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Samsung teased "A Galaxy Event" set to take place on October 11th, 2018. Today we're going to suss out what it'll likely include. Since the event suggests that this will be a Galaxy device, we'll assume either smartphone or tablet - even though we've seen other Galaxy-named devices in the past (like the Galaxy Camera.) With rumors appearing in past months and more recent facts coming to bear, I feel we've got a pretty OK idea of what Samsung's got coming.

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If you thought Samsung is already done for the year, then you obviously don’t know Samsung. It still has a lot on its smartphone plate, including the still elusive foldable phone. But closer to reality, Samsung might still have a few mid-range phones to announce presumably. All it has, however, is a very mysterious teaser for “A Galaxy Event” next month that promises 4x fun, leaving the Interwebs to argue what that fun really means.

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With rumors of its foldable smartphone continuing to swirl, Samsung has decided to go in a completely different direction by announcing two mid-range devices for the US. Today, Samsung announced that the Galaxy A6 smartphone and the Galaxy Tab A 10.5-inch tablet, which have both debuted in other regions already, will arrive Stateside later this month. Obviously, being mid-range devices, they don't really have the hardware to compete with Samsung's flagship phones and tablets, but the trade-off is that you won't be paying $1000 for the privilege of owning one.

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Many phone manufacturers have already hopped aboard the Android Go train, and today, Samsung did as well. Samsung has revealed its first Android Go phone: the Galaxy J2 Core. As with all Android Go phones, the J2 Core will be equipped with low-end hardware that's capable of running lightweight, pared-back versions of popular apps.

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While the Galaxy Note 9 is the main focus of today's Samsung Unpacked event, the company still had a few surprises up its sleeve. In addition to revealing a new smartwatch, Samsung also announced a new product called Galaxy Home. This is the oft-discussed Bixby speaker that has been the subject of plenty of rumors since Bixby first arrived on the scene, and it looks like it's finally happening.

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Samsung is developing a new GPU for its future smartphones and tablets, according to a new leak. This GPU is said to feature a "novel architecture" that makes it suitable for both future Galaxy smartphones and other applications ranging up to supercomputers. According to the report, Samsung hasn't decided whether it will license its new technology, which is expected to first appear alongside its Exynos processor.

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The Galaxy Tab S4 has been the subject of a handful of leaks over the past fews month, but it's been largely overshadowed by talk of the Galaxy Note 9. Today, the rumored tablet is forcing its way back into the spotlight. That's thanks to a freshly-leaked list of specifications that leave little to the imagination when it comes to the Galaxy Tab S4.

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The anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 tablet, the yet-to-launch sequel to the current Tab S3 model, has leaked in what are said to be official press renders. The slate is featured front and back with a design that looks both familiar and refreshed, taking what already worked and tweaking it to keep pace with modern design aesthetics and some hardware changes.

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T-Mobile subscribers who are still using the older Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones are receiving a major update today: Android Oreo. We've seen the software update arrive for various Galaxy S7 handset owners throughout this year; the availability has happened slowly but steadily. T-Mobile users are now in the pipeline, some already seeing the nearly 2GB update.

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Samsung has a pair of new budget smartphones it's bringing to the US beginning later this month. These new phones will continue the Samsung J line of entry-level phones, and while they may not have spec sheets near the level of something like the Galaxy S9, they should still get the job done. Unfortunately for us, Samsung didn't really delve into specifics with today's announcement.

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Samsung has, by all accounts, been hard at work developing a smartphone that features an in-display fingerprint reader. That phone won't be the Galaxy S9 handsets, based on what we've seen, but it may be the next model in Samsung's Note lineup. According to newly surfaced documentation, Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 smartphone will have a fingerprint reader in the display near the bottom of the phone.

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Some Galaxy S8 owners are reporting an annoying bug that causes the screen to wake back up after being turned off. This causes the phone's battery to drain more quickly than it otherwise would, not to mention the issues that can be caused by touching a screen you don't realize is turned on, resulting in random apps being opened or wrong pattern codes locking the phone down.

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