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Samsung retires Galaxy S10 line from monthly software support [U: S10 5G too]
Update: June 8, 2022
Two months after the Galaxy S10 series devices, Samsung has now retired the Galaxy S10 5G smartphone, from monthly software support, as well. The S10 5G was launched around 2 months later from the Galaxy S10 lineup, which has now been completed three years of its initial global debut.
Initial Story: April 5, 2022
As usual, Samsung has recently published the revised software update support page for the Galaxy devices. Aside from the addition of some newly launched devices, we saw two major revisions in the company’s security patch distribution policy.
Firstly, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones are no longer eligible for any new software update by Samsung. At the same time, Samsung has officially ended monthly software update eligibility of the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ devices.
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Accordingly, the Galaxy S10 series smartphones will now have new security patches on a quarterly basis. This move is not unexpected as the company is offering monthly patches to these devices since 2019. And after three years, they will now get quarterly updates for a year, followed by biannual for a year.
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Launched back in March 2019, the Samsung Galaxy S10 series devices shipped pre-loaded with the Android 9-based One UI 1.1. These models have completed their major upgrades lifecycle later last year by receiving the Android 12-based One UI 4.0.
Last month, Samsung released the new One UI 4.1 update, which brings the Galaxy S22-inspired Camera features to the Galaxy S10 lineup. Unquestionably, the Galaxy S10 series consumers will have to enjoy their models with the Android 12-based One UI 4.1 as there’s no big upgrade remaining.
As of now, Samsung Galaxy S10 series devices have not received the monthly (April 2022 security patch) so far. Therefore, we can expect the next s/w update two months later if the company skips the April patch for the Galaxy S10 phones. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S10 5G is still eligible for monthly software updates, at least some more.
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By the end of 2023, Samsung Display is likely to supply nearly 70 million units of OLED for the iPhone 15 series to Apple. The company’s OLED volume by model is estimated to be in the low 20 million units for the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, 9 to 10 million for Pro, and ~ 30 million for Pro Max.
Among the four iPhone 15 models, the 15 Pro Max OLED estimate, which Apple plans to produce the most, is four times higher for Samsung than for LG Display. Industry watchers say that Samsung Display’s iPhone 15 Pro Max OLED volume is in the mid-20 million units, three times that of LG Display.
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The prevailing view is that LG Display will have 15% more OLED volume than Samsung Display (9 million to early 10 million units). Those who see it differently predict that Samsung Display will secure around 20 million units of 15% OLED, which will be more than LG Display.
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Apple’s Surprising Victory: Takes the Crown in Indian Smartphone Exports, Samsung Drops to Second
For the first time, Apple surpassed Samsung in smartphone export from India. The company shipped 49% of the country’s total 12 million shipments in the second quarter. Samsung, on the other hand, secured 45% of India’s total smartphone shipments in the same period.
Apple clocked a rapid growth in export volumes in the last year by making iPhones through contract manufacturers in India. The Cupertino-based company’s share of exports soared from just 9% of the roughly 8 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2022, to almost half the total smartphone exports in Q2 2023.
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Samsung’s share of export volumes fell from 50% in Q1 2023 to 45% in Q2 2023. This marks a sharp decline from Q2 2022 when the company had a dominating 84% of the export market from India. Meanwhile, exports by other Android brands (Xiaomi, Motorola, Vivo) declined from 10% in Q1 2023, to 6% in Q2 2023.
Google Messages is getting a new look for its voice recorder UI. The microphone icon in the text field will change to a waveform icon, which is different from the voice typing button in Gboard.
Instead of holding down the mic to record, you will now see a panel with a start/stop button and options to cancel, delete, or attach the recording. You will also see a waveform and a timer while recording, and you can play back the recording before sending it.
The voice messages preview will also show a waveform between the play/pause button and the timer, making it more noticeable than the current straight line.
These changes are not widely available yet, but some users have reported seeing them on their phones. These new changes are part of a bigger redesign that Google is working on for Messages, which includes a revamped home screen that is still in beta testing. Google might announce new features soon.
