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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G Dominates The Flagship Android Market: Globally
- The Foldable Z series also gain momentum in the ultra-premium segment.
- Apple still takes the lead.
Lately, a report was released by Counterpointresearch on the 23rd of June. It is a market research and consulting firm that conducts sales surveys and collects data for various devices annually and monthly.
This report mentions the top-selling smartphones in the premium and ultra-premium segments.
The research was based on samples from Beijing, London, San Diego, Buenos Aires, New Delhi, Seoul, and Hong Kong.
Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G became the best-selling Android smartphone in the premium segment in Q1 2022 by capturing a 3% share along with the Foldables, which were also mostly from Samsung & are expected to become mainstream.
The Galaxy S22 Ultra was followed by Galaxy A13 with 1.4%, Galaxy A03 Core with Galaxy 1.4%, and Galaxy A53 5G with 1.3% for Samsung in terms of global premium market sales.
Following remained the key highlights; According to the report- From Q1 2017 to Q2 2022.
- The premium segment (400 $ or above) accounted for almost 66% of global smartphone value highest till now during the 1st quarter of 2022.
- The volume growth in the ultra-premium segment was driven by Apple and Samsung.
- Developed countries still continue to dominate the premium market sales.
- The premium segment became significant, in emerging markets like India and Latin America.
- Ultra-premium (US$>1000) segment captured the fastest-growing spot globally as seen 164% YoY sales volume growth in China, Western Europe, and North America.
- Three in 10 smartphones sold came from the premium segment, its highest-ever Q1 share Its Sales value grew by +0.5% YoY because of an increase in Average Selling Price (ASP).
- The sales volume for Foldable grew 184% YoY in the premium segment acquiring 3% of the total sales volume in the premium segment.
- The overall smartphone market declined by 10%.
- The global premium, US$400 or above wholesale ASP market sales volume declined 8% YoY.
- The premium market has outperformed overall smartphone market growth consecutively for the eighth time.
In spite of these, sales in the premium segment declined YoY i.e. Year-over-year (YOY), which is a method of evaluating two or more measured events to compare the results at one period with those of a comparable period on an annualized basis.
Samsung’s top models made up just 22% of its total sales.
Apple took 62% of the premium market in Q1 2022 with sales in April 2022 with the Apple models in the top 10 accounting for 89% of its total sales for the month, due to iPhone 13,iPhone 13 Pro Max,iPhone 13 Pro & iPhone 12 grabbing the top 4 spots in terms of market sales shares.
Future Expectations :
We can anticipate the market by the above reports as ;
Growth in 5G device sales, as the last month’s best-sellers list, saw an increase in the number of 5G-enabled smartphones.
Foldable smartphones could challenge the top sitters as their growth increased and people showed interest.
An ultra-premium segment to grow even further as customers’ interests continuously increase throughout the years.
India and other developing countries will possibly shift more towards the ultra-premium segment, as these devices are becoming both luxury & necessity.
As for Samsung, it is expected that it will continue to dominate the foldable market through its Z series and along with the Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G the spiritual successor of the Note series.
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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.
Firmware
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.