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Could Samsung catch up to iPhone 15 Pro Max’s optical zooming capabilities?
Samsung and Apple’s rivalry is widely-known across the whole world. Both companies work desperately to catch up to each other’s best models. Both rivals have unveiled their flagships this year and have already started to work on the next one. Some of the recent rumors regarding Apple’s upcoming series again made Samsung worry as it is said to have unbeatable optical zooming capabilities. Can Samsung catch up to these or not?
Informatively, the American multinational Apple is currently working on its next series iPhone 15, which will probably be launched by September 2023. Recently, it has been reported that the top-notch model of this series, the iPhone 15 Pro Max, will feature a brand-new periscopic lens offering 5x to 6x optical zoom. Ordinarily, most smartphones offer a 3x zooming lens which can’t provide as many image details as a 6x lens can do.
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As for Samsung, their latest top-notch model, the Galaxy S23 Ultra, also features a 3x telephoto lens only, but if they are to compete with Apple’s upcoming series, they should improve the future Galaxy S24 Ultra’s optical zooming abilities. Specifically, Samsung needs to upgrade its optical zooming technology from a telephoto shooter to an advanced periscopic lens. It will be beneficial if they emerge with a 5x zooming periscopic lens in their next Galaxy S Ultra device.
Besides the zooming capabilities, if you are willing to know more about Samsung’s upcoming top-notch model, in particular, other novelties that the Galaxy S24 series’ Ultra model will serve, you can check the expected list below.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC (globally).
- Return of Exynos-based flagships with Exynos 2400 chipset (limited regions).
- Maybe a tri-camera setup instead of quad-cameras.
- Improved 200MP image sensor.
- 144Hz refresh rate display.
- 16GB of RAM.
- USF 4.1 storage chip.
- Satellite Connectivity feature.
Green is the new red alert for Galaxy smartphone users! Many Galaxy smartphone users started claiming display issues after installing a software update.
This issue is not the latest, as it has been present in Samsung phones for a couple of years, and unfortunately, the brand has not done anything dedicatedly to solve it. This issue usually occurs after installing new software updates.
Now again, a couple of Galaxy users have started complaining of display-related issues on their smartphones with OLED screens. After installing the software update, for instance, in the present condition after installing One UI 6.0 or the April 2024 security patch, a green or pink line started occurring on the phone’s display, as users reported.
However, at the time, this issue appeared on some particular models, which are the Galaxy A73, Galaxy M21, Galaxy M52 5G, Galaxy S21 series, Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy S22 series, and Galaxy Z Flip 3.
Galaxy smartphones are not the only ones, but also Motorola, OnePlus, Vivo, and Xiaomi seem to have the same issue, as a post on X is unveiling. This issue is quite horrible since users install new software updates to refine and upgrade their older devices, but at last, they get a green line issue. This has mortified the users so much that people have started recording videos while installing new updates on their devices, as a tipster @sondesix revealed on X.
Noticeably, this is not a minor issue, as an OLED display panel is not cheap at all, even though sometimes the OLED panel costs almost half the phone’s original price. The Galaxy users who are facing this issue have registered complaints, but Samsung does not seem to have issued a wider circular to after-sales service centers to replace display panels on affected phones for free.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is again in the reports regarding its bigger display as compared to its predecessor.
Previous reports already cleared the existence of the next Fan Edition variant named Galaxy S24 FE and hinted that it might be launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event, along with the next-generation foldable Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 phones, which is supposed to be held in early July.
Now that recent rumors are unveiling that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE could feature a 6.7-inch display, which is a bit bigger than the previous fan edition models, let’s take a closer look at the display size of older Galaxy FE smartphones.
- Galaxy S23 FE, 6.4-inch
- Galaxy S21 FE, 6.4-inch
Now, the Galaxy S24 FE is expected to have a 6.7-inch panel. Last time, the Korean giant offered this much bigger display to the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite back in 2020. If this report comes true, then the Galaxy S24 FE will feature a bigger display than the original base variant of the Galaxy S24 series.
The official key specification of the phone has not been unveiled yet, but it is expected that the Galaxy S24 FE could be powered by the Exynos 2400 or the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. It could feature a 6.7-inch FDH+ AMOLED panel with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. A parallel increase in battery size will be necessary to power the larger screen. It would be interesting to see what new novelties the forthcoming Galaxy S24 FE will bring.
Initially, Samsung debuted its latest mid-range device, the Galaxy M55, powered by a Snapdragon chipset, in Brazil and India, and now, bringing it to a few European countries, the prices have also been revealed.
Samsung has introduced the recently launched mid-range Galaxy M55 device in two variants based on memory configuration:
- 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage
- 8GB RAM + 256GB internal storage
For European countries, Samsung set a price of €479.90 for the 128GB storage variant, but here’s the twist: if you buy it during the promotional period, the phone will be available for just €439.90. Whereas, the 256GB variant is available for €529.99.
The Korean giant also launched one more Galaxy device in Europe named the Galaxy M15, as per the reports of a tipster, @rquandt on X; however, the pricing information has not been revealed yet.
The Galaxy M55 features a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED+ screen along with a refresh rate of 120Hz, HDR10+, 1,000 nits peak brightness, and Full HD+ resolution. It is powered by a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor and runs Android 15-based One UI 6.1. The camera configuration counts a 50MP OIS primary camera, an 8MP ultrawide camera, a 2MP macro camera, and on the flip side, a 50MP camera. The brand has powered it with a 5,000mAh battery, along with the support of 45W fast charging.