While more and more Samsung Galaxy S 5 owners are using Android 5.0 Lollipop on their phones, most of those rocking the 2013 Galaxy S 4 are still waiting for an official update to Google’s latest and greatest. Sure, we’ve seen a leaked Samsung Galaxy S 4 Lollipop update
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Google Play edition devices have been slowly picked off over the last couple months, with the last ones to go being the HTC One (M7), Sony Z Ultra, and LG G Pad 8.3 back in early July. Couple that with the unknown fate of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play edition, and things are looking pretty glum for this line of phones. It hasn’t ended with that though, with the Galaxy S4 Google Play edition removed earlier ...
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It’s hard to deny that every iPhone ever launched has gained a significant level of popularity. Apple may not sell most of the smartphones in the world, but with the amount of iPhones seen in the public these days, it’s clear that Apple has a significant lead. If you’re interested in seeing just how popular a device like the
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Samsung hasn’t always been the best with Android updates on its devices, especially considering the sheer number of phones and tablets it manufactures on a yearly basis. The wait’s always been the most minimal on flagship devices, however, and it seems that the Galaxy S5 (and last year’s Galaxy S4) ...
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Google may have taken its sweet time in getting around to the release of Android 4.4.3 – evidence of the build had been hanging just out of reach for months before Google finally went ahead with distribution this week – but now that it’s here we’re seeing updates waste no time at all in becoming available. Unsurprisingly, Nexus models led the pack, though Motorola wasn’t too far behind with news of updates for its own recent ...
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The GS4 on Verizon has been lagging behind in version numbers as far as Android is concerned for quite some time now. It’s good that we reminded you of this with every occasion we had (not that you didn’t notice), the latest including our Samsung Galaxy S 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S 4 comparison video. However, things are about to chance (finally!) as the phone-maker and the carrier finally announced the Verizon ...
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It’s the question every buyer with a limited budget or a frugal sensibility asks when a new flagship smartphone lands: do I need the new one, or can I save some dough by buying last year’s model? Thanks to our annual-upgrade culture here in the States, the question is asked millions of times a month each spring season, mimicking the clockwork of the smartphone release cycle. But though the dilemma isn’t a new one, the devices are: “Galaxy S5 vs S4″ is just as crucial as “Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8″ – a comparison we already bestowed upon you
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 will outsell its predecessor from 2013, the GS4, according to optimistic predictions of a Samsung top executive, quoted by Reuters. History teaches us that this has been the case in previous years, so there’s really nothing groundbreaking in these expectations. The South Koreans have done everything in their power to create the perfect conditions for this to happen, including price, gifts, as well as dramatically increasing initial roll-out market numbers. The executive continued saying the S5 “is selling faster than the S4 so far, though it’s ...
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The Black Edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced at the end of January, and we’ve seen the phone in person with the occasion of our visit to Barcelona for the MWC. Since we were there, we took a little time to compare it to the original Galaxy S4, but don’t expect differences, aside from the actual, physical, outer aspect of the phone. Later,
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Last week, I wrote a reaction piece to Samsung’s announcement of its fifth-generation Galaxy S smartphone. I, like many of you, were unimpressed with Samsung’s latest and greatest, so I called it “more of the same.” A quick stroll through the comments of that piece will uncover a great divide. Some people love it, others hate it. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Differing opinions ...
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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new Google Play deals due to its anniversary celebration. Then we talk about Microsoft’s Cortana, which just got featured on a leaked video. Samsung follows the news as we discover that the company is removing benchmark boosters from its phones. Apple follows as we expect iOS 7.1 to be launched very soon. We end today’s show talking about Nokia and its plans to provide us kinetic charging for our smartphones. All this and more after the break. Stories: -
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Samsung gained a lot of controversy last year with the launch of its Galaxy S 4. If you remember, the device defeated every single device it competed with in benchmarks, but that was until it was unveiled that Samsung was using some extra code that made the device look good on the tests. A lot of this drama has been forgotten, but so have benchmarks from most of the tests that even we use, as it’s clear that credibility is questionable. New reports claim that the company has removed this extra code from the Android 4.4 KitKat updates that are being pushed to its Samsung Galaxy S 4 ...
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Galaxy S… 4? Yes, you’re reading that right; today may be the Galaxy S 5′s day in the spotlight, but with ever so much to see at MWC 2014, we don’t want to get tunnel vision here. That means going out to find other devices that may not be quite so headline-grabbing, but we’re still itching for a chance to see in the flesh. Late last month, Samsung introduced a couple new GS4 variants sporting the same faux leather look as the Note 3: the GS4 Black Edition. This week at MWC, we finally had ...
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The Galaxy S 5 is finally here; is it everything you hoped for? Inevitably, users are going to be comparing the GS5 to last year’s Galaxy S 4, and while it’s clear that Samsung has changed quite a few things about in the past eleven months, has it really done enough new here to inspire you to go out and buy a new phone? Let’s take a look at these two Galaxy S models and see how they measure-up. In contrast to many of Samsung’s new flagships in years past, here the changes seem largely external rather ...
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Is Sony’s new Xperia Z2 a phablet? It used to be that the five-inch mark served as the unofficial gateway into phablet territory, and as the the Z2 trades-in the Z1′s 5.0-inch display for a 5.2-inch panel, it’s edging-in to that space; remember, the original phablet, the first Galaxy Note, only had a 5.3-inch screen. Then again, a lot’s changed since those days, and is a phablet today better described as something like the Z Ultra, ...
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