Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Will Be the Godzilla of Smartphones - Webmaster News

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The Samsung Galaxy Mega, left, Samsung Galaxy S4, center, and Apple iPhone 5 are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, Aug.

Size matters, especially when it comes to your phone size.

The newest version of the Samsung Galaxy Mega, simply called Galaxy Mega 2, will live up to its moniker, according to an FCC filing. The phone has a screen size of a massive 7 inches, approximately as long as an average pencil. This latest phone surpasses its Mega predecessor by 0.7 inches, making it the largest Android phone to date that we know of.

The FCC recently approved the new device. While it’s unknown if any wireless carriers will supply the new phone, Android Central speculates that Mega 2 will be contracted under AT&T, as other Samsung phones have been in the past. It’s uncertain whether the phone will be released in the United States or only in Asia.

Additionally, while the cost of the behemoth device has not been made available, the original Mega cost $499 without a contract. In comparison, Apple’s 16-gigabyte iPhone 5S weighs in at $649 sans contract.

Other features included in the new phone have not yet been released by Samsung.

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Samsung Shows Off Simband, a Futuristic Health Tracker - Webmaster News

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Hoping to take the lead in the race to build the ultimate wearable device, Samsung offered a sneak peak Wednesday at its next-generation health-tracking wristband, known as the Simband.

Using different wavelengths of light beamed at your skin, Simband will track multiple measures of its wearer’s health continuously, such as blood pressure, respiration, heart rate, hydration level, and the amount of carbon dioxide in your blood.

The one Simband demonstrated on stage at Samsung’s “Voice of the Body” event in San Francisco showed a continuous stream of heartbeat information, seismograph-style, such as one might see on a hospital-grade ECG machine. A “shuttle battery” will allow you to wear the device 24 hours a day, charging it on your wrist while you sleep.

The still-speculative Simband is designed around a new open software platform called SAMI, for Samsung Architecture Multimodal Interactions. The company described it as one health platform to rule them all, bringing in information from non-Samsung health trackers too. Samsung says it will release SAMI APIs for developers by the end of the year.

“We believe that once we’re working from a common platform, sensors will become more accurate, and will be brought to market more quickly,” said Ram Fish, president of digital health for Samsung Electronics. He added that SAMI will exist as a “compliment” to Samsung’s already existing S Health platform.

Young Sohn, president and CSO of Samsung electronics, announces the open-source SAMI platform.

No price or release date was offered for what was described as an “investigational device.” Given that Apple is said to be announcing a health-tracking platform called HealthBook next week, the timing of Samsung’s announcement suggests the company is staking its claim to the next-generation wearable space first.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Now Available on AT&T - Webmaster News

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Do smartphones break just a little too easy for you? Samsung is offering a possible fix with its new rugged smartphone, the Galaxy S5 Active.

Available on AT&T starting Friday, the Galaxy S5 Active is nearly identical, specs-wise, to the Galaxy S5 — it also sports a Full-HD AMOLED 5.1-inch screen, a 16-megapixel camera, heartbeat monitor, fingerprint sensor and water resistance.

The phone is powered by a 2.5Ghz, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, has 2GB of RAM and comes with 16GB of storage, expandable to 128GB via microSD memory cards.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

The main difference between the S5 and the S5 Active is the latter’s slightly bulkier, dust-proof and shock-resistant shell with bolts on the back. There’s also a dedicated button on the side of the device which launches all your outdoor apps with a single click.

The color options include Camo Green, Titanium Grey and Ruby Red.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active is available for $199.99 on a two-year contract.

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