Samsung Electronics has unveiled their launch of the Galaxy A90 5G – the latest addition to the Galaxy A family with 5G connectivity.

Made for digital natives living in the Era of Live, the Galaxy A90 5G combines 5G-connectivity with powerful features to capture, stream and share exactly the way you want.

“We’re excited about the success of the Galaxy A Series – a generation of smartphones built for the new Era of Live that focuses on essential features people want the most, including a high-quality camera, long-lasting battery and immersive display,” said DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung has worked tirelessly with our partners in the 5G ecosystem to bring 5G to as many people as possible, and now we are offering 5G connectivity across the entire Galaxy smartphone portfolio, giving more people high speed access and connected experiences.”

With the Galaxy A90 5G, you will be able to stream every minute of your favorite artists live concert, as if you were actually there. Additionally, with lower lag-times and a reliable and stable connectivity, you won’t miss a moment of that group video chat or critical moment in a game.

As the hyper-connected 5G network brings us closer together and enables us to do more on our devices, security is a more important consideration than ever. The Galaxy A90 5G is secured by Samsung Knox, Samsung’s defense-grade security, ensuring that your device is protected, and that your connected experience is secure and safe.

The Galaxy A90 5G offers a powerful, seamless and reliable experience. It is the latest example of Samsung’s commitment to open collaboration, combining the advanced mobile features and intricate design of Galaxy devices with innovative 5G solutions from partners like Qualcomm. Equipped with the Snapdragon 855 5G Mobile Platform, the Galaxy A90 5G offers people transformative mobile experiences from superior 5G-connectivity to enhanced AI capabilities.

“We are proud of our long-standing partnership with Samsung to bring the high-powered speed and performance of 5G to as many people as possible through the most advanced platform yet, the flagship Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform,” said Cristiano Amon, President, Qualcomm Incorporated. “Samsung’s innovative line of Galaxy devices paired with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem and Qualcomm RF-Front-End solutions will support an entirely new 5G experience that enables people to work faster and play harder, no matter where they are.”

The Galaxy A90 5G enables you to record and share videos with the phone’s 48-megapixel camera. With enhanced camera features and AI capabilities such as Super Steady, Scene Optimizer and Flaw Detector, you can easily capture the experience that matters most while on-the-go. The 32-megapixel front camera also boasts features such as Live Focus Mode, making it easier than ever to capture the best selfies or group videos.

Enjoy the Galaxy A90 5G’s expansive 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display for a cinematic experience to get the most out of your multimedia content. You will also be able to spend more connected living experience with the Galaxy A90 5G’s powerful battery and super-fast charging capabilities.

The Galaxy A90 5G also takes your mobile gaming experience to the next level. With 5G connectivity, you can enjoy live gaming without lags and its Game Booster will always be running at most optimum state when you are in the heat of the battle.

Now, for the first time on the Galaxy A Series, you can enhance your overall mobile experience with Samsung DeX and Microsoft’s Your Phone app on Galaxy A90 5G. Samsung DeX allows you to expand your Galaxy A90 5G experience to your PC screen or TV. You can also use the Microsoft Your Phone app to mirror your phone display onto your desktop to check notifications, send and receive messages, and browse through recent photos.

The Galaxy A90 5G, created with a unique geometric pattern on the back glass will be available in two classic color options – black and white – from September 4th, 2019 in Korea and will expand to additional markets thereafter.

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Samsung has proudly announced the Galaxy Tab S4, a new Android tablet designed to help busy Kiwis accomplish more on the go.

“At Samsung, we believe tablets play an increasingly important role in making lives easier and improving the mobile experience for everyone,” said DJ Koh, President and CEO of Samsung Electronics. “With the Galaxy Tab S4, we’re introducing a premium tablet, equipped with Samsung DeX that helps consumers perform their absolute best wherever they go. We look forward to providing our customers with a sense of leisure and comfort knowing that this new addition to our ecosystem of connected devices is also packed with features to help them stay entertained.”

“The Tab S4 goes beyond what you’d expect a tablet is capable of. We’ve enhanced our winning Android tablet design by adding features that help you stay productive on the go – from the improved screen, to the S Pen and the inclusion of Samsung Dex,” says Todd Selwyn, Head of Product for Samsung New Zealand’s Mobile division.

“It’s the perfect tool for those who need a high performance device for powering through work tasks, and immersive entertainment features when it’s time to unwind,” Selwyn continues.

The Tab S4 is the first Galaxy tablet to feature Samsung DeX, a desktop like interface that makes multitasking easier than ever before. Users can enable Dex mode on the device alone, or paired with the Book Cover Keyboard and a TV, monitor or other external display to create a full workstation.

With Samsung DeX, you can open multiple desktop-style windows for your Android apps, including the Microsoft Office suite, directly on the Galaxy Tab S4, and re-size them when needed. You can even drag and drop content between apps and use keyboard shortcuts and commands for efficiency.

If more screen is needed, there is also an option to extend Samsung DeX to an external monitor with a compatible HDMI to USB-C multi-port adapter (not included). When connected, the Galaxy Tab S4 can serve as a track pad or a sketch pad, or continue to work as a fully functional Android tablet, giving users two screens to accomplish tasks.

Whether at the office, at home, or on-the-go, the Galaxy Tab S4 keeps you going with a 7,300mAh battery that provides up to 16 hours of video playback. Plus with Samsung Knox, Samsung’s defense-grade mobile security platform, customers and companies can ensure critical information is protected at multiple levels of the device. IT managers can also tailor the employee interface to align with business needs.

Samsung’s S Pen comes in the box with the Galaxy Tab S4 to satisfy even more productive needs. It offers users a great way to express their creativity and communicate. They can take notes on the fly through the Screen-Off Memo feature, as well as navigate, translate and organize notes through Samsung Notes, and even send personalized texts through Samsung Live Message – all with the S Pen.

The Galaxy Tab S4 features a large 10.5-inch display, with thinner bezels, a 16:10 screen ratio and Super AMOLED display, which offers vivid and immersive picture detail – perfect for movie watching or gaming.  When it comes to audio, the Galaxy Tab S4 also comes with four speakers tuned by AKG and Dolby Atmos immersive sound technology, which brings entertainment to life through moving audio that flows all around you. With Dolby Atmos, the Galaxy Tab S4 supports crisper dialogue, enveloping sound fields, maximized loudness without distortion, and consistent playback volume.

The Galaxy Tab S4 also features new and improved capabilities designed to manage your connected devices and lifestyle. Samsung Flow allows users to manage all of their devices easily by connecting and transferring files, tasks and notifications seamlessly. The SmartThings app on the Galaxy Tab S4 makes it easy to monitor and control your smart home devices right from the tablet. Plus, the Galaxy Tab S4’s Daily Board allows you to view your favorite photos and everyday information such as the weather, calendar and time in one, easy-to-access place.

The Galaxy Tab S4 will be available in New Zealand from September 2018, with an RRP of $1099 (NZD) (WiFi model) and $1249 (NZD) (4G LTE model). The Book Cover Keyboard (RRP$199 NZD) is sold separately.

Samsung Tab S4 Specs

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In 2011 Google released their own PC based operating system; Chrome OS.

This saw a bevvy of mid to low range notebooks release with Chrome OS installed, called Chrome Books.

Fast-forward to 2017 Samsung release their flagship S8 series of smartphones and a DeX Station.

The DeX of 2017 was designed to house your phone vertically in a cradle like fashion and via it’s HDMI and USB connectors plugged in to a monitor, keyboard and mouse, thus turning your Samsung Galaxy S8 in to a personal Android PC, very similar to the Chrome OS, but with the familiar Samsung GUI overlay.

A bold move which overly paid off for Samsung as S8 owners embraced the function of being able to use their smartphones on a computer screen.

This year, with the release of their Galaxy S9 range a new DeX has also come to retail – the DeX Pad.

Improving on last years version the DeX Pad is not a cradle to place your phone in to, instead your S9 becomes a part of the PC function.

The DeX Pad docks horizontally when connected with the usual connectors going to a screen and keyboard. But this time round, if you opt to not plug in a USB mouse, you do not have to.

When your S9 is connected you will have the option of Screen Mirroring (that is exactly what it sounds) or Touch Pad.

Removing the need for a mouse – the S9 will become a mouse pad as your phone’s OS displays on the screen.

There are huge benefits to having this function with your smartphone. It does away with the need of any laptop or PC in the home, or even while traveling.

If all you need to do is to email, text message, work on Docs and browse the internet, then the phone sized DeX Pad has got you sorted. On the go, you can connect up to any HDMI PC screen and instantly have a working PC at your finger tips.

Most PC LED or LCD monitors have dual HDMI slots. So if you do already have a laptop, notebook or PC, connect up the DeX to the secondary HDMI slot and you have something similar to a dual-boot by flicking between the HDMI connections on the screen. This is what we did in our test of the DeX Pad.

Initially, when I saw the DeX Station last year, I was impressed by it, but thought it was more of a novelty, and perhaps something for those that didn’t want or know how to work a desktop PC.

The DeX Pad is something that until you actually have one – you didn’t realise how productive it is.

If you think about it, we live our lives on our smartphones.

And much like many other people, there’s always messages that we forgot to reply to, or tasks that are on our phones that we had not got round to do by the end of the day. Ramping up your Galaxy S9 on a big screen and working it as you would work a desktop makes end of day catch ups super simple.

Smartphones now are like super computers, some being more powerful than Windows based Notebooks, so there is every reason to make use of a DeX if you want that reliable and instant access to your stuff on your phone, including media and games.

DeX, it’s your phone on a bigger screen, it’s a device that you never knew you needed until you have one for home, office or on the go.

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Samsung New Zealand has announced availability of the Samsung DeX Pad from May 2018.

Introduced alongside the award-winning Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, DeX Pad enables a desktop-like experience for the Galaxy smartphone. For those who are always on the go, the DeX Pad enables enhanced document editing, full-screen mobile gaming, PC-style multitasking and more for your Galaxy smartphone.

The Samsung DeX Pad bridges the gap between smartphone and desktop. With its desktop interface, and easy connection to a mouse, monitor, and keyboard, DeX Pad helps you get the most out of your favourite work and entertainment apps. Perfect for hot desking or changing business environments, DeX Pad also works seamlessly with Microsoft Office 365 applications.

“We’ve listened to what our customers need to keep their workforce agile and productive, and the DeX solution paired with a Galaxy S9 or S9 + offers flexibility, powerful performance and the compatibility to enable more productivity. DeX Pad is the accessory that empowers businesses to work securely from anywhere, using their smartphone as their primary device. This echoes our commitment around innovating our devices and services to help consumers and businesses to do more,” said Todd Selwyn, Head of Mobile Product for Samsung New Zealand.

DeX Pad empowers the mobile lifestyle by leveraging the power of your Galaxy smartphone. On a monitor, video and presentations instantly become more immersive, and productivity gets amped up when users make the most of DeX optimised apps. DeX now features multi-resolution support, providing a choice of clear and vivid visual experiences from HD+ to WQHD (2K) resolutions so you can now play your videos on various partner applications like MX Player and VLC and view more content at a glance. In addition, phone calls, messages and notifications are all readily accessible on the taskbar and the phone’s Infinity Display can be used as a virtual touch pad.

Samsung DeX is also a powerful business tool, supporting secure virtual desktops and apps from Citrix, VMware and Amazon. In addition, DeX gives enterprise IT admins enhanced customisation and management tools through Knox APIs, including the ability to disable apps, change the loading screen, add / remove shortcuts from the home screen, and set the screen timeout.

The DeX Pad will be available in New Zealand from mid May 2018.

Samsung DeX Pad Specs:

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Samsung has now introduced to the world, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, a smartphone that pushes the boundaries of traditional smartphones with its seamless hardware design and a variety of new service offerings. With the launch of multiple services and apps, as well as a stunning Infinity Display for immersive viewing experiences, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ brings a new level of functionality and convenience, opening up a galaxy of possibilities.

“The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ usher in a new era of smartphone design and fantastic new services, opening up new ways to experience the world,” said DJ Koh, President of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are our testament to regaining your trust by redefining what’s possible in safety and marks a new milestone in Samsung’s smartphone legacy.”

“We are always trying to bring to market the best innovations that help Kiwis get the most out of their smartphone experience. The screen is what you interact most with on your device, and the Galaxy S8 and S8+’s Infinity Display takes the smartphone screen to the next level. The result is the most immersive screen on a mobile device of this size – something we’ve achieved without needing to increase the devices footprint,” said Todd Selwyn, Head of Mobile Portfolio for Samsung Electronics New Zealand.

The Galaxy S8 builds on Samsung’s heritage of creating stunning designs and functional devices. Available in 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+, the Infinity Display and bezel-less design form a smooth, continuous surface with no buttons or harsh angles. The result is a truly immersive viewing experience without distractions and makes multi-tasking more convenient. The Galaxy S8’s compact design enables comfortable one-handed operation and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front and back for both durability and a high-quality finish.

In addition to the new design innovations, Samsung continues to deliver cutting-edge technology including an advanced camera, enhanced performance and more to the devices that users love, including:

• Premium Camera: The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are equipped with an advanced 8MP F1.7 Smart Autofocus front camera and 12MP F1.7 Dual Pixel rear camera for great low-light, zoom and anti-blur photos with enhanced image processing.
• Powerful Performance: Packing powerful performance and connectivity, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ feature the industry’s first 10nm processor, enabling heightened speed and efficiency. It is also gigabit LTE and gigabit Wi-Fi ready with support for up to 1 GBPS so users can quickly download files, regardless of the file size.
• Global Standard in Mobile Security: The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are built on Samsung Knox, a defense-grade security platform. In addition, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will offer a wide selection of biometric technologies including a fingerprint scanner, iris scanner and facial recognition so users can select a secure biometric authentication method that works best for them.

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ will also come with the foundational Galaxy features that our customers have come to love, including:

• Water resistance to a maximum depth of 1.5m for up to 30 minutes and dust resistance
• MicroSD support up to 256GB
• Always-on display so you can check the time or view important notes without waking up the device
• Fast and wireless charging capabilities
• Simultaneous device-to-device tethering and Wi-Fi connectivity

Bixby is an intelligent interface that will help users get more out of their phone. With the new Bixby button, you will be able to conveniently access Bixby and navigate through services and apps with simple voice, touch and text commands. At launch, Bixby’s Voice function will integrate with several Samsung native apps and features including Camera, Contacts, Gallery, Messages and Settings, with the plan to expand its capabilities to include more Samsung and third-party apps in the near future. Contextual awareness capabilities enable Bixby to offer personalized help based on what it continues to learn about the user’s interests, situation and location.

Users can also search for images and get details about nearby places with Bixby’s image recognition technology. As the Bixby ecosystem grows, it will connect across devices, apps and services as a ubiquitous interface, and open up new experiences and scenarios to simplify life.

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ offers a robust portfolio of additional products, elevating the Galaxy S8 and S8+ experience for best in class mobile productivity and connectivity.

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ unlocks the new Gear VR with Controller, powered by Oculus. Enabling convenient one-handed control and navigation, the controller provides better motion interaction when accessing interactive VR content. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ will also connect to the new Gear 360 to create 4K 360-degree videos and 15MP photos.

Leveraging the processing power of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ for enhanced productivity, Samsung DeX is a unique solution that transforms your smartphone into a desktop by providing a secure desktop-like experience. With Samsung DeX, users can easily display and edit data from their phone, making working from a smartphone faster and smarter.

New high-performance earphones tuned by AKG by Harman, offering uncompromised audio for unbeatable sound quality, will come as an in-box accessory. These earphones will have a comfortable hybrid canal fit for better noise cancellation and will be made from anti-tangle metal-fabric material.

Pre-orders in New Zealand for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will be available from 9am on the 20th of April 2017. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ will officially be on sale nationwide at 9am from the 5th of May 2017, through Vodafone, Spark, 2 Degrees, selected retailers and Samsung’s online store. Both devices will be offered in a colour palette including Midnight Black, Orchid Grey and Maple Gold.

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