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Will the Galaxy S23 cost more than the Galaxy S22?
The upcoming flagship of the South Korean tech conglomerate, Galaxy S23, now needs no introduction. The wide range of its leaked/rumored features makes consumers so desperate for it. As this year is now at its end and about to change into the next year in just a few days, the OEMs are now all set to present their high-end devices to the market, and obviously, the Galaxy S23 series is also one of them. As the series will be unveiled anytime now, interested customers must have become so impatient to know their prices.
As per the recent leaks, the Galaxy S23 series will be launched on February 1st, 2022. For information, the Galaxy S23 series will get a total of three devices as usual- Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. The purchase rates for all three devices will vary, ranging from lowest to highest in the sequence of Vanilla, Plus, Ultra. Since this series has been in constant rumors, at one point, the question must have arisen of how much the flagship will cost and whether it will be equal to or more than the Galaxy S22 devices.
According to a recent report, the company hasn’t decided on its upcoming flagship’s price rate yet, due to the growing world inflation. As the prices are growing intensively, they are thinking about whether to raise the price or maintain them. We can expect maintained prices, but as the cost of raw materials and transport is raised, it is a waste to expect it. However, it may happen that Samsung will reduce its own profit margin to maintain the prices, which is surely a plausible step.
If its prices do not grow, the expected price is mentioned below-
- Galaxy S23: $859
- Galaxy S23 Plus: $1,059
- Galaxy S23 Ultra: $1,259
If Samsung chooses to raise the price, it is also possible that the prices will go up to around 40 or 50 euros/dollars per model. Meanwhile, one thing is clear, the prices of this flagship series will not be low, so if you are interested in them, their cost will surely burn a hole in your pockets. Note bone the actual price of Galaxy S23 devices has not been revealed officially.
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Samsung Introduces Australian-Inspired Map in Fortnite Creative & Clash of Commuters Competition
Samsung Electronics Australia introduced the “Clash of Commuters” to enhance the gaming experience, as it will deliver a Fortnite Creative experience.
It is a uniquely Australian map themed around public transport, featuring classic elements such as the Sydney train and even the Bin Chicken. The metrics say that almost 44% of Australian gamers play games while commuting. The latest “Clash of Commuters” permits them to play a Fortnite Creative map themed around public transport and efficiently defend the very place they game during commutes.
Taking Australian public transport as inspiration, Samsung Australia introduced a Fortnite Creative map. It serves the famous trend of Aussies gaming during commutes. The deal is that from May 2 to May 30,, players have the golden chance to win Samsung swag IRL by participating in the Clash of Commuters competition.
Gamers just need to defend an Aussie public bus across five checkpoints as it meanders through a dystopian Australian commute, complete with bin chickens and more. The players can also get bonus points if they find hidden Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra phones scattered around the map.
The aim behind mentioning the Galaxy S24 Ultra is just to highlight its power-efficient chipset and graphics as ideal for gamers such as Clash of Commuters. The player who completes all five rounds of the Clash of Commuters campaign in the shortest time will get a Samsung gaming pack worth more than $8,000, including a 55-inch OLED TV, Odyssey OLED G9 Monitor, Galaxy S24 Ultra, and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro.
The recent research conducted by Samsung Electronics Australia highlights that smartphones are the most famous gaming device in Australia, with 26% of gamers choosing smartphones over consoles, 24% choosing desktops and laptops, and the rest of the others are 3%. 55% of Australian gamers appear to use gaming as a way to relax, with a third particularly using it to de-stress.
In Melbourne and Sydney, Samsung will be bringing the Clash of Commuters map to the Galaxy S24 Ultra at interactive pop-up activations. Players and passersby will be able to explore a post-apocalyptic public transport world and play the new map at Sydney’s Parramatta Square from Saturday 4 May to Wednesday 8 May, ahead of the activation heading over to Melbourne’s Southern Cross station from Saturday 11 May through Wednesday 15 May.
Samsung actively monitors and optimizes two popular games: Persona 5: Phantom X and Collapse Starrail. The community moderator has officially announced that the Galaxy Game Optimization team is working on it.
According to the official announcement, the Samsung official team has collaborated with game companies to optimize games for Galaxy devices, not for existing titles and upcoming releases.
They will create a dedicated game optimization bulletin board to address the issue and gather feedback. Along with those new improvements, the company will provide better support for the game elements, so users can get a better experience on their devices.
In the Collapse Starrail game, Samsung will address the animation issue that is pausing the character in certain cases. It will also improve gameplay, eradicating delays and graphical issues on certain maps. It has also been confirmed that all these fixes will be provided through a new update on the Google Play Store around May 8th.
Meanwhile, for Persona 5: The Phantom X, the upcoming update will fix the game screen not displaying in specific situations. The fix will be available in the next update, version 1.0.2, via the Galaxy Store and Google Play Store.
Conclusively, Samsung has addressed the issue in the games and committed to providing a better experience for the users with the upcoming updates, so if you are also one of those players who is facing any issues while playing the game on a Galaxy device, soon you will get new updates that will improve the overall experience.
Samsung Electronics and Taiwan are working on the same stage, as both of them are binding in the Alliance for the image sensors.
There is a new partnership in town as Samsung Electronics and Taiwan are shaking hands to compete with Sony. This partnership seems to be part of Samsung’s dual manufacturing strategy aimed at enhancing efficiency and gaining a competitive edge in pricing.
Industry sources unveiled that Samsung is continuing its cooperation with UMC as part of its “Fab-lite” strategy for image sensors. The ‘Fab-lite’ suggests a concentrated operation of Samsung’s image sensor factories. Under this model, the Korean giant will handle the primary processes while outsourcing the remaining steps to external foundries.
The Korean giant is using a two-notch approach for image sensor production: the first is going with in-house high-performance, and the second is outsourcing lower-cost sensors used in devices such as vacuums and appliances. This outsourcing will help in converting light into digital signals and performing image correction steps. Overall, with these two approaches, Samsung can easily concentrate on the most critical aspects of high-performance sensors.
The foundry handling the outsourced image sensor production for Samsung Electronics is UMC, a Taiwanese company. UMC ranks fourth globally with a 6% share of the foundry market and practices legacy foundry processes such as 22 nm and 28 nm. Through this technique of dual manufacturing, the Korean Electronics firm is closely chasing Sony, which is currently holding over 50% of the market share in the image sensor segment.
Back in 2021, Samsung Electronics was the first in the world to produce a 200 million-pixel image sensor, and it aims to debut sensors with over 500 million pixels next year.