Samsung Galaxy S6 Will Be Launched On March 1

The Samsung Galaxy S6's launch date has finally been confirmed. Samsung has sent out invites for the next Samsung Unpacked event, to be held on March 1, two days before the Mobile World Congress 2015 begins. The Samsung Unpacked event held before the MWC is usually where the company launches its flagship smartphone for the year.

The Galaxy S6 is expected to come out alongside an Edge variant. Unlike the Galaxy Note Edge though, the S6 Edge is rumoured to have two edge screens. The devices will also have 2K displays along with Samsung’s newly announced octa-core 64-bit Exynos 7 SoC. The company has supposedly dropped the Snapdragon 810 from its flagship devices this time.

According to reports, the Galaxy S6 will be the biggest change in Samsung smartphones in a long time. The company has reportedly designed the S6 ‘from scratch’, adopting new design philosophies and incorporating metal into the design. Recent rumours suggest that the Galaxy S6 may even be an iPhone 6 look alike.

Either way, we’re going to get to know pretty soon. The event is scheduled for 6.35pm CET (1 AM IST) on March 1.

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Samsung Plans To Manufacture Tizen-Based Z1 Smartphone In Noida Plant

Samsung, the South Korean tech major, plans to manufacture its Tizen OS-based 'Z1' at its Noida facility soon, buoyed by the market response to its smartphone in the domestic market.
Samsung, which is the world's largest smartphone player, had launched the device in India earlier in January.

Samsung Z1 (Source: GSMArena)

"The compelling proposition of an easy to use and clutter free interface (of Z1), along with premium design has met wide consumer acceptance... The Z1 will be manufactured in company's Noida plant in UP" ,Samsung India Vice President Marketing (Mobile and IT) Asim Warsi told PTI.
The Noida facility has a capacity of producing over four million mobile phones a month and manufactures both affordable and high-end devices.
India is the first market globally, where the Z1 was launched at Rs 5,700, targeted at first-time smartphone buyers.
"The phone will soon be launched in Bangladesh," Warsi said.

According to industry sources, Samsung has sold about 50,000-55,000 units of Z1 since its launch on January 14.
Currently, only a few devices, including Samsung's smartwatch products run on the Tizen platform. A majority of Samsung's mobile phones are Android-based, which is also the dominant OS on most smartphones across the globe.
Samsung developed Tizen with Huawei Technologies and Intel Corp to challenge the Android software that powers most of the world's mobile devices.
The South Korean firm had, on several occasions in 2014, tried to launch a Tizen smartphone in Japan, France, Russia and India but every time balked at the last minute citing a lack of support from carriers and app developers.

One of its most affordable smartphones, the Z1 has Samsung offering localised entertainment apps and a simple user interface with the Tizen OS.
The dual-SIM device is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 768 MB RAM and 4GB internal memory expandable up to 64GB. The smartphone features a four-inch display, 3.1 MP rear and a VGA front camera and 1,500 mAh battery.
The Z1 was showcased at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco in 2014.
Previously, Samsung ran 'Bada' OS, which did not see much success. It has since been working on merging the platform with Tizen, which is backed by chipmaker Intel.
The other popular operating systems include Apple iOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone OS and BlackBerry's proprietary platform.

"Samsung Z1 sales have surpassed all expectations in a highly competitive and a fiercely fought price segment, which offers consumers the widest choice. We are also witnessing significant usage of the entertainment package with consumers downloading music and enjoying free movies and live TV," Warsi said.

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha Comes to India at Rs 39990

With the festival season just kicking off in the country, Samsung on Saturday launched its new Alpha smartphone in India. The phone will be priced Rs 39,990 and will be available in the first week of October.
The stylish phone is different from the trademark Galaxy design of the Korean tech giant and will try and woo those looking for a top end phone.

Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Powered by an octa-core processor (1.8GHz +1.3GHz) with 2GB RAM and Android Kitkat, Alpha will have a 4.7-inch HD super AMOLED screen.  It has a 12 MP rear camera and 2.1 MP front camera. The phone has a 1860 mAh battery and 32GB internal storage. The phone will also come with the fingerprint scanner.

Samsung claims the new display saves about 10 per cent of battery while the octa core professorship helps save on power consumption. Like in other top end Kitkat phones, the Alpha too comes with Ultra Power Saving. The phone comes with a heart rate monitor and syncs with Gear range of devices. It also has 4G LTE capability and Airtel Will give 5GB of LTE data and 2GB data 3G/2G free for two months.

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Samsung, Google Announce Global Patent Agreement For The Next 10 Years

San Francisco: Google Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which are frequently involved in patent infringement lawsuits but not against each other, announced on Sunday that they have reached a global patent cross-licensing agreement.

The deal covers patents currently owned by the companies, as well as any filed in the next 10 years, the companies said in a release. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The companies said the deal "would lead to deeper collaboration on research and development of current and future projects."

"By working together on agreements like this, companies can reduce the potential for litigation and focus instead on innovation," said Allen Lo, deputy general counsel for patents at Google, in a statement.

Samsung`s Seungho Ahn, head of the company`s intellectual property center, said the deal showed "the rest of the industry that there is more to gain from cooperating than engaging in unnecessary patent disputes."

The companies have been at the center of the smartphone patent wars, though more as allies than foes. The majority of the litigation - which has sprawled across three continents, has been between Apple and the various companies involved in making smartphones based on Google`s Android software, including Samsung and Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility. 

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