During its Galaxy S20 series launch event, Samsung had announced that they were partnering with Microsoft to provide deeper integration and services between products from the two companies. A few days ago, Microsoft released an update to the ‘Your Phone’ app for Samsung phones to enable drag and drop file transfer between a PC and the phone.
Among the voice assistants that common on our smartphones now, one of the earliest attempts was S Voice from Samsung. It was the predecessor to Samsung’s Bixby, and they have announced that they will finally kill support for S Voice completely from June 1, 2020.
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Samsung is said to be evaluating option to include under display camera technology on next’s year’s flagship Galaxy S21 smartphone, according to the latest rumor. The company currently use Infinity-O display on its latest smartphones, which is tiny. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S21 might feature under-display camera technology”
Samsung’s in-house Exynos SoCs have been there for a while now, and the company is set to launch Exynos SoCs with AMD Graphics next year which could drastically improve the GPU performance. Lately, Exynos SoCs are being used on non-Samsung smartphones as well and on similar lines now, a new report suggests that Samsung is working on a custom chipset for Google which could be announced as soon as this year.
Samsung announced the Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G yesterday and alongside that the company has also announced two new smartphones in the Galaxy A Series lineup – Galaxy A11 and Galaxy A21 with Infinity-O display, 4000mAh battery, and more.
Samsung announced Galaxy A41 in Japan for NTT Docomo last month, but that will no go on sale until June. Now it has introduced a new Galaxy A41 smartphone for the global markets. It packs a similar 6.1-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity screen with in-display fingerprint sensor, is powered by an Octa-Core processor (could be Snapdragon 675) with 4GB RAM, runs Android 10 with OneUI 2.0, and features a 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens, 5-megapixel depth sensor and a 25-megapixel front camera, but the camera design is different. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A41 with 6.1-inch FHD+ AMOLED Infinity-U Display, 48MP triple rear cameras announced for global markets”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G smartphones. These pack a 6.5-inch and 6.7-inch FHD+ Infinity-O Super AMOLED infinity displays with 20:9 aspect ratio, respectively, and are powered by Exynos 980 SoC with built-in 5G support and 8GB RAM. The A51 5G has a 48MP main camera with the A71 5G come with a 64MP main camera, Both these have 12MP 123-degree ultra-wide + 5MP macro and 5MP depth sensors and a 32-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G with FHD+ AMOLED Infinity-O Display, Exynos 980, quad rear cameras, 32MP front camera announced”
Samsung launched its then online-only Galaxy M Series smartphones in January 2019 and has rapidly expanded the lineup, with the recent launch being the Galaxy M21. Now, 3 smartphones in the Galaxy M lineup – Galaxy M10, Galaxy M10s, and Galaxy M20 have been removed from Samsung India’s official website.
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Smartphone manufacturers have come a long way in innovation, especially in terms of displays. Bezel-less screens have been there for a while and it is improving further, like the waterfall display on the Vivo NEX 3S 5G, OPPO’s implementation, and more. Now, Samsung has patented a waterfall display with a borderless design that could eventually be implemented in future smartphones.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has apparently not slowed down Samsung’s growth by a large amount, with their current estimates even beating initial expectations. Samsung posted its earnings guidance for Q1 2020, being one of the first tech companies to do so, estimating approximately 55 trillion Korean won ($45.26 billion) in sales and 6.4 trillion Korean won ($5.26 billion) in operating profit.
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Samsung introduced Galaxy Buds+ (SM-R175) with improved sound, triple microphones, and up to 11 hours battery life in February along with the S20 series, but there was no change in the design compared to the first Galaxy Buds, but the company is now said to be gearing up to introduce new Truly wireless earphones codenamed “Bean” with the model number SM-R180, and the design resembles that of a bean. Continue reading “Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds ‘Bean’ true wireless earbuds surface”
After rolling out Android 10 update to Galaxy A70 last month, Samsung has started rolling out stable version of One UI 2.0, the next major One UI update based on Android 10 for its Galaxy A70 in India, according to its schedule. This brings clean and easy-to-use interface with minimized pop-ups, New, smarter layout for a visually comfortable experience, enhanced Dark Mode, Focus Mode, Intuitive Device Care menu and more, but it still doesn’t have built-in screen recorder. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A70 Android 10 OneUI 2.0 update starts rolling out in India”
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S20 series is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 in select countries, now the Galaxy Note20+ with the model number SM-N986U has surfaced in Geekbench listing revealing Snapdragon 865+ processor with clock speeds up to 3.09GHz. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note20+ could be powered by Snapdragon 865+ clocked up to 3.09GHz”
Samsung has been rapidly expanding its M series of smartphones and recently the company launched the Galaxy M31, Galaxy M21 which are the successors of the popular Galaxy M30 and Galaxy M20 respectively. After the launch of the Galaxy M31 and Galaxy M21, Samsung has now silently introduced the Galaxy M11 which surfaced in rumors last year.
2020 is a special year for Samsung. This is not only the first time the numbering of its flagship series takes a 2x jump, but it is also the first year since the launch of a new category of devices, the foldables. Naturally, this redefines the idea of a brand flagship in Samsung’s portfolio, and this reflects in subtle yet very important changes in the S20 series. There are not two, but three flagships this time, starting with the S20 and ending with the S20 Ultra, with the most dependable of them bang in the middle, the Samsung Galaxy S20+. Dependable, why? Let’s find out in the review.
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