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Six million Galaxy S4 devices shipped in 15 days, says Samsung

May 17, 2013

Samsung's Galaxy S4 seems to have crossed all sales records as far as smartphones are concerned. Samsung says it has shipped over 6 million units of the Galaxy S4 since the phone made its international debut on 26 April. #Technology #Samsung Electronics #Gadgets #MobileMonitor #Samsung Galaxy S4 #Mobiles #Galaxy S4
Samsung admits that Galaxy S4 does have WiFi issues

May 17, 2013

Samsung's latest smartphone the Galaxy S4, which is its biggest launch of the year is facing some serious Wifi issues and the company had admitted to the same. #smartphones #Technology #Samsung Electronics #Samsung #mobile phones #TechBuzz #Gadgets #WiFi #Samsung Galaxy S4 issues #Samsung Galaxy S4 wifi
Stretched to capacity, Samsung chasing Apple suppliers

May 17, 2013

Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers. #Apple Inc. #Technology #Apple iPad #TechWars #Samsung Electronics #Samsung #Personal Technology #Technology Rivals

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Samsung Releases TecTiles 2 NFC Tags With Galaxy S4 Support For $15

2013-05-17 15:39:00

Samsung had previously released its TecTiles programmable NFC tags for its Galaxy S3 around this time last year, but unfortunately with the release of the Galaxy S4, its TecTiles didn’t support its latest and greatest smartphone. But today, Samsung is re #Samsung Heavy Industries #Foursquare #Samsung Life Insurance
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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 And Mega 5.8 Reportedly Delayed

2013-05-16 20:21:00

The Samsung Mega 6.3 released was pegged between May 6 and May 12 where as the Mega 5.8 was due between May 13 and May 19. Furthermore, retailers in Europe have already confirmed that they won’t be having the devices in stock this month. A UK based retai #Samsung Heavy Industries #Europe #Samsung Life Insurance
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Galaxy S4 Nexus Edition Reportedly Akin To T-Mobile Variant

2013-05-19 22:15:00

According to a new report, the Galaxy S4 “Nexus” edition smartphone announced at I/O 2013, might be the T-Mobile variant of this smartphone that simply has modified software. Said to best meet the hardware criteria, T-Mobile’s S4 variant was chosen to be #T-Mobile #Samsung Heavy Industries #Google Inc.

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