Samsung has officially introduced its latest affordable, entry-level smartphone, the Galaxy Ace Style, at a press conference in Hamburg, Germany. Unlike any of the South Korean company’s other budget-friendly handsets, the Style is set to ship running the latest build of Android KitKat, and will be available to purchase for around €250 ($340).
Google has today announced that it’s now expanded the availability of its incredibly popular Opinion Rewards application to Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. For those unaware, the app requires its users to take part in quick surveys in order to earn Google Play credit.
Last year, Samsung released its first ever camera-phone hybrid, the Galaxy S4 Zoom, and it’s pretty safe to say that it didn’t do quite as well as the South Korean company would have hoped. It was extremely thick, slow, heavy and bulky, which resulted in very poor sales. But now it looks like Samsung has taken all the negative feedback onboard and is now ready to give it another shot with its new yet-to-be announced ‘Galaxy S5 Zoom’.
Yesterday an anonymous source submitted a picture to SamMobile, which reportedly shows the upcoming Galaxy S5 Zoom in all its glory. As you can see from the image above, the handset continues to feature the monstrous 20-megapixel rear-facing camera and 10x optical zoom, which its predecessor featured, though, this latest model appears to be significantly thinner and more rounded, which comes as nothing but good news.
Samsung unveiled its ultra-portable Galaxy Tab 3 variant, the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, back in June, 2013, and a month later the device was available to purchase in the U.S. from several independent retailers for $329. However, if you haven’t had the opportunity or the wherewithal to pick one up before now, it may interest you to know that Walmart is currently offering the device with an $30 discount.
Sony is in the process of pushing out the much-anticipated Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update to all the unlocked and carrier-branded models of the Xperia M Dual currently located in the United States. In addition to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software this upgrade also brings a newer version of Sony’s Xperia user interface, plus a multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations, together with the Japanese company’s newly released “Social Camera” app.
