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Samsung Vs LG Again: The Race To Win Battery Clients In Korea
Today, developments in the direction of new technologies are observed in all fields. The same goes for batteries, following the trend that large companies are moving towards cylindrical or hollow batteries from pouch-type or prismatic batteries. This change is attributed to the fact that prismatic batteries are cheaper and safer, as they do not catch fire easily.
Currently, there are three major players in the industry in Korea, namely Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solutions, and SK On, with the last one not manufacturing cylindrical-type batteries. This causes the rivalry between the former two to play out.
The Cylindrical Batteries;
These batteries are 46mm in diameter, and their rumoured height is 80mm, a 4680-type increase in energy density five times and output six times, resulting in a cost reduction of up to 50%. Also, rumours suggest possibly producing a 40-60 mm type battery.
- As electric vehicles grow in popularity, industry pioneers like Tesla and BMW are moving towards cylindrical batteries.
- This will lead to competition between LG Energy Solutions and Samsung SDI, two of South Korea’s top battery manufacturers, which are also competing for the EV camera modules for the same company in the longer run.
LG & Tesla ;
Tesla already declared that it’ll utilize the “4680” round and hollow battery, and LG is one of Tesla’s main battery providers.
In mid-June, LG said it’ll spend around 580 billion won ($440 million) on building cylindrical battery lines in its Ochang plant in North Chungcheong to create 4680 battery cells yearly of 9 gigawatt-hours.
The battery will be supplied to Tesla in the next half of the year. The company purchased an additional site in Ruler Rivulet, Arizona, to build an 11 gigawatt-hour plant for round and hollow core batteries. The company bought a location in Ruler Rivulet, Arizona, to build an 11-gigawatt-hour plant for round and hollow batteries. It initially said the company would add up to 1.7 trillion won within the plant, despite an undisclosed and under consideration investment budget.
SDI & Tesla;
Industry reviewers say BMW could be a customer for Samsung SDI cylindrical-type batteries.
“Although Samsung SDI is still undecided on the height, it is certain that the company is targeting Tesla, the No. 1 electric vehicle manufacturer with a rival in the global market.”
-Lee Ho-Geun, professor of engineering at Daeduk University.
SDI & BMW;
Samsung SDI CEO Choi and Samsung Electrics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong held an assembly with Oliver Zipse, chairman of BMW, as Samsung SDI is building an office for the pilot generation of 4680 round and hollow batteries in its Cheonan plant in South Chungcheong.
There are also plans for further investment in the Seremban plant in Malaysia is ongoing, although no details have been announced.
“Due to later fire issues with the pouch-type batteries, round and hollow batteries are regaining attention,” It will be another enormous thing within the EV battery industry for a while.”
-Lee, professor at Daeduk university.
Currently, SDI or Samsung Digital Interface is supplying prismatic batteries to BMW, which will switch to supplying cylindrical batteries as Lee visited BMW representatives in early June for an agreement to supply batteries for BMW.
Samsung has also pushed its SDI subsidiary to promote the development of cylindrical batteries and, in addition to its other subsidiaries, to conduct research on electric vehicles.
Future predictions;
If we base predictions on SNE Investigate research, then by 2022, cylindrical batteries will account for 19% of the global electric vehicle battery market, which is expected to reach 26% by 2030.
However, at the same time, the market share of the type of prismatic battery will fall from 55% to 43%.
Stellaris NV and Samsung SDI (Samsung Digital Interface) also announced that they would establish an electric vehicle battery production facility in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. The plant aims to have an initial annual production capacity of 23 gigawatt hours (GWh), expected to increase by 33 GWh over the next few years with an investment of more than 2.5 billion USD and can gradually increase to 3.1 billion USD.
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.