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Samsung supports Verizon deliver 5G in the US, 10,000 vRAN sites deployed
Three months ago, Verizon announced that it has reached the milestone of deploying 8,000 5G vRAN cell sites. Now, Samsung officially announced that Verizon has deployed over 10,000 5G vRAN sites in the US and plans to reach 20,000 sites by 2025.
To deliver faster 5G services in the US, Samsung is supporting Verizon with its high-profile vRAN. The company praises the carrier for being a trailblazer and leader in using virtualized radio access network in its mobile network. Using vRANs, Verizon is rapidly delivering 5G services to more and more users in the US.
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Samsung’s vRAN enables the US network carrier to manage its network flexibly, scale more efficiently and save OpEx with intelligent automation. The company is proud to support Verizon’s journey toward an all-virtualized network.
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It’s worth mentioning that Samsung’s vRAN is cloud-native, 100% virtualized, and uses standardized interfaces, performing better than traditional hardware-bound RANs. The new vRAN is O-RAN compliant, which is able to run 2G, 4G, and 5G networks, and is capable of operating 4G and 5G simultaneously.
vRAN allows operators to perform network functions and deliver services that were not possible, or at least not as easy, with a traditional RAN. Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can automate network tasks far more quickly and efficiently than in the past.
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.
