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Samsung’s ‘Durable’ War, leads to global foldable models
Last year we have heard the news that Samsung topped the global smartphone market in the third quarter last year by a 21.2 percent share, and it’s interesting to know that Samsung is followed by Apple (15.9 percent), Oppo (15.7 percent), Xiaomi (13.7 percent), and Vivo (10.5 percent).
Samsung said its sales growth is driven by the Galaxy Z Flip 3, the Galaxy Fold 3, and Galaxy A series, which gained huge popularity in North America and Europe. Samsung has huge popularity in the North American smartphone market.
One of the most interesting things is that Samsungs market share was 37 percent, which is just double that of Apple’s 14 percent, and this is quite strange for a US-based company.
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Samsung has topped another survey done by a market research firm Canalys with 23 percent of the market share, Apple came second with 15 percent followed by Vivo, Oppo, and Realme, with 10, and 5 percent.
The company’s flagship smartphone S22 in Korea surpassed one million sales within less than one and half months. Its predecessor’s Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Galaxy Fold 3 gathered its attention with more than one million sales in a month after Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S8.
There is a lot of difference between the Samsung and Apple sales, Samsung with 69.3 million units and Apple with 48 million units, you can clearly see a difference.
Chinese Smartphones Makers Imitating Samsung’s Foldable Phones
Chinese manufacturers are increasingly imitating Samsung Electronics in the foldable smartphone market. At the same time, the former foldable phones are expected to be cheaper and their shares are likely to go up fast in emerging markets in particular.
The manufacturer has tried to improve their technologies too. The new Oppo came with a few middle wrinkles and on the other hand, Huawei was said to have more improved heat handling capability than Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, but practically cannot be seen on the ground.
The foldable phones of Samsung Electronics and Oppo used the same glass supplied by Samsung Display, but wrinkles are not visible on the latter one.
Samsung Electronics has used this design from the beginning and it may not be easy for the Chinese company to imitate the design completely, said the industry insider.
Samsung Still Ahead of Chinese Markers in Foldable Phone Technology
While Chinese companies are releasing foldable phones imitating Samsung’s Galaxy Z series one after another, industry analysts say there is a lot of difference between Samsung models and Chinese products.
YouTube and social media (SNS) channels like Weibo are studded with posts comparing foldable models from Samsung Electronics and China’s Huawei. Compared to these phones many times from the durability point of view P50 Pocket collapsed but the Z flip 3 expressed confidence.
The same is the case with the present Samsung and Chinese series of smartphones. Talking about this Oppo said that it’s ahead of Samsung, stressing that it has lesser wrinkles than Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 but Oppo Find N has fewer wrinkles, despite knowing the fact that it is also based on Samsung’s Display technology.
What does Samsung tend to bring?
The Samsung Galaxy tri-fold smartphone renders have also started appearing online, which are showing that Samsung’s new foldable could feature a tri-fold design. It would be featured with a Rear sub-display, front under-panel camera, and Triple rear camera. In-display fingerprint sensor, as well as an HDMI connector.
How do we know that?
Samsung Electronics reportedly developing a tri-fold smartphone that folds twice, its patent document on the new form factor was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization and has been disclosed.
LetsGoDigital, an information technology media outlet based in the Netherlands has previously unveiled a computer-rendered image of the Samsung Galaxy Tri-Fold based on the patent document.
Earlier in August, Samsung Display unveiled a prototype of the Galaxy Tri-Fold under the name flex in and out at the Korean Display Exhibition.
Present Samsung phones Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, and Galaxy S22 are rocking the world with their presence. So, you can hope that the z fold technology to be launched soon.
However, it’s our factful opinion, what’s yours, write in the comment below.
When it comes to Android updates, Samsung is leading the Android world. However, this could be the last day of Samsung’s leadership as Google is expected to double up its current Android updates support for Pixel smartphones launching today.
2020 was a remarkable year in Samsung’s history when the company extended Android updates support from two years to three. A few months later, the company extended the security support as well, totaling it to four years for flagship Galaxy devices.
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In 2022, Samsung launched the Galaxy S22 series, which offers four generations of OS upgrades. In its announcement, the company listed all flagships launched in 2021 and later along with select Galaxy A series smartphones for 4 OS and 5 years of security patches.
With this decision, the South Korean tech giant surpassed Google’s support policy, which owns Android. To be noted, Tensor-powered Pixel smartphones come with three years of Android and five years of monthly security updates support.
Today, Google will launch the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. And as per the leaks, both phones will offer up to 7 years of software support, surpassing the longest support provided by Apple to its iPhones. Pixel 8 and later might be eligible for 7 major OS upgrades, which sounds a bit confusing.
There are speculations that there will be five major OS versions and 7 years of regular security patches and quarterly Pixel Feature Drops for the latest flagship smartphones. If it happens, it will force other Android vendors to further extend their support.
While Pixel phones are limited to support 3 major OS versions, Samsung is offering 4 generations of OS upgrades to cheaper Galaxy devices that costs approx $249. Samsung won’t take too long to beat Google yet again in terms of software support.
Let’s see, what Google has to offer to the Android world!
After One UI 5.1, we started hearing a lot of news, leaks, and rumors about the upcoming One UI 6. Recently, Samsung has also started releasing One UI 6.0 support for stock apps, starting with the Calculator app.
Looking at all this, we can expect that Samsung will provide this support to more apps in the future too. But the question is, why is Samsung providing One UI 6.0 support to its stocks apps before the official release? If you are thinking that by getting their support, you will get some new features in your apps, then it is not only the reason.
Samsung One UI 6.0 support can also bring new features for apps, but the main reason for this is something else. But what? The answer is that Samsung is going to release a new One UI update in the coming weeks or months and the company aims to make its stock apps compatible with that accordingly. Once the app is supported, the app will not stop working or get crash whenever the company releases that update for the smartphone.
A recent report revealed that Samsung’s stable Android 14 update will be available in October. This is the same time frame as last year’s UI rollout, with the latest Galaxy S lineup being the first to secure it. Meanwhile, beta activity is seeing an early start if everything goes as planned by the internals.
Still, for the time being, we can consider this information as a pinch of salt as the company has not yet announced any official timeline for One UI 6.0.
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Nowadays, smartphones are being heavily used for gaming and photography. Accordingly, phone makers are focussing more and more on upgrading the imaging capabilities and performance of chipsets. So why not, Samsung should now bring battery upgrade to Galaxy flagships.
Battery upgrade should be the next aim
The recently launched Galaxy S23 Ultra brings a high-profile 200-megapixel camera, allowing users to capture lossless shots, even when cropped. With great collaboration between hardware and software, the new Samsung flagships offer peace of mind to consumers, when it comes to battery life.
In addition to camera lovers, people prefer buying a smartphone, which offers great battery life without compromising features and power specifications. In the same way, Samsung is reportedly working, and there’s still room for improvements in flagships battery life.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra could come with a new battery technology inspired by electronic vehicles. The company is considering stacked battery technology for smartphones, which will reduce the size keeping the same mAh and enhanced lifespan.
Since the stacked battery tech could leave more gap inside the phone, Samsung might not think about increasing mAh on flagship phones. Instead, the company may use an additional vacant area for upgrading other hardware elements and better placement.
The S23 Ultra even defeated the years-old leader iPhone in terms of battery performance, thanks to the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” processor. Exynos 2400 is reportedly coming to the S24 series in certain markets, which re-creates concern about the phone’s battery life and performance.
That said, Samsung should focus on increasing premium Galaxy phones’ battery life so users can use them longer with a single charge. 45W fast charging is doing quite well, just improvements to battery life would prove as cherry on the cake.
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Poll Results: May 12, 2023
We ran a poll that received 106 votes from our readers’ community. Among all, about 70 percent of readers voted in favor of a battery upgrade instead of the camera, while 23.6 percent want both upgrades together. Meanwhile, 6.6 percent of voters still want Samsung to focus on flagship camera upgrade.
Instead of Camera, Samsung should bring battery upgrade to flagships #Samsung
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