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Samsung Expands Self-Repair Program to Brazil and Mexico
With game-changing concepts and technology, Samsung inspires the world and creates the future. In the Brazilian and Mexican markets, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. initiated its worldwide self-repair program with an announcement today. Items including a phone screen, a charging port, and a rear glass are included in self-repair kits. They also provide manuals with instructions and all the tools required to do the service.
The main objective of the program is to provide consumers with an option for repairs, improve convenience, and let users retain their Galaxy devices for as long as possible, extending the product’s life cycle if fixed properly and lowering electronic waste. The initial repairs for the Galaxy S20, S21, and S22 series will be supported by the program. For repairing phone screens, there are two options. When a customer wants to change the display, they may buy display assemblies, which include the phone’s metal frame, bezel, and battery.
While other customers with swollen batteries should not attempt to repair them themselves and should instead visit any Samsung retail shop to have them fixed by a professional, This program has two objectives as its main goal:
Samsung Contigo-Approved Repair:
- This program gives interested, independent repairers access to the brand’s original parts and certified information, which are necessary components for providing dependable and long-lasting service.
- Professionals are able to keep up with the most recent trends and innovations.
- A variety of Samsung items, including phones, TVs, and home appliances, may be repaired with the use of guidelines and manuals available to program participants.
- This is now offered in Brazil, and we will soon extend it to other countries in the area.
Use of Select+ to Gain Access to Special Benefits:
- Along with the release of the new Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5 foldable smartphones and Galaxy Tab S9 tablets, the firm has also introduced Select+, a special advantage for customers in Latin America.
- The replacement of protective films and preferential access to special support channels are two advantages.
- Other than this, it ensures priority service at Samsung service locations and in home care, both of which are accessible in the major capitals and significant metropolitan areas of the region’s countries.
- By providing superior priority service, the help program strives to ensure additional support for customers of premium gadgets.
Virgilio Moreira, Senior Director of Customer Service at Samsung Latin America, states, Samsung is working to extend the life cycle of our devices and to encourage users to experience optimized performance of their Galaxy devices for as long as possible. This is yet another initiative in this direction, expanding access to repairs and broadening possibilities for our consumers.”
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.
Firmware
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.