Samsung has revealed that the total number of pre-orders it received for its newest flagships – the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge – in Europe was over 2.5 times more than what it received for previous Galaxy phones in the region.

People standing in line for new Samsung flagships

The revelation, which was made by the Netherlands subsidiary of the South Korean company on its website, came just days after Samsung’s mobile chief Koh Dong-jin said that Galaxy S7/S7edge pre-orders have been stronger than what the company was expecting. Samsung Netherlands also revealed that of the two flagships, the edge variant is more popular, accounting for a total of 61% pre-orders placed in Europe.

In case you missed, the flagships officially went on sale worldwide yesterday.

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You know this has happened to you before: You are going on a trip which involves staying overnight in a hotel so when you pack you are thinking to yourself: “I should pack my Chromecast too!” So you roll the USB cable up with your Chromecast and stuff it into a suitcase while you think about what a genius you are.

Next, you get to your hotel room, hopefully it has a TV with HDMI ports. Then you plug your Chromecast in and power it up, only to realize that you cannot use it because in order to use your hotel’s Wi-Fi, you need to use a web-based login page to gain access to the internet.

You are like “Daaaamnnnn, I can’t use my Chromecast. UGH! Maybe I can tether to my phone.” But if you don’t have unlimited data, you might hate yourself.

But as it turns out, with the Galaxy S7, (In theory, as I haven’t tried this myself) you’d be able to log into the web-based hotel Wi-Fiwith your phone, accept the terms and blah blah blah (now here’s where it gets interesting). There’s a feature on the Galaxy S7 (and edge) called Wi-Fi sharing. It allows your phone to act as a Wi-Fi repeater to retransmit the signal of another Wi-Fi network.

All you have to do is the following:

Log into hotel Wi-Fi using phone
Turn on Wi-Fi tethering
Factory reset your Chromecast with the app
Set up Chromecast with phone’s hotspot
Mooch off hotel Wi-Fi

To turn the Wi-Fi sharing feature off, you can go to Settings >> Mobile hotspot and tethering >> and tap on the MORE tab.

Now, I don’t have an S7 unit myself, so I cannot confirm if a secondary device is needed to control the Chromecast or if you can use the S7 to control the Chromecast directly. If you have an S7 and would like to try this out, let us know in the comments if you are able to tether your Chromecast to your S7 AND control the Chromecast WITH your S7.

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One of the main reasons Samsung has been so successful alongside Apple in the past several years was by matching Apple’s advertising campaigns and promoting the crap out of these phones. Samsung has already been promoting the Galaxy S7 a lot even before it launched today.

Samsung started by throwing in a Gear VR with a pre-order of the new phone. Then, Samsung USA released three new ads a couple of weeks ago, next, a man with a jetpack flew alongside the Dublin River in a stunt coordinated with Samsung Ireland to promote the Galaxy S7.

And finally today, Samsung released three new ads all featuring Lil’ Wayne, the most notable of which shows Lil Wayne pouring a bottle of champagne all over a Galaxy S7 and then dunking it into a fishtank. Samsung really wants to make sure viewers KNOW this phone is fully submersible in water.

Check out the ads released today featuring Lil’ Wayne:

And in case you missed them, check out the other bunch of ads that came out a couple of weeks ago. My favorite ads of the bunch are “Water” and “The Dark”.

I have to say after seeing the previous bunch of ads, they are all really good. The ads do a great job of building up a point and then slapping you in the face with the reality of why you need to get the Galaxy…

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(Also known as the Moto X Style outside the US)

If you’ve been looking for a deal on the Moto X Pure Edition, look no further. Motorola’s last phablet is slimming down its price across multiple retailers both online and brick and mortar.

Best Buy has the phone available either shipped from virtual shelves or you can walk into a store and pick up the black model. Though, it’d be a good idea to check your local store’s inventory before making the trip.

If you don’t feel like going anywhere and would rather let Amazon ship the phone to you with two-day Prime shipping, you can choose between a white and black model. And if you don’t want either black or white, you can even design your own Moto X Pure Edition directly on Moto Maker!

Even Motorola’s official website has slashed the price of the Moto X. So you can customize your Moto X to exactly how you want it to look and still pay the same $300 discount price. That’s a great deal for a great phone.

The Moto X is compatible with all GSM and CDMA networks in the US including Sprint and Verizon. The Moto X features a Snapdragon 808 chipset paired with 3GB of RAM and Adreno 418 graphics. There’s a large 5.7 inch LCD display big enough to enjoy photos taken with the 21MP rear facing camera. There is also a microSD card slot to store up to 128GB of your media library.

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