Using Samsung smartphone? It may be sending your photos to contacts

For those using a Samsung smartphone, this may be unnerving. It has been discovered that some devices are sending the owner's photos from the camera roll without consent.

The issue appears to be affecting the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ devices. However, it is not limited to these two models, The Verge reported.

The photos are being sent via Samsung's default texting app. What makes the matters worse is that the app does not even show users if the files have been sent.

To prevent the bug from sending photos to your contacts, you may choose to revoke access to files for the Messages app.

Flipkart pulls down Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ before sale on March 16

Home-grown e-commerce major Flipkart seems to have removed the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus from its portal before the start of the smartphones’ official sale on March 16. The flagship smartphones were first announced a day before the Mobile World Congress and unveiled in India on March 6.
The pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ began in India through Samsung online stores soon after the international unveiling at the MWC.

However, Samsung’s partner for online sales, Airtel online store and Flipkart, had started taking pre-orders after the official launch on March 6.
Starting March 6, Flipkart not only started taking the pre-orders but also listed the two smartphones as bundled with offers like Rs 5,000 additional discount on exchange, cashback of Rs 6,000 for HDFC credit and debit card holders and no-cost equated monthly instalments removing the interest component from EMIs paid to banks on the purchase of devices using a credit card.

Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ India launch today: Know all about features & specs

Samsung India is gearing up to release the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones in India on March 6. The Galaxy S-series flagship smartphones were first unveiled at the mobile international Congress 2018. the next-era smartphones are built on the blueprint of the Galaxy 8-series, but with deeper synthetic intelligence integration, more suitable digicam modules and all-spherical multimedia skills.

The South Korean electronics manufacturer has collaborated with domestic-grown e-commerce large Flipkart and India’s main telecom operator Airtel for online sale of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+.
soon after the international unveiling on the MWC, Samsung started out taking pre-orders via its reputable portal. but, each Flipkart and Airtel would take the pre-booking beginning nowadays.

here are some of the key functions of the gadgets:
digicam
In a primary for any Galaxy S-collection cellphone, the South Korean giant has integrated a twin aperture (f/1.5 and f/2.4) lens in a excellent-velocity twin-pixel sensor powered through a committed processor and memory chip. The camera inside the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus has additionally stepped forward on sluggish-movement talents. The smartphones, unlike any of the previous-generation gadgets, now assist gradual-mo up to 960 frames consistent with 2d – that challenges Sony’s monopoly on this phase.

Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Apple iPhone X: From price to design, how they compare

When Microsoft revealed a replacement to Windows 8, it skipped the number 9 and went straight to Windows 10. Apple’s iPhone 8 was followed by the iPhone X (pronounced “ten”). But Samsung refused to follow: The successor to its Galaxy S8 is the Galaxy S9 (and a larger S9 Plus), and it’s coming out in March.

The phone is critical for the company. Samsung needs to show it has the hardware and software chops to maintain its leadership in the Android market, while proving Apple isn’t king of smartphone design. Then there’s fending off rising Chinese competition from Huawei and reassuring investors that Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has the company’s future under control since his legal woes commanded global headlines.

But above all, Samsung needs to be better than the iPhone X in the eyes of consumers. Here’s how they compare.

Photography and video
Great pictures are essential for any top-end phone. Samsung has equipped the S9 Plus with two cameras: a wide-angle, and a telephoto (like the iPhone X) and both capture at a resolution of 12 megapixels (also like the iPhone X). Samsung even mounts the two lenses of the S9 Plus vertically — something Apple also does with its flagship.