Verizon Galaxy Note 7 deals tack on Samsung Pay first-timer credit

The carrier song and dance continues on for the Galaxy Note 7. We have Blue and magenta covered, now it’s time to paint the town red with checkmarks. A whole bunch of checkmarks.It seems that Verizon’s press release is a little ...

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T-Mobile Galaxy Note 7 deals are just as predicted — the unboxing was less predictable

We just got done telling you about AT&T’s price tag and bundles for the Galaxy Note 7. Now, let us walk to T-Mobile and talk about its orders of business with the new Samsung phablet. Oh yeah, and of course the company’s lead product specialist Desmond Smith wants to unbox this thing — his way.Pre-orders for the Note 7 start from tonight at midnight ...

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Galaxy Note 7 deals from Sprint and T-Mobile may include free Gear Fit 2

Has the “buy one, get one free” offer run its wear? T-Mobile was said to have such a campaign planned for the Galaxy Note 7 as soon as it arrived at its stores. Fast forward to today and we have something that probably won’t need a new line or upgrade to ...

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Samsung patent application shows off one wireless charger for phone and watch

You already have enough to plug into your power strips. Putting in two chargers for your smartphone and smartwatch just to have them charge at the same time shouldn’t have to be a problem.Samsung may be taking a crack at that issue with a new patent application at the US Patent and Trademark Office. A filing last week shows off a new design for a wireless charger — in the form of a tall block — that can transmit electromagnetic fields in both the vertical and horizontal axes. A smartwatch could take ...

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 officially begins global rollout in seven select markets

Samsung clearly has great ambitions for its first “basic” activity tracker in two years, taking the wraps off the Gear Fit 2 just last week, instantly putting it up for pre-orders stateside, and already crowing over the wearable’s wide availability today.According to a new press release, the Samsung Gear Fit 2 is “now commercially available in select markets including the US, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Australia”, gradually heading soon “around the globe.”Priced at $180 ...

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 launches soon, Gear IconX gets shown off

It’s been a couple years of silent squats and burpees for Samsung’s fitness-dedicated wearables. That’s not to say that the company has ignored fitness. Not by a long shot. But if the chaebol wants to keep battling the likes of Apple and Fitbit, it needed to get its fitness right.Did it? Well, the Gear Fit 2 is giving it a shot.It keeps the wide AMOLED display from its predecessor, ...

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Gear Fit 2 may come in a Samsung event this week

New York City. Home of everything, ever. That includes an event from Samsung this week — specifically, this Thursday, June 2.The press invitation the company has sent out tells us to “Go. Move. Explore. Create with Galaxy”. The fitness vibe that marketing gives off would tell of something like a Galaxy S7 Active, but our colleagues at Droid Life are thinking more of the 

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Full Samsung Gear Fit 2 specs prematurely revealed: high-res screen, dual-core CPU, 512MB RAM

While the vast majority of today’s popular activity trackers highlight the number and precision of their sensors, battery endurance, build quality, water resistance and connectivity as key selling points, you shouldn’t be very surprised if the next wave of low-cost wearables takes a cue from smartphones in engaging in spec wars.The Samsung Gear Fit 2, for instance, is tipped to pack a homebrewed ...

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Charming Samsung Charm fitness band gears up for wide release at low price

After failing to thrill in the low-cost wearable space with the slightly-too-pricey, not-sufficiently-ergonomic-or-sensor-packed Gear Fit back in 2014, Samsung pressed the pause button on prospective sequels and spin-offs, instead throwing its weight behind the Gear S2 smartwatch.But now it’s (also) time for a

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 rumored to come out next month with all-in-one bio-processor

We had the feeling Samsung wouldn’t hold off on the announcement of its intriguing next duo of activity-tracking wearables until fall ever since the Gear Fit 2 and IconX were first pictured and fleshed out by prominent leakster Evan Blass.After all, it makes a lot more sense to unveil the Galaxy Note 6 alongside a full-blown Gear S3 smartwatch in ...

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 rumored to come out next month with all-in-one bio-processor

We had the feeling Samsung wouldn’t hold off on the announcement of its intriguing next duo of activity-tracking wearables until fall ever since the Gear Fit 2 and IconX were first pictured and fleshed out by prominent leakster Evan Blass.After all, it makes a lot more sense to unveil the Galaxy Note 6 alongside a full-blown Gear S3 smartwatch in ...

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 activity tracker further showcased in colorful renders

When it rains, it pours. The old saying checks out as far as Samsung Galaxy Note 6 gossip goes, including recent word of an unexpected, unusually powerful “Lite” derivation, and it’s especially true for Gear Fit 2 rumors and visual leaks, which have been flooding the interwebs for

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Samsung unwillingly spills the beans on the Gear Fit 2 and Gear IconX wearables

With all its R&D, advertising and distribution resources invested in the Gear S2 smartwatch of late, Samsung disregarded the thriving low-cost fitness tracker market for a little too long, leaving Fitbit and Xiaomi to share worldwide domination, while

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Upcoming Samsung wearables leak: Gear Fit 2 wristband, Gear IconX earbuds

It used to be that Samsung was king of the wearables market, cranking out new models faster than most of us could keep up. But lately we’ve really seen the company start slowing things down: last year’s Gear S2 is still coasting along steadily, and sometimes it feels like Samsung’s let VR’s rise distract it a little from other wearable pursuits. But we’ve still heard whispers about where Samsung’s efforts could be headed next, and today we score a major ...

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