Samsung working towards QHD (and even 4K UHD) smartphone displays

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

If you’re the sort of smartphone user who’s perfectly happy with a 720p screen, thinks that 1080p is a little bit excessive, and these new quad HD 2560 x 1440 models are nothing short of crazy, you might want to put your head down for a moment and take a time out. That’s because Samsung has been talking about its plans for super-high-res displays at a South Korean conference, and it’s looking to take things past even 2K ...

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Do you buy Samsung’s mea culpa for accessory-killing Note 3 update?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Last week, following the start to distribution of the KitKat update for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3, we picked up on reports from users that their third-party cases were no longer functioning properly, stripped of S-View features. While that was bad news, it wasn’t exactly unexpected, since rumors stemming to last fall suggested that such a crackdown on “unauthorized” accessories was ...

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iPhone 6 will be bigger, $50 Moto, Galaxy Note 3 KitKat issues & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the official launch of the Moto X wooden back variants on Moto Maker. We then talk about the plans Motorola has just made public where a $50 smartphone is in the works. Up next we go through some analyst talk of the iPhone 6 sporting a bigger display, and how this is non-negotiable. The Google Nexus 5 and the Galaxy Gear make the news next since it seems that XDA-Developers has figured out how to make them work together. We end today’s show talking about Samsung’s plans to kill-off functionality to third-party cases of the ...

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Samsung starts killing-off functionality for unauthorized cases

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

If you were still holding on to the belief that Samsung might be one of the “cool” smartphone companies out there, not actively going out of its way to screw-over its users, last year saw that house of cards go a-tumblin’ down, with the Galaxy Note 3 at the forefront. First that was that bull about the SIM card region locking, and then in October we heard whispers about an upcoming system that would prevent Samsung phones like the ...

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Rose Gold Galaxy Note 3 coming to Verizon

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

Samsung introduced the Rose Gold and Merlot Red color options for the Note 3 at the beginning of December last year, and has ever since expanded the regions in which these are available. Earlier this month, when we were still busy with CES, @evleaks predicted that the Rose Gold options will arrive on Verizon’s line-up. Now, the images above and below are official images of the Verizon Rose Gold Galaxy Note 3, published by Samsung on its official website. There is currently no word on specific ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 – After The Buzz, episode 028

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Most new device launches go the same way: usually the press gets review units before they’re widely available, and we get to use them for a few days -or a week if we’re lucky- as we work on our review. Then press day arrives. The embargo on media coverage lifts, and everyone posts their reviews and videos at the same time. It’s a huge frenzy, commenters go nuts, and it’s a giant explosion of frantic opinion-sharing activity. For about … a day. And then it all goes away. Sure, there’s followup coverage as people find bugs and hidden features, but after that initial blast, not ...

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Google Nexus 10 renders, Moto G Google Edition, Note 3 KitKat & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the announcement of the Google Play Edition Moto G and its details. We then talk about the Moto X, which is now officially ready to land in Europe in the next two weeks. Samsung is next as we talk about the Samsung Galaxy S 5 launch plans, aside from the rumors of a better battery for its future flagship. Then we talk about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and how KitKat was recently made available in certain European countries. We later cover Sony’s launch of certain mid-tier phones to the market. We end today’s show talking about ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 KitKat update arrives in Poland, other regions to follow

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

The new king of superphones, as we called the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in our review, came with Android 4.3 installed out-of-the box, but, since its introduction, Google upped the version numbers to KitKat, and apparently, Samsung has already started rolling out the 4.4.2 update for the phablet in certain regions. Poland, to be more specific, is where the new firmware is available, and only on Snapdragon-powered versions of the phone. The reported build number for the refresh is N9005XXUENA6 — which ...

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Galaxy Note 3 durability report

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has been in the market for almost two months today. There’s no denying that the company hit a home run with their third iteration of the world’s first phablet, and many of you either have one, or want one. If you received the Note 3 on launch day like we did, there’s a very big chance that you’ll already have a fair idea of how this product stands-up to the wear and tear of daily use. I’ve always been famous among my friends for how much I baby my gadgets. I’m not a real fan of cases, but the way I keep my devices in pristine condition ...

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Galaxy Note 3 finally adds wireless charging to S-View Flip Cover

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Who’s got wireless charging on their mind? You’d better believe that we do, and we just spent a little time talking to you about what the tech might look like should Apple ever decide to implement it for its own devices. For the time being, if you want an official wireless charging solution (as opposed to something more akin to a third-party hack), your better bets are looking for phones on the WP8 or Android side of the fence. Tonight we learn about a new option for one of our favorite Androids, no ...

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Pocketnow Readers’ Choice 2013: Results

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Six weeks ago, we came to you with a simple request: tell us what you think were the best smartphones and best tablets of 2013. In the time that’s followed we’ve seen you vote… and vote, and vote, and vote. This past Friday, we finally closed the polls and got to the business of declaring some winners. With no further ado, let’s start checking out what you chose, beginning with smartphones:

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The advantages of carrying an oversized smartphone

Posted on by Taylor Martin

The big phones only get bigger, it seems. We’ve been clamoring over gigantic phones since the original Galaxy Note announcement, and possibly even before that over phones which are now comparably quite small. Personally, I’ve been carrying large phones since January 2012, not long after the original Galaxy Note made its way stateside. And I’ve been back and forth between loving and hating giant phones ever ...

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LG G Flex vs Galaxy Note 3 (Video)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Pitting smartphones against the Galaxy Note 3 usually goes something like this: “well, x phone is nice, but it doesn’t have the utility, multitasking, S Pen, or horsepower of the Note 3. So there.” Thanks to its substantial feature load, Samsung’s juggernaut has remained the essential master of the phablet space ever since its launch, leaving many would-be competitors in the dust when they show up with a big screen and not much else. That’s not the case this time around.

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LG G Flex torture test, Galaxy Note 3 lite, FTC approves Microsoft+Nokia & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily a we talk about the Microsoft-Nokia deal, which just got approved by the FTC. Then we talk about Meizu and its new smartphone with a display that exceeds current standards. Samsung is up next as we go through the new color variants of the Galaxy Note 3, along with a possible lite version of the Galaxy Note 3 in MWC. Then we talk about the Oppo N1, its release, and what to expect of the CyanogenMod variant. We end today’s show talking about the LG G Flex, and our first ever torture test. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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