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Last week a leak indicated that Samsung was on track to add to its Galaxy line-up of smartphones and was working on a device called the Galaxy Premier. Now, per reports, the alleged Galaxy Premier offering from the Korean company has surfaced in China in an AnTuTu benchmarking test.
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Samsung is on song to establish its dominance in the consumer market. Last week, the Korean company sent out invites for a press event slated for Oct. 15 at a museum, where it was expected to reveal a "groundbreaking device", speculated to be its new Windows 8-powered ultrabook.
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Smartphone market leader Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Note 2 at the Samsung Unpacked event in Berlin earlier this year. The Note 2 hit the UK shelves on Oct. 1 and Samsung is slated to release its popular phablet in the U.S. on Oct. 24.
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Samsung recently announced its Galaxy S3 Mini, a smaller 4-inch version of its hugely successful Galaxy S3 smartphone. The Korea-based company adds to its Galaxy portfolio with the launch of the S3 Mini, which will look to challenge other 4-inch smartphones, including the current market flavor - iPhone 5.
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On Thursday, Oct. 11, Samsung lifted the curtains off its hotly-anticipated Galaxy S3 Mini, a smaller version of its flagship Galaxy S3. The design of the Galaxy S3 Mini is similar to the Galaxy S3; however, the hardware of the S3 Mini is not the same as the Galaxy S3.
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Smartphone market leader Samsung seems to be on song to add to its ever-growing portfolio of Galaxy devices. A recent leak indicates that the Korean company's Galaxy line-up of smartphones is set to receive a new sibling dubbed the "GT-i9260" or the "Galaxy Premier."
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Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo announced its winter line-up of devices on Thursday, Oct. 11, which include two new handsets from the Samsung stable. The carrier will be offering the Note 2 phablet as well as an updated version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3 called the Galaxy S3 Alpha.
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In a bid to counter sliding profits, German company Siemens could well be on track to downsize employees and close offices, indicates a Reuters report. Siemens is a major employer and one Germany's largest firms in terms of market capital.
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The eReader market seems to be heating up with German firm "Txtr" introducing its Beagle eReader, touted as the cheapest and smallest eReader around. The device will cost only $13 when it hits the market.
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E-retailer Amazon had announced its its new range of Kindle Fire tablets in September; however, its high-end 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 4G tablet offerings were yet to get sales approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). A Reuters report now reveals that the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD 4G tablet had received FCC clearance.
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The Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo revealed its winter line-up of smartphones, which includes Sharp's Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E, the first smartphone shipping with Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) panel.
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Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing delays with its BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system. According to a report by Forbes, the roll out of the much-awaited BlackBerry 10 OS has been deferred to March 2013.
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Samsung is on track to add to its gamut of devices and proclaim its status as the smartphone market leader. On Wednesday, Oct. 10, JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Communications, confirmed that the company would be releasing a 4-inch version of the hugely-popular Galaxy S3, dubbed the Galaxy S3 Mini, on Oct. 11 in Germany.
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