Verizon finally comes through with Samsung Pay support on flagship Galaxy devices

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Last month, owners of Samsung phones like the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, and Galaxy Note 5 saw long-promised support for Samsung Pay finally go live in the US; beyond using their phones to make NFC-based payments, the service also supported the magstripe-emulation hardware in these handsets to conduct payments at NFC-less terminals. That was great news … except if you were on Verizon. While the other major carriers were all in line for the service’s US debut, Verizon found itself lagging behind, and it ...

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iPhone 6s Plus vs Galaxy Note 5 / S6 Edge+ (Video)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

If there’s ever been a Pocketnow headline with more complicated brand names, I sure don’t know about it. It’s an S year for Apple and a reinvention year for Samsung, with revised variants of the new iPhone going up against totally redesigned Galaxy offerings, and the result (in addition to the alphabet soup of branding) is a set of smartphones that have never been more alike – but which are still completely different. From new interface methods to new hardware designs, both Apple and Samsung are bringing something interesting to their smartphone offerings in 2015, and ...

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Samsung tipped to bring “major update” to Galaxy flagships; could it be Marshmallow?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is just around the corner, and from the language Google used on its announcement for the company’s upcoming September 29 event, we’re about to see the debut of the first Marshmallow smartphones very soon, indeed. And while the new Nexus phones may give us our first shot at Marshmallow, when can we expect updates for our existing phones? That answer sounds like it could be “soon” for Samsung’s 2015 flagship handsets, as a new rumors arrives claiming that ...

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Weak Samsung performance is expected for Q3, according to analysts

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

Whether Samsung should have officially made the Galaxy Note 5 available in more regions (read Europe, but not only) remains an open question, that opens the speculation flood gates. For whatever reason (and that’s a completely different debate), the South Koreans have opted to keep the 2015 phablet, for now, limited to only some regions, the US being the spearhead. One can argue that Samsung could have made a better ...

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Samsung mobile device orders to slow down in Q4 2015?

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

With the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note 5, these Samsung mobile devices constitute a very attractive line-up for this year. Despite making a couple of decisions which have generated controversy among both customers and the press (non-removable batteries, lack of expandable storage), the company’s 2015 ...

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Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 update brings some Galaxy S6 edge+ features

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 edge+ on August 13 (together with the Note 5), and the manufacturer also equipped it with some additional features. Some still believe that the Edge Screen is still not mature enough to justify its existence beyond showing off the ability to manufacture it, but that’s another topic. Opposed to the S6 edge, the S6 edge+ also brings an Apps Edge in addition to the People Edge, ...

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Samsung’s fast wireless charger for the Galaxy Note 5, GS6e+ goes up for sale

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With the launch of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge earlier this year, Samsung really put a priority on wireless charging support. Beyond being built right in to these phones themselves – not requiring any hardware add-ons – the hardware was designed to be compatible across popular standards, working just as well with WPC (Qi) as with PMA systems. But for the new Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, Samsung wanted to step up its wireless charging game even more, and announced support for advanced high-speed ...

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Samsung admits 128GB Galaxy Note 5 listings were in error

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Last week saw the debut of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, and while these are certainly some high-end phones worth getting excited about, they didn’t launch without a few complaints being raised, maybe most vocally concerning Samsung’s decisions regarding the batteries and removable storage options for these models: and in the case of the latter, that there simply weren’t any options to be had, with Samsung dropping long-present microSD support. As a result, we found ...

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Unpacking the Note 5, S6 edge+ and gunky personal oils | Pocketnow Weekly 161

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Update: The YouTube companion video is up, if you prefer listening to your podcasts that way. If you want us to keep on doing these companion videos in lieu of a live Hangouts during busy weeks like these, please give the video a like and subscribe to Pocketnow if you haven’t already. It helps us know that our efforts are in the right place. Thanks!Samsung had a few boxes it had to … unpack on Thursday. One of them contained a device we’ve really been waiting for. The other held a phone that basically came out this past spring. The compliments and complaints flew, the ...

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The weirdest thing about the Galaxy Note 5 is its newest accessory

Posted on by Michael Fisher

There’s a lot of talk floating around about the latest Galaxy Note. From one perspective, it’s Samsung’s most beautiful phablet yet, porting the top-notch design of the Galaxy S6 to the Note family and bumping some specs in the process. From another, it represents a watering down of an iconic brand once partly known for its no-compromises feature load. We made the case for both sides on the latest episode of the

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Samsung appears to also have a 128GB edition of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Today at its Unpacked event, Samsung announced the new Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, two phones with a heck of a lot in common. Beyond the usual stuff like SoC and RAM, those similarities extended to the same four color options, as well as the same choice of storage capacity. In its official on-stage announcement, Samsung mentioned both handsets coming in your choice of either 32GB or 64GB storage. Those same 32/64 options appear in Samsung’s formal press release, as well as in

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Galaxy S6 edge+: hands-on at Samsung Unpacked (Video)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Take a Galaxy S6 Edge and blow it up by ten percent. Or maybe take a Galaxy Note 5, round-out the edges of the screen, and shove an S Pen up in there. Whatever path you take, there are a lot of ways to get to the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, a device that, maybe more than any other new edition to the manufacturer’s lineup, feels like a mash-up of other hardware. But just because it might be a little derivative doesn’t mean there’s not a lot to like about the Galaxy S6 edge+, and today at Samsung’s Unpacked event, we had the chance to go hands-on with the phablet.While ...

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Carriers share news of Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+ pricing

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

It’s just after 3PM here in the US on Eastern time, and if you’ve been following today’s big launch news from Samsung (and what kind of smartphone fan can you call yourself if you haven’t been?) you know what that means: the start of pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. Formal retail availability won’t commence until August 21, but it sounds like online orders might be ...

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Galaxy S6 edge+ hardware breakdown: official specs

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Just like last year, Samsung’s latest phablet offerings consist of a pair of device. But unlike the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge, this time Samsung’s switching up its branding a little, dropping the Note name entirely for a new phablet that keeps the over-the-edge curved screen look of past Edge models, while dropping the S Pen that’s such a key part of the Note family. Meet the Galaxy S6 edge+.In nearly every way the Galaxy S6 edge+ is a close match to the Note 5 itself, aside from that glaring lack of stylus. Truthfully, the only differences we’re looking at ...

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Meet the new Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ with Samsung’s official videos

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The latest Galaxy phones are here, with Samsung revealing both the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ at today’s Unpacked event. We’ve already covered the announcements of both phablets, and with a Pocketnow crew on the ground at Samsung’s New York press event, we’ll be bringing you hands-on video of both models in just a little while.To help tide you over until those are live, we’ve ...

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