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Samsung Into M&A Deal With The Japanese
Recently, Samsung also acquired the German company Cynora GmbH’s intellectual property rights, which specializes in display solutions. Also, earlier this June, information was released that signals the use of 80 million OLEDs for the upcoming iPhone 14 series.
And now, According to the developments recently in S.Korea, Samsung is currently amid investments in manufacturing tools for Gen 8.5 (2,200 x 2,500mm) OLED panels. The organization is negotiating with Japan’s Ulvac, which provides technical solutions, for Gen 8.5 OLED deposition gear and ought to attain the last selection concerning its Gen 8.5 OLED plans a subsequent month.
Ulvac presents Gen 8.5 OLED gear that deposits natural substrates vertically. The enterprise needs between $548-$616 million per manufacturing unit, whilst Samsung is reportedly searching to pay around $308 million per unit.
Ulvac has the industry’s first Gen 8.5 OLED manufacturing desktop that deposits material vertically. Because the science is new and distinctly untested, industry watchers count on Samsung as an additional accomplice with Japan’s Canon Tokki ( Canon Tokki Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of material deposition equipment for making OLED displays) to collect a Gen 8.5 half-cut OLED computer that deposits fabric horizontally.
Samsung Display targets to grow to be an Apple dealer for future iPads that will undertake OLED show technology. If negotiations cease well, the Korean tech should be equipped to mass-produce Gen 8.5 OLED panels for Apple iPads in 2024.
The organization may additionally prefer to use its future Gen 8.5 OLED manufacturing line to furnish Apple with large panels for iMacs.
However, given that negotiations for gear are nonetheless ongoing, Samsung Display’s position in Apple’s OLED plans stays concerned to change. Previous reviews claimed that Samsung Display ought to buy Gen 8.5 OLED gear next year.
Samsung Display will possibly be in a position for volume mass-production of Gen 8.5 OLED panels in late 2024 for Apple’s second-generation OLED iPads.
The company, alongside LG Display, is planning to use present Gen 6 OLED traces to make the first batch of 11-inch and 12.9-inch OLED panels for Apple’s first-generation iPads launching in 2024.
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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.
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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.