Friday, June 19, 2015

Announced Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 – the first smartphone Samsung front-flash – 3DNews

The company officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphones and Galaxy J5. Technical information, as well as their photos more than once before appearing on the web thanks to the efforts of insiders, and many details about them, as well as the appearance of already familiar to users.

Samsung introduced a smartphone aimed at an audience of young users in China, where they will be on sale this week.

It should be noted that the Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 – the first smartphone Samsung, equipped with frontal flash in addition to the wide-angle 5-megapixel camera for shooting self.

The specifications of the two smartphones are similar in many ways, including support for LTE fourth generation networks and the ability to use two SIM-card, 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of expandable flash memory, as well as 13-megapixel rear camera with aperture f / 1,9.

Smartphone Galaxy J7 is equipped with a 5.5-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels, based on eight-processor Snapdragon 615 and has a battery capacity of 3000 mAh. The dimensions of the smartphone are – 79,1 × 52,2 × 7,9 mm.

Galaxy J5 slightly smaller than the older model – 142 × 73 × 8,5 mm. The diagonal of its screen is 5 inches, resolution – 720p. The smartphone uses a quad-core 1.2-GHz Snapdragon processor 410, and battery capacity 2600 mAh.

Both smartphones Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 running Android 5.1 Lollipop and will be available in China in three colors: black, white and gold. Cost Galaxy J7 is 1798 yuan (about $ 289), and the Galaxy J5 will be offered at the price of 1398 yuan (about $ 225).

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Android-smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will go on sale in late August – Overclockers.ru

Some time ago, the media reported that the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will be released in July, not in September as previously expected. But then, the Korean company Samsung has officially stopped the speculation. However, sources again today talking about the fact that the successor to Galaxy Note 4 will be available before the autumn.


According to GSMArena referring to Asian sources, the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will hit stores in late August or early September, whereas his predecessors goes on sale in late September – early October, after their presentation at the September’s IFA in Berlin.

The exact reasons why Samsung decided to introduce Galaxy Note 5 earlier than expected, not called. According to one version, so she wants to get ahead of Apple, which in September will introduce new smart phones, including the 5.5-inch iPhone 6s, which is regarded as a potential competitor Galaxy Note 5.


By the way, Samsung is actively developing its own line of mobile processors Exynos, the most famous representative of which, the chip Exynos 7420, formed the basis of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. But with the release of its own mobile graphics accelerator it, according to источникам, I decided to hold off. According to them, the development of specialized mobile graphics company decided to postpone for five years. Instead, it will use its own third-party graphics SoC solutions. For example, according to a recent contract signed with ARM, Samsung will be able to use in their products graphics processors ARM, including the Mali-T820, 830, 860, T880 and all other future decisions of the family of Mali.

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There is evidence of a budget smartphone Samsung Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition – 3DNews

There is information about the new budget smartphone under the brand name Samsung. A model called Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition spotted on the official site of one of the Dutch retailers.

According to reports, Samsung Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition is equipped with 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 480 × 800 pixels, quad processor with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz (expected to be a 64-bit chip Marvell PXA1908) and two cameras – a 2-megapixel front and the main 5-megapixel with LED flash and record HD-video.

Telephone It supports fourth-generation network. The gadget will be sold with the operating system Android 5.1 Lollipop. The volume of non-volatile memory of 8 GB. Additional content can be stored on removable media microSD (up to 64GB), for which the appropriate connector apparatus is provided.

Sales of Samsung Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition will start in July 2015. Information about the cost of the product yet. Most likely, it will be offered for about the same price as the smartphone Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, which is very similar novelty. Galaxy Core Prime in Russia costs about 8 thousand. Rubles.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

In the test of autonomy Samsung Galaxy S6 Active doubled ahead of LG G4 – 3DNews

Announced a week ago protected the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 Active has not yet gone on sale in the global market, but some of our foreign colleagues have published the results of its testing. Specialists site Phonearena, for example, experienced model on the life of the battery.

The test was conducted on his own technique power, especially that we do not know. However, a resource provided comparative figures obtained during the test other topical today’s flagship smartphones on the platform of Android, including Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

Against the background of Galaxy S6 Active looked stiff upper lip, held out with the included display and under certain load a little over 12 hours. What kind of applications at the same time launched, not reported, but this result is consistent with the stated manufacturer of continuous operation 16 hours of video playback.

The second place went to test Sony Xperia Z3, which was able to hold out for more than 9 hours, While the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge discharged an hour more than ever before. LG G4 from took part in the contest sevens champions proved the most recent – his figure barely exceeded 6:00.

With regard to the time required to fully charge the battery, in this “nomination» Samsung Galaxy S6 Active of all competitors I was in the top three – the result is 103 minutes, that is a little more than one and a half hours. Longest charging Sony Xperia Z3 (235 minutes), and the fastest – Samsung Galaxy S6 (78 minutes).

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Samsung launches Gear VR Innovator Edition for Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in Russia – Ferra

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of Russian sales of the updated head-mounted display Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition, optimized for smartphones and Galaxy S6 Galaxy S6 edge.

The updated Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition is designed specifically for the Galaxy S6 models and S6 edge with their 5.1-inch screens S and open up new possibilities for entertainment and use of multimedia content in high definition.

The updated model Samsung Gear VR became 15% less. Locking straps and mechanical ventilation ensures a comfortable use. The time of the device can be extended with the ability to power through USB.

Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition will retail sale June 18. The recommended price – 14,990 rubles.

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The smartphone Samsung Galaxy found a new “hole”. The danger of 600 million users – CNews.ru

Over 600 million smartphones Samsung Galaxy contain open vulnerability allows hackers to silently deploy malicious code to the device, to intercept messages and telephone calls.

Smartphone Samsung Galaxy contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to gain access to the sensors, GPS, cameras and microphones, quietly install malicious applications, interfere with other applications and the operating of smartphone intercept messages and listen to calls, access to photos and videos. This was at the Black Hat conference in London, said the expert in information security of the company NowSecure Ryan Welton (Ryan Welton).

A vulnerability in particular, is contained in annex keyboard Swift, allows you to type text, leave your finger on the screen. According to the expert, this application is pre-installed on more than 600 million smartphones Samsung. It can not be disabled or deleted.

The problem lies in the fact that Swift is present in the application rather weak authentication mechanism mounted keypads and updates received via the Internet in the ZIP-packages.

The company NowSecure gave information about the vulnerability of Samsung in December 2014 was assigned the number Vulnerability CVE-2015-2865. Also experts informed the company Google – the developer platform Android.

In the early 2015 Samsung has provided its partners-carriers patch to correct the problem. But, according to NowSecure, today in the American version of Galaxy S6 problem is still present. As of June 16, 2015 as the vulnerability is still contained in the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Mini, according NowSecure. Analysts doubt that the distribution of the patch through operators – fast and effective solution.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

“Live” photos of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy J5 – 3DNews

The network has a number of “live” photos of unannounced smartphone Samsung Galaxy J5. The smartphone differs acceptable price at a good functionality and its presentation may take place in the near future.

New photos confirm design smartphone which have already tested the Chinese telecommunications equipment certification center TENAA. Samsung Galaxy J5 has a traditional smartphone Korean company design, polycarbonate housing and removable rear cover.

Smartphone Samsung Galaxy J5 is based on 64-bit quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 410 has 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB flash memory, expandable with support for memory cards. Diagonal screen smartphone is 5 inches, the resolution of 720p. Also reported a 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front. Battery capacity is 2600 smartphone mAh. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with a proprietary interface TouchWiz.

According to rumors, Samsung Galaxy J5 will debut simultaneously with the smartphone Samsung Galaxy J7. This model has a larger 5.5-inch display and system-on-chip Marvel PXA1936.

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