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Samsung Bring Back Exynos, Ballie By Constant Upgrades
Samsung added a brand new edition to the Exynos series, named Exynos 2400, to the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ in certain areas. Fortunately, the remarks are positive regarding its impressive performance.
The Exynos 2400 chipset features a 1.7-fold improvement in central processing unit (CPU) performance as well as 14.7-fold improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities as compared to previous chipsets.
Now the reports are indicating that Samsung’s latest and most upgraded Exynos has exceeded expectations and is receiving praise for its impressive performance. The IT media outlets have arrived at the point after their analyses of the processor of the Exynos 2400 that it exhibits a performance difference of less than 10% as compared to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC used in Galaxy devices.
However, a few days after the launch of the Galaxy S22 series, Samsung has gone through a controversy. Actually, Samsung powered the Galaxy S22 series with the Exynos 2200, and within a few days, the user community started criticizing the brand because of overheating and performance issues. As a result, the brand dropped Exynos and equipped the Snapdragon for the next Galaxy S23 series.
Now the Korean chipmaker has overcome this with a brand new, impressive chipset named Exynos 2400. With this chipset again, Samsung has established a presence in the application processor (AP) market. As per market tracker counterpoint research recently, it has come to light that Samsung’s mobile AP market share dropped to around 5% in the third quarter of last year, down from 8% in 2022.
Also, Samsung is gearing up for the arrival of its AI assistant, Ballie. However, initially, back in 2020, the upgraded version of Ballie was unveiled and is set to debut later in 2024. Ballie, similar to a ball, responds to user calls through autonomous navigation, executing voice commands without even the requirement for a dedicated controller.
Fixed up with cameras both on the front and rear, it automatically finds and connects alongside home appliances linked to Samsung’s SmartThings, quickly setting up an Internet of Things (IoT) scenario. It is to be noticed that, at the initial stages, Ballie faced lots of challenges, for instance, lacking clear applications beyond being a “conversation companion,” but a dramatic comeback became reasonable as consumers requests for smartphone screens grew quickly. Then, to enhance their capacities, the Korean giants incorporated dual-lens projector technology, empowering Ballie to project information or video content onto walls, ceilings, and floors.
Ballie’s return also signals a revival for Samsung’s proprietary operating system, Tizen. Now the reports are indicating that Samsung is planning to integrate Tizen into Ballie after it was phased out of smartphones from the Samsung Z4 onwards in 2017 and has not been included in smartwatches since 2021. While Tizen without breakage enhanced its performance, specifically excelling in robust security for fluent connectivity, Along with the incorporation of Samsung Knox, Tizen automatically blocks external hacking attempts, malicious applications, and phishing sites.
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.