Tag: Galaxy

Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner fails to live up to security standards

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The much-hyped fingerprint scanner on Samsung’s latest flagship handset the Galaxy S5 has already been hacked just days after the device was launched, although a teardown reveals a bill of materials in excess of $250 (£150) – higher than the iPhone 5S. Researchers at Germany’s Security […]

Deal: Brand new and unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ for $599

We’ve reached that point in the year at which most of the second-wave releases have been announced. Chief among them, Samsung’s Galaxy S6 edge+, which, besides being a bit of a long name to reference, is essentially a larger edition of the original S6 edge. Samsung has made some key changes to its high-end line-up […]

Samsung adds two brand-new colors to Galaxy Note5 line-up

_ Samsung’s Galaxy Note5 phablet is one of the hottest properties in the mobile industry. An on-paper beast, Samsung has sought to bring more to the table than raw power in recent times, and as such, the Note5 follows the premium design language of the Galaxy S6. With the look of a smartphone being of such […]

How to fix that annoying SwiftKey lag on Galaxy S6 and Note 4 (root req’d)

Samsung’s SwiftKey keyboard on TouchWiz acting out? Well, despite the latest Android 5.1.1 update you might have noticed that there is a perceived lag between tapping on a text entry field, and the keyboard popping up afterwards in a few long, excruciating seconds.  That delay is due to forceclosing and redraw of the stock keyboard […]