Verizon Samsung Cell Phones

Samsung have for quite a while been the heir apparent in the mobile phone stakes when compared to the giant that was once Nokia who at one time was the cell phone company on the other side of the atlantic it had almost no competition it ruled supreme. Unfortunately times have changed quite considerably with Apple and the whole smart phone industry its taken a hell of a battering and news just in will not make for good PR. I don’t like polls and don’t have a lot of faith in them but a recent poll by Reuters reveals that Samsung has overtaken Nokia in device sales in the first three months of this year out.

The exact number are total sales for Nokia are 83 million, where Samsung sold 88 million. Not a loot in the grand schemes of things but it’s not good optics for Nokia, when their trying toi push the new Windows Phone the Lumia 900, no it’s not good news at all. Much will be read into the polls results but as one sources says Nokia still have quite a large market in lower end sales and this could be deciding factor.

Verizon have decided to start charging upgrade fees on disount priced phones this is due to start in late April according to sources. Now thwe other carriers Sprint and AT&T are already doing this so it come as no suprose that Verizon have no joined up to the idea. Now this reeks of profitering yeah a lot of cellphones are discoutnted anyway and the cost is taken up by the carrier, but hang on a second all these cell phones are tied to a two year contract surely thats enpugh to offset the price of phone ?

Well aparently not, although Verizon do have a Trade In deal where you might be able to offset some of the value. Like other people have said this could be a deal breaker for some, if the big carriers can spend billions in upgrading their networks to cope with 4G  technology they can cover the cost of an upgrade. So wat drives this is it our own techno greed or is just business. When will it all stop who knows.

Yet again the battle for customers continues with the news that on the Samsung website you can pick up the Samsung Nexus (on Verizon) and Samsung will throw in an extended battery and back cover. Now on the surface this may look like aq sweet deal but according to sources the price for this is just $299 on a standard two-year contract, I’m not going to tell you how much an unlocked and untethered one is look it up, it’s not cheap. For those of you who may not be knowledgable as to why this offer of a free extended battery, this is the reason the recent batch of 4G phones have really lousy battery life.

So if you’re in the market this seems like a good deal but wait Amazon are also running a deal which you might want to consider their offering the Nexus at $99 (Verizon) the extended battery is not free however and runs to around $40. Great news for the consumer to have a choice. Who knows maybe there might be more deals to come over the Easter holiday maybe the Easter bunny will bring out one in a chocolate egg (crap reception I’d bet) .

Thought I put this up pretty sharpish as this only going to be relevant for a couple of days at least and it would be a sin not to spread this around a bit. Verizon are offering a deal of a free, yes free Droid Charge by Samsung until the 31st ,happy days or what? Now the Droid Charge is a 4G phone running Android 2.3 now according to related stories the phone up to the special offer being released was discounted when it was purchased on line to the tune of fifty dollars.

Now like everything there’s conditions to the free deal (what you didn’t think you get away that easy). No, Verizon will tie you in with a two year contract. Not a bad deal at all and it makes me think are they going to be anymore sweet deals on the Verizon horizon. The Droid Charge as a phone is pretty standard and comes with usual processor not 1.4 but only 1Gb this time along with a sizeable screen and decent screen resolution and a 8 mega pixel camera with flash (LED).

The scuttlebutt going on at the moment about the new Galaxy S3 sources on the web machine are not happy with the news that this much anticipated and eagerly awaited phone has a not so spectacular screen. Yes the screen size is reported to be slightly less resolution than what’s was reported earlier, in fact it was supposed to be 1080p HD. Sadly this is not the case if sources are to be believed. The resolution is slightly less.

That’s not all the processor was rumoured to be 1.5 GHz and now the rumour goes its going to be downsized to 1.4GHz but its supposed to be benchmarked but to my mind this could be conjecture at the moment and any opinions on it should be treated with a hint of scepticism I believe it when I have it in my hand.. Now all these reports aside about benchmarks on the Samsung Galaxy S3 remind me of the same leaked marketing that apple did when the Iphone 5 release rumour came out, my god you couldn’t generate that amount of viral marketing if you tried, so don’t believe everything you read show a bit of cynicism and realism is what’s needed. I mean look how good the Iphone 4s is.

There is news today outlining the release of mobile pay system being released on several smartphones today. But is this a good thing many people have been widely enthusiastic over the new techs buzz to do with Mobile Wallet pay systems. For the uneducated this new tech will allow the cell phone user to make financial transaction over their phone without the need for credit card usage. This brings about the NFC which means Near Field Communication which is used for transactions in a real time environment like a store or restaurant or any other retail type. The cellphone user has a built in sim or smart card and swipes his/her device over a scanner and the transaction has occurred no money has physically changed hands.

The money itself could come from a special account or direct from the customer own bank, its pretty handy. Now this is where it can get tricky the payment can be either started by you the user or by the shop. It seems that the consumer is winning out and this rapidly becoming the preferred method. Now this all seems pretty good but there are problems the banks and credit card company’s and the phone carriers such a s Verizon and AT&T all have different infrastructures and getting all this wonderfully tech to work on your humble little Samsung or Iphone can be a bit of a head ache but it does work and can work if given the chance.

So who likes basketball, yeah I know everybody, but guess who else. Ok I tell you who, Verizon and Samsung. Verizon and Samsung have just brokered a deal to supply the Phoenix Suns with Galaxy tablets on 4G LTE specifically the Galaxy Tab 10.1. nice deal. So next time your watching the Suns play keep an eye out and you might spot them in operation. This is the first time that tablets have been used on such a large scale in a sports environment.

Not only in the match play only its hope that everybody will embrace the new technology right down to the mascots Hairy and Hairyson (just kidding they still use Ipads, that’s a joke as well). I’m surprised a lot more team sports have not embraced this. I know quite a lot of people will debate the pros and cons of it but its a good idea to introduce your product to a wider audience. Even from media perspective seeing your favourite player or coach with a Samsung device is a clever marketing tool. Check back soon on Verizon Samsung Cell Phones for more news and views.

Verizon Samsung Cell phones can report that the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus is turniogn a quite a few heads and the the people in Apple and other phone makers take note Samsung are inching out ahead in cuthroat smartphone market. The Galaxy Nexus according to Samsung is the first phone to have Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” system on it (ice cream sandwich really ? come on guys you can do better that that). So initial thoughts, on the aesthetic front its an interesting design nothing fancy, basically its thicker at the base than at the top not bad just different. The only drawback its a tad too big for more liking but its a personal thing and does not hamper the overall look or feel of the phone.
Moving on its got a nice seven twenty screen with is always good especially for a smartphone.
Now we come to the screen and the camera the screen is bigger than Iphone 4s but the to cut a long story short the resolution is slightly less than the 4s its small enough to make no odds its just a specification thing it still looks great when playing videos and that’s what counts.

The camera oh dear the camera well its pretty good and can take pictures and record video in HD however if you have used or owned an Iphone 4s you will notice certain differences and they are noticeable. The quality does not match the apple device but and here’s the thing the picture are processed quicker so its a trade off basically speed for quality. So far so good for the verizon Samsung cell phones but what really gives the phone the edge is of cause is the OS Android 4.0. The new system has removed most of the need to get or download apps form third party service as it comes with its own built in apps such a s download monitor for 3g. Now my favourite the Facial Recognition Unlock tool, loves this except that I don’t think the engineers missed out a key issue why I cant just use a photograph, never mind I still think it cool.