Galaxy A11, A21s, A31, and A51 could soon be launched in the Philippines

Samsung has unveiled various Galaxy A-series smartphones over the past few months, and the company now seems ready to bring them to the Philippines. It is being reported that the South Korean smartphone giant is preparing for the launch of the Galaxy A11, Galaxy A21s, Galaxy A31, and the Galaxy A51 to the Philippines within a span of three weeks.

The Galaxy A31 and the Galaxy A51 could be launched in the Philippines on June 26, and the phones could cost PHP 14,990 and PHP 17,990, respectively. The Galaxy A11 and the Galaxy A21s could launch on July 10. They could be priced at PHP 7,490 and PHP 11,990. These phones will be available under home credit plans and could be purchased through Samsung Experience Stores and authorized dealers across the country.

Although the Galaxy A51 is already available in the country through Globe’s postpaid plans, it’s better to wait for the launch of the unlocked variant, which will come in launch bundles. Samsung will offer a 2-month subscription to YouTube Premium or a JBL Go 2 Bluetooth speaker, depending on the launch bundle you choose. These offers will reportedly be available until July 5.

Galaxy A11, Galaxy A21s specs

The Galaxy A11 features a 6.4-inch HD+ TFT display, an 8MP selfie camera, and a 13MP+5MP+2MP triple-camera setup at the rear. It runs Android 10 (with One UI 2) with the help of a 1.8GHz octa-core processor, 2GB/3GB RAM, and 32GB storage. There’s a microSD card slot, dual-SIM card slot, GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, a USB Type-C port, and a headphone jack. The phone is powered by a 4,000mAh battery.

The Galaxy A21s sports a 6.5-inch HD+ TFT screen, a 13MP selfie camera, and a rear-facing camera setup consisting of four cameras (48MP wide-angle, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth). The phone uses the Exynos 850 SoC, 3GB/4GB/6GB RAM, 32GB/64GB storage, and a 5,000mAh battery. There’s a microSD card slot, dual-SIM card slot, GPS, LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, USB Type-C port, and a headphone jack.

Galaxy A31, Galaxy A51 specs

The Galaxy A31 and the Galaxy A51 use 6.4-inch and 6.5-inch Super AMOLED Full HD+ screens, respectively, and they both run Android 10 with One UI 2. The Galaxy A31 20MP selfie camera, while the Galaxy A51 has a 32MP selfie camera. They both have quad-camera setups consisting of 48MP primary sensors, 5MP macro cameras, and 5MP depth sensors, but only the Galaxy A51 can record 4K videos. Both phones have in-display fingerprint readers.

Samsung has equipped the Galaxy A31 with a MediaTek Helio P65 SoC, while the Galaxy A51 uses the Exynos 9611 SoC. The Galaxy A51 has 4GB/6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB eMMC 5.1 internal storage, while the Galaxy A71 has 4GB/6GB/8GB RAM, 64GB/128GB UFS 2.0 internal storage. Both phones have microSD card slots, dual-SIM card slots, LTE, GPS, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, USB Type-C port, and a headphone jack.

The 5,000mAh battery powers the Galaxy A31, while the Galaxy A51 is powered by a 4,000mAh battery. Both phones support 15W fast charging.

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Samsung Blu-ray players have stopped working for many

Hundreds of users have started complaining that their Samsung Blu-ray player is not working anymore. Some users say that their Blu-ray player is on an endless reboot loop when they’re switched on, while others report that they hear buzzing noise from their players. However, no one seems to know the reason for failure.

Samsung’s Blu-ray players have reportedly started malfunctioning since Friday. The devices are either stuck in a reboot loop or stopped responding to pressing buttons. Some users have reported that they can hear a buzzing noise from the player as if it is trying to read a disk. However, there’s no disk in the player, leading them to believe that it could be an issue with the hardware.

These problems are not limited to a particular model from Samsung, which means that it could be a software-related issue. Some users say that the problem could’ve been originated with a new firmware update, but brands don’t usually release regular firmware updates to Blu-ray players, and that too for all the models on a single weekend.

The South Korean firm’s support staff seems to have no idea about the problem’s reason either, and they are claiming that the company is investigating the issue. The folks over at ZDNet claim that the problem could be related to an expired SSL certificate. These certificates are used by Blu-ray players to connect to Samsung’s servers via HTTPS, and a lapsed validity period would stop them from doing so.

With the rise of internet video streaming through apps like Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, and others, people have stopped purchasing Blu-ray players. Samsung has even stopped launching new Blu-ray players, at least in the US. This is not the first time Samsung’s devices have ruined people’s weekend plans. The Disney+ app on some smart TVs from the company is still broken.

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