Samsung seems to have made peace with the occasional product leaks that issue from within its convoluted and labyrinthine corporate structures. Even so, the scale, the size, and the sheer audacity of the recent channel leaks - which saw an unreleased Galaxy S26 Ultra fall into the hands of a tech YouTuber as reports emerge of a plethora of those unreleased units making their way to shady online stores - remain unprecedented, even by Samsung's relatively lax standards. Troubling still, there were signs as early as one month back that something had gone terribly wrong within Samsung's mammoth distribution channels. […]

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Samsung's labyrinthine corporate structure and the sprawling distribution channels that come with it have apparently become too unwieldy, so much so that secretive corporate strategies are now leaked as soon as they are formulated. However, the developments of the past few hours have been truly astounding even by Samsung's notoriously sieve-like standards, with the unreleased Galaxy S26 Ultra managing to fall into the hands of a tech YouTuber, and a plethora of units are apparently now being peddled on Bangladesh's online stores. Samsung's already leaky ship just collided with a veritable iceberg, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra rendered as disposable […]

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Apple has a new secret sauce to give its sales cadence for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max a little extra 'oomph factor,' especially in critical markets such as China. And that secret sauce relates to leveraging color options that are generally considered auspicious in several Asian markets. Mark Gurman: Apple eyeing the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in a "deep red" color option We recently noted that a quirky reason why Apple's iPhone 17 Pro Max was doing so well in China lately had a lot to do with its 'Cosmic […]

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To be or not to be. Over the past few weeks and months, in what can only be described as a case of chronic myopia, tech enthusiasts approached the contentious debate around the camera specs and the battery size of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra with a gravitas that equaled - or perhaps even surpassed - the one hinted at within this famous Shakespearean soliloquy. Now, however, Samsung's official promo material for the upcoming 'Galaxy Unpacked' event has formally put an end to any lingering uncertainty on both counts. Samsung's promo material for the upcoming 'Galaxy Unpacked' event reveals […]

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If Samsung were looking for additional bragging rights just before the unveiling of the Galaxy S26 series, it certainly got those today, when a Galaxy S26 Ultra smoked the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max in the latest Geekbench 6 tests. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smokes the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max in single-core and multi-core Geekbench 6 tests Without further ado, here are the latest Geekbench 6 scores for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Do note that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra employed in this test was powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, as is expected to […]

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As if the low-cost MacBook, the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBooks, and the iPhone 17e were not enough, we've just received an inkling that Apple might launch two new Studio Displays in the coming weeks, and possibly right around the time it holds its March event. Now you can add two new Apple Studio Displays to the Cupertino giant's growing roster of imminent product launches Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects Apple to launch the much-anticipated low-cost MacBook, along with a host of new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, as well as the new Apple Studio Displays "over the course of […]

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