Samsung wants the world to know Android 7.0 Nougat is properly rolling out to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at last, with more devices to be updated soon.
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Samsung seems to have impressively bounced back from embarrassing Galaxy Note 7 scandals already, at least as far as overall financial gains are concerned, never suffering much in terms of brand confidence anyway.
But the real test is yet to come, and we’re all curious about the market’s response to a prospectively game-changing Galaxy S8. As always, its makers expect the world from the “next big thing”, reportedly asking supply partners for enough components to build and sell 60 million units this year alone.
Just how ambitious is that number? Not as ambitious as 100 million, which is apparently the 2017 shipment goal of the low to mid-end Galaxy J lineup. Meanwhile, the upper mid-range Galaxy A series, now consisting of water-resistant models, has its sights set on a “modest” 20 million sales target.
To put those figures in the right context, let’s look back at the Galaxy S7, S6 and S5, which reportedly sold between 45 and 48 million copies apiece, preceded by the most successful S in history, the 70-million-worth GS4.
Of course, the Note family wasn’t that big in 2013, the high-end smartphone industry didn’t know what saturation meant, and the budget flagship concept sounded like a pipe dream.
As for entry-level J devices, they badly need lower price points than last year to fend off an avalanche of sub-$250 China-made killers, slowly making their way even stateside. Bottom line, it’s all doable for the global smartphone champ, but it’s not going to be easy.
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Never to be outdone by AT&T, T-Mobile follows up its recent DIRECTV Now promotion and One Plus add-on upgrades with another BOGO deal of its own. As straightforward and advantageous as always, this lets you score a free Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge, Edge+, Note 5 or J7 upon purchasing a Galaxy phone of equal or greater value.
You just need to activate two separate T-Mobile One lines of service, and get at least one of the Android devices on an eligible Equipment Installment Plan. After taking care of any down payment (which you’ll also be credited for), a mail-in rebate in the form of a prepaid MasterCard card will be promptly sent your way.
It’s that easy, and if you hurry, you can procure a pair of awesome tech Christmas gifts for a super-low combined price right at the eleventh hour. Oh, yeah, and the “Un-Carrier” still offers to cover your remaining device payments and early termination fees with the competition (up to $650 per line) if you choose to switch networks.
Last but not least, the Samsung Galaxy On5 continues to cost $0 down and $0 a month with a T-Mobile One “plan.” And still, John Legere insists there’s something even cooler around the corner.
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It took a while, but now we can see all of America’s big four mobile carriers showing the gift-giving spirit, with your favorite high-end smartphones heavily discounted or outright given away for free by Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T.
At first glance, Ma Bell’s Black Friday deals may well and justifiably be deemed as underwhelming. On AT&T’s savings-dedicated webpage, you’ll find a mediocre Galaxy S6 and LG G5 reward program advertised most prominently.
LG’s H1 2016 modular handheld can score you $300 VISA reward cards through December 29 on Next installment plans, whereas “select” Samsung Galaxy S6 phones only come with $200 coupons. And then there’s a so-so LG G Pad X 8.0 tablet available free of charge on-contract. Also, 50 percent off JBL Under Armour wireless Bluetooth headphones, and 25 percent off select cases, both offers valid until November 28.
Finally, a free prepaid ZTE Maven 2 by December 31, and $100 AT&T Visa reward cards with “qualifying” DirecTV subscriptions.
After doing some more digging though, it turns out AT&T can also hook you up with a free iPhone 7 or Samsung Galaxy S7 this holiday season, as long as you agree to Next plans and add DirecTV service to your account as well. Better yet, the GS7 is joined by a complimentary Gear VR headset, and the Galaxy Tab E can also be yours for free if you sign up to a 24-month pact. Oh, and the marked-down LG G5 is offered with a gratis bundled G Pad X 10.1 on a similar 2-year agreement. Not too shabby after all!
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If Samsung perhaps didn’t need Black Friday blowouts in past years to get people excited about the company’s super-successful flagship phones for the holidays, we kinda sorta assumed 2016 would be different.
But it looks like all those Note 7-redeeming discounts on the S7 and S7 Edge got the chaebol prematurely out of the celebratory mood, at least stateside. There’s still a bunch of deals in the pipeline, some rolling out as early as November 18, others on the 20th, and a couple saved for a 28th Cyber Monday start.
Unfortunately, we don’t see anything about additional GS7 cuts previewed on Samsung’s US website. Just certified pre-owned S6 and S6 Edge units slated to cost $400 and $450 respectively before long, a fairly disappointing $70 Gear VR (2015) promo, $150 Gear Fit 2 wearable, $230 Gear S2, $250 S2 Classic, and $300 Gear S3 smartwatches.
The very recently released Gear S3 is the only one we’d wholeheartedly recommend you purchase next week at a $50 markdown in Classic or Frontier derivations, while the tablet selection on sale will include a $400 Galaxy View, $250 Tab A 10.1 with S Pen, $200 standard Tab A 10.1, $150 Tab E 9.6, and $100 Tab A 7.0. Good thing third-party retailers are always in a giving mood this time of year.
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America’s number one discount retailer, which just so happens to also be the world’s largest company by revenue, today follows the comprehensive Black Friday 2016 preview trend by laying all its (heavily marked down) cards on the table for the consumer and competition to catch a glimpse of.
As far as our mobile-first readership is concerned, we probably have to start breaking down Walmart’s mammoth 36-page holiday deal ad with a special mention for free $250 gift cards offered alongside any Apple or Samsung phone activated on AT&T Next or Verizon device payment plans. Any iPhone or Galaxy qualifies, mind you, not just the 7 and S7.
Other standout Walmart gadget bargains compared to Target’s BF steals include a $99 no-contract iPhone 5s and $249 Samsung Galaxy S6 on Straight Talk. If you’d rather sign up to a more popular prepaid operator, Verizon’s $39 Galaxy J3 or AT&T GoPhone’s $49 Huawei Ascend XT sound like pretty solid budget options too.
Then you have several super-low-cost Fitbit wearables, ranging from a $69 Flex 2 to a $129 Charge 2, and both Android and iOS tablets on sale, including a $99 Lenovo Tab 3 10.1 and $200 iPad mini 2. For your living room entertainment needs, Walmart can hook you up with $25 Chromecast 2 or Roku Express Plus HDMI dongles, and all the festivities begin Thursday, November 24, at 6 pm in physical stores.
Avoiding the long lines and inevitable brawls for that last $300 Smart 4K TV is a piece of cake, as digital aisles will be stocked with millions of discounted items all day Thursday. So, yeah, you’re basically looking at a Black Thanksgiving here.
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A free LG G5 or iPad mini 4, as well as a heavily discounted iPhone SE, iPad Pro 9.7 and iPad Air 2, sounded like killer Black Friday deals possibly in the works at the nation’s leading “UnCarrier.” But there was also something off about a prospective buy-one-get-one-half-off arrangement on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 flagship.
Thankfully, T-Mobile either reconsidered the terms of its latest BOGO promotion, or that Reddit tipster has just been proven wrong by an early weekend sale letting you “treat yo self” to a pair of GS7s at the regular price of only one unit from Friday, November 11 to Sunday the 13th.
That’s a proper BOGO package, i.e. Buy One Get One free, and all you need to do to qualify for 24 complimentary monthly credits of $28.75 each ($690 in total) is purchase your first Galaxy S7 copy with an Equipment Installment Plan and add an eligible line of service.
You’ll of course need to pay your $690 to score an extra $690 pre-holiday gift, or you can opt for a Galaxy S6, S6 Edge or S6 Edge+, and both cough up a little less, as well as receive a slightly humbler two-year freebie package.
T-Mo will also obviously allow you to combine any two models of the above, and get the typically cheaper one for free. Alas, there’s no new BOGO love in store for the S7 Edge.
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According to mobile analytics firm Appboy, out of 100+ million data points recorded between October 20 and 27, the Pixel achieved 0.016 percent market share while the Pixel XL staked 0.02 percent at the end of its first week of wide availability.
It is claimed that last year’s Nexus 6P took more than two weeks to reach those levels. We don’t have a point of relativity for the Nexus 5X as Pocketnow does not have direct access to this report. We also don’t know if these market share percentages are universal or within Android.
Lack of inventory has been working against what’s believed to be Google’s largest marketing efforts around an own-brand smartphone in shipping out its new phones to customers. A pulse of deliveries occurred on October 25, which was able to spike the Pixel XL’s apparent market share by 158 percent and the Pixel’s by 274 percent by week’s end. Appboy believes that the numbers are constrained by the supply issues.
Contrasting numbers observed from Samsung’s latest devices, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S6 obviously had many times the market share more on launch day and a week out. Though both phones had approximately the same market share on their launch days, seven-day growth fell from 171 percent on the S6 to 104 percent on the S7.
Keep in mind that Appboy’s figures come out of its own methodology of data collection. That may skew numbers just a bit as they have for iOS adoption rates. But Google does have its some shipment goals to live up to.
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Now that the new Gear VR headset (with support for the Galaxy Note 7) is out, it’s about time that Samsung’s older headset make a run down the price ladder, right?Amazon certainly agrees as it has slapped on its “Deal of the Day” label on the Gear VR, compatible with the Galaxy S6 through the Galaxy S7 edge. Until midnight ...
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Just seven days in, and we already know quite a lot about which phones should be getting upgraded to Android 7.0 in the relatively near future. It’s not all good news, we’re afraid, as the Sony Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact and other
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Ready to hop into the future? Yep, we’re talking to you, too, Galaxy S6 owners (unfortunately, not the odd Note 4 peep). Well, Samsung’s newest Gear VR headset is ready for you to snap up on Amazon for $99.99.Some distributors have had pre-orders since August 3, but for many US customers, this is the earliest they’ll get.Sales officially begin a week from today on August 19.Source: AmazonVia:
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Samsung’s new Game Launcher and Game Tools that launched with the Galaxy S7 and is on the Note 7 is about to make its way down across the Note 5, the Galaxy S6 and all of its siblings.That’s according to SamMobile, which first found the Game Launcher app in the Galaxy Apps store. The Game Launcher ...
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As T-Mobile prepares to fulfill Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders, some at zero down, the carrier figures that there’s a whole bunch of inventory space it would want to clear up before taking in shipments at its stores.Why not sell some more Samsung phones?Starting tomorrow, every major flagship from the Galaxy S6 up through the Galaxy S7 edge are up for a “buy one, get one ...
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Samsung-loving bargain hunters have been able to net solid savings on the Galaxy S7, S6 and S6 Edge of late thanks to trusted and generous eBay retailers, but for some reason, Galaxy S6 Edge+ deals were rarely offered both on the auction website and at other discount specialists.Today being
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What, you didn’t really think the big, bad, purportedly greedy and obsolete carriers would sit idly by as the “Uncarrier” once again reaps the rewards of extremely bold and aggressive marketing? The first to hit back at T-Mobile’s “best deal ever” is Tuesday freebie rival AT&T starting tomorrow, Friday, July 15.Through August 31, i.e. right on time for back to school and fall ...
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