These are the screen resolutions of the Samsung foldable phone

In a bid to get as many developers on-board before its foldable smartphone hits the market, Samsung showcased its foldable display to everyone attending its developer conference in San Francisco. When developing for a mobile device, developers need access to information such as screen resolution, and that’s exactly what Samsung has provided at a hands-on session at SDC.

Two screens, different resolutions

Samsung’s foldable device will have a 7.3-inch display when it’s open to offer a tablet-like viewing experience. When folded, users will have access to a 4.6-inch display on the outside. This 4.6-inch outer display has a 21:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 840×1960 pixels, which translates to 420 ppi pixel density. The 7.3-inch display carries a resolution of 1536×2152 pixels and the same pixel density as the outer display. Apps used on the outer display will expand to occupy the 7.3-inch main display when the device is unfolded, and users will also have the option to use three apps in tablet mode.

Naturally, Samsung isn’t willing to reveal the entire spec sheet. The company also refrained from showing the foldable device completely on stage. Since there is no word on a launch date yet, there is a chance the specs could change in some way as development goes on.

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[Poll] What do you think about the Samsung One UI?

So the reason Samsung is taking its time with Android Pie was confirmed today to be a completely new user interface. The Samsung Experience UX will be succeeded by the One UI, a new take on how users access information and features on their devices. One UI will bring both visual and functional changes, and it will also power Samsung’s foldable smartphone.

Samsung’s new user interface is a major overhaul

One UI has a lot going for it, and Samsung will allow us to test it on a Galaxy S9 through the Android Pie beta program. Since we don’t know exactly when the beta program will commence, we can only go by what we have seen at Samsung’s ongoing developer conference. We have already published our hands-on experience with images and videos of One UI in action, and we wanted to ask: What do you think about Samsung One UI?

Do you like what Samsung is doing with its software, or do you think it’s something the company shouldn’t have wasted time on? Do you prefer reserving judgement till you have actually used One UI? Let us know what you think by voting in the poll below, and be sure to tell us your opinion in detail down in the comments section.

What are your thoughts on the new Samsung One UI?

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• Can't say until I use it
• I hope it's easy to get used to

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Hands-on with Samsung One UI: Reinventing the wheel

The Samsung One UI is official today. Samsung is basically reinventing the wheel with this new user experience for smartphones. It will change the way we interact with devices that have large displays. The idea is to help users focus on what really matters. Samsung wants hardware and software to work together in harmony so the rounded corners of its devices are reflected in the subtle curves of the UI elements.

One UI takes a different approach to display content and controls. Users will see only the essential features related to what they’re doing in a system app like Messages. The new UI provides a continuous and fluid experience where necessary buttons appear when they’re needed and gently disappear when they’re not.

Its splits the display into viewing and interaction areas so that the controls are lower down on the screen. This makes it easier for users to control the device with just one hand. That’s all well and good, but what does the new UI feel like in person? Continue reading for our thoughts on it.

Hands-on with Samsung One UI

In the time we have spent with the Samsung One UI here in San Francisco, we can attest that it does look really clean and simple. While the changes are significant, they’re easy to understand. That doesn’t mean there won’t be a bit of a learning curve when you move from the current user interface. That’s because some of the controls have been switched from the top to the bottom. That may lead you to pause for a second when you try to figure out where that button that has seemingly always been in one place has suddenly disappeared.

The only thing that some fans might take longer to adjust to is the new app icons. The icons appeared online a couple of weeks ago and judging by what we heard from our readers, not a lot of people are digging this look. They can thank the heavens for icon packs if they just can’t stand these icons. They don’t take anything away from the simplicity and smoothness of this new user interface. Full marks to Samsung for that.

Sure, it will be a slight inconvenience the first few times, but that’s to be expected of any major user interface update. You’ll get used to it soon enough and that’s largely due to the simplicity of the One UI. This is also the first Samsung UI to feature a system-wide night mode. We really like it as it’s not only more visually comforting but it looks great too.

Samsung will launch an open beta program for Android 9 Pie, of which the One UI is an integral part, for the Galaxy S9 later this month. It’s going to release Android 9 Pie for the Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9 in January 2019.

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Samsung details the idea behind its foldable Infinity Flex display

Samsung has unveiled its Infinity Flex display today. This is what the company is going to call its much-rumored foldable display. We didn’t get to see the foldable smartphone today as Samsung merely highlighted the display technology in an engineering prototype. If previous reports are accurate then the foldable smartphone may not arrive until next year.

The company shared some details about the foldable display today. It has also provided more insight into the idea that led to the creation of the Infinity Flex display.

The idea behind the Infinity Flex display

Samsung started out with a simple question in mind. What if the smartphone display could change in size? It thus began developing a new category of display which will give way to an entirely new way of using the smartphone. The new display form factor that Samsung has created seamlessly unfolds into a 7.3-inch display. This means that one device can function as both a smartphone and tablet.

The foldable phone is going to have a smaller external display as well for this reason. Glass doesn’t fold naturally so Samsung had to develop a new material for the cover window that’s not only flexible but also durable. Samsung says that the display can be folded and unfolded countless times without issue. It has developed new software experiences as well to take full advantage of the foldable display. Features like multi-active window will enable users to run three apps simultaneously when the display is folded out.

Samsung SVP Justin Denison said during the company’s keynote today that mass production of the Infinity Flex display is merely a matter of months away. We can thus reasonably expect the foldable smartphone to arrive at some point next year.

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Hole, notch, and no notch: Samsung phones may have it all

Samsung isn’t going to stay away from the notch after all, or at least that’s what the company has implied at its developer conference today. Samsung revealed onstage that it has a number of Infinity displays in the works, and two of them will have a small notch in the center. One of those will have a hole at the side of the display, while the fourth version will have minimum bezels with no notch or other obstruction.

Samsung Infinity displays will be ‘infinite’ in different ways

The no-notch Infinity display is dubbed New Infinity. This is what Samsung is likely to use for the Galaxy S10 and all flagship smartphones in the future. Infinity-O is the one with the hole and will probably be seen on mid-range devices, including the Galaxy A8s that Samsung has already teased in China. Infinity-V and Infinity-U are the notched displays, with the letters in the name describing the shape of the notch. The notch looks to be smaller than what we have seen on the iPhones but is similar to the teardrop notches on devices like the OnePlus 6T, and we will most likely see this on the budget or lower mid-range Galaxy smartphones.

Samsung hasn’t offered more information on these new Infinity displays, so we can’t say in what form we will see those on actual smartphones. But if you thought the notch was never going to invade the Galaxy lineup, well, that’s certainly not going to be the case. But hey, at least we have the new Infinity Flex display on Samsung’s foldable phone to look forward to, right?

What do you think about Samsung’s new lineup of Infinity displays, notch and all?

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Samsung Android 9 beta launch confirmed for later this month

We finally know when the Samsung Android 9 beta is going to be launched. The company confirmed at SDC 2018 when it will launch the open beta program for the next major iteration of Android. It has also confirmed when we can expect Android 9 to be rolled out for flagship devices like the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9.

Samsung Android 9 beta launch

Android 9 Pie brings a whole new user interface for Samsung’s devices. The company is calling it One UI. It completely reimagines the user interface and focuses on making it easier to use smartphones with one hand.

It also declutters the interface and effectively splits it into content and control areas. The control area starts around the middle of the display where your thumb would naturally be positioned and thus makes it easier to access the features and settings without having to partake in finger acrobatics.

We’ll be able to test it out soon enough. The Samsung Android 9 beta launch will take place later this month in the United States, Germany and South Korea. More countries in Europe and Asia will also get the open beta program in the second phase. Samsung will use the feedback from the beta testers before the firmware’s official release. It also confirmed today that Android 9 will be publicly released in January 2019.

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Samsung’s new One UI is official, will also power foldable phone

Samsung has just announced that its smartphone user interface will be going through a major refresh with the new One UI. As revealed by the leaked Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 Pie firmware, One UI is all about putting important functions and features in focus for the end user, in addition to making single-handed usage easy by interactable elements down to the lower half of the screen.

Samsung One UI is all about ease of use

One UI will bring changes in a number of apps. In the Settings app, options that are similar will be grouped together, and often used options will be at the top of the list. The clock app will have all the different sections (such as alarm and timer) at the bottom of the screen. Visually, One UI will emulate Samsung’s hardware design, so you will see more rounded shapes in the app icons and other UI elements. Yes, that means those icons we were all dreading may actually be a part of the final version of Pie.

Oh, and that night theme that the leaked Pie firmware had revealed? Well, it will be complemented by other themes that take after the color of your phone. So your black Galaxy Note 9 will, by default, run on the night theme in proprietary Samsung apps, while a pink Galaxy S9 will change things to, well, pink. This is a huge addition to the themes support Samsung’s software has had for a few years, and we can’t wait to see it in action once Android Pie comes out in January.

One UI will also power Samsung’s foldable phone

Samsung also revealed that One UI will power its foldable phone. Thanks to the larger screen estate on the foldable phone, One UI will enable users to use up to three apps simultaneously instead of two apps as is the case right now. More details on the foldable display features will be revealed at SDC in the next two days, so be sure to keep checking back in to SamMobile.

What’s your opinion of Samsung’s new user interface? Check it out in the intro video below then let us know your thoughts down in the comments!

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This is what Samsung’s foldable display looks like

Samsung has finally finally provided us our first look at its much-rumored foldable display. This panel is what will be the core feature of its long awaited foldable smartphone. Samsung didn’t show off the device today but it did reveal what the foldable display looks like during its SDC 2018 keynote.

The foldable display was shown as part of an engineering prototype, in case you’re thinking that the actual device will be that chunky. Justin Denison, Samsung’s SVP of Mobile Product Marketing, assured attendees at the conference that what he was showing off isn’t the foldable smartphone. The design has been obscured because Samsung doesn’t want to reveal it at this point in time.

Samsung’s foldable display finally unveiled

What matters is that the company has finally shown us what the foldable AMOLED display looks like and what it will enable the device to do. As reports suggested, the device will have an external display so that users can continue to use it as a smartphone when it’s folded. Once it’s folded out, the internal display makes it double as a tablet. It will be an intuitive, continuous experience between the displays. Samsung will enable users to run three apps simultaneously through a feature called multi-active window.

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Samsung confirms Android 9 release for Galaxy Note 9 and S9 in January

Samsung today announced that it’s going to officially release Android 9 for the Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9 in January 2019. The confirmation came from the company during its keynote today at the Samsung Developer Conference 2018 in San Francisco. Samsung will launch an open beta program for the new firmware later this month.

Developing…

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Bixby Capsules open up the assistant to developers for new experiences

Samsung has finally opened up Bixby to third-party developers, allowing them to build new experiences and connect their services to Samsung’s virtual assistant. The company today announced the launch of Bixby Capsules, that’s what it’s calling the features or services that developers create for its assistant.

Samsung announced the launch of the Bixby Developer Studio on stage at the Samsung Developer Conference 2018 in San Francisco. It’s a collection of tools that will enable developers to create new services for Bixby. They’re actually the same tools that Samsung uses to develop new experience for Bixby as well.

Bixby Capsules will be distributed through the Bixby Marketplace

Developers will be able to create Bixby Capsules using the Bixby Developer Studio. Think of the capsules like Skills for Amazon’s Alexa. Those Skills enable Alexa to call you an Uber or check your bank account balance. Samsung is looking to bring similar experiences to Bixby. The Bixby Developer Studio opens up a world of possibilities for the company’s assistant.

The Bixby Capsules that developers create will be distributed through the Bixby Marketplace. It’s a dedicated hub for all of the third-party experiences created for the assistant. The Bixby platform will allow developers to easily adapt their capsules from mobile devices to TVs, home appliances and other products across Samsung’s ecosystem.

The Bixby Developer Studio is now available for download for both Windows and Mac from the dedicated Bixby developer website. Samsung also announced today that it’s expanding the language support for its assistant. It’s adding support for five additional languages to Bixby.

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Bixby is picking up support for five new languages

At the Samsung Developer Conference today, the Korean giant has revealed that Bixby will be gaining support for five new languages. Well, four are new: French, German, Italian and Spanish. The fifth is UK English, which will complement support for US English that has been part of Bixby from the beginning.

Bixby language support getting a boost

With the five added languages, Bixby will support a total of eight languages. The current ones include US English, Chinese, and Korean (it had been incorrectly reported last year that Spanish support had arrived on Bixby last). Samsung also revealed that developers will be able to tap into Bixby with new developer tools. Everything created by third-party developers will be made available in the Bixby Marketplace.

Samsung will offer more details on Bixby in the coming hours at SDC, so stay tuned!

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Galaxy J4 Core specs aren’t half bad for an Android Go device

Samsung’s taking another go at an Android Go phone (no pun intended) with the Galaxy J4 Core. A user manual for the device has already been spotted on Samsung’s website, hinting at an imminent launch. And we are now getting to see the phone’s specs thanks to a listing on a Brazilian retailer’s website.

The Galaxy J4 Core specs are rather interesting when compared to the Galaxy J2 Core, Samsung’s first Android Go phone. That’s because while the J4 Core only has 1GB of RAM like the J2 Core, it gets notable upgrades in other areas. The J4 Core has a 6-inch 720p display, 16GB of internal storage, a Snapdragon 430, 8-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front camera, and a 3,300 mAh battery.

Galaxy J4 Core specs aren’t half bad for an Android Go device

If it wasn’t for the low RAM (a prerequisite for putting Android Go on a smartphone), it would be encroaching into the mid-range segment. Well, not really, but you get our point. Where the J2 Core was a decidedly entry-level affair, the J4 Core has respectable specs. It even looks better because of the smaller bezels around the display.

It remains to be seen what the Galaxy J4 Core price will be, though. The retailer hasn’t listed a price tag, so we will have to wait for Samsung’s official unveil to get more details. The Galaxy J2 Core debuted at a $90 price tag in India, and we can expect the Galaxy J4 Core to be priced below $150.

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How to watch Samsung’s developer conference live stream

The Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2018 starts today, November 7, in the city of San Francisco. Samsung’s latest developer conference will be all about the developers, but the company is also going to reveal some interesting titbits, such as its foldable display, the Android Pie beta program, and the Galaxy Home. It will also talk about what it has in store in fields of artificial intelligence (Bixby), Internet-of-Things, gaming, and more.

SDC 2018 will begin at 10 AM Pacific Time, and Samsung will be running a live stream so everyone around the world can tune in. And the company has now published its live stream links on YouTube. There will be a live stream both today and tomorrow (November 8), with many of the Samsung bigwigs, including DJ Koh, taking the stage for major announcements. We have embedded the YouTube streams below for your convenience, and you can also look forward to our coverage of everything Samsung will show off at the event.

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Samsung’s second Android Go smartphone is close to an official launch

Samsung has another Android Go smartphone in the works, and it looks set to make an official appearance soon. The user manual for the Galaxy J4 Core is available online, suggesting that Samsung could announce the device any day now. Like the Galaxy J2 Core, the company’s first Android Go phone, the J4 Core runs Android 8.1 Oreo with the Samsung Experience UX and comes with Go versions of popular Google apps.

New Samsung Android Go smartphone on the horizon

The Galaxy J4 Core user manual doesn’t mention any specs, but the Geekbench listing for the SM-J410F hints at just an SoC upgrade over the Galaxy J2 Core. The J4 Core is powered by the Snapdragon 430 (the J2 Core had the Exynos 7570), along with 1GB of RAM. Since Android Go is designed for low-memory devices, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there is just 1GB of RAM on Samsung’s second Android Go phone as well. The Snapdragon 430 will hopefully offer better performance, though, because Samsung isn’t holding back on the UX modifications on Android Go devices.

The rest of the Galaxy J4 Core specs are currently unknown, but we can expect entry-level hardware that won’t excite anyone. However, it does get the new Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy Tab S4-esque wallpapers. The J4 Core is likely to be launched in Asian markets such as India, and it should only be a matter of time before Samsung starts selling the device in retail stores.

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Galaxy C7 Pro Oreo update also includes November patch

Samsung is now rolling out the Galaxy C7 Pro Oreo update in India. The firmware update also includes the latest security patch for the month of November 2018. Samsung last released an update for this device five months ago when it was bumped up to the May 2018 patch.

The much-awaited Oreo update is now out for the Galaxy C7 Pro (SM-C701F) in India. The device is also available in Sri Lanka and Nepal so users there will eventually get this update as well.

Galaxy C7 Pro Oreo update rolling out in India

Galaxy C7 Pro users in India will soon receive an update notification on their devices. Samsung is rolling out firmware version C701FDDU1CRK1 in the country. It updates the core OS to Android version 8.0 and also applies the latest security patch.

Android 8.0 Oreo brings a wide variety of new features for the device. Samsung has also made user interface improvements so the custom skin gets a new look as well. You can find out more about all of the new features in our What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo series.

The security patch for November 2018 brings fixes for 11 critical vulnerabilities in the Android operating system. Fixes for almost two dozen high and moderate-risk vulnerabilities are included as well. Samsung has also patched eight vulnerabilities in its own software with this patch.

The Galaxy C7 Pro Oreo update will soon be available over-the-air for users in India. You can also head over to our firmware section and download it immediately.

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