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Samsung Galaxy S5 Looky-likey already showing online

Was it really only Monday night that we see the Galaxy S5 for the first time? Well, in a factory somewhere in China plans are a-foot to clone it. Meet the Goophone S5, which has been listed on their website. Thankfully it’s not fully available just yet, and …

Samsung Galaxy S5 – Hands on and video

After the waiting, the miniature burgers and the orchestra, we eventually got to see the Samsung Galaxy S5. The handset looks pretty similar to the S4 (if I’m brutally honest) apart from that rear panel, which does give it a slightly more distinctive look this time. Samsung are …

EE confirm Samsung Galaxy S5

EE just emailed us with a press release confirming they will be stocking the new Galaxy S5 on their UK LTE network and offering Cat4 means it takes advantage of their 150Mbps network The S5 features some amazing specs from the 16 megapixel camera to the large 5.1 …

Three confirm Samsung Galaxy 5

Three have just announced they will be stocking the new Samsung Galaxy S5 phone on their UK network which we did expect to happen after they range most other top Samsung phones. Specs of the S5 include an impressive 5.1 inch 1920 x 1080 resolution screen, 16 megapixel …

Samsung Galaxy S5 Goes Official

Another press event goes a bit awry as we all receive full details of the handset which is yet to be announced on stage. The event hasn’t even started and, as I speak, there’s music still playing, However, we now have official confirmation of the Samsung Galaxy S5. …

Samsung Galaxy S5 Leaked

Well, that’s blown the surprise somewhat hasn’t it? Here’s the Galaxy S5 that’s about to be launched. Yes it’s plastic again, but here you’re getting a fingerprint reader on the home button and a patterned rear end. That fingerprint reader needs a swipe to work. The Samsung Galaxy …

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked – Live

You know what’s coming. So do we. Tonight is the main event.  Samsung are here in Barcelona and have something to show us. Join in the fun from 6PM UK / 7PM Barcelona for all the latest. The event starts at 7PM UK / 8PM CET. Follow us …

Samsung Gear 2 Neo coming to Three

Looks like Three will be stocking the Gear 2 Neo that was just announced this morning and selling the existing gear at a great low price, even lower when you purchase a Samsung phone. The existing Gear used to cost £300, this dropped to £250 and it now …

Samsung announce Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo

Just a day before the official Samsung Unpacked 5 event here in Barcelona (and at a really early time in the morning whilst we are sleeping), Samsung have announced two new smartwatches to upgrade their Galaxy Gear range. First off is the main flagship watch, the Gear 2. …

Samsung UNPACKED – A 5 tease

Go on, guess. Guess what Samsung will be unveiling at Mobile World Congress on Monday night. You’ll never get it… Here’s some clues. Don’t forget, we’ll be there live with all the very latest as it happens, so do follow us on Twitter if you don’t already.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y42eQJmGbxk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Samsung Kitkat updates detailed, S3 not included

Samsung USA recently announced the list of handsets and tablets that are going to get the 4.4 KitKat update and now a Polish blogger has confirmed the details for other countries including the UK. There are 11 phones and 6 tablets on the list: The phones: Samsung Galaxy …

Galaxy Core LTE to arrive here in weeks

Well, we’ve seen the Galaxy Core Advance but now there’s this, the Galaxy Core LTE. It’ll be available to buy here in the UK from Q2 (April) and has a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU along with that 4G speed. Powered by Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) it has a large …

New Samsung tablets leaked

With MWC coming up in a couple of weeks, it’s inevitable that some things will leak before. Now the latest news is the updated Samsung Galaxy Tab range. These new tablets will be the 4th generation which now includes a 7″, 8″ and 10″ model. The above picture …

Are Samsung releasing two variants of the S5 ?

If you have been living in a cave with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears, you won’t be aware of the upcoming Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of the month. Mobile phone giant Samsung have the “Unpacked 5” event on Feb …

Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 mini to arrive soon in black

The Samsung Galaxy S4 or the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. Which one do you go for? Well, if you’ve read our reviews and have made you mind up, here’s a curve ball, because Samsung have announced that both deices will now be available in black. To be honest, …

Samsung Galaxy S4 deal on EE – Check before you buy

After a recent visit to the health food shop (Greggs), I passed this advert for the Samsung Galaxy S4 on EE 4G. Straight from the word go, it looks like a great offer. The “No Brainer” deal offers up the Samsung Galaxy S4 for just £18.99 per month. …

Samsung’s new Windows Phone packing a quad-core Snapdragon CPU.

A short while ago I posted an article about a rumoured new Samsung Windows Phone. It was named SM-W750V and, at the time, details were pretty sparse. The name has now changed and it’s known under the code name “Huron”, plus even more specs have now leaked out. …

Samsung Galaxy S5 launch date seemingly confirmed

It seems like only days away now.  We’ll soon be packing up the Coolsmartphone Camper and heading out to Barcelona for our usual unique coverage of Mobile World Congress. It’s the event where we’ll see stacks of new handsets, gadgets, accessories, solutions and apps for the first time. …

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 up for pre-order

The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is a honking great tablet with stylus functionality that was announced in the first week of January. Now, for those craving the foot-long tablet, it is available for pre-order. Order it now it will ship to you on 4th February (next Tuesday). …

Tizen event on Feb 23rd

Right remember Samsung’s own operating system Tizen ? Well if you’re like me I thought that it was dead and buried, but apparently not. According to the Sammobile site, Samsung is still very much committed to showing off where it’s at with the development of Tizen and devices …

Samsung Galaxy S5 launch event schedule revealed

Need I say more really? Eldar Murtazin has a long history of correctly predicting these things, and indeed his information on the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch last year was spot on. According to information revealed in his latest tweet, we can expect the all-new Samsung Galaxy S5 to …

Streaming music service Deezer in talks with Samsung.

There are currently a multitude of streaming music services Spotify, Rdo, Mog, Sony’s music unlimited, Pandora, and Deezer to name but a few. But due to licencing some services are only available in certain parts of the world. Here in the UK there is Blinkbox music (owned by …

Galaxy Tab 3 Lite announced

It’s January, so you might be on a diet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 has been on one too, with a slimmer and more portable “Lite” 7″ version soon to be available in black or white. Powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU it’s got a 3600mAh bettery and …

New Samsung Windows phone rumours

With Mobile World Congress (MWC) fast approaching, the rumour Mill is starting to turn. Samsung, according to what we’re getting, is planning for a successor to its Ativ S Windows Phone device in the coming weeks. The upcoming Samsung device named SM-W750V will have a 5-inch 1080 x …

Samsung announce the Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO tablets

Samsung overnight announced the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and the Galaxy TabPRO. They come with personalized magazine dashboard interfaces and, according to the on-stage presentation, let’s you do “more with your tablet”. They will let you “view, create and consume more” and come equipped with a 12.2″ WQXGA displays. …

Samsung Galaxy Express 2 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Express 2 fills a size gap between the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy S4 mini, but its price is the lowest of the three. Is it an awkward, overgrown child, or a serious smartphone worthy of consideration? I’ve spent a fortnight with one to find …

Samsung announce the Galaxy Camera 2

I was a fan of the original Galaxy Camera, it had a decent camera, a huge optical zoom and you could slot a Micro SIM card in it, the few weeks I had with it were pretty good fun. When I heard rumours of a successor last year …

Samsung patent dual display smartphone

Samsung and LG seem to be having a competition at the moment to produce weird and wacky phone designs, with the LG Flex and Samsung Galaxy Round leading the race at the moment. Samsung’s next step is to patent the design of a folding dual display smartphone, which …

Galaxy S4 Pink heading to Phones4U

  Its a Samsung Galaxy S4 and its pink. We’ve seen blue handsets, silver ones, black ones, white ones, red ones and now we have that much demanded and sought after colour, pink. On pre-order now and available from January, Phones4U will be exclusively offering the Samsung Galaxy …

Samsung officially announces GamePad

The GamePad will launch in European markets for Android phones between 4-inches and 6.3-inches, and be compatible with devices running Jelly Bean or higher with Bluetooth 3.0. It goes without saying special attention has been made to Samsung phones, and the “most convenient features optimized for Samsung Galaxy devices running …

Samsung announce the Galaxy Core Advance

Samsung seem determined to make a Galaxy device for everyone, a perfectly good business model, but in the process of doing so seem to come up with some very strange names – the Core Advance? Is it a core phone or an advanced phone? Anyway strange names aside …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch under £120 at Amazon UK

If you’re looking for a good deal on an Android tablet for someone this Christmas, then Amazon might be worth a look. Currently you can pick up the white Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch for just £119.99. Sure, it’s not going to set your pants on fire, but …

Galaxy S3 LTE version begins to see Android 4.3 goodness

Got a Samsung Galaxy SIII? Do you call it an SIII or an S3? No, we don’t know either, but it’s a pretty nice handset either way. If you’ve got the LTE (4G) version then you should check for updates today – the phone should be ready to …

Galaxy Note 3 shifts 10 million units

Meet the Galaxy Note 3. We’ve already penned our Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review and we were pretty impressed. It’s powered by a quad-core 2.3GHz CPU and has 3GB of RAM with a 13 megapixel camera. Big yes, but it’s popular too. 10 million of these have gone …

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite to be released

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is many things, but one thing you can’t call it is lite. Well, not until next year anyway, because an industry ‘insider’ has confirmed to fellow tech site SamMobile that there will be a Note 3 variant with lower specs arriving next year. …

Sony Xperia SP down in price

Sure, it’s 2.30 in the afternoon and it’s going dark already, but you can at least cheer yourself up with a Cyber Monday deal on the Sony Xperia SP. We have a full Xperia SP review online already, detailing the 1.7GHz dual-core CPU, 8 megapixel shooter, 4.6″ display …

Two more colour variants of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 coming

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3, we’ve reviewed it here and there’s still plenty of deals kicking around where you can bag yourself a free tablet or a Galaxy Gear smartwatch when you buy one. Now Samsung have added a couple of new colours – Rose Gold White and …

A few more Black Friday deals

The UK is now getting a slice of “Black Friday”, the Friday following the American Thanksgiving Day. Although most of the world doesn’t celebrate it, there’s the chance to snap up the odd bargain, so here’s a quick look at some of the other deals we’ve not covered …