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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini successor rumored for late May, early June

Posted April 18, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
Samsung is reportedly preparing even more Galaxy phones for launch in the immediate future, this time an update to last year's Galaxy S3 Mini. Although the company hasn't said anything about the devices yet, Dutch site TechTastic found a couple…
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Samsung's record quarter: $8.3 billion profit, 63 million phones sold

Posted January 10, 2013, 9:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
Samsung has announced its fifth consecutive record-breaking quarter driven by strong sales of Galaxy devices, improving chip prices and increased demand for smartphone displays. The South Korean company's operating profit rose a whopping 89 percent to 8.8 trillion won ($8.3…
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Samsung countersues LG over OLED patent claims

Posted November 19, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
It looks like Samsung and LG Display are still at it. The latest wrinkle between the two companies is a Samsung-led lawsuit filed in Korea which alleges seven of LG's OLED patents "lack innovation". Apparently, Samsung hopes to invalidate those…
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Galaxy S III sales surpass 30 million, beat Samsung's expectations

Posted November 5, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has recorded more than 30 million sales of their flagship Galaxy S III smartphone according to a recent post on the company’s Polish Twitter account. The message was accompanied by a photo showing some Samsung employees celebrating the achievement. …
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T-Mobile says Galaxy S III is the top-selling device of all time

Posted October 8, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
A recent post on T-Mobile’s official Twitter account indicates that Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone has become the carrier’s top selling device of all time. It’s an interesting revelation considering the handset has only been available for a few months.…
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Nokia prices Lumia 920 higher than Samsung's Galaxy S III

Posted September 27, 2012, 10:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Nokia has priced their upcoming Lumia 920 smartphone higher than Samsung’s Galaxy S III, a move that has analysts wondering how the Finnish phone maker plans on justifying the premium. In some markets, Nokia’s flagship phone will sell for 25…
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Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S exploited at Pwn2Own competition

Posted September 20, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Dutch security researchers were able to breach Apple’s mobile OS at a Pwn2Own competition during the EUSecWest security conference in Amsterdam, which opened its doors yesterday. The exploit used a zero-day vulnerability in iOS 5.1.1 and the Golden master of iOS 6 to…
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Early iPhone 5 benchmark reveals dual-core 1GHz SoC, 1GB RAM

Posted September 17, 2012, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
Benchmark results purportedly from the iPhone 5 have surfaced which show the A6 chipset in indeed much faster than any previous Apple processor. An overall Geekbench score of 1601, if legit, is also reportedly faster than the average score of…
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iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 vs. Lumia 920: spec by spec rundown

Posted September 12, 2012, 2:30 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing Breaking News
Apple's latest and greatest phone is finally out of the cage. The iPhone 5 went throught millimetric scrutiny the weeks and months ahead its release and as it turns out, most of the late rumors we'd heard about a larger…
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Galaxy S3 overtakes iPhone 4S as the best selling phone in the US

Posted September 4, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Apple’s iPhone 4S has been knocked off its perch as the best selling smartphone in the US for the first time since the device launched in October 2011 according to Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley. Samsung’s Galaxy S III…
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Apple amends US lawsuit, seeks ban of Galaxy S3 and 21 more

Posted September 3, 2012, 3:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Apple looks set to deal Samsung a further blow after amending a lawsuit filed earlier in the year to include several of the South Korean firm’s latest smartphones, bringing the total number of devices that Apple seeks to ban to…
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Samsung soars to $5.9bn profit driven by Galaxy smartphone demand

Posted July 6, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Samsung's profits soared in its second quarter thanks to stronger than expected sales of its Galaxy S3 smartphone, despite parts supply problems and issues with maintaining stock levels at retailers. The South Korean firm's other businesses struggled however, with its…
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Samsung: Galaxy S3 to reach 10 million sales by end of July

Posted June 25, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Despite experiencing supply problems and suffering production errors with the rear cases of Pebble Blue handsets early on, which caused over half a million cases to be binned, Samsung says it's on course to sell 10 million of its new Galaxy…
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Not the sort of hot news Samsung wants: Galaxy S3 catches fire

Posted June 21, 2012, 10:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
There is no denying that Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, is red hot property right now. But unfortunately the news are the wrong sort of hot for Samsung this morning after one owner whose new prized possession got a little too hot...
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Foxconn CEO: iPhone 5 will put Samsung Galaxy S3 to shame

Posted June 21, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Apple
Foxconn's CEO Terry Gou used the company's annual shareholders' meeting yesterday to comment on the upcoming 'iPhone 5', saying it would best Samsung's latest flagship smartphone as well as highlighting his continued bitter resentment towards the South Korean technology giant. …
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Galaxy S III Review: Samsung's Worthy New Flagship

Posted June 20, 2012, 10:41 PM by Dan Seifert | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing
Last year Samsung solidified its position as the dominant Android smartphone manufacturer with the Galaxy S II. The massive success of this phone helped propel Samsung into becoming the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world.

Samsung isn't sitting idly by as others ramp up their smartphone offerings, and its efforts to stay at the top are wrapped up in the Galaxy S III, a 4.8-inch powerhouse of a smartphone. The S III features cutting edge hardware paired with useful software additions that make it an attractive option for the prospective smartphone buyer.
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Samsung suffers production error with Galaxy S3 'Pebble blue' covers

Posted May 28, 2012, 11:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
The impending UK release of Samsung's new flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone suffered a slight setback after a factory error resulted in the binning of over 600,000 of the 'pebble blue' rear battery covers due to a problem with manufacturing.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 hits 9 million pre-orders ahead of May 29 launch

Posted May 18, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
While Samsung's much anticipated Galaxy S3 smartphone won't be available for eager consumers to purchase until May 29 at the earliest, it hasn't stopped pre-orders for the phone from hitting a massive nine million units according to unnamed Samsung sources…
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Samsung confirms Exynos 4 Quad for Galaxy S3 smartphone

Posted April 26, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Following on from releasing a Galaxy S3 teaser at the beginning of the week, South Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced that their Exynos 4 quad-core mobile chip will power the now-imminent Galaxy S3 smartphone, bringing an end to speculations…
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Samsung releases Galaxy S3 teaser, benchmarks leaked

Posted April 23, 2012, 12:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News With Video
Samsung has released a new teaser video ahead of their scheduled Galaxy-themed Unpacked 2012 launch event early next month, including yet another teasing jab Apple's iPhone and their ever-faithful users. The company is certainly looking to drum up the hype with…
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Rumor: Samsung S-Cloud to arrive alongside Galaxy S3 on May 3

Posted April 20, 2012, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to launch a cloud-based service that will allow users to remotely store movies, photos, music, and other content with the ability to access them anytime on various Samsung TVs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. According to…
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Samsung confirms May 3 launch event, Galaxy S3 unveiling highly likely

Posted April 16, 2012, 9:41 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Samsung looks set to launch the Galaxy S3 smartphone at a launch event titled "come and meet the next Galaxy" on May 3 in London bringing an end to months of speculation and waiting for the new handsets...
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Rumor: Design and specs of new Samsung Galaxy S3 leaked

Posted October 11, 2011, 10:06 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
Details of a new Galaxy S smartphone emerged on Phandroid yesterday, after an anonymous source forwarded a snapshot of a slide thought to have been shown as part of an internal presentation to phone carrier and retail executives.
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