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Samsung’s XR Headset to Rival Apple’s Vision Pro, Unveiling Expected in 2024
A few months ago, Samsung announced its partnership with Google and Qualcomm for the purpose of introducing an XR device. The initial release of the extended reality alliance involving Qualcomm, Google, and Samsung is scheduled for the end of 2024. Thus, it is anticipated that in the XR gadget market, often referred to as the “post-smartphone,” there would be strong competition for supremacy between Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Meta Quest. It seems the gadget will be released along with the 6th generation of foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, as per JoongAng reports.
The report claims that the XR headset will be announced with the Galaxy Z6 series, and after a few months of announcement, the business intends to bring the models to the market. Indeed, on the 31st of October, Samsung Electronics declared that it would provide a patent license to Samsung Display for OLEDoS, which is the fundamental technology behind the XR tiny display. Using OLEDoS, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials are bonded to silicon wafers as opposed to glass substrates.
Samsung will ship 30,000 units of the XR headset initially
The code name “infinite” appears to refer to Samsung’s original XR headset, which will only be produced in 30,000 pieces at release. The initial 30,000 units of XR devices appear to have been set by Samsung Electronics in order to gauge consumer reaction to the product and the state of the industry before determining future manufacturing and marketing strategies. Looking back, a target of 20,000 to 30,000 units was first stated when the first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold, was introduced in 2019 and subsequently increased. Technologies related to mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) are collectively referred to as XR.
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The market appears to be rebounding lately. “Meta Quest 3” was released by Meta last month for the lowest price of $499. After the release of Vision Pro early in the following year, Apple is rumored to be working on further low-end devices that would cost between $1,500 and $2,500, respectively. Rather than just making the Vision Pro and XR headsets, Apple intends to develop them into wearable space computers with the next-generation form factor. The XR wearable device market is anticipated to reach $151.58 billion by 2026, as per the market research company IDC. However, the headset needs to prove itself in terms of quality, interface, and availability.
Professor Kim Sang-gyun of Kyung Hee University said, “In the smartphone era, what determined the success or failure of the Galaxy and iPhone were the platform and content distribution. Content is what determines the customer experience for XR devices as well. Increasing software and media competitiveness will be key” to success in the XR segment.
The first quarter of 2024 is already over; during this interval, Samsung has introduced several Galaxy smartphones of particular belonging, such as the flagship Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35, the mid-range ones, the Galaxy A15 and Galaxy F15, the budgetable ones, and many more. But the fact is, after being the latest smartphones, they have a lack of ‘charging speed.’
Undoubtedly, Samsung is leading the tech industry with its top-notch features, design, and larger batteries, as compared to other Android manufacturers, but despite all this, it has a massive lack of charging speed. Samsung usually attaches larger batteries to its Galaxy smartphones to enhance the users’ non-stop-using experience. But a larger battery isn’t worth it unless it has a good charging speed.
On the other hand, Chinese manufacturers are equipping their smartphones with charging speeds north of 100W, whereas 45W is the maximum speed you can get on Galaxy smartphones. However, even 45W charging is quite rare among Galaxy phones. Samsung has launched most of the Galaxy devices in the last couple of years, including the flagship with support for 25W.
Here we are making things easy for you if you are looking to buy a Galaxy smartphone that debuted in 2024 with the support of 45W charging speed by mentioning a list of devices:
- Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Galaxy S24+
- Galaxy F55
- Galaxy M55
- Galaxy C55
The list is quite short, even considering that the Galaxy F55, M55, and C55 are just rebranded variants of the same smartphone for different regions. Now Samsung is setting up to launch its next-generation foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, in July, but it is yet to be confirmed whether these devices will get a boost in charging speeds from 25W or not.
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.