Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo LTE (SM-N7505) receiving Android 4.4.2 KitKat update

Both the Korean and international 3G variants of the Galaxy Note 3 Neo have received the update to Android 4.4.2 KitKat in the last month or so, and now, the update is making its way to the LTE variant of the Galaxy Note 3′s less powered sibling. The update seems to be available only over the air at the moment; it has the build number N7505XXUCNG2 and should include your usual slew of KitKat features. Those include a smoother interface, better performance and battery life, full-screen album art on the lockscreen, wireless printing, white status bar icons, settings options to select the default messaging and home screen apps, closed captions support, and updated versions of a few Samsung apps.

We probably don’t need to remind you that the update will take its due course to arrive on every device out there thanks to the gradual nature of these rollouts, though a peek into the Settings » General » About phone » Software update page should hurry up the process for some.

South Korean version of Samsung Galaxy S3 gets Android 4.4.4 KitKat update

At last, the South Korean version of the Galaxy S3 is being updated to Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Ten months after it received the Android 4.3 update, the Galaxy S3 SHV-E210S is being receiving the Android 4.4.4 update with build number E210SKSUKNI3 via OTA as well as via Kies. It might take a couple of days for it to hit your device so, if you can’t wait for the OTA, you can manually download and flash the update from our firmware section. This update contains general performance improvements and bug fixes apart from security patches which were introduced by Google in Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Firmware Details:

• Model: SHV-E210S
• Model name: GALAXY S III
• Country: South Korea
• Version: Android 4.4.4
• Changelist: 2757818
• Build date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:35:34 +0000
• Product Code: SKT
• PDA: E210SKSUKNI3
• CSC: E210SSKTKNI3
• MODEM: E210SKSUKNI3

Samsung SM-A500 photos leak from TENAA, is as thin as the Galaxy Alpha

The Samsung SM-A500 has been making unofficial appearances at a steady pace in recent weeks, and today, we can finally feast on our eyes on what the device looks like thanks to China’s regulatory body TENAA. The pictures show a rather unassuming design; while the design might not look very attractive, the SM-A500 is as thin as the Galaxy Alpha at 6.7 mm (the phone measures 139.3×67.7×6.7 and weighs 126 grams.) As we exclusively revealed recently, the SM-A500 will have a full metal body, though the images don’t exactly confirm that (but you can see what looks like a metal frame on the sides.)

The SM-A500 is expected to feature a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 13-megapixel rear camera, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, and a 2,330 mAh battery. It has a 5-megapixel camera on the front, and will run on Android 4.4.4 KitKat with the new TouchWiz UX from the Galaxy Note 4. At this point, the name of the device isn’t known, though an official announcement should happen sometime this month and divulge anything that hasn’t already leaked.

  

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Samsung starts mass producing 20nm 6Gb LP-DDR3 RAM chips for mobile devices

Samsung Electronics has announced that they have started mass producing 6Gb LP-DDR3 (Low Power Double Data Rate) RAM chips for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. These RAM modules would be fabricated using 20nm process and would have a per-pin data transfer rate of 2,133 Mb/s. When four 6Gb chips are stacked together for a 3GB LP-DDR3 module, it would result in a 20 percent smaller package. It would also provide a performance improvement of up to 30 percent and 10 lower energy consumption when compared to current generation 3GB RAM packages with 6Gb LP-DDR3 chips.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 might get Android L in November/December

Android L is one of the best versions of Android since the OS’ inception, bringing over a new design direction and quite a few important features, like a switch to Google’s new ART runtime for apps, lockscreen notifications, and support for 64-bit processors. Naturally, people have been wondering when their Samsung devices will get updated to Android L, and thanks to our insiders, we have an estimated time frame for the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 4. Both devices should get the Android L update by the end of November/early December – it’s not clear when Google will make the new version available for Nexus devices, but based on our info Samsung should be pretty quick at adapting it for its own devices.

Of course, with software updates it’s never a guarantee that these time frames will work out, so it would be best not to get your hopes too high. However, with competing devices like the low-end Moto G getting quick updates these days, it’s possible Samsung is working at pushing updates faster than it has in the past, a scenario we can always get behind.