Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro gets certified by TENAA

Samsung launched the Galaxy A9 in December last year, and soon after reports suggested that Samsung is working on a beefed up version of it, called Galaxy A9 Pro (model number SM-A9100). Since then, the Galaxy A9 Pro has surfaced on  benchmarking websites (1, 2), revealing key specs.

Now, the Galaxy A9 Pro has been certified by China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center or TENAA, giving us the first look at the device and confirming the rumored specs.

As per TENAA listing the Galaxy A9 Pro will have a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and equipped with octa-core Snapdragon 652 SoC, 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage (microSD card support). For imaging there is 16MP rear camera and 8MP front facing camera. The Galaxy A9 Pro supports 4G LTE and runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

For comparison sake, the Galaxy A9 comes with 3GB RAM, 13-megapixel rear camera and runs Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. The rest of the specs is similar to Galaxy A9 Pro.

It is also likely that the Galaxy A9 Pro will have a fingerprint scanner embedded into the home button and support Samsung Pay.

There are no details when Samsung will announce the Galaxy A9 Pro, but since it has passed TENAA, an official announcement is expected soon.

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Samsung Charm, a smart bracelet for Galaxy S7/S7 edge

Samsung, in addition to unveiling the new Galaxy smartphones at MWC 2016, Barcelona, also announced 'Charm', a lifestyle band to track activities. The Charm is an accessory for the Galaxy S7/S7 edge that looks like a jewellery.

The Charm can track your daily activity like steps, distance and calories. It connects to the Galaxy S7- series smartphones via Bluetooth through an app and uses a small LED to show notification for incoming calls and messages.The fitness data tracked by Samsung Charm can also sync with the S health app. It is backed by 17mAh battery, that offers 18 days life, if the LED notifications are not in use.

Samsung's charm come in two form factors - rectangular and square-shaped with three color options � Rose Quartz, Black and Gold. Pricing is not yet known.

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Samsung introduces blazing-fast 256GB UFS 2.0 flash memory

Samsung has announced that it has started mass producing 256GB ultra-fast embedded flash memory for the next-generation of high-end mobile devices. 

The memory chip is based on UFS 2.0 (Universal Flash Storage) that offers better sequential read and write performance, twice as fast as SATA SSD drives and 50 percent decrease in energy consumption.

It can also handle up to 45,000 and 40,000 input/output operation per second (IOPS) for random reading and writing respectively, that is twice as fast than the previous UFS memory which can hit 19,000 and 14,000 IOPS.

The new 256GB memory provides data read speed of up to 850Mbps, and sequential write speed of 260Mbps, which is three times faster than high-performance external microSD cards. 

This means that internal storage of future flagship smartphones will be fast enough to handle super-fast data transfers on devices with USB 3.0. Samsung says that the 256GB UFS chip can store 47 Full HD videos (avg. 90 minute movie file) and can send a 5GB video file in 12 seconds. 

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This is the Latest Rumors of Samsung Galaxy S IV

Attention of Gadget lovers right now will be point on next March 14th, 2013. Where one of the best smartphone, Galaxy S IV will be launched by a vendor who now occupy the number one position in the market, Samsung.

According to previous rumors, this smartphone is often mentioned would come with top class specifications. Apparently not stop there, based on the information that is still speculation, as reported SamMobile, Galaxy S IV is said will be packed with technology 'floating touch'. With this technology, users are allowed to access the screen simply by 'waving' their fingers on the link.

This technology is not the first present in smartphones, Sony even has used the same technology in its smartphone, the Xperia sola (as seen in the video below).

Instead of using the usual AMOLED screen, Samsung says it will use AMOLED screen that has a green and yellow material known as Green PHOLED display that is claimed to be 25% more efficient.

Well, besides the above rumors, it turns out there are other speculations of the Galaxy S IV. Flagship smartphone is rumored to be present in two versions, the first Galaxy S IV called will come with an LCD screen and uses Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset while the other 600 will use AMOLED screen and will embed Octa 5 Exynos processor made ??by Samsung itself.

Galaxy S IV will present using the Android operating system 4.2.1 at the time of its release. Nevertheless update to Android version 4.2.2 is also rumored to be rolled out in the same month with the launch of the device.

Will Samsung Galaxy S IV and iPhone 5S using Wireless Charging Technology?

After Nokia, LG Electronics and HTC, according to some industry sources say Samsung Electronics and Apple is expected to add a wireless battery charging capability (wireless charging) for their flagship smartphones�s in 2013.

Samsung is expected to adopt the Qi wireless charging technology that has been developed and implemented by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) for the next model of its flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S IV.

But it looks like the Galaxy S IV might not come with embedded wireless charging capabilities. However, users are required to purchase a replacement of smartphone backcover to access the charging pad.

Unlike Apple which is likely to adopt this wireless charging technology internally, although not yet known whether this technology will be used in the iPhone 5S is built-in or with other accessories.

Adoption of Samsung to technology Qi Wireless seems to push those technology to become mainstream in smartphones, beating what is promoted by the Alliancefor Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA).

As known earlier than Samsung, the other major brands including Nokia, HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility and Sony Mobile is also a member of the WPC.

Is this technology really going to be paired on their flagship smartphone in the future? we wait for the truth at the time the product is launched later.

Samsung ChatOn Update Newest Version, Also There are Special Features for Tablet

Samsung ChatOn for tablet devices has just received a major update that is able to sync across multiple devices.

Samsung ChatOn latest version is version 2.0. In it is pretty much a list of new features, but some important features are also seen to have entered, such as transfer multiple images at once, and better integration with social networks.

ChatOn messaging service is available not only on Android, but on iOS and Windows Phone even some feature phones such as the Samsung Star III.

For information, ChatOn app is now available in more than 200 countries and has equipped more than 60 languages??. In addition there are synchronization improvements to Samsung. That is like:

ChatOn Update v2.0.5 includes:

Sign in with your Samsung account: so that all devices can be connected to receive messages simultaneously

- Move �Special buddy� to �More� menu

- Increased on �My Page�: could use some profile pictures and comments on PostOn

- Change the font style for the chat room

- Send multiple images at once

- Send Anicon/Animessage + text

ChatOn Tablet Update v1.9.3 includes:

- Have the ability Walkie-talkie [push-to-talk]

- Increased to �My Page�

- Add image effects

- Add editing group profile

- Add members chat room as a group

- Add �Typing Status'

With this update, may has no occurs a problem and bugs as happened recently.

Is Samsung GT-N5100 Will Be New Galaxy Note Candidates?

According to rumors, Samsung mentioned, is working on a device that is mentioned as a model GT-N5100. And, this device is indeed not known figure, but there were already appearing in the results of benchmarking, GLBenchmark.

We hear also that Samsung will make a new Galaxy Note phone. So, when we connect with the GT-N5100, perhaps this device is the new Galaxy Note. Because if we trace, it appears that the Galaxy Note comes to the type series "N", such as the GT-N7000 (Galaxy Note original) or N7100 (Galaxy Note II).

Based on the data available in GLBenchmark benchmark results, it is known that the Samsung GT-N5100 will appear with the Android OS 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, who supported CPU Exynos 4412 with a speed of 1.6 GHz.

There are rumors state that could be later model GT-N5100 is a 7-inch Galaxy Note, due to the model 5.5 inch ??and 10 inch have presented by this South Korean manufacturer. Moreover, this market segment is fairly lucrative, with Nexus 7 and iPad mini was successful enough to play in this market niche. And, it could be later Samsung will present the S-Pen technology for the GT-N5100, if indeed this is the latest generation of the Galaxy Note.

Hopefully Samsung will open the veil GT-N5100 at CES 2013 next January. Or perhaps in the event the MWC 2013. We wait.

'Sudden Death' Problems on the Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung has rumored to secretly have given a replacement of smartphone Galaxy S III to some of its users. Why?

As discussed at the XDA Developer Forum, Samsung reportedly has replaced the Galaxy S III to its users, because of the damage that can led the Galaxy S III to die suddenly.

According to the report users were damaged, mostly owned Galaxy S III is used after 150-200 days of their purchase. While the destruction of NAND impact on the dead of Galaxy S III mainboard, this is pointed out as the cause of Samsung's smartphone Galaxy S III  can no longer be used.

The users of Galaxy S III at XDA Developers forum and Reddit did say that Samsung has replaced the defective smartphone with the new Galaxy S III. However, considering the given replacement smartphone Samsung has not undergone revision in hardware, allegedly Galaxy S III replacement was also potentially experience the same thing after other 200 days of using.

What Samsung do on this issue that happening on its flagship smartphone, unfortunately this can not be obtained for now, that because the Korean vendor was not given an official statement on this issue.

Defeat Nokia, Samsung �Rule� the Global Mobile Phone Market

Managed to dominate the smartphone market in some time ago, on the whole Samsung has now managed to become the number one vendor in the global mobile market. Samsung achieved what it was, then make a position displaced from the throne vendor Nokia mobile phones with the most sales.

As quoted via TechRadar, globally in 2012, Samsung managed to achieve 29% market share of the mobile device, an increase than the previous year which only have 24%.

From the statistical data issued by research firm IHS iSuppli, Nokia which in 2011 managed to earn 30% market share, this year experienced a 24% decline.

Apple managed to achieve 10% market share globally, successfully pushed to third position. Interestingly, unlike other manufacturers who deliver devices with diverse segments, Apple is only present in the upper middle class through his iPhone only.

In consecutive years, ZTE and LG, respectively fourth and fifth position, which stood at market share 6% for ZTE and 4% for LG.

For the overall, global smartphone shipments are expected to rise about 35.5% this year. Smartphones also managed to obtain 47% of all mobile devices shipped this year, up from the previous year which only reached 35%.

With the enormous growth this year, I wonder if many analysts who argue that the year 2012 is the year of smartphones.