New Samsung patent shows a potential foldable Galaxy smartphone

- May. 31st 2016 7:17 am PT

There’s only so many ways you can shape a rectangular slab and call it a smartphone, right? Well, the tech industry is seemingly realizing so. We have seen glimpses of more radical change with LG‘s and Samsung‘s devices in the past few years, and Google is now pushing things even forward with its modular Project Ara smartphone.

But Samsung’s ambitions are far from being stopped by the Galaxy S7 edge‘s success, and as a new patent shows (via Patently Mobile), the Korean giant is apparently bringing the whole concept a big step further…

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Korean report suggests next Samsung phablet will skip Note 6, be named Galaxy Note 7 instead

Edoardo Maggio

- May. 26th 2016 10:33 am PT

@northead

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As far as Samsung goes, this week certainly is getting pretty crazy. The Galaxy S7 edge is almost at the center of it all: an eighty meter-tall, LED powered screen is turning an entire building’s facade into a billboard ad, and rumor has it that the phone may soon land in a special Batman-themed edition.

But Samsung’s other flagship, the Note, is — according to a Korean report — about to pull a Windows and jump straight to “Galaxy Note 7″…

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9to5Toys Lunch Break: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 128GB $550, Moto G (first gen.) $86, more

Stephen Hall - Feb. 18th 2016 10:34 am PT

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Samsung Galaxy S7 release date reportedly going to be Friday, March 11th

Stephen Hall

- Jan. 23rd 2016 9:59 am PT

@stephenhall_

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According to a tweet from renowned smartphone leaker Evan Blass, Samsung is targeting Friday, March 11th as the release date for the Samsung Galaxy S7. The phone’s announcement will almost surely be happening during a press conference before the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, giving the South Korean company just a couple of weeks to get the phone pushed out to retail after it’s shown off on stage…

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This Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge concept is pretty, but it doesn’t make much sense [Gallery]

Stephen Hall

- Jan. 14th 2016 2:41 pm PT

@stephenhall_

Android Samsung Galaxy S7 leak Galaxy specs

Case manufacturers are already making cases for the Galaxy S7 (and its design doesn’t look much different than the Galaxy S6), but that’s not stopping Curved from posting the Galaxy S7 of its dreams. Curved’s designs are always pretty, but as is the case with this one, they’re not always the most logical. As you can see, this design puts the USB Type-C port on the top of the device, a microSD slot on the bottom, and another edged screen along the bottom of its face…

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Samsung will give you a $50 Best Buy gift card if you activate Samsung Pay

Stephen Hall - Nov. 21st 2015 2:23 pm PT

Samsung really wants you to use its new payments service, and they’re even willing to give you a $50 Best Buy gift card if you get on board. To get the free gift card, you need to register on Samsung’s website and activate Samsung Pay on an eligible device between Friday, November 20th and the end of the year.

The eligible devices include Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (of any configuration). You can get the Samsung Pay app on the Play Store, and you need to register at least 1 qualifying card within the app.