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iPhone 14 Series Expected To Use Samsung’s Display, Beating BOE To The Punch
Recently, information was released in the industry that signals the use of 80 million OLEDs for the upcoming iPhone 14 series.
Display solution providers Duksan Neolux, Solus Advanced Materials, and Samsung SDI will be working alongside Samsung to mass-produce the OLED display for Apple.
There are currently six iPhone 14 models anticipated to use these OLEDs. They are:
iPhone 14 -6.1 inches
iPhone 14 Plus -6.7-inches
iPhone 14 Pro -6.1-inches
iPhone 14 Pro Max -6.7-inches
There will be 38.17 million panels supplied for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
According to media speculations, Samsung is expected to produce LTPS-TFT-based OLED & LTPO-TFT-based OLEDs for the series.
LTPS stands for Low-Temperature PolySilicon. This type of display provides a faster and more integrated display than a standard LCD.
A low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) display is a special kind of backplane technology( Often referred to simply as a backplane, this special type of printed circuit board is used as a support structure for connecting other PCBs) designed for OLED screens and developed by Apple, which implements superb power efficiency.
Apple’s first OLED smartphone was in 2017, iPhone X, which used the Samsung OLED display. Now Samsung has chosen Duksan Neolux, Samsung SDI, and Solus Advanced Materials alongside Apple’s M12 for supplying & producing the base materials for the OLED screens for iPhone 14 series.
Mentioned Suppliers will provide these materials :
- Duksan Neolux will provide Red Prime and Green Prime
- Samsung SDI will provide Green Host
- Solus Advanced Materials will provide A-ETL.
- Duksan Neolux will also provide HTL, an auxiliary material.
Samsung display is expecting this to establish its position in the market as a leader for display providers.
Although, BOE, a Chinese display supplier for Apple, is also supposed to make OLEDs for Apple. Reports suggest that Apple plans to inspect the BOE OLED samples this week. This came to attention in MAY when BOE allegedly interfered with the design of Apple’s display circuit panels for the series if Apple gave clearance to BOE from Cupertino, CA, from Apple’s HQ.
If this does not happen, then Samsung will seize a big chunk of opportunity from the Chinese manufacturer and become a preferred partner for development experience, technology, quality, & supply chain in display solutions.
Now the competition is brutal in the display market for limited modest & moderate OLEDs, with the Chinese tagging along. Also, with the recent decision from Samsung to quit manufacturing LCD panels- ‘Samsung’s LCD Making Days Are Over‘ while ‘Samsung Display Transfers Employees: Announce Retirement from LCD Display Production‘. And not to forget another display solution expert, the LG is the prime rival to the former in the market.
However, Samsung is showing ruthlessness in the market through its recent pledge to invest, earlier this year, a 450 trillion won ($350 billion)during the next five years in future businesses like SC, Foundry, and Biopharma, alongside striking deals with BMW, Tesla, researching on EVs, plans to supply batteries & of course the display solutions.
This indicates that Samsung wants to be the major supplier of core components for the OEMs worldwide.
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The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
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Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
Firmware
Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.