Daily Archives: April 16, 2015

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge sales now expected to hit 70 million mark

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A month after a CitiBank analyst predicted that Samsung may sell over 50 million units of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, the South Korean company has said that it is expecting sales of its latest devices to cross the 70 million mark.

"The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are drawing positive responses. I have no doubt that they will be the biggest-sellers in the Galaxy series ever," said a company executive. Echoing similar sentiments, Samsung's Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun said, "The S6 should do well. The first week looks impressive."

This is certainly good news for Samsung, which lost its number one position in the global smartphone market to rival Apple in the last quarter of…

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Verizon’s Galaxy S6 phones won’t have Microsoft apps pre-installed

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Last month, it was announced that Samsung's latest devices, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, will ship with Microsoft OneNote, Skype, and 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage. However, according to a Wall Street Journal report, two of the big four carriers in the US are not on-board with the arrangement.

As per the report, S6 units from Verizon won't come with any of the apps, while those from AT&T won't have OneDrive pre-installed.

Although spokespersons for Samsung, Microsoft, and Verizon didn't comment on the reason behind the move, they said customers who purchase the devices from AT&T and Verizon can download the apps from Google…

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Upcoming ZTE mid-ranger with fingerprint sensor leaks

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Press images of an upcoming ZTE mid-range smartphone made the rounds online. Sporting a plethora of different colors, the handset is expected to launch in China in the immediate future.

Rumored specs of the smartphone include chipset with octa-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 5″ 1080p display. The camera is tipped to be a 13MP unit.

If the leaked images are to be believed, ZTE will also feature a fingerprint sensor. The latter is visible on the back of the device, below its camera.

A fingerprint sensor will surely help the upcoming ZTE mid-ranger stand out in its highly competitive segment. We will keep an eye out for more info on the smartphone going forward.

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