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Samsung is labeled as a brand with the greatest ease for users to repair their phones
Ever since covid pandemic, manufacturers and users have become too aware of repairing devices in homes without going out to any repair centre. To make it possible, electronic device manufacturers provide self-repairing kits and instructions or apps for proper guidance. Electronic Hub generally analyzes the time taken by the users to repair the device on foot, and the complexity of the step-by-step repair instructions found online.
Recently, it has been found out that the Korean firm Samsung’s year 2022’s Galaxy Phones were the easiest to repair. Hence, the Korean firm had the highest rating last year. Apple, Motorola, Google, and Xiaomi then followed the list. Informatively, this research compiles average repair times and the difficulty of info from repair guides on iFixit to determine which device is easier to repair.
Let us inform you, as per the research, Samsung’s Galaxy A40 device launched in the year 2019 was the easier device to repair, with an average repair time of 32.6 minutes per repair. In this device, 42.9% of repairs were easy. In the 2nd place, there is Motorola’s Moto G7 device which was launched in the same year as the Galaxy A40 device. The third place has been taken by Samsung’s previous year’s Galaxy S22 Ultra device.
The previous year’s attention seeker, the Galaxy S22 Ultra device, has an average repair time of 48.1 minutes with 33.3% repairs. On the other hand, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 device has been labeled with the “100% difficult repairs” rating. The device not only has an average repairing time of 58.4 minutes per repair but its repair instructions are also harder and difficult to follow. Google’s Pixel 7 device is also in the same category.
Besides, the Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A72 are also in the same situation. They do have shorter average repair times than the Galaxy S22 Ultra, but their repair steps are difficult; hence, they haven’t been considered an easy task. Overall, Samsung phones released in the year 2022 are the easiest to repair at home. The leading brand in smartphone home repair guides is Asus, which has been followed by HTC, LG, Samsung, and Apple.
Informatively, even previously as well, in the years 2013 and 2014, the Korean firm Samsung was the leading brand for ease of home repair. Now this time, it has once again become the world’s most repairable smartphone brand. However, this study didn’t include 2023 models, but there is a high possibility that Samsung will maintain its position with this year’s models as well, including the flagship Galaxy S23 series.
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.