Samsung offers smartphones across different ranges that are built to cater to various needs. But before you make the decision to purchase Galaxy branded devices, there are some crucial key factors that one must keep in mind. Despite being a major smartphone brand, Samsung also has its own fair share of criticism. So here are some of the top things you should know before purchasing a Samsung smartphone.

No Charger or Case included in the Box

A big frustration a lot of Samsung users face immediately after buying a new smartphone is the lack of a charger. While most brands still ship phones with charging adapters in the box, Samsung followed Apple’s route in removing this essential accessory. This is common from its flagship model all the way down to budget phones. The official reason is to reduce e-waste, but there’s a lot of cost cutting that Samsung benefits from.

So if you don’t have an adapter with you, get ready to pay Samsung extra for a new one. Chinese brands even offer a free case in their mid range to budget phones, which is another thing you miss out on with Samsung Galaxy smartphones. This helps save costs for many and makes the deal more attractive.

No International Warranty

While Samsung did follow in Apple’s footsteps by removing the charger from the box, it didn’t have another positive aspect that the iPhone maker offers. Unlike Apple, the South Korean tech giant offers no international warranty. This means that one needs to pay for any official servicing or repairs. It can be a big hassle for those who travel around or have purchased a device from third party sellers from a different country.

Samsung’s One UI isn’t for everyone

Samsung is touted to offer one of the best custom versions of Android in the market. But its design has had polarizing opinions. Some love it, while some don’t. The One UI also has some bloatware with Samsung apps that you can’t get rid of. So if you’re buying one of their expensive smartphones for a hefty price tag, make sure it is an experience you’ll enjoy.

Resale Value

There is something for everyone in Samsung’s portfolio. Its mid range devices pack some of the biggest batteries, while its flagship phones offer the prettiest displays, impressive zoom shots, and top notch performance. However, not every one of the devices brings great resale value. Comparing it to Apple again, iPhones have some of the best value when being resold, but usually, only the more expensive models in Samsung’s series carry better resale value.

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While some Android device is also offers the developer edition is now turn to Galaxy Note 3 is also ready to preapring the developer edition version, this device will available with original Android operating system without custom User interface from Samsung.

According to Samsung USA website, they already preparing the new Samsung galaxy Note 3 Developer Edition for Verizon, with code number SM-N900VMKEVZW while the original version is N900VZ. But there is an official statement from Samsung. So let's wait.

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Samsung finally confirmed the existence of a tiny version of the Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S4 Mini. Confirmation is done by showing the smartphone in the Samsung apps website.

This emergence is the first time made by Samsung. And judging from the looks, this one smartphone has a design similar to the Galaxy S4 yet to have a smaller and lower specification.

This smartphone will come with a dual core Exynos 1.6GHz processor, there is a 4.3-inch display 540 x 960 pixels resolution. This phone also uses 1GB of RAM (3G) and 2GB of RAM (LTE), and 32GB internal memory. In addition there is an 8MP camera, and powered by 2100 mAh battery capacity.

According to the news, this phone will be launched by Samsung with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating systems. Regarding its availability in the market or the price, Samsung is still not revealing the information, so we have to wait.

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Samsung as the one of smartphone manufacturer based on South Korea is now able to lead the Chinese market for the first time. From a report released by Strategy Analytics, the company has sold 30.06 million units smartphones in China.

Samsung has controlled 17.7% of the smartphone market in the China region during 2012. This is a significant improvement from the year 2011 who was then the sale of 10.9 million smartphone units (or approximately 12.4% market share) in China.

The success of Samsung topped the world’s largest smartphone market with Nokia’s opposite. The market share of the Finnish company experienced a sharp decline of 29.9% in 2011 to 3.7% in 2012. This makes the Nokia that had been forced down in the first place to 7th positioned.

While under Samsung, Lenovo has increased 4% from the year 2011 and was second with a 13.2% market share in 2012. While Apple’s heels with 11%, Huawei 9.9%, and Coolpad as domestic manufacturer is got 9.7%.

Samsung can be one of the new players in China. The company recently started selling mobile devices in China since 2009, and is now able to lead the market with the help of their Android-based devices. Overall, the report Analitics Strategy in February noted that the Android OS dominate the Chinese market to 86% and iOS 12% during Q4 2012.

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After the release of the latest mobile processor Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung is now the next step to preparing for the availability of the latest devices that are able to adopt these mobile processor reliability. From the rumors, Samsung will release new devices based on Exynos 5 Octa known as Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in the second half of this year as well.

As you know, Exynos 5 Octa an 8-core processor-based architecture and the Cortex A15 ARM big.LITTLE that carries high performance with low power consumption. In other words, the longer the battery power of the device is much faster and better.

According to reports published by Korea Times some time ago, Samsung itself is now reportedly preparing a fleet of three new Galaxy Note that will be equipped with 6.3-inch screen. To measure a phablet, where three new Galaxy Note screen is supposedly bigger than the screen presence which was originally Huawei Ascend Mate measures just 6.1 inches. In addition, various Korean media also widely discussed relationship Exynos processor support 5 Octa on these devices.

If reports circulating are true, then we will soon witness the presence of various phablet reliable and powerful fleet ever in the market. And not even a possibility that the presence of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 This new position would later set aside entirely Huawei Ascend phablet D2 as the largest on the market today.

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