Galaxy smartphone with nearly 7,000 mAh battery incoming

Samsung’s push for bigger smartphone batteries is one that seemingly won’t be ending any time soon. The Galaxy M41, a Galaxy M series smartphone previously rumored to have been cancelled, has been certified in China, and the certification reveals that there is a whopping 6,800 mAh battery inside. 6,800 mAh is the rated capacity, so the typical capacity — which is what is used to market a phone — should be nearly 7,000 mAh.

That’s quite crazy and pretty much encroaching tablet territory. Remember, 10-inch Galaxy tablets like the Tab S6 Lite and last year’s Tab S5e have a 7,040 mAh battery, and Samsung is now putting a similar-sized cell in a phone. Till now, the highest battery capacity we have seen on a Galaxy phone is 6,000 mAh, and one can imagine how good battery life would be with a 7,000 mAh battery. Of course, charging times would go up as well, and there’s very little chance that Samsung will equip the phone with anything other than its outdated 15W charging tech.

It should be noted that it’s still possible the Galaxy M41 really has been cancelled, and the batteries made for it could be used in the Galaxy M51 instead. Samsung often shares batteries across devices, and the same could be true here. That means we can’t say for sure what Galaxy device will be the first to come with a 7,000 mAh battery under the hood, though we should learn more in the coming days as that particular device moves closer to an official launch.

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Weekly SamMobile Quiz 33 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Consider yourself a superfan of Samsung? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of our favorite company. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google.

We intend to make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process! Don’t forget to share the results of the quiz with your friends and see if you can outscore them. A little competition never hurt anybody!

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Galaxy S20’s 120Hz display has spoiled me as a Samsung phone reviewer

As someone who uses various Galaxy smartphones from a range of segments to review them and tell our readers if a device is worth their hard-earned money, the Galaxy S20 lineup has made my job a little less enjoyable this year. And, as the title suggests, it’s the 120Hz high refresh rate displays — which are fantastic despite some limitations — on the Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra that are to blame.

For me, the high refresh rate displays are the biggest upgrade the Galaxy S20 series brings to Samsung’s premier flagship series. Yes, the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s zoom camera is pretty awesome as well. But it’s the fluid display on my S20 Ultra that elevates the experience over every Galaxy device I’ve owned before. I’m so spoiled now that every time I switch to a different phone and make it my daily driver to review it, I long to go back to the Galaxy S20 Ultra because of how much of a downgrade it feels to use a 60Hz display.

Part of the reason why I so love the 120Hz display is because I like my phones to be as fast as possible. Samsung’s flagship phones are fast in general, but the high refresh rate further increases that feeling of speed by making animations seem zippier. And, as a result, when you go back to a 60Hz display, it feels like things have slowed down. This is true for both flagship and non-flagship devices, but the latter naturally seem even slower, and those are the kind of phones I review more often (because flagship Galaxy phones only come out every six months).

This would be less of an issue for those who write on websites that cover all Android devices, because many manufacturers now have phones with high refresh rate displays. In Samsung’s galaxy (no pun intended), it’s just the Galaxy S20 that supports the feature at the moment, and although the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 and possibly the Galaxy Fold 2 will also have a 120Hz display, the overall choices for me as a reviewer of Galaxy devices will continue to be limited. Well, unless Samsung decides to bring high refresh rate screens to mid-range and budget phones, which is unlikely to happen any time soon – or at all.

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