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People in Korea can get Galaxy S25 on monthly subscription

Last month, Samsung introduced the AI Subscription Club in South Korea. This service allows people to rent the company’s AI-powered home appliances by paying a monthly fee. Earlier this month, we learned that the tech giant is planning to introduce the same business model for smartphones and tablets. Well, that’s finally happened, right in time […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 hours ago

Galaxy S24’s second January 2025 update hints at One UI 7 arrival

Samsung has released a new software update to the Galaxy S24. This second update hints at the imminent arrival of the stable One UI 7.0 update. Galaxy S24 gets second January 2025 update The Galaxy S24 series has started getting the second software update this month in South Korea. This 376.82MB update comes with firmware […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 day ago

512GB variants of Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra could cost more

Samsung hasn't made the Galaxy S25 official yet, but the pricing of the phones in the lineup has leaked. The company has reportedly decided to keep the same prices of the entry-level storage variants of the phone, but the 512GB version could be priced slightly higher. Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra's 512GB variants could […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 day ago

Koreans can easily sell their old Galaxy phones on Samsung’s website

Samsung has announced the ‘Galaxy Easy Compensation' program in South Korea. It is a program that lets people easily sell their old and used Galaxy phones directly on Samsung's website. People don't need to buy a new phone while selling the older one. Galaxy Easy Compensation program lets people sell old/used Galaxy phones The Galaxy […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Xiaomi takes Samsung head-on, enters South Korea

Samsung’s closest rival in the Android smartphone market, Xiaomi, has started doing business in Samsung’s home country, South Korea, taking its rival head-on. Xiaomi has opened a subsidiary in South Korea and launched an online store in the country, where it has started selling phones, wearables, and smart home products. According to local media, the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung’s ‘AI Subscription’ plan for phones, tablets is coming next month

Samsung has announced that it will start offering its AI subscription plan starting next month. However, it isn't the AI subscription that you think it is. After the company brought AI features to its phones and tablets, it was revealed that it could start charging for those features. And you might think this AI subscription […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung unveils its first Smart Monitor with OLED screen

With the new year kicking off, Samsung has begun launching refreshed variants of its products. Today, the company announced 2025 lineups of Smart Monitor, Odyssey OLED, and Viewfinity series monitors. We have already covered the new Odyssey OLED models, which boast a staggering, 500Hz refresh rate, here, and in this article, we are going to […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung wants to establish itself as ‘undisputed leader in AI’ this year

Samsung has been equipping its devices with AI features over the past few years, but 2024 was the breakout year for the company in that regard. It launched its first ‘AI Phone,' the Galaxy S24, early last year, and it was visible that Samsung was ahead of its rivals, including Apple, in AI features and […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Galaxy Book 5 Pro will be launched in South Korea tomorrow

Samsung will launch the Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop in South Korea tomorrow. The high-end laptop was unveiled three weeks ago and went on pre-order on the same day. Now, it will be available for purchase and reach store shelves starting tomorrow. Galaxy Book 5 Pro comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes The Galaxy Book […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

SmartThings now has over 20 million users in Korea

Samsung SmartThings is one of the most popular Internet of Things (IoT) platforms around the globe, and now, it has reached a new milestone. Samsung has announced that the SmartThings platform now has over 20 million users in its home country, South Korea, a new milestone for the brand. In the press release, the company […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Is Samsung’s next biggest threat its own government?

Samsung Foundry's struggles with advanced nodes, particularly 3nm, are well documented. They've enabled TSMC to run away with orders from some of the largest companies in the world while Samsung Foundry loses cash and has to shut production lines due to a lack of demand. While the company has recently taken some major steps to […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 weeks ago

Samsung takes critical step towards strengthening its future

Despite being the world's biggest memory chip maker, Samsung has been left behind in the AI chip race by smaller rivals Micron and SK Hynix. It is still unable to supply HBM3E memory for Nvidia's flagship AI chips. However, the company has taken a critical step towards its future by ordering equipment to make HBM4 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Here’s when you could get your hands on Galaxy S25

We are less than a month away from the announcement of the Galaxy S25. A few days ago, it was leaked that Samsung could make the official announcement on January 22. But when can you actually get your hands on the phone? According to a new leak, the Galaxy S25 could reach your hands in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Samsung’s flagship robot vacuum upholds high levels of privacy and security

Samsung has announced that Bespoke AI Steam, its flagship robot vacuum cleaner, has received the ‘Privacy by Design (PbD)' certification in South Korea. It is the first robot vacuum cleaner to get that certification in South Korea, which attests to its privacy measures. Bespoke AI Steam gets Privacy by Design (PbD) certification The Bespoke AI […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung unveils Galaxy Book 5 Pro with AI and Intel’s Lunar Lake chip

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop today in South Korea. The laptop comes in two sizes and uses Intel's Lunar Lake series chip for faster AI performance. The Galaxy Book 5 Pro joins the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 in Samsung's current laptop lineup. Galaxy Book 5 Pro comes to South Korea first […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

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