International blockbuster K-drama titles Jugglers, Queen for Seven Days and Manhole will now be exclusively available on the ‘My Galaxy’ app for Samsung consumers in India, in partnership with KBS Media. That’s not all, Samsung consumers will also get access to over 750 K-pop songs of top artists and bands such as BTS, Exo, BTOB, MONSTA-X among others.

“We value the interests and taste of our consumers and there is absolutely no doubt about the growing popularity of K-pop culture in India. Keeping in mind the evolving entertainment needs of Indian millennials, we are delighted to bring K-content on our ‘My Galaxy’ App. Samsung customers can now access K-pop music and exclusive K-drama on their favorite Samsung smartphone. We are confident that the famed K-content will resonate well with our young consumers,” said Pramod Mundra, Senior Director, Samsung India, commenting on the growing trend of Korean content consumption amongst Indian millennials.

K-pop and K-drama have become the drivers of interest in Korean culture globally. Even in India, the Korean wave is starting to gain prominence, especially among millennials. There has been special interest in Korean culture among youngsters from the age group of 18-24 years across metros and Tier 1 cities. ‘My Galaxy’ app continues to provide Samsung consumers in India the most distinctive content to meet their growing entertainment needs.

The Korean content streaming on the ‘My Galaxy’ app includes:

Jugglers – A rom-com drama, it is the story of equation between a secretary and her boss and how it completely flips outside office.

Queen for 7 days – A historical drama, it portrays the story of a queen who is on the throne for seven days and her love story with King LeeYeok and Lee Yung.

Manhole – This Korean drama captures the journey of Pil. The lead actor time travels to stop his crush of 28 years from getting married.

K-Pop – Korean pop music videos from top artists such as BTS, EXO, BTOB, MONSTA-X with over 750 songs (over 45 hours of content).

To watch the drama series and access the music bank, download the ‘My Galaxy’ app (www.tinyurl.com/hvfdx2d)

Besides K-content, ‘My Galaxy’ app offers a unique all-in-one experience including videos, music, games, news and personalized offers and updates. Currently there are over 20 million ‘My Galaxy’ app users in India.

Samsung India Electronics today announced the expansion of the Galaxy On Series portfolio with the launch of Galaxy On Nxt. Owing to its consumer centric approach, the Galaxy On Series has received tremendous response in India. Taking the legacy forward, the all new Galaxy On Nxt showcases a perfect blend of great style, powerful performance and an all-in-one application experience created through the new My Galaxy.

Mr. Manu Sharma, Vice President, Mobiles Business, Samsung India Electronics, said, “At Samsung, we are committed to continued innovation, inspired by the deep understanding and insights from our wide range of consumers. Galaxy On Nxt has a premium full metal compact design with a superior performance for an enriching consumer experience.”

Ajay Yadav, VP – Mobiles at Flipkart, said, “Flipkart’s partnership with Samsung is creating new milestones with every exclusive launch. After the overwhelming response to Samsung Galaxy On8 launched earlier this month, we are elated to bring Samsung Galaxy On Nxt to our customers.” He added, “We are confident of repeating the success with the combination of a futuristic smartphone from Samsung and the seamless consumer finance options such as No Cost EMI and product exchange offered on Flipkart. This is a step forward in making the latest technology affordable and accessible, and setting new benchmarks in customer convenience.”

Premium Design

Galaxy On Nxt is a full metal unibody smartphone, with a 2.5D Gorilla Glass and a compact design, giving the smartphone an impressive look. The smartphone sports a 5.5” full HD high resolution display ensuring an immersive viewing experience to the consumer.

Spectacular Performance

To enable an amazing performance for the consumers, Galaxy On Nxt comes equipped with a powerful octa-core processor and 3GB RAM. This ensures that the smartphone handles tasks with ease, for a faster and smoother multi-tasking experience. The device comes with a 32GB internal memory, dual SIM & Micro SD card support which is expandable up to 256GB. To ensure data security, Galaxy On Nxt comes with a fingerprint sensor that allows quick and secure access.

Brilliant Low Light Imaging

With a superior f1.9 aperture on both cameras, Galaxy On Nxt is a great device to shoot bright and clearer images in low light conditions. The device is equipped with a 13MP rear and 8MP front shooter for capturing perfect shots in high resolution. Enhanced modes such as palm and gesture selfie, wide angle selfie and beautifying effects are incorporated in the Galaxy On Nxt for a better consumer experience while shooting selfies.

All-in-one Application Experience

The device comes pre-installed with the new My Galaxy application. This all-in-one application packs in videos, music, gaming, utility services such as recharges, bill payments, movie ticketing, cab booking, flight & hotel bookings, live chat  and much more. It also enables hyperlocal deals and offers across categories in top cities of the country. The application is powered by leading players across categories and promises to be a one stop destination for all your smartphone needs.

Make for India Innovations

Samsung has introduced a host of locally developed innovations as part of its ‘Make for India’ initiative. Galaxy On Nxt integrates innovative features such as S Power Planning and S Secure, which address consumers’ power management and security related concerns. Additionally, a cost-effective 4G experience with the innovative Ultra Data Saving (UDS) Mode, allows users to save up to 50% mobile data through compression technology. Samsung India has also launched an industry first S bike mode, is a dedicated application enabling consumers to ‘ride tension free’ and encourages responsible riding.

Price and Availability

Galaxy On Nxt will be available at an attractive price of INR 18,490 exclusively on Flipkart from 00.00 hours on 24th October, 2016. Galaxy On Nxt is available in 2 colours – gold and black.

Samsung GALAXY On Nxt Product Specifications*

*All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of Samsung Z3, a Tizen-based smartphone, reaffirming Samsung’s commitment to strengthen the Tizen device portfolio and ecosystem in India. The next generation Tizen smartphone, Samsung Z3, designed and manufactured in India, has been packed with a host of services and features for first time smartphone adopters in India. Samsung Z3 promises to deliver a superior and differentiated smartphone experience, which would be Rewarding, Engaging & Efficient, while retaining the original attributes of smart, simple and fun.

Samsung Z3 comes preloaded with a new Rewarding platform My Galaxy, which would extend personalized exclusive deals and offers to consumers. Samsung’s exclusive partnership with Mix Radio, the easiest to use, most personalized and most fun music streaming service available, has also equipped Z3 with the most “Engaging” entertainment service thereby taking fun aspect on Z devices to next level.

The incorporation of new features such as Ultra Data Saving mode, which offers up to 40% mobile data savings, coupled with Ultra Power Saving mode makes Z3 easily the most efficient smartphone. These feature when combined with Z3’s efficient Tizen platform and premium design at an attractive price point makes the device a very compelling smartphone of choice for first time smartphone up-graders.

Mr. H.C Hong, President and CEO, Samsung India Electronics, said, “The launch of Samsung Z3 re-emphasizes India’s significance as a key centre for innovation and development on the Tizen operating system, with India being the first country to globally launch the Z3. We were encouraged by the huge popularity of Samsung Z1, the first Tizen OS powered smartphone that sold over one million units within six months of its launch earlier this year.”

“We take immense pride in the Tizen OS, an inspiration to the world and a creation for the future. Our focus is to bring innovation that is meaningful; which will increase smartphone penetration and further catalyse the Digital India growth,” Mr Hong said.

The Tizen OS has seen significant growth as an ecosystem. With today’s mobile phone buyers, especially first time users of smartphones, interested in a smartphone that is intuitive, customizable and convenient to use, Tizen helps deliver high levels of customization, given that it is an open source platform.

Mr. Asim Warsi, Vice President, Marketing, IT & Mobile at Samsung India, said, “At Samsung we have always been at the forefront of innovation. It is our constant endeavor to bring new and exciting experiences for our consumers through cutting edge technology and unparalleled service. As consumers look for more relevance and personalization, it is our endeavor to give them what they want and put it together with great insight. Samsung Z3 is another step in this direction-loaded with My Galaxy, our new platform, which will not only deliver real & enduring value to consumers but also present an opportunity for the ecosystem to collaborate by leveraging consumer intelligence and technology.”

MAKE FOR INDIA:

Samsung’s India R&D engineers developed My Galaxy, Mix Radio, Ultra Data and Power Saving modes, Special Days UX and Enhanced Messaging–features, which are specific to Indian consumers.

Rewarding with My Galaxy to make ‘Awesome Everyday’

My Galaxy is a new and unique consumer engagement platform, which offers consumers differentiated value added services. These range from personalized offers, an exclusive music service, continuous value on extensively used categories like recharge, travel, movies, fashion etc to post purchase care and assistance. Samsung has tied up with brands such as Amazon, Paytm, BookMyShow, and Pizza Hut among others for consumers to enjoy these services through an integrated platform and to discover new and amazing things every day.

It also provides post purchase assistance by enabling location based discovery of service and store locators, in addition to enabling consumers to track their service requests anytime anywhere. Samsung Z3 will thus extend to consumers the most rewarding smartphone experience with My Galaxy platform.

Most Engaging entertainment experience with MixRadio

The Samsung Z3 builds on the consumer insight for need of easy and constant access to entertainment. Various consumer interactions have shown that music is one of the key activities that users indulge on their mobile devices. Samsung Z3 comes pre-loaded with a highly personalised music streaming experience. With integration of Mix Radio on Samsung Z3, consumers will have access to thousands of curated mixes from a catalogue of over 30 million songs. This includes extensive local catalogue of 12 Indian languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Bangla, Odiya and Marathi. Z3 users would not only have an option of streaming music from these languages but also to take music offline keeping them entertained at all times.

Next Level of Efficiency for Indian Consumers

Samsung Z3 features the newly introduced ‘Ultra Data Saving’ mode, providing data compression and app management capabilities resulting in up to 40% mobile data savings and up to 50% longer standby time. The same has been specifically developed keeping in mind the Indian consumer’s requirement for affordable internet and long usage time. To further enhance the battery longevity, Samsung Z3 carries forward the specially Made for India Ultra Power Saving (UPS) mode, which was introduced on the first Tizen smartphone, Samsung Z1. The UPS mode allows users to operate on standby for over a day even with less than 10 percent of battery remaining, thereby keeping consumers in touch at all times. Coupled with a long lasting 2600 mAH battery of Samsung Z3, the consumers will get the most efficient and affordable internet experience.

Advanced Viewing and Camera Capabilities

Samsung Z3’s superior 5-inch HD screen, powered with Samsung’s advanced Super AMOLED technology delivers 40% more colour and 100 times better contrast ratio versus normal TFT LCDs for true-to-life images. The device is also equipped with an 8 megapixel rear camera with a F2.2 aperture that captures clear and detailed images. Further, the 5 megapixel front-facing camera offers advanced selfie capabilities, which is complemented by various photography modes ranging from ‘Automatic Selfie’ mode with facial recognition, ‘Beauty Face’ mode that automatically retouches images for flawless skin to ‘Wide Selfie’ mode to capture up to 120 degrees angle for that perfect group selfie shot.

Slim Design

Just 7.9 mm slim, Samsung Z3 is a sleek and stylish device available in three brilliant colour variants, Gold, Black and Silver. Its polished, premium design makes it clutter breaking and extremely fashionable.

Price and Availability

This product will be available across all Samsung’s retail channels from the coming week at a price of INR 8490. In the online space, it’ll be available exclusively on Snapdeal.

Users will get up to 1GB of data free per month for two months on Vodafone networks allowing them to download and surf at will; making the fullest use of their Z3 Smartphone.

Samsung Z3 Product Specifications

*All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.