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  • Nokia will launch new smartphones in 2016, CEO now says

    Nokia will launch new smartphones in 2016, CEO now says

    Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri (pictured below) seems to have finally given up on saying that his company will not return to the smartphone market. Following one denial last year and another in April of this year, Suri now says the company is in fact planning on putting its name on new smartphones starting in 2016.…

  • Samsung wants court to reconsider $548 million in damages awarded to Apple

    Samsung and Apple have fought numerous legal battles but one stood out against the rest, it’s the 2013 Apple lawsuit alleging Samsung of infringing on some key patents related to smartphone technology and design. Apple initially seeked as much as $2 billion in damages but it was awarded $930 million after a long and arduous trial. Around…

  • Samsung’s first smartphones with front-facing LED flash, Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, now official

    Samsung’s first smartphones with front-facing LED flash, Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, now official

    Samsung has announced its first smartphones with a front-facing LED flash; the Galaxy J5 and the Galaxy J7. Specifications of these devices were previously leaked through TENAA, and their UI was revealed through Samsung’s own manuals. Now, they have been officially announced in China, where they would be available starting this week, but there’s no clarity…

  • Galaxy S6 Active not fazed by AT&T’s ‘life simulator’

    Soon after Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge we came to know that the company was working on an “Active” variant of this handset, which wasn’t surprising since Samsung tends to release Active variants of its Galaxy S smartphones any way. A few weeks ago it was formally launched and as expected,…

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab E, an affordable 9.6-inch tablet, is now official

    Samsung Galaxy Tab E, an affordable 9.6-inch tablet, is now official

    Samsung’s newest affordable tablet, the Galaxy Tab E, is now official. The company trademarked this device earlier this year, and its press renders was leaked last week. Now that the device is officially introduced, at least in Taiwan for the time being, let’s have a look at its specifications and features.

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