New report says there’s no quad-camera setup on Galaxy S10 Plus

Plenty of leaks, rumors, and reports have attempted to shed a light on what the different Galaxy S10 variants will offer. A new report from the folks over at Phone Arena is supporting some of those rumors while making one important distinction. The Galaxy S10+ will apparently have a triple-camera setup at the back like the Galaxy S10 (the middle variant, with the lowest one called the Galaxy S10 Lite), not a quad-camera setup

No quad camera for regular or Plus model?

Now, renders of the Galaxy S10+ leaked by OnLeaks had shown four rear cameras and two front cameras on the device, and there have been rumors of Samsung developing a Galaxy S10 model with a total of six cameras. But it’s certainly possible the six cameras will only be offered on the fourth variant, a 5G-enabled one that will launch later on in markets like the US and South Korea. And, after all, a three-camera setup would still give us zoom, Live Focus, and ultra-wide capabilities, so it’s not like four rear cameras are a necessity for making a good phone.

Then again, the Galaxy S10 rumor landscape is constantly shifting. Things may still change even as we get ever closer to the phone’s February launch. In fact, only earlier today we saw a leak that showed Galaxy S10 screen protectors without any cutout for the front cameras. It doesn’t exactly mean we’ll see Samsung surprising us all by equipping all three Galaxy S10 models with displays without notches or holes, but it does make a solid argument for why nothing is confirmed or certain at this point.

The headphone jack isn’t going anywhere… for now

Thankfully, things like the presence of a headphone jack on all models and the number of cameras on the Galaxy S10 Lite (two at the back, one at the front) are supported in the new report, so there is no reason to lose all hope just yet. The Galaxy S10 will mark the tenth anniversary of Samsung’s primary iPhone competitor, and we can expect it to offer enough to impress consumers. Or should we say it has to impress consumers, or there might not be anything to stop the Korean giant’s smartphone sales from going further downhill.

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Samsung rules the OLED display market with a 93.3 percent share

Samsung’s bet with the OLED display technology is paying off big time. According to a report released by market research firm IHS Markit, the OLED panels accounted for more than 61 percent of the global market for smartphone displays (by revenue) in the third quarter of 2018. Samsung held 93.3 percent of the entire market during the three month period between July and September 2018.

The smartphone display sales raised $10.7 billion in Q3 2018, of which 61.1% ($6.6 billion) were linked to the sale of OLED panels. OLEDs held only 35 percent of the market share by revenue in the first quarter last year.

Samsung rules the smartphone display market

Samsung has been using OLED displays in its phones for nearly a decade. Major smartphone companies have adopted the self-luminous displays for their flagship models over the past few years as well. The demand for OLED panels has thus seen rapid growth. Samsung, which not only uses the OLED display panels in its own products but also supplies them to other companies including Apple, is ruling the market. And the company’s dominance is not just in OLED panels.

Samsung holds a 57.8 percent market share by revenue in the overall smartphone display market, which also includes LCD panels. China’s BOE and Tianma distantly followed the company with 7.8 percent and 7.7 percent share, respectively. The demand for flexible OLED display is also on a high right now. And Samsung nearly has a monopoly in this segment too. The company accounted for 94.2 percent of the market for flexible OLED panels in Q3 2018.

Samsung is on its way to launch a foldable smartphone next year, which may well set a new bar for the industry. The company could also launch the first 4K OLED laptop panels early next year.

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[Poll] How often do you use your Galaxy Note 9’s S Pen remote?

The S Pen got a major upgrade this year with the Galaxy Note 9. Samsung, after years of adding only software features for the stylus, added Bluetooth to the Galaxy Note S Pen so it could work as a remote for various functions. From taking pictures in the camera to cycling through slides in PowerPoint presentations, the Note 9’s stylus offers a number of use cases. Third-party developers can tap into the remote features as well.

But, back in our Galaxy Note 9 review, we had mentioned how the S Pen remote may go from a handy feature to one you barely use after a time. That’s exactly what has happened for the few of us at SamMobile who are using the Note 9 as their primary device. The remote functions are nice to have, but the S Pen is still best for what it was designed for: a stylus that allows you to draw and write on the screen with increased precision, and also to generally navigate through the user interface as an alternative to using a finger (and to keep the fingerprints away, as one of our team members puts it).

At this point, many of our readers have probably been using the Galaxy Note 9 for quite some time. And our question to you is this: How often are you using the Galaxy Note 9’s S Pen for its remote features? Do tell us by voting in the poll below, then take to the comments section to tell us what remote functionality you use most (like taking pictures, controlling music, etc.).

How often do you use your Galaxy Note 9's S Pen remote?

• Used it when phone was new, not using it anymore
• Occasionally
• Quite often
• Everyday
• Rarely

Results

• Used it when phone was new, not using it anymore 60%, 3 votes
  3 votes 60%

  3 votes - 60% of all votes
• Occasionally 20%, 1 vote
  1 vote 20%

  1 vote - 20% of all votes
• Quite often 20%, 1 vote
  1 vote 20%

  1 vote - 20% of all votes
• Everyday 0%, 0 votes
  0 votes

  0 votes - 0% of all votes
• Rarely 0%, 0 votes
  0 votes

  0 votes - 0% of all votes

Total Votes: 5

17 December 2018

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One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Kids Mode gets a quick toggle

Here’s a One UI (Android Pie) feature those with kids will like having: The Samsung Kids Mode can be accessed via a quick toggle in the status bar on the latest version of Android. Before Android Pie, Kids Mode was only downloadable via the Galaxy Apps store, but it now downloads the first time you use the Kids Home quick toggle. Yes, it has also been renamed to Kids Home in Android Pie.

Samsung Kids Mode now called Kids Home

Samsung Kids Home functionality is similar to that of Kids Home, but it has received some interface changes. Unlike Kids Mode, the new Kids Home can be quit by simply pressing the back button and authenticating via iris recognition or the fingerprint sensor. Kids Mode, on the other hand, required using the dedicated exit button and then entering the PIN set for Kids Mode. Of course, since the back button is often used on a mobile device, perhaps keeping the exit button and simply adding biometric authentication may have been a better idea.

Those on the Galaxy S9 or Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie beta can find the Kids Home toggle in the second page of the status bar quick toggles. Kids Home will be downloaded the first time you tap this toggle, and once installed, you can use the toggle to quickly enter Kids Home. If you had Kids Mode installed previously, it will be replaced by Kids Home and will only be accessible via the quick toggles.

Discover more of what’s new with Android Pie and One UI for the Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9, and other Galaxy devices. Found something that we may have missed covering? Let us know by leaving a comment.

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Newly leaked Galaxy S10 protective film has no hole for the front camera

As we move closer to the Galaxy S10 launch in February 2019, more and more leaks keep springing up. Last week, a purported Galaxy S10 Lite protective film showed up revealing a flat Infinity-O display and symmetrical bezels.

Now a new leak has surfaced online showing more purported protective films for the three Galaxy S10 models, the regular S10, the S10+ and the S10 Lite. Samsung also has a fourth S10 model with six cameras and 5G support.

The Galaxy S10 Lite could feature the smallest chin

The latest Galaxy S10 leak also reiterates what we have been seeing all the while. The bezels on the S10+ and the regular S10 are not symmetrical with the chin being slightly wider than the other three sides. The S10 Lite, meanwhile, has symmetrical bezels on all the four sides. And it has the smallest chin among the three.

As has been reported earlier, the S10 Lite display is flat while the other two models feature a curved display. But contrary to some previous leaks, none of the three have a cut-out for the front camera. All three models will reportedly feature an Infinity-O display, which has a hole in the panel itself for the front camera, eliminating the need for a notch.

It doesn’t mean there won’t be an Infinity-O display even if the films don’t have a cutout for the camera. Their provenance isn’t known and such components often don’t tell the entire story about an upcoming device. An earlier leak suggests that the display hole on the Galaxy S10 might be smaller than it is on the Galaxy A8s. The Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy S10 will have a single front camera while the Galaxy S10+ will pack a dual front camera.

Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S10 at MWC 2019 in February.

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