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Nearly a year after Android 6.0 Marshmallow first debuted on the Nexus 5X and 6P, the AT&T models of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge are finally receiving an OTA for 6.0.1. Samsung has never been reputable for fast updates, and neither has AT&T. This incredibly late update is what happens when you mash the two together.
Okay, so there's a small chance the Galaxy Note 7 might explode. That's a bummer, but older note phones probably won't do that. It just so happens a lot of them are on salve via Woot today. These are all refurbished phones, and a few of them might have some cosmetic damage, but they're cheap.
Marshmallow is making its way to Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge owners in the US. If you're on T-Mobile, you're next on the list. The Un-carrier is now sending out OTA updates to people on its network.
Android N (Nutella? Nougat?) is edging closer and closer to an official stable release, but that doesn't mean 6.0 Marshmallow is anywhere close to saturation point: according to Android's official monthly distribution numbers, only 10.1% of Android users are using that latest stable version of the OS. That should increase a little bit more in the next week or two, with Verizon announcing the Marshmallow update for its Galaxy Note Edge is ready.
The Sprint Galaxy Note 5 got Android 6.0 a month ago. Now it's the Note Edge's turn. The carrier has announced an over-the-air update delivering Marshmallow, security patches from Google and Samsung, and bug fixes. The OTA is going out as version number N915PVPU4DPD.
The Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge both came out a year ago, a time when manufacturers still shipped their devices running Android KitKat. Owners eventually got to experience Lollipop in a later update, and as we've seen from Sprint and AT&T, carriers have started pushing devices up from Android 5.0.1 to 5.1.1. You can now add T-Mobile to that list.
AT&T is not known for its rapid updates. The Galaxy S6 only got Android 5.1 on AT&T late last month, several months after it hit other variants. At least Samsung isn't completely ignoring its 2014 devices. The Note 4 and Note Edge on AT&T are getting Android 5.1.1 tomorrow, according to Samsung's website.
If you're a Samsung phone owner hoping to play with the manufacturer's custom-made game recording app, you might just be able to today. Game Recorder+ has been updated to work with a few new devices, plus improved compatibility for new Android 5.1 builds and better performance.
Starting with the Galaxy S5, Samsung has been building fingerprint readers into the home buttons of its flagship devices. Their primary purpose is to give owners an alternative way of unlocking their phones. But some apps, such as LastPass, also take advantage of the hardware. Now another password manager has added support.
Before the Galaxy S6 Edge came along with two curved sides, Samsung graced the world with the Galaxy Note Edge. This large handset has only one curved side, which it lines with icons and information meant to supplement what's on the flat part of the screen.
The Team Win Recovery Project's custom recovery has come to a contrasting pair of smartphones from two separate manufacturers. One, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, is a large gimmicky device that you might love, but probably don't. The other is a smaller version of the Sony Xperia Z, the ZL.
The updates to Android's latest sweet and savory flavor are continuing to roll out to Samsung's recent line of Note devices. This time around, the OTA train is hitting up the Note Edge on its T-Mobile station, a few weeks after passing by both the US Cellular and Sprint stops.
Folks out there who both own a Galaxy Note 4 or Note Edge and use US Cellular will be pleased to know that their time has come to receive Lollipop.
If I said Lollipop didn't have its own share of bugs, I'd be lying. But I'd also be lying if I said that it's not the best version of Android to date, because it really is. And today, Note 3 and Note Edge users on Sprint are getting a taste of what 5.0 is like on their handsets, as the Now Network has finally started pushing it.
The Galaxy Note Edge is a little weird, a little out there. So it's only appropriate that Samsung has chosen Australia as the first place to roll out the phone's Lollipop update. According to SamMobile, Note Edge owners in Oz started seeing the update late last night local time, at least for the SM-N915G variant of the phone. As far as we've seen, Australia is the first market to get the update for the Note Edge.
Three of America's five largest carriers all started selling Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge back in early November for a price just short of physically painful. For whatever reason, Verizon Wireless (along with US Cellular) needed an extra two months to add the device to its lineup.
The Galaxy Note Edge Comes To US Cellular Wednesday, January 7th For $399 On-Contract
US Cellular is getting the Galaxy Note Edge.
Samsung's experiment made consumer product, the Galaxy Note Edge, is already available in international unlocked versions and through AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The next American carrier to bite on the device with the curved screen is US Cellular, which will start selling the Note Edge on Wednesday. A standard two-year contract will get you the phone for a hefty $399 (which is actually in line with AT&T and Sprint's contract pricing), or you can split the payments up into undisclosed bits with no money down. The press release didn't mention a non-contract price, but the unconventional phone runs between $850 and $950 elsewhere.
Nearly two years ago, Samsung unveiled a prototype for a curved-edge display in a smartphone. They didn't give it a name, and most of us assumed it was a one-off engineering experiment that would never be explored much further. As it turns out, we were wrong - Samsung apparently set to work putting one half of the concept in production (as in, only one curved side on the screen), and now we have the Galaxy Note Edge.
The Galaxy Note Edge is now available in the US from most of the major carriers, and to anyone out there who wants its intriguing curved strip of extra screen space, well, it's going to cost you. If you missed our last report, then you might want to sit down. This handset comes in at roughly $900 off-contract, and even if you're thinking of making a two-year commitment, you will still have to hand over the cost of one 32GB Nexus 5.