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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 And Galaxy Z Flip4 Could Say Goodbye To Z
Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4, are scheduled to debut in just one week, but rumors concerning the two devices are growing more robust and persistent.
Let’s talk about the letter Z in the denomination. This characteristic has defined the range since its introduction. The most recent reports, in chronological order, imply that the South Korean giant may remove it from the two smartphones.
This is not the first time a manufacturer has attempted to modify the name of a group of items, possibly to make them easier to read or recognize. For instance, Xiaomi switched from the Xiaomi Mi 11 to the Xiaomi 12 this year and removed the word “Mi” from its smartphones.
No More Letter ‘Z’ In Samsung Folding Devices:
Samsung might also choose to carry out this process, as the well-known SnoopyTech leaker mentioned in a tweet (reported below), eliminating the letter Z from the names of their leaflets, which has been their previous designation: The Galaxy M series, which were originally battery-powered phones, the Galaxy A series, which are mid-range and medium-high-end smartphones, the Galaxy S series, which are top-of-the-line smartphones, and the Galaxy Z series are among the many series that Samsung actually offers in its catalog (folding smartphones).
The reasons behind this (hypothetical) move may be many and different from them. On the one hand, there could be trivial reasons related to wanting to improve the naming of the two smartphones, given that Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4 would be more immediate and short than the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4.
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On the other hand, however, it seems that there may be reasons related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: the letter Z, in fact, has become a symbol of this war, having been found on many Russian military vehicles that had taken part in the invasion of Ukraine. However, the meaning of the symbol is not quite 100% clear; there are those who claim that they indicate a military zone and those who claim that it is the Z of Zelenskyy (the Ukrainian president), while the Russian government has declared that the Z stands for “za pobedu” (lit. For victory).
Latter Z Also Removed From 3rd Gen Foldable
Net of all this, Samsung has already removed the letter “Z” from the brand of its 2021 folding folds in some countries such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, selling them under the names Galaxy Fold 3 5G and Galaxy Flip3 5G. In seven days, therefore, we will find out if we will have to call the 2022 models such as Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4 or, as usual so far, as Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4.
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.