Opinion
As it wishes, Samsung will become unbeatable!
Samsung is one of the biggest conglomerates on the planet. Mobile phones and home appliances are some of the key areas where Samsung is involved and leading the worldwide market. In the recent past, the company has been facing fierce competition from Apple and China, but, some recent decisions suggest, Samsung will become unbeatable!
Apple and Samsung are the biggest players in the worldwide smartphone market, and both keep the crown of leaders in their own fields. Apple made its own world where no competitor can enter, while, there’s a huge crowd when it comes to the Android market.
Up from Apple, Samsung leads a fiercely competitive Android smartphone market, where it has a big number of rivals including Google itself. The company is still leading the global market, but, the shipments and business is getting down due to some mistakes it did over the recent years.
Since Lee took charge as legal Samsung Boss, we are seeing big, bold, and striking decisions coming. The first move that impressed us is the Snapdragon processor exclusivity for Galaxy flagships, while, the most recent one mangled our mind!
Processor matters the most
Flagship Galaxies maintained a multi-processor strategy due to which Samsung shipped smartphones with Snapdragon chipset in just a handful of markets including the United States and China. And the remaining parts of the world including Europe received the same devices with Samsung’s own made Exynos processors.
Most of the time, Samsung consumers complained that the Snapdragon variant performs significantly well compared to the Exynos one. In the meantime, Samsung rivals such as Xiaomi and OnePlus gradually entered new markets, leaving China exclusivity and started shipping low-cost devices with powerful specs.
Chinese vendors have not yet managed to rival Samsung in markets such as the US and Europe, but greatly ate the share. They started to become Samsung alternatives due to processor issues along with pricey Galaxy flagships with their so-called flagship killers.
Seeing a bad impact, the South Korean tech giant extended the Snapdragon variant’s markets, which recorded better results. With the Galaxy S22 series, Samsung used 75% Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips and shipped in new markets including India, while the remaining 25% models were shipped with Exynos 2200.
However, the Galaxy S23 series is going to be solely shipped with Qualcomm chipsets as Samsung signed a multi-year partnership with the biggest chip designer. Due to yield issues in Samsung Foundry, the 8 Gen 2 chipsets are being fabricated by Taiwanese TSMC.
If recent reports are current, Samsung has decided to make Exynos a brand dedicated to automotive electronics and wearables. Moreover, the Mobile Experience Division formed a team in order to design a tailor-made chipset for Galaxy devices, which could debut in 2025.
Price reduction hurts
Keeping Android rivals aside, Samsung has recently decided to think like Apple to beat Apple. The world criticizes Apple for settings new records for overpriced iPhones, but, the Korean phone maker is likely to be doing the same from now on to make the future better and become unbeatable.
Due to the entry of Chinese phone makers, Samsung somewhat compromised with the hardware elements of its flagship phones for price reduction. This made the Ultra variant real flagship, while the other models became comparable to premium models of the Galaxy A series.
During its 3-day global meeting to discuss business strategies for 2023, Samsung reportedly determined to avoid cost reduction and maximize Galaxy user experiences. As Apple focuses only on the premium smartphone market, the Galaxy maker would now target this section along with regaining the trust of consumers.
Samsung’s now on the right path?
Killing the Galaxy Note series, Samsung brought the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip lines into its mainstream. So far, the company debuted a number of foldable devices with pretty great specs and designs but failed to attract consumers of premium smartphones.
To lessen the heat of China-based phone makers, Samsung hardly focused on the Galaxy A and Galaxy M series smartphones in markets like India and Europe. Due to continuous cost reduction, the company gradually lessened its trust in consumers, in various parts of the planet.
When it comes to privacy and data safety, Samsung never compromises, but Chinese phone makers might?! Key markets such as the US, European region and India where Samsung is apparently losing its dominance are the areas to work and retain the identity of being unbeatable.
Things are getting better and better, and we hope, there will be bold decisions in the back end so Samsung products, specifically mobile phones would become invincible Android machines. We hope Samsung will keep evolving and become an ultimately unbeatable smartphone vendor on the planet.
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
— Sammy Fans (@thesammyfans) May 5, 2023
Tech industry is currently facing a global downturn, forcing companies to shut down businesses in hopeless markets. Promotion no longer remains the only way to sell more smartphones as consumers start comparing products on different aspects; reliability, security and software support.
Samsung, unquestionably meets the demands of consumers, thanks to its 4+5 strategy, ensuring longer Android OS and security updates support. The company is the biggest Android seller in the world, and of course leads the market too, beating rivals like Apple.
Since the Samsung 4+5 strategy still lags behind Apple, when it comes to software support, it is record-breaking in the Android segment. As vendors stop including pre-built charging adapters to reduce e-waste, the EU also mandated longer software support so consumers can keep using a phone longer.
“At Samsung, you get not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 times Android OS updates. And 5 years is a long time, so your palm-sized pal will be in good hands with new regular security patches.”
Software updates play a key role in continuing great smartphone experiences, as well as the releases come with new features and optimization. Android is open source and gets packed with numerous flaws, Google patches them through security releases every month.
Accordingly, Samsung rolls out monthly patches to a large number of Galaxy devices, which ensures the most reliable system and user data protection. Android OS usually gets a new version in the second half of every year, bringing new useful features and life-saving tools to consumers.
Samsung, with its amazing One UI, dominated the Android market. The custom skin is neat, clean, and intuitive, ensuring smoother and more stunning experiences on Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Google introduces 1 each year, but Samsung utilizes it thrice (x.0/x.1/x.1.1), cool enough?
Until the second half of 2020, Samsung supplied two OS updates to all Galaxy devices. Later, the company raised the bar of software and reached up to 3, matching the Android maker. With the S22 launch, the Korean tech giant promised to bring up to 4 OS and 5 years of patches to select Galaxy models.