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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra slaps iPhone 14 with Satellite Call, without hardware
Apple brought satellite communication technology to smartphones, starting with its iPhone 14 series. Since iPhone 14 brings satellite SMS feature with hardware integration, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra becomes with world’s first phone to successfully make a call through satellite, without hardware installed.
Since the latest Samsung Galaxy S23 series lacks satellite communication hardware, it’s great to see that the last year’s Galaxy S22 Ultra used to make a satellite call from Texas to Japan. Apple and Huawei’s flagships offer just SMS via satellite, but S22 Ultra went beyond that.
Galaxy S22 Ultra made call via satellite
According to BusinessWire, AST SpaceMobile partnered with AT&T to make satellite call using an unmodified smartphone. The testers picked Galaxy S22 Ultra to perform the operation of creating history as the phone doesn’t have integrated hardware to do so.
Using the BlueWalker 3 satellite, the unmodified Galaxy S22 Ultra successfully achieved the honor of making the world’s first voice call to a destination (Japan), which is far away. As the test is considered successful, we may see various regular phones feature satellite calls in the near future.
“AST SpaceMobile, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first-ever two-way voice calls, directly to everyday unmodified smartphones using the BlueWalker 3 (“BW3”) satellite.
The first voice call was made from the Midland, Texas area to Rakuten in Japan over AT&T spectrum using a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone.”
This is the first time anyone has ever achieved a direct voice connection from space to everyday cellular devices, demonstrating a significant advancement in AST SpaceMobile’s mission to provide connectivity to the nearly 50% of the global population who remain unconnected from cellular broadband.
AST SpaceMobile’s satellite connectivity technology will make it easier to spread the network’s reach to areas that are disconnected currently. Moreover, it will end the need for expensive network infrastructure like towers and wired connectivity to expand the network’s reach.
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Samsung’s premium wireless earbuds making a comeback this year. Last year, the company didn’t launch premium earbuds, but brought the first pair of FE-branded Galaxy Buds. Samsung is expected to launch Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in the next Unpacked, which features a 500mAh battery case.
The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro case packs a 500mAh battery, first spotted by 91mobiles. The Buds 2 Pro also brings a charging case with a 500mAh battery. Apart from TUV certification, the product has also surfaced on India’s BIS certification site, confirming its imminent debut.
In particular, the upcoming Galaxy earbuds are listed with the model number EB-BR630ABY on TUV and BIS. Each earbud of the Galaxy Buds 2 features a 58mAh battery and Samsung might ship the Buds 3, at least, with the same battery capacity.
April is about to end and the next Unpacked will likely be held in mid-July this year. Samsung’s Buds 3 Pro may be unveiled alongside new foldables and wearables. In addition, the company may also release its first smart ring, the Galaxy Ring.
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Samsung launched a new 50W charging adapter (EP-T5020) with dual ports. The product is available in select European countries and we hope the company will soon bring it to more markets. As there’s no phone capable of charging over 45W speed, the 50W adapter is still worth buying.
The New Samsung 50W adapter brings dual ports, allowing users to charge two Galaxy phones at 25W simultaneously. When both ports are used, the adapter will distribute 25W each, making it easier to get two Galaxy devices charged at the same time.
To get 50W speed (USD PD PPS protocol), you need to use the first port, usable to charge Galaxy Book laptops. For additional convenience, the secondary port is capped at 25W charging speed. This means you are not required to charge two devices to get 25W output.
Galaxy S24 Ultra, S24 Plus, S23 Ultra, S23 Plus, and M55 5G are some Samsung devices that support 45W fast charging. Most Galaxy phones and tablets have 25W charging support, which is not much less than Samsung’s 45W brick.
While the availability is limited, the 50W brick can be owned for €69.90. Meanwhile, Samsung also sells 65W triple-port EP-T6530, which you can buy for Galaxy Book laptops. Future Galaxy flagships should bring even more faster charging tech, it’s a long-standing demand.
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Samsung’s IT service unit will participate in this year’s Dell Technologies World event. Sungwoo Hwang, President and CEO of Samsung SDS, will give a keynote speech at DTW 2024. The event will also be attended by the CEO of NVIDIA Corp. and other industry giants.
Taking place in Las Vegas from May 20 to 23, DTW is an annual IT exhibition hosted by Dell Technologies Inc. On the first day, Samsung SDS’ Sungwoo will take the stage as a keynote speaker. He will speak on “The Future of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Hyperautomation.”
Apart from Samsung SDS CEO, Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Technologies, Bill McDermott, chairman of ServiceNow, and Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA will also present the keynote speech at Dell Technologies World 2024 event.
Samsung SDS highlights that the term “Hyperautomation” refers to a technology that automates office tasks seamlessly through Generative AI. This is the first time that the South Korean tech giant is participating in the event as a keynote speaker.
“Hwang was invited by Dell to participate as a keynote speaker alongside industry giants,” a Samsung SDS official said. ”We therefore expect various business discussions to take place.“
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