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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 going to fulfil my biggest wish!
Samsung’s flip-style phones are pretty amazing yet stylish. From the first-gen Galaxy Z Flip to the latest Galaxy Z Flip 4 5G, the company brought meaningful changes per generation. Meanwhile, it looks like, Samsung’s going to fulfill my biggest wish with the Galaxy Z Flip 5 this year.
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The cover display plays a vital role in foldable smartphones, letting users get basic tasks done without unfolding the entire phone. The usability of Samsung’s flip-style foldable phones always remains limited due to the outer display’s size, but it won’t remain a concern as soon as August arrives.
Samsung’s original Galaxy Z Flip smartphone brought a tiny cover display that expands just 1.1 inches. As an initial product, the form factor was quite unique and just a limited number of consumers have had a problem with the tiny size of this outer display.
The company heard from consumers and upgraded the cover display size on the Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G smartphone. The device comes with a 1.9-inch Super AMOLED cover display and got praised by consumers. Using the software, Samsung further extended the usability of this external screen.
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Motorola’s Razr 2022 brings a larger display than the Galaxy Z Flip 3, hence, consumers expected another display size upgrade with the Galaxy Z Flip 4 5G. But, it didn’t happen! Samsung continued using the Flip 3-like 1.9-inch Super AMOLED outer screen in the Z Flip 4 5G too.
Seeing rivals, Samsung joined the megapixels race and brought the 200MP primary camera with the Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone. And one more time, the company seems to beat Chinese vendors that doing anything to manipulate the foldable market.
Tipster IceUniverse yesterday revealed that the Galaxy Z Flip 5 5G will come with a larger cover display. Not only larger, but this screen will surpass Oppo’s recently announced Find N2 Flip phone, which brings a massive 3.26-inch external display.
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Today, the same source shared an identical image showing off the possible design of the cover display and foldable panel of the Galaxy Z Flip 5. As per the image, the outer display of Galaxy Z Flip 5 would be squarish, as part of giving the feel like its main screen.
It was yet to see which kind of dimensional changes the company will make in the Galaxy Z Flip 5 this year. However, Ice again comes up with a self-created render of a possible cover display design of the Korean tech giant’s next Flip-style smartphone. And here I melted down!
I know, the image is not of a real product but hopefully, there will be a much larger outer display on the next Samsung flip. Look at the image, which is identical to the design of the Galaxy Z Flip 5! If it’s going to be real, the Galaxy Flip 5 will fulfill my biggest wish with foldables!
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Samsung replicated Google’s promise of Android updates, but the plus point is that mid-range and budget Galaxy phones are eligible for at least four major OS upgrades. The upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 will also be honored with 7 major Android updates.
The Korean tech giant offers the longest software update support in the Android industry. Google’s OS update promise starts from the Pixel 8 series. While mid-range and budget Samsung phones get four Android updates, the premium Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 will get 7.
Earlier this year, Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 series smartphones. The lineup is guaranteed for at least seven OS upgrades. The strategy was earlier expected to be applied to Galaxy A55, but the company kept it limited to the flagship phones.
Samsung doesn’t officially consider Galaxy Z as flagship lineup, but it’s the most premium segment. All the novelties that Galaxy S receives also come to foldable phones. Therefore, it’s certain that the company will support its upcoming Galaxy Z phones for 7 years.
Will they survive 7 years?
Sporting a foldable display entirely ends the discussion of longevity. Besides, the pre-applied screen protection film starts to damage within a year of normal usage. Samsung’s innovative foldables are available internationally but support isn’t.
Samsung Care+ plan is also offered by the phone maker for additional protection. However, it still requires the owner to pay the processing fee, which isn’t considerable. Also, the Care+ plan doesn’t cover the Samsung-slapped screen protector film.
So if the Korean phone maker is willing for longer software support, it should rather offer a two-year replacement guarantee on manufacture defects. It would push consumers to prefer foldable phones as they won’t have to worry about display concerns.
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When it comes to Android updates, Samsung is leading the Android world. However, this could be the last day of Samsung’s leadership as Google is expected to double up its current Android updates support for Pixel smartphones launching today.
2020 was a remarkable year in Samsung’s history when the company extended Android updates support from two years to three. A few months later, the company extended the security support as well, totaling it to four years for flagship Galaxy devices.
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In 2022, Samsung launched the Galaxy S22 series, which offers four generations of OS upgrades. In its announcement, the company listed all flagships launched in 2021 and later along with select Galaxy A series smartphones for 4 OS and 5 years of security patches.
With this decision, the South Korean tech giant surpassed Google’s support policy, which owns Android. To be noted, Tensor-powered Pixel smartphones come with three years of Android and five years of monthly security updates support.
Today, Google will launch the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. And as per the leaks, both phones will offer up to 7 years of software support, surpassing the longest support provided by Apple to its iPhones. Pixel 8 and later might be eligible for 7 major OS upgrades, which sounds a bit confusing.
There are speculations that there will be five major OS versions and 7 years of regular security patches and quarterly Pixel Feature Drops for the latest flagship smartphones. If it happens, it will force other Android vendors to further extend their support.
While Pixel phones are limited to support 3 major OS versions, Samsung is offering 4 generations of OS upgrades to cheaper Galaxy devices that costs approx $249. Samsung won’t take too long to beat Google yet again in terms of software support.
Let’s see, what Google has to offer to the Android world!
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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