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Samsung removed BOE from the supply chain?
In response to Sino-US tensions and ongoing patent battles, Samsung Electronics is reportedly shivering its cooperation with China’s top display manufacturer, BOE, and reorganizing its supply chain, as per a recent story published in the South Korean media outlet BusinessKorea. The BOE’s most recent reaction to this issue was described as a report taken out of context based on false information that was refuted. The recent rumors regarding BOE and Samsung working together were reportedly stories that were taken out of context by Korean media based on fake information, as per the report from the source, The Paper, who replied exclusively to this today.
Following the existing strategy, the supply of BOE and worldwide brand partners is continuing to proceed in a systematic manner. Industry sources stated on the 15th that BOE reduced its market share and was no longer among Samsung Electronics’ top three TV panel suppliers in the third quarter. BOE, a significant provider of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, ranked third among the top panel vendors and supplied around 10% of Samsung Electronics in the first quarter of the year. Due to its deliberate exit from the LCD panel market, mainland China now accounts for the majority of Samsung Electronics’ LCD panel acquisitions.
Samsung Display Accuses China’s BOE of Trade Secret Theft in USA Lawsuit
According to data made available by the Korean Financial Supervisory Service early in September via its electronic disclosure system, Samsung Electronics paid Chinese companies a total of 1.9521 trillion won in the first quarter of this year for LCD panels for TVs and monitors. For the first time since over seven and a half years ago, during the fourth quarter of 2015, BOE has not been included as a major panel provider for devices, TVs, and smartphones. It is reported that BOE, a significant rival in the worldwide display market, and Samsung Electronics intend to end their medium- to long-term partnership.
Allegations of patent infringement and trade secret violations have landed BOE and Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, in court. Samsung Display claimed in a recent complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission that BOE had violated its trade secret concerning OLED panel and module technology. Analysts predict that Samsung Electronics will work more closely with other suppliers, such as Taiwan’s AUO, Japan’s Sharp, and LG Display’s dispute with BOE.
Chinese manufacturers will provide 52% of Samsung LCD TV panels in 2022, and this percentage will rise to 60% this year, states market research company Omdia. Samsung’s tough competitors in the LED panel industry include BOE’s clients Honour, OPPO, Vivo, and other top-tier local and international mobile businesses.
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.
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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.