Samsung’s thinnest smartphone Galaxy A8 with fingerprint sensor launched in India

Samsung has launched Galaxy A8 smartphone in India with a price tag of INR 32,500 (About $508). The device was first introduced in China in the middle of July. This latest handset from Samsung is its thinnest-ever smartphone with a thickness of just 5.9mm and it weighs only 151 grams.

The Galaxy A8 features a 5.7-inch FHD Super AMOLED display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and 386ppi pixel density. It is powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 5430 chipset with octa-core (4 x 1.8GHz Cortex-A15 and 4 x 1.3GHz Cortex-A7) CPU and Mali-T628 MP6 GPU for graphics. The Galaxy A8 model that was launched last month in China has 64-bit Snapdragon 615 SoC with octa-core 1.5GHz CPU and Adreno 405 GPU. There is a 2GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage inside. It can be expanded up to 128GB with a microSD card.

Coming to the cameras, the Galaxy A8 has a 16MP autofocus rear camera with f/1.9 aperture to give great pictures even in low light conditions. The front camera is of 5MP with 120 degree wide-angle lens, useful for selfies and video chats. Its 3050mAh battery takes care of the power and the handset comes with Android Lollipop 5.1.1 out of the box with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on top. The handset sports dual Nano-SIM slots and the second slot can be used for microSD card.

The Samsung Galaxy A8 has very thin metal side bezels. It also has a fingerprint sensor doubling as a home button. Connectivity options include LTE with Band 40 (2300MHz) and Band 3 (1800MHz) support, dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and Glonass. The handset will support 4G networks in India. Airtel customers will get double data for free for 6 months along with this device. The handset is available in Black, White and Gold colors.

Samsung’s thinnest smartphone Galaxy A8 with fingerprint sensor launched in India

Samsung TouchWiz for the upcoming Galaxy S6 to be "amazingly fast"

The much talked after and awaited Samsung Galaxy S6 would be announced next month at the MWC 2015 event on March 1^st and just yesterday we also saw that the device could be released very early from March 22. Now there are few details regarding the software enhancements that are going to be introduced with the launch of Galaxy S6.

Famous Samsung information website Sam Mobile says that the famous TouchWiz interface of the Galaxy S6 will be “amazingly fast” which would be much faster than the TouchWiz interface with Lollipop on the Galaxy Note 4. Reports suggest that Samsung has also removed its lot of baked-in apps from the new TouchWiz interface. There is also an possibility that apps like S Health, Scrapbook and S Voice won’t be pre-loaded however they are said to be made available via the Galaxy Apps store. The source for the information has also claimed that there can be few pre-installed apps like OneNote, OneDrive and Office Mobile that would come pre-installed.

The TouchWiz for the Galaxy S6 would have many Lollipop like animations and effects. Apps could now be more colorful, some few more theming options, some tweaks with the keyboard interface and much more.

source: Sam Mobile

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Samsung TouchWiz for the upcoming Galaxy S6 to be "amazingly fast"

Samsung files to trademark Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in South Korea

If you were having doubts whether Samsung’s new flagship and its curved screen brother will really be called Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, you can relax. It is true. Both the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are coming for sure because Samsung has filed for trademarking the names in South Korea.

This move of the South Korean giant was spotted by the Samsung specialist Dutch site Galaxy Club. The trademark applications were filed on February 4th in which the applicant is mentioned as ““Samsung C & T Corporation | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS” and simply request trademarks for Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. In the second name, the name ‘Galaxy’ is missing and ‘edge’ is in lower case. Both the applications are listed in the KIPRIS (Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service) database.

Although these trademark filings do not give any indication about the details of these devices, earlier rumors suggest that both will have almost similar specs. Probably the only difference will be in their display screens.

Both the devices are rumored to feature a Quad HD display, Samsung’s 64-bit Exynos chipset, improved camera, redesigned fingerprint scanner. They will have pre-installed Android 5.0 Lollipop with a trimmed version of TouchWiz on top, may also have a new mobile payment system.

The two devices Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are expected to be unveiled at Samsung’s Unpacked event at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona, Spain in March.

 

Via PhoneArena

Samsung files to trademark Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in South Korea

Samsung trimming down TouchWiz, removing and making most of its apps downloadable

Over the years, Samsung has tried to offer more and more software features in its phones and tablets. As a result, the software has become quite bloated and heavy. Of course, Samsung realized this and began trimming its TouchWiz since Galaxy S5.

The company removed some apps and features in the TouchWiz to make it lighter but made some of the apps downloadable so that users could access them when they wanted. Now as Samsung is gearing up for the Galaxy S6, it wants to optimize the handset’s software by getting rid of unnecessary features and streamlining the UI. According to Sammobile, the company wants to optimize TouchWiz so that it will be “as fast and smooth as stock Android on the Nexus 6.”

Now Sammobile has received info from sources that all the add-on features that could be downloaded as apps are being removed by the company, which will trim down the software to a great extent. At the same time, Samsung will also optimize the code to simplify the UI and make it more manageable.

It is not known which apps and features will be removed. Samsung integrates some functions like Smart Stay in the settings menu and builds some features as standard apps. The integrated functions will most likely remain but separate apps such as S Voice, S Translator and Story Album might be offered as downloadables and not be pre-loaded on the device as is currently done. Most people rarely or never use all the pre-loaded stuff and those who want it will be able to download it whenever they want.

 

Source Sammobile

Samsung trimming down TouchWiz, removing and making most of its apps downloadable

TouchWiz Themes App for Samsung Leaked Out

Apparently Samsung will soon launch TouchWiz themes app for its flagship smartphone in the near future. TouchWiz is Samsung’s very own customized Android UI which is available for Samsung devices only. Users can expect new additional features which they cannot find it in the other Android smartphones in the market.

Apart from Samsung, HTC was one of the first Android device vendors to start customizing Android UI. TouchWiz offers a lot of useful features, apps, and services but themes were never on the offer. However,recently , there are pictures of Samsung devices, which might possibly be Galaxy A3 or Galaxy A5, leaked out showing a glimpse of various themes which might be offered in the future versions of TouchWiz.  This most probably includes an ability to change color schemes, sounds, icons, backgrounds and some other aspect of UI.

The leaked settings screenshot as per below also suggest that there is a ‘Themes’ section which when you take a look under its section, you can see a couple of themes, a default one and a new theme named ‘Natural’ which changes the wallpaper and icons in the UI. It is not confirmed yet whether Samsung will release an SDK to create themes for this new feature. However, if the tech giant does release it in the near future, we are sure that a lot of themes will be created from the developers.

TouchWiz Themes App for Samsung Leaked Out

Metal clad Samsung SM A500 hits TENNA. Expected to have TouchWiz.

Just few days back with heard about a new metal clad premium handset from Samsung that is currently known as the Samsung SM A500 and is probably the next handset in queue to be released by the Korean giant.

The handset has now been spotted on Chinese mobile certification website TENNA where we have got a glimpse of the device. The listing shows the Samsung Galaxy SM A500 to be having just 6.7mm of thickness weighing only 126 grams. Moreover, the photos coming from TENNA give us the confirmation of the device to be having a metal frame. The Samsung SM A500 is tipped to be having a 5inch display with 1280×720 pixel resolution. The device is likely to be having a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, a 2GB of RAM memory and 16GB of built-in memory with microSD card support up to 128GB. The device would run the latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat and is likely to have a whopping 13MP primary camera and a 5MP front-facing secondary camera. Here are the images of the handset released by TENNA.

The Samsung SM A500 is also tipped to be coming with a new TouchWiz interface which the company recently introduced at the IFA 2014 Berlin expo along with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge. We expect this new handset to go official very soon. The price for the device remains still disclosed but specs wise it seems to be a very promising handset from the Korean tech giant.

Metal clad Samsung SM A500 hits TENNA. Expected to have TouchWiz.

Moto E correlated with the Galaxy S5;

We all apprehend that the Samsung Galaxy S5 could be a terribly capable device. However what if the recently launched Moto E was to be nearly on par or maybe quicker than the Samsung flagship in some areas? That’s specifically what a replacement video comparison demonstrates because the Moto E and therefore the Galaxy S5 are faveolate against one another to perform a number of the foremost basic tasks.

This contains unlocking the phone, opening the gallery, camera app etc. Astonishingly, the Moto E outstrips the Galaxy S5 in opening the Gallery additionally because the Camera apps with important delays seen on the Samsung flagship. Sure, it’s not a giant delay; however this goes to point out the ability and capabilities of a stock Android device, even supposing it doesn’t brag of a high finish specs sheet.

Maybe Samsung features a lesson to find out from it and might tone down the suite of TouchWiz options a notch within the future. This is often a bit demoralizing considering that the hardware on board isn’t being used by the exploited by the software.

 

Beating informed the Galaxy S5 hits home for the Mot E also. A low-end device meant to interchange feature phones will quite a little bit of everyday tasks additional expeditiously than a flagship from the biggest android OEM. Benchmark tests square measure fun, however actual use cases square measure additional indicative of what your expertise are going to be.

Check out the video below, that comes courtesy of Tom Rich. Although the Moto E might not have all the bells and whistles of the Galaxy S5, it will show simply however nice it performs in regular situations. We’re not maxim it’s higher than the Galaxy S5, or that stock android is best than TouchWiz, however actual use in real-world situations suggests it’s no slouch — even though it’s that method on paper.

 

So what does one think about the video?

Moto E correlated with the Galaxy S5;