http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-galaxy-s4-the-worlds-best-smartphone-says-impartial-review/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-galaxy-s4-the-worlds-best-smartphone-says-impartial-review/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:15:21 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167567 An independent arbiter of how good things are has declared the Samsung Galaxy S4 the best smartphone of them all, with the device dethroning LG’s Optimus G in the Consumer Reports mobile rankings. The non-profit site says a mixture of Samsung’s decent camera, glove-friendly touch screen, split-screen display, software optimisations and general performance mean it’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-galaxy-s4-the-worlds-best-smartphone-says-impartial-review/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-uses-optimisation-excuse-to-calm-watchdog-sad-man-fury/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-uses-optimisation-excuse-to-calm-watchdog-sad-man-fury/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:58 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166389 Samsung has issued a slightly vague response to that kicking it took on the BBC’s Watchdog last night (above), claiming it’s the “innovative and unique features” that hoover up so much of the phone’s internal storage space. However, it is looking at, perhaps, optimising things to free up a few more  bytes for use. Here’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-uses-optimisation-excuse-to-calm-watchdog-sad-man-fury/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whoa-googles-selling-a-pure-android-samsung-galaxy-s-4-on-google-play/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whoa-googles-selling-a-pure-android-samsung-galaxy-s-4-on-google-play/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 17:12:25 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166214 YOU GUYS! Google just announced at I/O that it’s going to be selling a Samsung Galaxy S4, unlocked, with stock Android, on Google Play starting June 26. Just to pick out the important words for you: “STOCK” “ANDROID” “GALAXY S 4.” The phone will be unlocked GSM, so it’ll run on pretty much any network, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whoa-googles-selling-a-pure-android-samsung-galaxy-s-4-on-google-play/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bloat-free-google-edition-samsung-galaxy-s4-planned-for-google-io/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bloat-free-google-edition-samsung-galaxy-s4-planned-for-google-io/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 09:45:34 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165968 Samsung might be about to make its Galaxy S4 even more appealing to the Android hardcore, with a rumour suggesting a version of the phone running unskinned Android may be one of the announcements to come out of today’s Google I/O developer event. The news, which comes from tech site Geek, claims Google and Samsung [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bloat-free-google-edition-samsung-galaxy-s4-planned-for-google-io/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rugged-zooming-mini-and-blue-galaxy-s4-models-spotted-on-planet-samsung/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rugged-zooming-mini-and-blue-galaxy-s4-models-spotted-on-planet-samsung/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:15:04 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165260 Samsung’s never been shy about releasing new kinds of mobile phone, but it’s taking things to the next level with its extending of the Galaxy S4 range. Four new S4 tweaks are now known to be on the way, as the Galaxy range expands faster than the universe. First up we have more on the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rugged-zooming-mini-and-blue-galaxy-s4-models-spotted-on-planet-samsung/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bbcs-watchdog-readying-attack-on-samsung-galaxy-s4s-onboard-storage-space/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bbcs-watchdog-readying-attack-on-samsung-galaxy-s4s-onboard-storage-space/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 10:15:37 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164723 In a move suggesting there’s no more serious a crime in today’s society than a rich man’s new toy not quite working as advertised, the BBC’s investigative TV show Watchdog is planning to shame Samsung over that disparity in advertised and real-world storage space. In an end-of-programme trailer for the May 15th edition of the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bbcs-watchdog-readying-attack-on-samsung-galaxy-s4s-onboard-storage-space/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-bags-baffling-exclusive-on-itv-player-android-app/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-bags-baffling-exclusive-on-itv-player-android-app/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 09:45:23 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164458 For some utterly bizarre reason, probably to do with an enormous amount of Korean Won hitting ITV’s bank account, Samsung and ITV have joined up to make the updated ITV Player Android app a Samsung exclusive — meaning you need a Samsung phone or tablet to install it. Citing the oft-used “fragmentation” excuse, ITV says [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-bags-baffling-exclusive-on-itv-player-android-app/feed/ 19 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:15:27 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163829 Usually reliable internet sources claim Samsung’s preparing another Android model, this one going by the name Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. The alleged phone shrinks the S4′s screen size to 4.3″ but adds a 16-Megapixel sensor around the back by way of compensation. It’s less of a phone than the Galaxy S4 and less of a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/speed-up-your-samsung-galaxy-s4s-home-button-with-a-little-tweak/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/speed-up-your-samsung-galaxy-s4s-home-button-with-a-little-tweak/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 10:45:00 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163784 Samsung threw the kitchen sink at the Galaxy S4, landing it with more software bloat features than you can shake a stick at. Unfortunately, S Voice slows down your home button, making it appear laggy when it totally shouldn’t. Unless you actually use it regularly, simply disable that sucker to get back that zippy feel. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/speed-up-your-samsung-galaxy-s4s-home-button-with-a-little-tweak/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:08 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163483 Striking yet another blow at the heart of anyone who wanted a high-end phone in a reasonably-sized body, Samsung has released the Galaxy Core, a 4.3-inch phone with incredibly mediocre specs for people too poor to afford a Galaxy S4. The specs read exactly like a flagship phone from two years ago: dual-core 1.2Ghz processor, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/looks-like-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-will-get-cyanogenmod-after-all/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/looks-like-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-will-get-cyanogenmod-after-all/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 08:45:22 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162672 Despite a locked bootloader and rumours to the contrary, it seems Samsung’s latest Galaxy S4 flagship will get a touch of the Mod after all, probably because Steve “Cyanogen” Kondik has one himself. Great news for people who want to eradicate TouchWiz from their immense new quad-core-only smartphone. [CyanogenMod via Android Community]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/looks-like-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-will-get-cyanogenmod-after-all/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-nx2000-a-fancy-camera-thats-dumb-like-a-smartphone/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-nx2000-a-fancy-camera-thats-dumb-like-a-smartphone/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 10:45:06 +0000 Mario Aguilar http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162451 Don’t let the Samsung NX2000′s big ‘ol interchangeable lens and APS-C image sensor fool you—its touchscreen UI is designed for the jabs of the simplest operators. At first, you’d think the NX2000 fits right in with other more advanced touchscreen cameras coming out these days. You see, even if a mirrorless camera like the NX2000 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-nx2000-a-fancy-camera-thats-dumb-like-a-smartphone/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/athlete-tweets-about-his-love-for-the-galaxy-s4-from-an-iphone/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/athlete-tweets-about-his-love-for-the-galaxy-s4-from-an-iphone/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 09:30:37 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162362 David Ferrer, the 4th ranked tennis player in the world right now (which probably makes him the best tennis player you never heard of), made a silly unforced error off the tennis court today: he tweeted about how happy he is with his new Samsung Galaxy S4 from… his iPhone. Whoops! Like how BlackBerry spokesperson [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/athlete-tweets-about-his-love-for-the-galaxy-s4-from-an-iphone/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/finally-phone-ram-as-good-as-the-stuff-in-your-computer/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/finally-phone-ram-as-good-as-the-stuff-in-your-computer/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:30:43 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162195 Samsung has just announced that it’s rolling some pretty exciting new memory into production, which will finally bring computer-like RAM performance to your mobile. Of course, to work that out you have to sift through all the mention of 20nm manufacturing techniques and LPDDR3 naming. What you really need to know is that it’s fast: [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/finally-phone-ram-as-good-as-the-stuff-in-your-computer/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/latest-galaxy-note-iii-rumour-suggests-5-99-display-and-3gb-of-ram/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/latest-galaxy-note-iii-rumour-suggests-5-99-display-and-3gb-of-ram/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:30:08 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162142 The endless possible size and feature permutations of Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy Note III have taken a new twist, with an alleged photo of the Note III and accompanying tech specs suggesting it’ll arrive with a 5.99″ display. Which you could round up to 6″ should a lady ask how much diagonal length you’re packing. The [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/latest-galaxy-note-iii-rumour-suggests-5-99-display-and-3gb-of-ram/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watching-a-brand-new-samsung-galaxy-s4-hit-the-deck-and-bounce-is-proper-car-crash-tv/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watching-a-brand-new-samsung-galaxy-s4-hit-the-deck-and-bounce-is-proper-car-crash-tv/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:00:11 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162097 What’s the best thing you can do with your shiny new gadget? Slam it on the floor and watch it bounce in slow motion, of course. It sure makes for some morbid watching. How does the incredibly repairable Samsung Galaxy S4 stand up against the best of the rest? It’s not pretty. To be honest, it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watching-a-brand-new-samsung-galaxy-s4-hit-the-deck-and-bounce-is-proper-car-crash-tv/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-style-s4-promo-video-leaves-me-actually-speechless/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-style-s4-promo-video-leaves-me-actually-speechless/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:35:57 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161870 Samsung has a Gangnam Style parody called Samsung Style. It’s sung by an Indian guy called Ranveer Singh, who is apparently a Bollywood actor. It involves bad puns about 13 megapixel cameras. In the words of Giz UK’s editor: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I’m going to go have a lie-down now. [YouTube via India Today] [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-style-s4-promo-video-leaves-me-actually-speechless/feed/ 25 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-samsung-galaxy-s4-design-story-its-fking-intuitive-bitches/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-samsung-galaxy-s4-design-story-its-fking-intuitive-bitches/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:45:50 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161708 In the song-and-dance of the Galaxy S4 launch, there was one thing missing: the usual earnest industrial-designer-circlejerk where they try and explain software features using phrases like ‘life companion’ and ‘intuitive’ and ‘meaningful end-user usage’. Well, that ‘wrong’ has been put ‘right’ in this 4-minute video from Samsung, where it rams the intuitiveness down your [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-samsung-galaxy-s4-design-story-its-fking-intuitive-bitches/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/16gb-samsung-galaxy-s4-only-lets-you-access-9-6gb/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/16gb-samsung-galaxy-s4-only-lets-you-access-9-6gb/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:15:41 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161694 The keenly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 is just about launched in various parts of the world now, pending suitable amounts of stock arriving in the right places, with early adopters complaining that the so-called 16GB model only lets you actually use 9.5GB from the off, thanks to Samsung’s bloated OS customisations that hoover up the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/16gb-samsung-galaxy-s4-only-lets-you-access-9-6gb/feed/ 40 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-yet-another-boring-new-android-slate/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-yet-another-boring-new-android-slate/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:30:24 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161675 Just in case you thought Samsung didn’t offer enough variety in its tablet range, it’s gone ahead and launched yet another. This 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 is brand new and, um, like virtually every other Samsung tablet that’s gone before it. The third iteration of Samsung’s first tablet attempt, this little seven-incher packs a 1.2GHz processor, 8GB or [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-yet-another-boring-new-android-slate/feed/ 28