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[Exclusive] Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to offer 144Hz refresh rate
Samsung’s flagship, the Galaxy S series, is a worldwide popular smartphone series, most specifically its top-of-the-line Ultra line. The reason behind the Galaxy S Ultra devices’ worldwide popularity is none other than their quality elements, including the Display, Camera, Processor, Software, and more. With every new flagship, Samsung emerges even better equipment than before, which enhances the device’s performance.
Informatively, in this year’s Galaxy S23 flagship’s Ultra model, Samsung has used its 200MP HP2 sensor, which was the first time for any Galaxy device to use such a big image sensor. The Galaxy S23 Ultra’s advancements are making users curious about the future flagship, the Galaxy S24 series. The Galaxy admirers are waiting to know what advancements the next Galaxy S24 Ultra device will have to offer.
Galaxy S24 Ultra will have 144Hz refresh rate panel
SamLover hears that the South Korean firm is planning to use a 144Hz refresh rate display in its next year’s top-notch device, the Galaxy S24 Ultra. It will be the first Galaxy device to have a 144Hz display because, till now, Samsung has used a maximum of only 120Hz display in its Galaxy devices. However, the future will be more advanced and full of new and more amazing products.
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The 144Hz refresh rate display will be helpful for smoother animations, most specifically in terms of Gaming. Besides it, the better refresh rate will also be capable of bearing higher and faster screen load and can keep up with speedy performance. Other than the display, the Galaxy S24 devices will have many more to offer up their sleeves, which are listed below.
- Android 14 and One UI 6.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
- UFS 4.1 Storage Chip.
- A 200MP image sensor but with some improvements.
- Better Zooming capabilities than the previous device.
- Plenty of new features, including Satellite Connectivity.
About the 144Hz refresh rate, it is unclear which panel Samsung will use. However, we can say for sure the display will surely amaze the users with its outstanding performance. Besides it, if we find any other clues regarding the upcoming Galaxy S24 series or the Ultra device, we will share them with you via our upcoming blogs.
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.