Samsung posted its financial results for the fourth quarter and the calendar 2023, and the results are disappointing, to put it mildly. Total sales fell down on a yearly basis for a second year in a row, and this time, the decline was 14%. Operating profit for the whole of 2023 was just KRW 6.57 trillion ($5 billion) – nearly seven times less than the KRW 43.38 trillion ($32.58 billion) posted in 2022. The company said that Q4 revenue and profit increased, compared with the previous three-month period, mostly due to improved performance and higher prices of memory, as well as the...
Tecno has launched the Spark 20 in India. It comes in a single 8GB/256GB configuration priced at INR10,499 ($125/€115) with three color options - Neon Gold, Cyber White, and Magic Skin Blue. The Spark 20 will go on sale in India starting February 2 through Amazon.in. The Tecno Spark 20 is powered by the Helio G85 SoC and runs Android 13-based HiOS 13 out of the box. It's built around a 6.56" 90Hz HD+ LCD and packs a 5,000 mAh battery with 18W charging support. The Tecno Spark 20 features three cameras - a 32MP selfie shooter on the front and a 50MP primary camera on the rear, joined...
Samsung's Galaxy S24, the 'vanilla' model as the saying goes, has been disassembled on video by YouTube channel PBKreviews. It follows in the footsteps of the top of the line S24 Ultra, which got the same treatment last week. The S24, as it turns out, also has a larger copper vapor chamber than its predecessor - almost double the size, in fact - just like the S24 Ultra. This is a theme with 2024 flagship S-series Samsungs, it seems. Throughout the teardown, we're shown all of the different parts that have been removed, one by one. To get into the phone, the back plate can be pried...
Samsung's Galaxy S24, the 'vanilla' model as the saying goes, has been disassembled on video by YouTube channel PBKreviews. It follows in the footsteps of the top of the line S24 Ultra, which got the same treatment last week. The S24, as it turns out, also has a larger copper vapor chamber than its predecessor - almost double the size, in fact - just like the S24 Ultra. This is a theme with 2024 flagship S-series Samsungs, it seems. Throughout the teardown, we're shown all of the different parts that have been removed, one by one. To get into the phone, the back plate can be pried...
Xiaomi is king of the smartband space with the Mi Smart Band series, and Samsung wants to take some of its pie. At least in theory, as the oft-leaked Galaxy Fit3 is still not official. While we've heard rumors about it in 2022, things started to pick up last November, so hopefully this means the launch is near, rather than far. Today the Galaxy Fit3 has been leaked yet again, this time by Samsung itself - someone posted these images by accident, ahead of schedule, to a regional Samsung website. The Fit2 was launched in 2020, and so the Fit3 is way overdue. It will thankfully have...
Samsung launched the Galaxy F14 5G and the Galaxy M14 5G last March, and now, intriguingly, it's set to add 4G-only versions for both. The Galaxy M14 4G has a support page live at Samsung India, and both it and the Galaxy F14 4G's manuals have been found as well. It's important to note that these are most likely going to be the exact same device, sold under different names at different retailers. That is, in fact, the case with the Galaxy F14 5G and Galaxy M14 5G - the only difference being the former opting out of the latter's depth sensor on the rear. Samsung Galaxy M14 4G listed on...
Samsung launched the Galaxy F14 5G and the Galaxy M14 5G last March, and now, intriguingly, it's set to add 4G-only versions for both. The Galaxy M14 4G has a support page live at Samsung India, and both it and the Galaxy F14 4G's manuals have been found as well. It's important to note that these are most likely going to be the exact same device, sold under different names at different retailers. That is, in fact, the case with the Galaxy F14 5G and Galaxy M14 5G - the only difference being the former opting out of the latter's depth sensor on the rear. Samsung Galaxy M14 4G listed on...
Samsung's official shipping date for the Galaxy S24 Ultra is today, even though we've seen it become available a bit early in some places. So now that you can just go and grab one from a store without the need to pre-order, you may be wondering how that titanium build holds up - the new Gorilla Armor too. Thankfully, Zack over at JerryRigEverything has just the video for you, making the S24 Ultra undergo his traditional 'durability test' which involves scratches, burns, and of course - the bend test. Let's grab some popcorn and watch it together. In case you couldn't watch for...
One of the issues people have constantly had with Samsung's Flip line of foldable smartphones is battery life, owing to the rather small cells fitted into all of them - the Galaxy Z Flip5 launched last summer has to make do with just 3,700 mAh, for example. Samsung seems to have been listening, and will increase the capacity for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip6, expected to become official at the middle of this year. According to a new report, the next Flip will reach 4,000 mAh. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 That's still less than Oppo's Find N3 Flip which features a 4,300 mAh battery, but...
One UI 6.0 has already arrived as the Android 14 update to many Samsung devices out there. The latest One UI 6.1 debuted on the Galaxy S24 generation, but Samsung has already confirmed that it will be coming as an upgrade to other Galaxy devices as well. The Galaxy AI part of it is probably the most intriguing part. Before we dive into the juicy AI bits, let's review some of the UI basics of One UI 6.1 since there are changes to discuss. Lock screen and Always On Display While the Lock screen hasn't changed all that much, the optional Always on display has and is now much more...