Samsung to compete with Facebook; new social media service in works

How it works

According to HeraldCorp, the new service will allow users to share their locations in real time and also comment on other people's locations. 'Uhssup' will also have messaging capabilities just like the one sen on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

While previous reports showed that the company registered the name "Uhssup" with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the HeraldCorp report indicates that Samsung has registered both 'Uhssup' and 'Samsung Social' in the domestic Korean market.

The announcement

Additionally, in the official Samsung announcement of the Galaxy S9, the company has not only emphasized on improving the camera, but also to 'redefine the way you share your moment.' Perhaps, the new social networking service is what the company was hinting at.

Samsung is paving way for its other apps in its ecosystem like the Samsung Pay, Samsung Cloud and the Samsung Pass by integrating them with its devices. The company might be expecting the same response for its 'Uhssup' app from its users.

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First to feature

As for the upcoming Galaxy S9, the device is said to sports 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with QHD resolution and will be powered by an octa-core Exynos 8895 processor paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.

Optics wise, the smartphone will come equipped with a Dual Pixel 12MP camera that is capable of switching between f/1.5 and f/1.25 aperture sizes. For selfies, the device will have an 8MP front snapper. The device will run on Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box and will have a 3000mAh battery reservoir to fire up the Galaxy S9.

Recently, a known tipster also spilled the beans for Samsung, after posting some renders of the Dex docking station. The new Dex pad is said to be launched alongside the Galaxy S9 Duo. The renders show that the new dock could feature a slew of ports such as a full-size HDMI port, a USB Type-C port, and two full-size USB ports.