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Firewell Sprint Network, Aloha! Sprint Network Ha Departed
T-Mobile Says Auf Wiedersehen To Sprint Network.
According to reports, T-Mobile US has recently announced to shut down its Sprint Network on June 30. Sprint was expected to be shut down as this news was already in speculations.
Sprint’s 3G CDMA network was already shut down earlier this year, and now T-Mobile’s 3G network has retired today. T-Mobile spokesperson Justin Paulsen informed the media that the final operations are in proceedings.
T-Mobile is a subsidiary of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG which owns T-Mobile US, a combined company that survived the acquisition by AT&T in 2011.
On April 29, 2018, T-Mobile and Sprint announced a $26 billion merger deal, with the merger closed on April 1, 2020.
Right from the start of 2020, in March, T-Mobile started issuing execution warrants to Sprint, beginning with the 3G CDMA network.
The coup de grace for Sprint was planned for March 21 but was delayed due to the impedance by the Dish Network. Sprint brought this clincher on itself by investing billions of us dollars in WIMAX while the real deal, the LTE, was popularizing due to its promising performance. Sprint was a sinking boat by not adopting the WIMAX mast over LTE/4G ones. The mast & flag soon started to give out, and Sprint started lagging in the race.
According to Justin Paulsen, T-Mobile US, Sprint LTE or T-Mobile’s 3G has been underway for shutting down, and the company is providing a free replacement with a 5G device to its users.
“Customers who needed to take action as a result of these retirement efforts were notified well ahead of time and received an offer for a free 5G replacement device.”
Justin Paulsen, Spokesperson T-Mobile.
To be honest, it’s a mercy blow to the Sprint & legacy networks(networks based on older, outdated protocols). However, to people’s amazement, the 2G GSM is still operational with an obvious pending announcement to wind up the rest of the remains of Sprint from T-Mobile, to further invest Sprint’s assets in 5G telecommunications.
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Samsung appears close to introducing its sixth-generation foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6, in July at the Galaxy Unpacked Event. Now the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is spotted on the Geekbench database. Let’s take a closer look at the detailed information.
Although the Galaxy Z Flip 6 is already spotted on the Geekbench database, Now, luckily, in development, its sibling’s forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 smartphone appeared on the Geekbench 6.3.0 benchmark database with the model number SM-F956U.
The last letter ‘U’ in the model number points to the fact that this mode refers to a variant for the US market. It scored 1,964 points in the single-core round of the test and 6,619 points in the multi-core round. The listing reveals the existence of an octa-core processor with the codename pineapple, a 1+3+2+2 core configuration, and an Adreno 750 GPU. Apart from these, one chief core is clocked at 3.40 GHz, and the remaining three performance cores are at 3.15 GHz.
This points out that Samsung could power the forthcoming Galaxy foldable with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3processor. The Geekbench database suggests that the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will arrive with 12GB of RAM and Android 14. However, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 already appeared on the 3C certification website, which suggested support for 25W fast charging, and now it is expected that this device will also visit other certification websites soon.
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Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 devices are counted as the top smartphones that grabbed the One UI 6.1 update in the first phase. Then, the company introduced more software updates in the form of the April 2024 security patch and is continuing it now that these devices are getting the latest May 2024 security patch as well.
The unlocked Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are getting a May 2024 security patch
The unlocked variants of the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are getting a May 2024 security patch update with the firmware version numbers F946U1UES3CXE3 and F731U1UES3CXE3, respectively. The latest software update for both of the devices comes under 500 MB. With the latest update, the company has only focused on providing some security enhancements.
For your information, the May 2024 security patch has brought some new changes under the system software, where it has grabbed more than 50 fixes. Google has introduced 31 patches to enhance the overall performance of the devices, while Samsung has also added 25 fixes that will improve the functionalities regarding the Galaxy devices.
Moreover, the latest update for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 may also bring some new features that may enhance the overall performance and stability of the devices. So if you are having any issues while using the devices related to One UI 6.1, then the update may help you get rid of the issues.
If you are using the Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Galaxy Z Flip 5 in the US, then you should start getting a new update notification, and by tapping on that, you can easily update your device. Alternatively, you can do it manually as well by going to the software update menu in the system settings.
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The first quarter of 2024 is already over; during this interval, Samsung has introduced several Galaxy smartphones of particular belonging, such as the flagship Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35, the mid-range ones, the Galaxy A15 and Galaxy F15, the budgetable ones, and many more. But the fact is, after being the latest smartphones, they have a lack of ‘charging speed.’
Undoubtedly, Samsung is leading the tech industry with its top-notch features, design, and larger batteries, as compared to other Android manufacturers, but despite all this, it has a massive lack of charging speed. Samsung usually attaches larger batteries to its Galaxy smartphones to enhance the users’ non-stop-using experience. But a larger battery isn’t worth it unless it has a good charging speed.
On the other hand, Chinese manufacturers are equipping their smartphones with charging speeds north of 100W, whereas 45W is the maximum speed you can get on Galaxy smartphones. However, even 45W charging is quite rare among Galaxy phones. Samsung has launched most of the Galaxy devices in the last couple of years, including the flagship with support for 25W.
Here we are making things easy for you if you are looking to buy a Galaxy smartphone that debuted in 2024 with the support of 45W charging speed by mentioning a list of devices:
- Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Galaxy S24+
- Galaxy F55
- Galaxy M55
- Galaxy C55
The list is quite short, even considering that the Galaxy F55, M55, and C55 are just rebranded variants of the same smartphone for different regions. Now Samsung is setting up to launch its next-generation foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, in July, but it is yet to be confirmed whether these devices will get a boost in charging speeds from 25W or not.