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Galaxy S24 Series launch date revealed, powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
The Galaxy S24 series is perhaps the most anticipated series to be launched in 2024. The technical specifications of the trio, the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra, have been revealed recently. Previously, the Galaxy S23 series was shown in March before being pushed back to late February. Now a leak reveals that this time the South Korean tech is bringing the Galaxy S24 series sooner than usual. Ice Universe, who is known for his Samsung leaks, claimed in a Weibo post that the Galaxy S24 would be released on or around January 18th, 2024.
That’s roughly two weeks sooner than the formal announcement of the S23. Although the disclosed date may be inaccurate, Ice Universe expects the phone will be available around this time. It was earlier claimed that Samsung is accelerating the release of the Galaxy S24 series in order to compete with the iPhone 15 series. The Galaxy S23 series was released on February 1 of this year; thus, a January 18 release date for the Galaxy S24 series does not appear improbable.
The two-way satellite communication feature may be useful in emergency scenarios. The trio of the S24 series is expected to sport a QHD+ Super AMOLED panel and may have a peak brightness of around 2,500 nits. It is also said that the ultra variant may arrive with a titanium frame.
Galaxy S24 expected specifications:
- Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the US, Canada, and China | Exynos 2400 is available in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
- Battery system: 4,000 mAh with 25W rapid wired charging
- RAM: 12 GB
- Internal storage: 256 GB or 512 GB
- Rear camera: 50 MP (wide) + 12 MP (ultra-wide) + 10 MP (telephoto)
Galaxy S24+ expected specifications:
- Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the US, Canada, and China | Exynos 2400 is available in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
- RAM: 12 GB
- Internal storage: 256 GB or 512 GB
- Battery system: 4,900 mAh with 45W rapid wired charging
- Rear camera: 50 MP (wide) + 12 MP (ultra-wide) + 10 MP (telephoto)
Galaxy S24 Ultra expected specifications:
- Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Battery system: 5,000 mAh with 45W rapid wired charging
- Rear camera: 200 MP (primary), 12 MP (ultrawide), 10 MP (telephoto) with 3x optical zoom, and 50 MP (telephoto) with 5x optical zoom
- RAM: maximum of 16 GB
- Internal storage: up to 1 TB
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.