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Huawei Mate Review: Large, But Not In Charge

The Huawei Mate is officially the largest phone/phablet/whatever to grace our test labs so far, so how does the Godzilla of smartphones compare to the competition?


Samsung’s Giving Away A Million Copies Of Jay-Z’s New Album

Jay-Z’s modestly entitled Magna Carta Holy Grail drops on the similarly nondescript Fourth of July. But despite his clear lowering of expectations for the album, he’s somehow found it within his heart to muster up some publicity by letting Samsung give away a million copies for free three days early. Galaxy owners only need apply.


Samsung CEO: ‘Our Next Mirrorless Cameras Will Run Android’

Korea Times published a quote from Samsung CEO Shin Jong-kyun, which indicates that Samsung will introduce a new mirrorless camera running Android at a press event in London next week. If that means what we think it means, the new product could be a formidable shooter.


Watching Samsung Torture Galaxy S4s Is Weirdly Satisfying

No matter how careful you try to be, you’re going to do some damage to your phone. Accidents happen, especially when you try to avoid them. So, to emulate your tender, loving care, Samsung took its Galaxy S4 through hell and back before it got to shelves. Somebody has to prepare that phone for you, you monster.


Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom: More Camera Than Phone

Rumours have swirled about the existence of a Galaxy S4 Zoom cameraphone for the past few months, and now Samsung has officially announced its existence. The phone packs a 16MP sensor and is capable of 10x optical zoom, achieved by rotating a ring that surrounds the lens.


Shooting Challenge: Who Won All The Samsung Galaxy Cameras?

Loads of entries, hundreds of votes, but as always there can be only one winner. Today we announce the winner of the last Samsung Galaxy Camera Gizmodo has to giveaway.


6 Tech Company Slogans That Mattered

Intel’s always been a bit of a brand machine — remember the “Intel Inside” stickers? — and on Tuesday it upheld that tradition. In a pivot from the sort of stodgy “Sponsors of Tomorrow” slogan, the company is going with the hacker-friendly “Look Inside.” How much can a new slogan really matter though? A lot, if history is any guide.


The Galaxy Tab 3 Won’t Be The Last Samsung With Intel Chips

Samsung is a pretty successful company, mostly because everything it puts inside its gadgets it builds in-house. That’s why it was pretty surprising when the Galaxy Tab 3 came out with an Intel Clover Trail+ processor. Why is Samsung paying for someone else’s chips?


Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Emerges From The Rumour Swamp

The constantly leaked Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has just been officially announced by Samsung, which has confirmed its insane level of desirability by telling us it features a 5-inch 1080p display and 1.9GHz quad-core processor inside a fully waterproof case. What’s that, like 15 Galaxy devices now?


Samsung Legal Win Could Halt US iPhone 4 Sales

Samsung has won a patent battle against Apple that could see the iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 banned from sale in the US. The legal fight was centred on a patent relating to 3G standards, which Samsung has pledged to licence freely, reports The Guardian.


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