Samsung said ‘we will never follow the trend’ after its WeChat account rated ‘heterogeneous’
Recently, Chinese media criticized Samsung by saying – Who still uses Samsung? It used to be a trend to use the company’s smartphones and now it’s a different kind to use the Galaxy devices. For a long time, Samsung has been classified as “others” in statistics, while its market share in China is no longer enough.
Moving on, the company pleasantly responded on this matter via its official Weibo Samsung Galaxy account saying – “We will never follow the trend.” This reply came earlier today and the way of encountering criticism show how Samsung is gradually working to recover its presence in the Chinese market.
Samsung Galaxy (on Weibo) said:
“To: You who are unique,
because of you, we will never follow the trend;
because of you, we have been moving forward;
because of you, we are always grateful.
Do What You Can’t!”
Will Samsung’s graph rise in Chinese market?
It’s worth mentioning that Samsung’s smartphone market share peaked in China in 2013 at 19.7% and then began to decline due to multiple factors including battery explosions. In 2018, the company’s market share fell to less than 1%. However, there was a slight rebound in individual quarters, but the descending trend still remained unchanged.
As per the previous report (IDC), China’s smartphone market shares were firmly controlled by Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Apple. The report revealed that these five companies grabbed 93.5% market share in 2019, while 96.5% in 2020. At the same time, Samsung secured only a 0.6% market share in the first quarter of this year.
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Samsung has pushed an April 2024 security update for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, and Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphones in Korea. This update enhances system security and stability as well as adds new features for a better user experience.
April 2024 security update for the Galaxy S22 series in Korea brings Mobile ID support for the Samsung Wallet app. Through this update, users can save and use their government-issued mobile driver’s license and national veterans registration card on their phones.
However, only IC cards with a mobile ID icon can be added. Users can use it anywhere just like your real ID. In addition, the update also applies the Google security patch to enhance the performance
Latest Firmware
- Galaxy S22 – S901NKSU3DXD3
- Galaxy S22 Plus – S906NKSU3DXD3
- Galaxy S22 Ultra – S908NKSU3DXD3
Users will have to download a 420MB package to install the update. To install the update, need to navigate to Settings >> Software Updates >> Download and install.
Samsung Galaxy S22 April 2024 update – Korea #Samsung #GalaxyS22 #OneUI pic.twitter.com/GGxRR1Vad5
— Samsung Software Updates (@SamsungSWUpdate) April 20, 2024
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Samsung’s April 2024 update is reportedly bricking Galaxy Z Fold 3. A user reported on the Korean version of Samsung’s community that this smartphone was stuck in recovery mode after triggering the installation of the F926NKSU2HXD2 firmware.
The problem seems limited as I haven’t found many reports regarding the same. At the same time, the comments section of the source post also lacks similar feedback from consumers. Still, I recommend you not to install the HXD2 firmware on your Galaxy.
Samsung has recently launched Samsung Wallet in its home ground. We’ve seen a heavy number of Samsung Pay users switching to Wallet for advanced payments and mobile ID features. Notably, the firmware update also brought Samsung Wallet Mobile ID integration for the Fold 3.
Apart from the Wallet upgrade, the firmware brings the April 2024 security patch. Samsung may have also released HXD2 to the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in South Korea. The same firmware was started rolling out to the Galaxy Z Flip 4, however, there are no reports from consumers in the community.
While the smartphone is stuck in recovery mode, the only way left is to wipe the data. Wiping data will lead the user to lose access to all the personal data that was not backed up. Also, there will be a lot of hurdles after manually resetting the device such as logging in via the trusted device.
We will update you on the matter!
Samsung's April 2024 update bricking Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G in South Korea ‼ ‼
– Suspected SW: F926NKSU2HXD2
After installing, the user's phone stuck into recovery mode.
Rebooting through volume/power keys doesn't work, infinite loop⁉#Samsung #GalaxyZFold3 #OneUI6 pic.twitter.com/DLJpXZQxXe
— Yash Rathore (@YashRathoreX) April 19, 2024
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The US variant of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 will be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. There were reports that Samsung may expand the Exynos chipset to its foldable lineup, which doesn’t seem to be happening, at least in the United States.
Recently, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 US variant was spotted on Geekbench with Snapdragon chip. It isn’t surprising as the company is following its conventional chipset strategy. We expect that it will be the same chipset used in the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy.
The Flip 6 smartphone scored 15084 points on Geekbench’s GPU test. Due to its foldable form factor, the device may miss a Galaxy S24-like larger cooling technology. Still, its impressive 15000+ points in the GPU test indicates that Samsung has greatly optimized the software.
The company still has three months remaining in the launch event. More performance improvements will likely be achieved before the Unpacked. The South Korean tech giant will likely unveil the next-gen foldable phones in mid-July.
This year, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra would join the standard Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy Z Flip 6. In addition, an affordable variant of Fan Edition branding is also in development. However, the cheaper foldable would miss some pro-grade specs to maintain the price.
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