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Samsung’s great Flip phone gets a new competitor in the global market
Leaving its China exclusivity, Oppo Find N2 Flip foldable smartphone launched in the global market. This is the company’s first flip-style foldable phone, which is the toughest competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4, however, it’s not available in the United States.
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As competition in the foldable smartphone market increases rapidly, Samsung needs to make major changes in its strategy. It’s not an easy task to fade away the reputation of a brand like Samsung, but, it hurts the market sales of evergreen products with better specs.
According to the information, the Oppo Find N2 Flip smartphone is available for pre-order in select European markets. The starting price is £849 in the UK,€1,099 in France and Portugal, and €1,049 in Spain, however, a special early bird discount drops the price to €999 in some markets.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4 already had rivals of its kind such as the Motorola Razr 2022, and Huawei’s P50 Pocket. Now, Oppo has come up with its Find N2 Flip, delivering upgraded hardware and a bigger cover display to give tough competition to Samsung foldables’ dominance.
In more than a way, Oppo’s Flip phone is bigger than the Galaxy Z Flip 4. When folded, you can use the 3.23-inch cover screen, much bigger than the Flip 4, whereas the unfolding screen is larger at 6.8 inches. It comes with a 4,300mAh battery, which supports 44W wired charging, lacking wireless charging support.
Under the hood, Oppo Find N2 Flip is equipped with MediaTek’s 4nm Dimensity 9000+ chipset with 8/12/16GB of RAM, and 256/512GB of storage. It comes pre-loaded with Android 13-based ColorOS skin and promises smoother UX along with some copied Flip 4 features.
In the camera department, the Oppo foldable is far better than the Galaxy Z Flip 4, on paper. It brings a 50MP main camera, an 8MP fixed-focus ultrawide shooter, and a 32MP autofocusing selfie camera cut into the inner display. You can check all specs on the official Oppo website.
Samsung’s latest foldable phones come with Google Messages by default. The company has now revealed the reason behind this move on Galaxy devices. Samsung says Google Messages replaced Messages to foster RCS adoption.
According to AndroidAuthority, a source explained Samsung’s decision to switch to Google Messages as the default messaging app. The recently released Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 come with Google Messages with RCS enabled by default.
Looks like promoting Google Messages on Galaxy devices will boost RCS adoption. Samsung Messages isn’t already installed on newer phones. However, one’s stopping you from getting it on your Galaxy from the Galaxy Store.
While many apps support the RCS feature, Google Messages offer the best user experience. Making it a default messaging app is an effort to boost the adoption of RCS tech. Apple is also preparing to bring RCS chat functionality to iMessage for iPhones.
What Samsung source said:
- Even if messaging apps follow the RCS standard, the availability may be limited depending on which app the other party uses. That’s why we decided to make Google Messages the common messaging platform, allowing Galaxy users to communicate more freely. This also enables a messaging app to respond to changes of the RCS standard more quickly and efficiently.
Previously, Samsung devices launched in the US came with two messaging apps. This time, the company has removed the Samsung Messages. During the first setup, users are notified that Google Messages is the default messaging application.
Samsung SmartThings gained the international standard ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. The company has officially announced this major development in its global connected living platform.
SmartThings received ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for information security management systems. Certification reiterates that the SmartThings Cloud operates per international standards.
To be certified, a company has to meet the standard across a total of 123 detailed items, including policies for information security, access control for information assets, and incident response.
SmartThings receiving the ISO 27001 certification is the result of our sustained focus on the protection of information in a hyper-connected world with exponentially increasing intelligence.
Seungbum Choi, Executive Vice President and Head of Device Platform Center at Samsung Electronics said “this is just another step in our drive to fortify the platform’s security. We will continue to find new ways to ensure that SmartThings’ personalized services are provided even more safely.”
BSI Prez says that they have recognized that the operation capability and security level of Samsung SmartThings is excellent. It will further boost trust in the SmartThings platform and strengthen business competitiveness.
ISO 27001 is the leading global standard for ISMSs and was established by the International Organization for Standardization. It provides companies with guidance to manage the risks to information assets systematically and achieve information protection goals.
Samsung Health app integrated the Dr.diary (Doctor Diary) glycated hemoglobin feature. The blood sugar management platform announced the launch of its glycated hemoglobin estimation functionality on Samsung’s Health application.
According to ETNews, Dr.diary announced the integration of a glycated hemoglobin level feature in Samsung Health. Galaxy users will now be able to check the estimated glycated hemoglobin level provided by Doctor Diary.
To activate the feature, Health app users will have to permit certain conditions of data in the Blood Sugar service. It is worth noting that glycated hemoglobin is a key figure for diabetes diagnosis, which users will find worth using in the Health app.
Established in 2017, Dr.diary is a blood sugar management platform. It analyzes and predicts the changes in glycated hemoglobin using its own algorithm. Earlier this year, the firm secured a patent for “glycated hemoglobin estimation based on blood sugar data table.”
Song Je-yoon, CEO of Doctor Diary, said, “With our predicted glycated hemoglobin level prediction algorithm being installed in Samsung Health, more people will be able to recognize their glycated hemoglobin level and manage their health more efficiently.”
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a standardized numerical value of the percentage of hemoglobin, such as hemoglobin, which has been glycated by glucose. Glycated hemoglobin reflects the average blood sugar level over the past 2-3 months.
Samsung Health (with Wear OS Galaxy Watch) users can conveniently check their estimated glycated hemoglobin level within the app and use this information to manage their blood sugar levels through diet and exercise.