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Samsung Supply OLEDs Display To BMW for vehicles
HIGHLIGHTS
- Mass production of OLED displays is expected to start in 2024.
- Samsung is seeking to gain market share in OLED displays after closing the LCD panel business.
- Reports data from Omdia suggest good profits in the Automotive business.
It hasn’t been long ago when Samsung chief & vice president Lee Jae Yong returned from his trip to Europe, where he met several people from different companies seeking m&A deals, where Samsung established a partnership with BMW to open a plant for supplying EV batteries.
Recently, on 24, Samsung has committed to supply OLED displays to BMW for their high-end series, especially sedans and the AUDI.BMW is a well-known German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
This is planned for mass production of OLED displays starting from 2024, and the partnership is expected to continue for 6 to 7 years after the mass production of 4 million BMW is complete from the Giheung plant.
Tier1 companies will be responsible for providing a supply network. Tier1 or one is the solution provider for supply networks, and these are generally the largest or the most technically-capable companies in the supply chain. They have the skills and resources to supply the critical components that OEMs need and have established processes for managing suppliers in the tiers below them.
Samsung also retired from the LCD panel business this month, where 300 employees were transferred to the semiconductor business, QD (Quantum Dot) OLED TV division, and small to moderate-sized OLED line, after transporting its last major fabrication glass into its L8-2 line in its Asan campus in South Chungcheong Province earlier this month.
Recently, Samsung also started a joint venture with Stellantis and struck a deal with TESLA for EV camera modules. It has also been doing R&D on EVs when it recently studied a TESLA Y model at their Samsung Seocho Building in southern Seoul. Last year, it also supplied OLEDs to their home player in automobiles, Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq 5. This is why Samsung is trying to expand & seek profits in future techs, such as OLEDs in the auto industry.
It is anticipated that Samsung is in its concluding phase of supplying OLED displays. Samsung has been heavily focusing on the European markets ever since the trip of vice president Lee Jae Yong to Europe, targeting to be the primary OEM supplier as it has come late in the game after the archrival in business LG, from their home turf, which has a whopping market share of 90% in this game.
The OLED display market is expected to grow more than 1000%, from KRW 56 billion in 2020 to KRW 680 billion by 2025. Although an official at Samsung Display declined to comment, saying, “We cannot confirm the details.”
However, the market for OLED displays shows otherwise because of continuous demand and the tech moving forward. This deal is expected to be almost complete, and Samsung will continue to seek more opportunities in the future.
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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.