TouchWiz was a user interface developed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd with partners, featuring a full

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. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an operating system. TouchWiz is used internally by Samsung for

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s and

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s, and is not available for licensing by external parties. The Android version of TouchWiz also comes with the Samsung-made

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Galaxy Apps (Galaxy Store). It was replaced by

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in 2017 with the release of Android 7.1.1 “Nougat”.

History

Overview

The first, original, edition of TouchWiz was released in 2009. This 1.0 version was officially launched with the original Samsung Solstice in 2009. The latest version of TouchWiz is TouchWiz 6.0, which is on the Samsung Galaxy J1 mini Prime and TouchWiz 5.0 on the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) feature a more refined user interface as compared to the previous versions found on Samsung's older phones released prior to Galaxy S5's release. The status bar is now transparent during home screen mode in TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0 and TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5. In TouchWiz 4.0 on Galaxy S II and the

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(both later updated to Nature UX), some of the features added include panning and tilt, which makes use of the accelerometer and gyroscope in the phone to detect motion. TouchWiz is used by Samsung's own proprietary operating systems,

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and REX, as well as by phones based on the Android operating system prior to Android Nougat. It is also present in phones running the

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operating system. TouchWiz was abandoned by Samsung in late 2016 in favor of

. TouchWiz was a central issue in the

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between Apple and Samsung.

TouchWiz 1.0

This was the original edition of TouchWiz, released in 2008, with pre-introduction (trial) on the SGH-F480. This version is officially launched with the original Samsung Solstice in 2009. Various versions of TouchWiz 1.0, with different features, were used on Solstice's siblings such as the Samsung Eternity, Impression,

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and

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TouchWiz 2.0

This was the original second edition of TouchWiz, released in 2009. This version premiered with the Samsung Solstice 2 in 2010.

TouchWiz 3.0

Released in 2010, to support

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(2.1) and

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(2.2). This version premiered with the

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. A lite version of TouchWiz 3.0, with reduced features, was used on the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim.

TouchWiz 4.0

The second version of TouchWiz was released in 2011, to support

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and

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(2.3 - 3.2.6). The Galaxy S II was the first device preloaded with TouchWiz 4.0. This version includes better

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than 3.0, as well multiple touchscreen options involving

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and using the phone's

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. One such feature allows users to place two fingers on the screen and tilt the device towards and away from themselves, to zoom in and out, respectively. "Panning" on TouchWiz 4.0 allows users to scroll through

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s by moving the device from side to side.

TouchWiz Nature UX

The third version of TouchWiz was renamed to TouchWiz Nature UX. It was released in 2012 and supported

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(4.0). The Galaxy S III, Galaxy Star and Galaxy Note 10.1 were the first devices preloaded with this version, although a "lite" version was used beforehand on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. The 2013 Galaxy S2 "Plus" variant featured this user interface as well. TouchWiz Nature UX contains more interactive elements than previous version, such as a water ripple effect on the lock screen, and "smart stay", a feature which uses

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technology to determine if the user is still watching the screen. Users are able to set custom vibration patterns for phone calls and notifications. The keyboard software is equipped with a

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. A pinch-to-zoom magnification feature and a

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mode ("pop-up play") have been added to the precluded

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, as well as panning and zooming motion gestures in the gallery software. To complement the TouchWiz interface, and as a response to Apple's

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, this version introduced

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, Samsung's

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. The colour palette of the user interface has been adapted to the colours of nature, prominently green (plants, forest, grass) and blue (ocean, sky), to visually represent the slogan “Inspired by Nature”. This version of TouchWiz also utilized many colour gradients. Criticism has been aimed at the inability of the

and

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to work in horizontal display orientation.

Premium suite upgrade

With the Android 4.1 update (pre-installed on the

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), Samsung delivered a "premium suite upgrade", whose improvements include a split screen mode, making this the first mobile user interface to run more than one application simultaneously. Other additions and accessibility improvements are "easy mode", a simplified home screen option with larger icons, "smart rotation", where the screen rotates after the orientation of the user's face detected through the front camera, a low-light shot mode, the ability to adjust the volume of each side of

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separately, a "reader mode" for

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(formerly known as "S Browser") with adjustable font size, "Page Buddy", which can detect the user's intended action such as opening the music player when plugging in earphones, and the ability to read the news feed from Facebook in particular directly from the lock screen well before common lock screen notifications were released with Android 5.0 "Lollipop".

TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0

This version supports Android Jellybean (4.2.2) and was released in 2013; the

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was the first device to use TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0. Even more eye tracking abilities were introduced with this version, such as "smart scroll", which allows users to scroll down and up on webpages by tilting their head downwards and upwards, respectively. The on-screen buttons for photo, video and modes now have a

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texture, and both photo and video recording modes are combined into one viewfinder page rather than separated by switching modes. Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Supernova – Page 9: Camera
– GSM Arena, 28 March 2013 The audio setting (mute / vibrate / sound) is also accessible from the device options (power off / restart / data network mode / flight mode) which is accessed through holding the power button. With Android 4.4 KitKat, which rolled out in February 2014 to Samsung Galaxy devices, the colours of the green battery icon, as well as the green (upstream) and orange (downstream) indicator arrows in the top status bar have been changed to grey.

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TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5 was released in 2013 to support the last updates to Android Jellybean (4.1–4.3), and was first used on the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. This version completely supports the

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security solution, as well as

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capabilities. The camera was also improved in this update:

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was reduced, and features like a 360°

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mode were added. The settings menu is equipped with a new search feature.Tips and tricks for the Galaxy Note 3
- CNet.com, October 7th 2013 It is the first mobile user interface to feature windowing. To the existing split-screen feature, the abilities to

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items inbetween and open select apps twice was added. A vertical ''one-handed operation mode'' has been added for the Galaxy Note 3. It can be accessed with a swiping gesture on either side of the screen and allows variably shrinking the simulated size of the screen. It also is equipped with on-screen navigation (options, home, back) and volume keys (up, down).

TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0

TouchWiz 2014 quick toggle customization

This update was released in 2014 to support

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(4.4). It was first seen on the Galaxy S5, Galaxy K Zoom and the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2. It later appeared on the Galaxy Alpha. The home screen and settings menu were made more user-friendly with larger icons and less clutter. Also, icons in the

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s were removed for

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,Context menu on the Galaxy S4 (2013, with icons)
an
on the Galaxy S5 (2014, without icons)
and any disabled options, where previously they would have been visible but unusable ( grayed out), now do not show up at all. The ''one-handed operation mode'' available on the Galaxy S5 allows setting shortcuts for apps and contacts. A floating menu with user-specified app shortcuts has also been added. The new colour palette utilizes oceanic colours (e.g. ''#006578, #00151C, #004754, #009ba1, #005060, #0034da and #001d27''Samsung Galaxy S5 screenshot: ''settings''
. Please add a PNG screenshot with original (1080×1920) resolution.) to reference the Galaxy S5's water resistance. Some budget devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy Trend 2 Lite, Galaxy J1 Ace, Galaxy V Plus, Galaxy Grand Neo Plus and Galaxy Tab E feature a reduced version of TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0 called "TouchWiz Essence UX", which is adapted for devices with less than 1 GB of RAM. This version has an ultra-power-saving mode, which drastically extends the battery duration by making the screen

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, restricting the apps that can be used, and turning off features like

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and

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. The redesigned settings menu has flat icons instead of previously used self-coloured

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, and is equipped with three distinct viewing modes: ''Grid view'', ''List view'' and ''Tab view''.How to change the Settings view on Galaxy S5?
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of the device (e.g. ''SM-G900F'', ''SM-G901F'').

TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5

This is a slightly modified version of TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0, released in 2014 for the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy A-series (2015). Most of the changes made were minor, aesthetic ones, including an overhaul of the cluttered settings menu, the inclusion of quick setting shortcuts and centralization of the lock screen clock. However, the camera application was stripped down to its most basic features, removing features such as the

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-powered ''remote viewfinder'', nonetheless gaining an AF/ AE lock feature accessible through tapping and holding in the camera viewfinder. The ''"grid view"'' setting menu viewing mode introduced in ''TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0'' has been removed.Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review
− Andrew Martonik – Android Central, 15 Oct 2014 Menus and system applications use white instead of dark backgrounds. The recent task switcher has changed into a vertically scrollable list with overlapping thumbnails, while a flat list with non-overlapping thumbnails with orientation-based scrolling direction had been used previously. The ability to use shortcuts for apps and contacts in the one-handed operation mode has been removed.

TouchWiz Nature UX 4.0

This version comes with Galaxy S5, and so supports

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and was released in 2014. Update 4.0 eventually became available to the

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, Galaxy Note 3 (2013) and Galaxy S5 and Note 4 (2014), and other Lollipop-compatible devices, but with fewer features. This version of TouchWiz continued the design that was initially seen on the Galaxy S5, with slightly more rounded icons, but also incorporated Lollipop's additions and changes, such as making the notification

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merely an overlay instead of a full-screen drawer and colouring it neon blue. TouchWiz Nature UX 4.0 also included a visual overhaul for the whole system, changing the black background in system apps to a white theme, similar to TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5 seen on the Note 4 & A series. The black theme had been in place since the original Galaxy S, because it reduced battery consumption as Samsung mainly uses

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display technology. It was changed because of a patent licensing deal with

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, which required that the TouchWiz interface follow the design of "stock" Android more closely. The size of the current video file and the remaining space storage amount is no longer indicated in the camera software viewfinder during video recording, and the audio controls (''silent'', ''vibration only'', ''on'') have been removed from the power menu.

TouchWiz 5.0

With TouchWiz 5.0, Samsung reverted to the earlier, simpler naming system, without the "Nature UX" infix, to reflect aesthetic changes. This version was released in 2015 primarily for the

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, and supports later updates to

(5.0.2–5.1.1). This update cleaned up the user interface, reduced the number of duplicate functions, and used brighter and simpler colours with icon shadows. Many icons in top bars have been replaced with uppercase text labels such as "". A new version of TouchWiz 5.0 was released in September 2015 for the

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and S6 Edge+. The new version features updated iconography, with stock apps now featuring "

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" icons instead of freeform, and a re-added single-handed operation mode that was removed on the Galaxy S6 after being available on the S5. However, it is opened with a triple-press of the home button instead of a swiping gesture, lacks on-screen keys (navigation, volume controls, app/contact shortcuts) and only has one fixed size. The camera user interface has undergone several changes as well. Shortcuts on the left pane are no longer customizable, and the settings are on a separate page rather than on top of an active viewfinder. Mid-range and entry-level devices feature a version named "TouchWiz Essence 2.0". It is similar to TouchWiz 5.0 but icon shadows are not included along with or without Theme Support. It is comparatively lighter, faster and featured on devices such as the 2016 A series, Galaxy A8, Galaxy S5 Neo, tablets and the J series devices which run Android Lollipop. It also doesn't feature the Sparkling Bubbles lockscreen effect exclusive to Galaxy S6 devices and the Note 5. Galaxy S6 user reports suggest that the step-by-step frame navigation and still frame image extraction features have been removed from Samsung's precluded video player software.

TouchWiz 6.0

This version of TouchWiz began during initial beta testing of

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on the

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in December 2015, for users who had signed up for the beta program, and became formally available in February 2016. It features a redesigned notification drop-down and colour overhaul, replacing the original blue and green hue to white. This version also removed the weather while centring and enlarging the clock on the

, as well as bringing back the ability to customize the shortcuts on the lock screen. Icons are slightly modified with a flatter look, removing the shadows that featured previously. The Smart Manager was removed as an app, and was moved to a settings option instead. On this version, Samsung also added

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options such as ''Show button shapes'', where buttons are outlined with a visible border and a shaded background to increase contrast from the background, and the ability change the display density setting, although this was initially only accessible through a third-party app as the setting was hidden by the system. An update to the

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and S7 Edge made it official, allowing users to change it under the display settings. TouchWiz 6.0 also includes Google's additions to Android: Doze and App Standby to improve battery performance (although Samsung's own app optimization feature remains available, thus meaning there are two separate "app optimization" settings: one within the Smart Manager app, and the other within the battery usage screen), Now on Tap to quickly access the

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, and Permission Control to limit the permissions granted to a particular application.

TouchWiz Grace UX

First released with the

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for

, the Grace UX was named after the device's codename, and eventually made its way to older devices, including the Galaxy Note 5 through an update, the

and S7 Edge through the official

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update. The Grace UX features a cleaner, flatter look to iconography and extensive use of white space. TouchWiz Grace UX devices also benefit from the Secure Folder functionality, which enables users to keep certain data, and even apps, behind a secure password. In addition, for most countries, all the languages that were absent from previous versions (

or earlier) will be available in this release, starting with the Galaxy Tab S3.

Devices running Samsung TouchWiz

Proprietary

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* Samsung Impact/Highlight * Samsung Jet * Samsung Preston * Samsung Solstice * Samsung Corby * Samsung Star * Samsung Tocco * Samsung Ultra Touch * Samsung Blue Earth *Samsung Monte

Bada

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Windows Mobile

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Symbian

* Samsung i8910

Tizen

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* Samsung Z3

Android

Cameras

* Samsung Galaxy Camera (TouchWiz Nature UX) *

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(TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0) *

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(TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5)

Smartphones

* Samsung Behold II *Samsung Illusion SCH-I110 (TouchWiz 3.0) *

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(TouchWiz 3.0) * Samsung Rugby Smart (TouchWiz 3.0) * Samsung Droid Charge (TouchWiz 4.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz Nature UX) * Samsung Galaxy Chat (TouchWiz Nature UX) *

Samsung Galaxy Gio Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung and running the Android operating system. It was announced at the 2011 Mobile World Congress as one of four low-end Samsung smartphones, along with '' Galaxy Ace'', '' Galax ...

(TouchWiz 3.0) * Samsung Galaxy Fit (TouchWiz 3.0) *

Samsung Galaxy Mini The Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570 /L/i is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the Android operating system. It was announced and released by Samsung in early 2011. In some markets it is known as Samsung Galaxy Next/Pop/NG, while it ...

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Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" operating system. It was announced and released by Samsung in February 2012. It is available in three colors: black, yellow and or ...

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Samsung Galaxy Y Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360) is an Android-based smartphone by Samsung, announced in August 2011. Its main features are 3G connection with speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s and Wi-Fi. Features Galaxy Y features Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread OS with Sam ...

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is a phone with camera hybrid with a 10x optical zoom (24–240 mm 35 mm equivalent) with f/3.1-6.3 lens with built-in optical image stabilizer and a standard xenon flash. It was introduced in July 2013. Th ...

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Samsung Galaxy Pocket 2 The Samsung Galaxy Pocket 2 is a small budget Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics and released in September 2014. Specifications Hardware The phone is powered by Spreadtrum SC7715 SoC with 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and ARM Mali 4 ...

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Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo The Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung. It was announced in March 2013 and released in May 2013 as the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus.http://www.samsung.com/ph/consumer/mobile-devices/smartph ...

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(TouchWiz 3.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz 4.0) *Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (TouchWiz 4.0) * Samsung Galaxy S Duos (TouchWiz Nature UX) * Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0) * Samsung Galaxy SL (TouchWiz 3.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz 4.0) * Samsung Galaxy S Plus (TouchWiz 3.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz 4.0) *

Samsung Galaxy S Advance The Samsung GT-I9070 Galaxy S Advance (also known as the Galaxy S II Lite) is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics. It was announced on 30 January 2012 and released in April 2012 as an "advanced" variant to the original G ...

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Samsung Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II (or Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, slate-format Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series. It has additional software fe ...

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Samsung Galaxy S III The Samsung Galaxy S III (or Galaxy S3) is an Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Launched in 2012, it had sold more than 80 million units overall, making it the most sold phone in the S series. I ...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 The Samsung Galaxy S5 is an Android-based smartphone unveiled, produced, released and marketed by Samsung Electronics as part of the Samsung Galaxy S series. Unveiled on 24 February 2014 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, it was rele ...

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/ S6 Edge (TouchWiz Nature UX 5.0 (5.0.2), upgradeable to Grace UX (7.0)) * Samsung Galaxy Star S5282/S5280 (TouchWiz Nature UX) * Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Neo (TouchWiz Nature UX 5.0) *Samsung Galaxy Star 2/Star 2 Plus (TouchWiz Essence UX) * Samsung Galaxy Win (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0) * Samsung Galaxy Core (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5) * Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (TouchWiz Essence UX) *

Samsung Galaxy J1 The Samsung Galaxy J1 is an Android smartphone developed by Samsung Electronics. It was released in January 2015 and is the first phone of the Galaxy J series. It was marketed as an entry-level device starting at $100. History The Galaxy J ...

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Samsung Galaxy S7 The Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S7 Active are Android-based smartphones manufactured, released and marketed by Samsung Electronics. The S7 series serves as the successor to the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ and ...

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) (or Samsung Galaxy A7 2017 Edition) is an Android high to midrange smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was announced on January 2, 2017, along with Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017 ...

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Phablets

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/Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition/ S4 Active (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0, Upgradable to TouchWiz Nature UX 4.0) * Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 i9150 (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0 (4.2.2), Upgradable to TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5 (4.4.2)) * Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 GT-i9200/i9205 (TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0 (4.2.2), Upgradable to TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5 (4.4.2)) * Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 (TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0 (4.4.4)) *

Samsung Galaxy Note The Samsung Galaxy Note series is a discontinued line of high-end Android phablets and smartphones developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics. The line is primarily oriented towards pen computing; all Galaxy Note models ship with a sty ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note II The Samsung Galaxy Note II (or Galaxy Note 2) is an Android phablet smartphone. Unveiled on August 29, 2012 and released in October 2012, the Galaxy Note II is a successor to the original Galaxy Note, incorporating improved stylus functionality ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is an Android phablet smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics as part of the Samsung Galaxy Note series. The Galaxy Note 3 was unveiled on September 4, 2013, with its worldwide release beginning later in the month. S ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is an Android (operating system), Android smartphone developed and produced by Samsung Electronics. It was unveiled during a Samsung press conference at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, IFA Berlin on 3 September ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (stylized as SΛMSUNG Galaxy Note5) is an Android-based phablet designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Unveiled on 13 August 2015, it is the successor to the Galaxy Note 4 and part of the S ...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ The Samsung Galaxy S6 is a line of Android-based smartphones manufactured, released and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Succeeding the Samsung Galaxy S5, the S6 was not released as a singular model, but instead in two variations unveiled and ...

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Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 or simply Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based mini-tablet computer produced by Samsung. Available from 5 November 2010. The tablet was first introduced on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin. The Galaxy Tab was ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is an 8-inch Android-based tablet computer produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. It belongs to the second generation of the Samsung Galaxy Note series tablets, which also includes a 10.1-inch model, the Ga ...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is a 10.5-inch Android-based tablet computer produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. It belongs to the ultra high-end "S" line of the cross between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy S series, which al ...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is an Android-based tablet computer produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Belonging to the high-end "S" line, it was unveiled alongside the Galaxy Book at the MWC 2017, and was first released on March 24, 20 ...

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