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Samsung enters the 8K fray with big screen QLED TVs

Darren Quick August 29, 2018

Samsung has entered the 8K arena with the Q900FN/R. Built around Samsung's quantum dot LCD technology that is designed to compete with OLED, the TVs pack over 30 million pixels and feature AI-powered 8K upscaling – which is just as well given the distinct lack of native 8K content currently.

Samsung's new 8K QLED TVs will be available from September

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Samsung's new Portable SSD uses Thunderbolt 3 for lightning-fast data transfer

Michael Irving August 28, 2018

At IFA this week, Samsung has unveiled the Portable SSD X5, a new solid state drive designed with speed in mind. To that end, it's kitted out with a Thunderbolt 3 connection and built on the NVMe platform, marking two firsts for Samsung's portable consumer SSDs.

Computers

Samsung's curvy new QLED monitor packs Thunderbolt 3 ports

Michael Irving August 27, 2018

With IFA 2018 about to kick off, Samsung is launching a new line of ultra-wide, curved, quantum dot monitors. But the main new addition is the Thunderbolt 3 port, which can transfer power, data and display much faster.

Samsung is launching three new curved QLED monitors, including a model with built-in Thunderbolt 3 ports

Home Entertainment

Samsung taps Harman audio expertise for premium soundbar launch

Paul Ridden August 15, 2018

Samsung has announced its first major collaboration with Harman since it bought the company early last year. Two premium soundbars have been revealed, both with up-firing and side-firing speakers for the promise of immersive three dimensional sound thanks to Dolby Atmos and DTS:X.

The HW-N950 (pictured) and HW-N850 soundbars are due for release on August 20

Smartwatches

Samsung Unpacked 2018: the Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Home speaker, and a smarter Bixby

David Nield August 9, 2018

Samsung had much more to show off at its Unpacked hardware event today besides the Galaxy Note 9: upgrades for its Bixby digital assistant, a Galaxy Home smart speaker with Bixby inside, and a new Galaxy Watch wearable. Here are the details you need to know about Samsung's new products.

The Galaxy Watch is Samsung's newest wearable, available in two sizes

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Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 arrives with a huge display and a supercharged stylus

David Nield August 9, 2018

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is here, with a giant 6.4-inch screen, top-of-the-line specs and an S Pen stylus that offers a few more tricks than previous years. It's instantly one of the most powerful and appealing Android phones of the year, but is it enough to pull users away from the next iPhone?

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has been unveiled in New York

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Samsung sounds death knell for hard drives with 4 TB QLC SSD

Paul Ridden August 7, 2018

Just over a decade ago, Samsung announced the imminent arrival of the first laptops to come with 32 GB NAND flash storage. Now the first consumer-level 4-bit, 4 TB SATA solid state drives have begun mass production, signaling a possible turning point for high capacity home storage.

"Samsung’s new 4-bit SATA SSD will herald a massive move to terabyte-SSDs for consumers," said Samsung's ...

Mobile Technology

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 instantly becomes the best Android tablet

David Nield August 1, 2018

With Google now turning to Chrome OS tablets, and Amazon hoovering up the budget end of the market, top-end Android tablets capable of taking on the iPad Pro directly are thin on the ground. The new Galaxy Tab S4 from Samsung, therefore, has immediately become the best of the bunch.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 arrives nearly a year-and-a-half after the Galaxy Tab S3

Mobile Technology

Samsung's "unbreakable" OLED screen aces military-grade testing

David Nield July 26, 2018

We keep on dropping our smartphones, so manufacturers keep on trying to find ways to make the displays on them tougher. Just a few days after Corning unveiled its improved Gorilla Glass 6, Samsung has shown off an officially "unbreakable" OLED panel destined for the Galaxy smartphones of 2019.

Samsung's new OLED panel ditches glass for a flexible plastic cover

Laptops

Intel processor and rear-facing camera for second-generation Samsung Chromebook Plus

Paul Ridden June 15, 2018

Samsung has announced the second version of its premium Chromebook Plus convertible laptop/tablet. The V2 sees the ARM processor of old swapped out for an Intel CPU, and it gains a second camera.

Sansung's second generation Chromebook Plus will go on sale from June 24