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Samsung users will happy with the price of Galaxy S23
As much as we are getting closer to the Galaxy S23’s launch, our curiosity of knowing about its expense is getting stronger. Every day’s new leaks and renders are making the desire to get Galaxy S23 more hard. As the Galaxy S series is Samsung’s flagship, the most expensive device lineup of the company, the price of those devices has always been a cost of an arm and a leg for an average earner. On top of it, this rapidly rising inflation is also doing work of fuel to the fire.
Q2 to Q3- Increased Revenue, but Operating Profit Declined
Let us tell you, as per the report of Maekyung, the South Korean firm Samsung has seen an operating profit decline in the quarter 3rd of 2022. Notably, Samsung’s MX Division’s revenue grew by 13.3% QoQ increase, which surely happened because of the increase in sales. Samsung foldable’s 4th gen- Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 played a huge role in the sale growth, as they have sold well. Even after Samsung’s sales rose; still, its operating profit fell by a 3.6% QoQ decline.
Galaxy S23 to feature more expensive components
Reportedly, in the Q2 of 2022, Samsung’s profit was 3.36 trillion KRW which remained at 3.24 trillion KRW in Q3 of 2022. This decline in the company’s operating profit, despite having an increase in revenue, may happen due to the high prices of smartphone components. Unfortunately, the upcoming Galaxy S23 series is said to feature even more expensive equipment, such as the 200MP camera sensor and overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, which makes it possible that its cost will also be higher.
Galaxy S23: will prices remain the same or increase?
As per some reports, they are planning to keep up Galaxy S23’s price as the Galaxy S22 series. If Samsung does that, its operating profit will drop even more, and if they plan to increase the prices, the flagship will lose its rivalry with the iPhone 14 device. Contrariwise, there is another possibility that Samsung will increase the Galaxy S23’s price and cover up its previous loss because Apple also seems to increase the prices of its upcoming iPhone 15 devices.
Galaxy S23 Ultra’s biggest competitor is its own Galaxy S22 Ultra
Resultantly, Samsung does have reasons for both- increase the prices or remain as Galaxy S22 series and in both options, there are some negative consequences as well. Now it’s all up to Samsung whether to increase or remain the same as the previous Galaxy S22. Besides, we are expecting $799 USD for the Galaxy S23, $999 USD for Galaxy S23 Plus, and $1199 USD for the Galaxy S23 Ultra device.
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.