Tag: samsung
Samsung refuses to pay Android royalties to Microsoft
Android Central reported on Samsung refusing to pay Android royalties to Microsoft because the latter was a direct hardware competitor. We reported a while about Microsoft’s action against Samsung. Samsung is now stating that since Microsoft owns Nokia’s devices unit, sharing sensitive data with the company would result in a breach of US antitrust laws.…
Samsung suffered a 73.9% drop in Q3 mobile profits while Apple’s rose 11.3 percent
AppleInsider wrote about Samsung and Apple’s Q3 mobile profits. That means Samsung is now earning about one third of Apple’s profits while still shipping over twice as many phones. Take a moment to let that sink in.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 delivers poor graphics performance
Apple Insider reported on the Samsung Galaxy note 4 being outperformed by the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus despite haveing more cores and RAM. Samsung’s own even-higher resolution Note 4 (or equally high resolution Galaxy S5 flagship) both turn in benchmarks far lower than Apple’s new 6 Plus—and less than half that of last year’s…
Microsoft sues Samsung for $6.9 million
Recode reported on Microsoft’s lawsuit against Samsung’s breach of contract. Microsoft’s lawsuit against Samsung was unsealed on Friday, revealing that the software maker believes it is owed $6.9 million in unpaid interest from last year. Of course, Samsung would not intentionally avoid paying. A lot is at stake in the case, as is made clear…
Samsung says Note 4 screen gap is a feature, not a manufacturing flaw
9to5 Google reported on Samsung saying that the screen Gap on the Galaxy Note 4 is a feature. Android Central reported that Samsung acknowledged the issue in the Note 4 manual: A small gap appears around the outside of the device case This gap is a necessary manufacturing feature and some minor rocking or vibration…
Analyst: Samsung sets Apple up for easy victory this fall
AppleInsider reported on Samsung’s ‘rushed,’ ‘half-baked’ announcements. Analyst Brian White: “In our view, this strategy was ill-advised because we found the event ‘half baked’ with no details around the price points, launch dates a bit fuzzy, limited technical specifications, and ‘gimmicky’ features,” White said in his note, a copy of which was provided to AppleInsider.…
Samsung’s cutting edge innovation
The Verge reported on the Galaxy Note Edge. It’s an odd idea, turning this vertical rail into essentially an always-on secondary display. Is it best-suited as a ticker? A notification center? A quick-launch taskbar? Samsung doesn’t seem entirely sure, and in a few minutes of using the Galaxy Note Edge it was clear that while…
Samsung’s sixth smartwatch
Android Central reported on the Samsung Gear S. So here we are with Samsung’s sixth — yes, a full half-dozen — smartwatch in a little more than the space of a year. To wit: The Samsung Galaxy Gear, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit, Gear Live and, now, the Gear S. That’s a whole…
Viability of a cheap iPhone
Benedict Evans discussed about how cheap iPhones would fare. The narrative generally splits the market into four rough segments: $50-100 smartphones: currently these are dominated by companies you’ve never heard of using off-the-shelf chips from Mediatek, Spreadtrum and others, and though they run Android and have 3G they often have only 256 meg of RAM,…
Microsoft’s Samsung action
Microsoft made a statement regarding its filing of legal action against Samsung. We don’t take lightly filing a legal action, especially against a company with which we’ve enjoyed a long and productive partnership. Unfortunately, even partners sometimes disagree. After spending months trying to resolve our disagreement, Samsung has made clear in a series of letters…