Samsung expects a drop in operating profit despite factoring in Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge sales

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Samsung have just announced that they’re expecting a drop in operating profit compared to the same quarter last year. This is the first report that factors in the sales of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and yet Samsung say that they’re expecting a drop in profits.

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T-Mobile is now offering free memory upgrades for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

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T-Mobile had a promotion a few weeks that allowed customers to purchase 64GB Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge for the same price as the 32GB variant. However this time, the promotion will be valid only for a short duration so customers need to hurry to avail the offer.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 on T-Mobile now receiving update to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

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Users of T-Mobile handsets have a lot to cheer about lately. After being the first to roll out the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, now T-Mobile has begun rolling out the update for the Galaxy S5 as well.

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Android Lollipop 5.1.1 for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is now rolling out

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Last month, we told you that the update to Android Lollipop 5.1 for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is rumoured to come out sometime in June. Looks like the information was spot on and now the wait is finally over as the update is now rolling out to devices worldwide.

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AT&T teases the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

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AT&T have taken to Twitter to tease the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 Active smartphone. The smartphone was leaked several times in the past, including a recent page leak on Samsung’s website itself.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Emerald Green now available in India

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The Emerald Green variant of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge wasn’t released initially along with the other three colours. Samsung had announced that it started shipping the Green S6 Edge along with the Blue Topaz S6 last month. Now it seems that the wait if finally over for Indian customers as the Emerald Green variant is now available for purchase in India.

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Samsung Mobile President J.K Shin denies plans to launch Galaxy Note 5 in July

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A few days ago, there was a rumor that Samsung could be launching the Galaxy Note 5 earlier than normally scheduled – in July to be precise in order to combat the upcoming iPhone 6S/6S Plus. Now, President of Samsung Mobile, Mr J.K Shin has outright denied the rumor stating that it is false.

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Samsung has fixed the ‘Halo’ effect on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge logos

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If you take a look at photos of the initial batches of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge or the ones from MWC 2015, you will notice that there is a halo of sorts around the front logo of the device. This is true particularly for the Gold variant of the device. Now it seems that Samsung have fixed the issue in the newer production batches as can be seen in our Gold unit of the S6 Edge as well. Continue reading “Samsung has fixed the ‘Halo’ effect on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge logos”

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge gets an update in India – Bug fixes, improvements in stability and performance

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Indian variant (G925I) is now receiving a new software update. The update is 161.84MB in size and changes the baseband version to G925IDVU1AOE2. The update brings around bug fixes, improvements in performance and stability.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge might get Android 5.1 Lollipop in June

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Just yesterday, Samsung released an update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge that improves fingerprint sensing but that’s still on version 5.0.2. Most users are keenly waiting for the update to Lollipop 5.1 and according to sources, that update should be coming to the S6 and S6 Edge sometime next month.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge getting an update that improves fingerprint sensing and more

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Samsung has released yet another update for users of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The XXU1AOE3 build is around 159 MB in size and will be available as an OTA update.
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge apparently having 8 bit display colour issues

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Apparently the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge at times is displaying colour in 8 bit, sort of like a watercolor painting for some users. The issue is not there all the time, happens only quite rarely and has only been spotted on a few units of the Galaxy S6 Edge so far.

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Samsung set to release Iron Man Edition Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

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Last month we saw an artists rendering of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge in various Avenger character themed colours. At the time we weren’t sure whether Samsung had plans to release them as they didn’t comment on the same. Now sources say that they will be releasing an “Iron Man” edition of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edger next month.

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Samsung S6 Edge is the new high scorer on DxOMark

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Looks like Samsung have another reason to be happy about the Galaxy S6 Edge. Apart from the sales, the smartphone is also getting good response from users about its camera and now DxOMark has confirmed the same by ranking it the best among smartphone cameras.

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