimus L5 II coming to Bell Canada [rumor]

A Twitter account famous for its mobile-related leaks says that Bell Canada will stock the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and LG Optimus L5 II at some point in the future. As he’s done in the past, leakster...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to be mass-produced starting August, to come with...

The supply chain for the Galaxy Note 3 should get orders for components starting in August, Korean media reports. On a related note, the display of  the device could be just 5.7-inch. Summer is here,...

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Huawei CEO: the “Galaxy S4 is just a so-so smartphone”

Hot on the heels of the newly announced high-end Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone, Huawei’s CEO has outlined the company’s plans for the future, which turn out to be quite optimistic.The company’s CEO...

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Samsung GT-i9505G kernel source released, may be Galaxy S4 Google Edition

An interesting new entry has appeared in Samsung’s Open Source Release Center database. Designated as the kernel source for a new device with model number GT-i9505G, it’s rumored to be Galaxy S4 Google...

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Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Developer Edition available

The Verizon Galaxy S4 Developer Edition is now available for purchase directly from Samsung.com for full retail price ($ 649.99). We’re still looking at the 16GB version of the SCH-I545 model...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One with the Nexus Experience begins selling tomorrow

The Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One are two of the biggest releases of the year, though, the crowd wasn’t very interested in them due to the bloated software, sluggishness, and etc. However, just...

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Photos of Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A leak

Samsung just can’t keep seem to keep its myriad of products from leaking. A bit more than a week since what appeared to be a Snapdragon 800 –touting Galaxy S4 smashed AnTuTu benchmark records, bloggers...

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Samsung officially announces the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A

If the regular Samsung Galaxy S4 just doesn’t offer the data speeds that you need, you’ll be pleased to know that Samsung and South Korean carrier SK Telecom have come together to announce the world’s...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 gets software update

If you’re a Samsung Galaxy S3 user in Canada and you still haven’t gotten around to using that leaked Android 4.2.2 firmware from a few days ago, an official software update released earlier today...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini receives July 1st release date at Phones 4U

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini has already been stated for release in just over a weeks time, but now a new release date has appeared here in the UK. Mobile retailer Phones 4U has the handset...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One “Google Play Edition” handsets have landed!

As expected, the big day has come! You can now get your hands on the stock Android-powered HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4 directly from Google Play. You might notice that Google is now officially calling...

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Google Play Edition phones contain new Camera, live wallpaper, and boot...

If you thought the version of Android installed on the Google Play Editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One would be identical to AOSP, think again. Reviewers at some media outlets able to get...

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Source code released for Google Play Editions

Now that stock Android versions of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are available directly from Google Play, Google has created a mirror of the GPL licensed source code that is used for the initial...

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Samsung GALAXY Note 3 – AMOLED- and LCD-version planned? [rumor]

If this report sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve heard it before. Back at the beginning of the year, it was rumored that Samsung would use LCDs instead of AMOLED displays for the Galaxy S4, or use...

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Android 4.3 coming in July to Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition [rumor]

A fresh rumor says that Samsung will soon update its Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, which is the next expected Android OS update version. Sam Mobile has it from its insiders...

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HTC and Samsung smartphones cost carriers more money than the iPhone

It’s not a big secret that the carriers dislike the iPhone. Thanks to high subsidies and the conditions Apple sets for carriers just to sell the iPhone, the carriers have been known to push other...

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