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Samsung Battery Swelling: Everything you need to know
A few days back, a popular YouTuber initiated a debate over the battery swelling of older Samsung phones. Through his video, he pointed out that some of the old Samsung smartphones’ batteries had been swelled to the level where the back panel popped to a distance.
Tech YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss has shown multiple Samsung phones that have battery swelling problems. Further, reports and feedback from more YouTubers and consumers have started to pop up on the web through different social media platforms.
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We saw videos and images of Samsung phones with a swelled battery like a balloon, which lifted the rear panel of the handset significantly above. Well, the affected devices are said to ship to Samsung and the engineers are investigating the reasons behind this scenario.
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According to GalaxyClub, their team has tested around 60 Samsung smartphones including mid-range and flagships. The blog didn’t find any of their unit affected by swollen batteries, which is just the opposite of the claim of the Mrwhosetheboss video.
In addition, SamMobile folks also tested their Galaxy devices collection, which concluded with the same result of a nil unit with swollen battery. The blog further added that some of the aging Galaxy phones were kept with fully discharged batteries, which could have worked as a safeguard.
Official reply:
After receiving three Galaxy phones with swelled batteries, Samsung replied to Mrwhosetheboss that the company is aware of this matter and is looking into further technical assessments. Samsung encourages customers with questions regarding their Samsung device to contact their local Customer Service representative.”
Conclusion:
We also have a plenty good collection of Samsung products, but we never noticed any of the device’s batteries had been swelled. On a further note, we use smartphones for detailed feature explainers as well as exploring software changes by keeping phones at a regular room temperature.
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3 basic things to boost up battery life:
- Turn display off by pressing the power button when the device is not in use.
- Set ‘Screen timeout’ to a short interval.
- The brighter the screen, the higher the contrast ratio, which leads to higher battery consumption.
- Extend battery life by using a dark-tone wallpaper or theme
Samsung is reviewing LockStar for Galaxy S24 AOD customization. The Korean community’s moderator confirmed that the latest flagship phones don’t support personalization of the always-on-display using Good Lock’s LockStar module.
Thanks to the new screens, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series brings an iPhone-like Always On Display feature. However, the company seemingly missed bounding it with Good Lock for customization. As a result, users are facing issues tweaking it through LockStar.
However, the latest input confirms that Samsung is considering LockStar support for Galaxy S24 AOD. This will allow users to renovate the always-on-display functionality on their device in various aspects including removal of certain elements.
LockStar doesn’t support AOD customization in the Galaxy S24 series. While an internal review is underway, a possible release may happen shortly. Meanwhile, the moderator hasn’t shared any specific timeline regarding the availability of the support.
Good Lock’s LockStar is one of the most popular plugins for Galaxy customization. Not only the lock screen, the LockStar also lets users tweak the AOD function. The suite will likely add support for the newly released phones well before July Unpacked.
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Huawei is making a stunning comeback in its home ground. The company scored a 70% year-on-year growth in its smartphone sales in China in the first quarter. At the same time, sales of Apple dropped by over 19%, reports Counterpoint Research.
The report highlights that the Chinese phone maker is set to outpace Apple in China. As Apple is already facing heat, it’s alarming for all smartphone vendors including Samsung. After Apple, Huawei’s next target will be Samsung which leads the Global market.
Huawei, which was at 9.3% in the first quarter of 2023, jumped to 15.5% in Q1 this year. Apple led the Chinese market in 1Q23 with approximately 20% market share slipped to 15.7% in the first quarter of this year, dropping to the third spot in China.
Earlier, IDC pointed out that Apple is facing a market decline as it lost momentum in China. The local government’s push for local vendors is also helping Huawei to eat Apple’s market. Well, Vivo and Honor were the top two brands by market share.
“Apple’s sales were subdued during the quarter as Huawei’s comeback has directly impacted Apple in the premium segment,” said Ivan Lam, senior research analyst at Counterpoint.
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Apart from mobile, Samsung is also focusing on the PC market. The company has recently launched its new all-in-one PC “All-in-One Pro.” At the event, the VP of Intel Korea Samsung Business Division announced the intention to work with Samsung for the AI PCs market.
Galaxy AI is a hit, helping Samsung sell the Galaxy S24 series worldwide. The Korean tech giant is also bringing AI capabilities to its laptop line. Compared to smartphones, laptops, and PCs would offer way better AI features and abilities to bolster productivity.
Samsung’s All-in-One Pro features Intel’s Core Ultra AI PC processor CPU. Thanks to Intel’s external GPU, Arc, graphics performance in the all-in-one PC has also improved twofold compared to the previous generation, and power efficiency has been improved by 25%.
“In this trend where AI is present everywhere, the PC is the product that we experience directly and use for production activities,” stated Bae Tae-won.
As far as AI features are concerned, Intel is committed to offering a complimentary “AI Creator App Package” that consists of the Luminar Neo photo editing software named “Affinity” as well as the Magix video editing application “Vegas.”
Apart from Intel, Samsung also partnered with Microsoft to bring a dedicated Copilot key to the wireless keyboard of the All-in-One Pro PC. Such kind of collaborations offer deeply enhanced user experience as accessing AI-powered Copilot is just a keypress away from you.
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