Adnan Farooqui

Senior Executive Editor at SamMobile

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Google reveals Samsung may bring many more AI apps to its phones

1 day ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

Google's Gemini AI powers many AI features on Samsung's Galaxy phones and tablets. The two companies have worked closely on many AI features and Google had even made a few Gemini features exclusive to Galaxy devices for some time. Now Google has itself revealed Gemini may not always enjoy such preference on Samsung's devices. It revealed that Samsung is in talks with several companies to bring their AI apps to its mobile devices.
Samsung will reportedly end DDR4 production this year

1 day ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

Samsung has been one of the largest suppliers of DDR4 memory chips for the longest time. It appears that the company has now made the decision to say farewell to this legacy technology and focus its resources on newer memory technologies. A new report claims that Samsung is going to discontinue DDR4 production by the end of this year. The move aims to free up resources and manufacturing capacity for higher margin products like DDR5, LPDDR5 and HBM.
Samsung scores an industry-first verification for OLED brightness

1 day ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships, we may earn a commission. This is the first time that UL Solutions has provided a marketing claim verification based on the PCL metric. Reading time: 2 minutes Samsung Display has received an industry-first true bright marketing claim verification from UL solutions for its OLED displays.
Samsung donated $315,000 to Trump's 2025 inauguration committee

1 day ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

It's common for major companies, based both in the US and abroad, to make donations to an incoming president's inauguration committee. The longstanding practice is seeing as a signal to align with the new president and the incoming administration. Data from the Federal Election Commission has revealed that Samsung joined other leading South Korean companies in donating to President Trump's 2025 inauguration committee. It donated $315,000 through its local subsidiary, Samsung Electronics America.
How to turn off read receipts on Android phones

2 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships, we may earn a commission. They're enabled by default on your Samsung Galaxy phone's native texting app. Reading time: 2 minutes Read receipts on Android phones are a function of Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging that has replaced SMS.
Samsung's tri-folding phone may disappoint in this one key area

2 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

It's no secret that Samsung has a tri-folding phone in the pipeline. The company confirmed as much when it put up a silhouette of such a device when mentioning its plans for the future during the Galaxy S25 launch event back in January this year. Rumors and leaks about the device have since trickled in even though Samsung hasn't provided any official details yet. One such rumor points to the device's charging speed which will be disappointed for those who were wishing for a major improvement.
Samsung fires another legal torpedo against its main Chinese rival

2 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

BOE is one of China's biggest display manufacturers and it's also fast becoming a serious competitor to Samsung Display globally. Even Apple has been buying OLED panels from BOE, most recently for its new iPhone SE. Samsung Display does have some grievances against its main Chinese rival who it accuses of infringing on several of its patents on display technologies. It has already filed several lawsuits against BOE and has now filed yet another.
Samsung's US chipmaking dreams have given it a $1.21 billion loss so far

2 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

The vast majority of Samsung's chip manufacturing is done in South Korea, which is also where chips are made on its most advanced processes. The company does have a chipmaking setup under its Arizona subsidiary in the United States and has spent nearly $20 billion building out a new advanced facility in Taylor, Texas. Lucrative orders have been hard to come by for Samsung Foundry, even for its advanced 3nm process in South Korea, which is why it has been bleeding cash.
Google pays Samsung an 'enormous sum' to install Gemini on Galaxy devices

2 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

Google paying tech companies to offer its services on their devices is nothing new. It famously pays Apple billions of dollars to ensure that Google remains the default search engine on its computers, smartphones, and tablets. The internet search giant has also struck similar deals with Samsung in the past.
Vivo's camera department is cooking, Samsung's just reheating

3 days ago | sammobile.com | Adnan Farooqui

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships, we may earn a commission. Who let Vivo's camera department cook up this insanity with the X200 Ultra? Reading time: 5 minutes “Let him cook” is probably what some supervisor at Vivo must have said while the whole engineering team looked on in disbelief as someone from the camera team threw together a seemingly insane camera setup for the company's new X200 Ultra phone.