Samsung’s monitor sales jump in Q3 2020 due to work-from-home demand

As millions of people were forced to work and learn from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for computer monitors increased during Q3 2020. The overall computer monitor market grew by almost 16% compared to Q2 2019 as per a report from market research firm IDC, and Samsung saw the biggest jump among all the brands.

According to the latest report, Samsung sold 3.37 million computer monitors during Q3 2020, which is a whopping 52.8% jump in sales compared to the third quarter of 2019. Samsung’s market share increased from 6.8% YoY to 9%, and it was the fifth-largest computer monitor brand in the world. Samsung launched new productivity and gaming-focused monitors during the quarter.

Dell was the market leader in the computer monitor segment with a share of 16.9%, and it sold 6.3 million units during Q3 2020. However, its market share dropped by 1.9% compared to Q3 2019. Chinese firm TPV, which sells monitors under AOC and Philips brands, was the second-largest monitor vendor with a market share of 15.1% and sales of 5.6 million units. HP and Lenovo were placed second and third, respectively, with market shares of 12.6% and 10.6%.

Samsung recently launched a new monitor lineup that’s perfectly designed for the modern work-from-home era. The Smart Monitor comes in two variants—M5 and M7—and it uses the company’s smart TV operating system Tizen to run media streaming apps like Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, and YouTube. The monitor comes in Full HD and 4K versions, and even features HDR10+. It also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI, and USB Type-C connectivity.

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One UI 3.0 makes an important change to photo editing in the Gallery app

One UI 3.0 reflects Samsung’s ambitions to continually create new innovative and intuitive experiences, claims the company. Indeed, the update introduces a refined user interface as well as a handful of quality of life improvements and new features, among which are a few new photo editing tools inside the Gallery app.

With One UI 3.0, Galaxy smartphone owners will no longer get a copy of the original photo upon editing, unless specified. This is a somewhat hidden but major change to the way Samsung’s Gallery app handles photo editing after the latest update. Previous versions of One UI automatically generate a separate file, leaving both the original and the edited image accessible from the Gallery’s home screen.

In contrast, One UI 3.0 replaces the original photo with the edited version upon saving, and users no longer see two versions of the same photo inside the Gallery. However, the new editing tools allow you to revert back to the original image with just a few taps of the screen.

In essence, this means that you have the same options as before but with the added benefit of the Gallery app looking less cluttered. And in case you didn’t mind the original files staying inside your Gallery app, you can always save a copy of the original photo by tapping the three-dot button and selecting Save copy.

One UI 3.0 is rolling out now for the Galaxy S20 series in numerous markets and Samsung is working on bringing the update to the Galaxy S10, Note 10, Note 20, and foldable series as soon as possible. Do you like this change to the Gallery in One UI 3.0? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Galaxy F62 is powered by the same chipset as the Galaxy Note 10

This year, Samsung unexpectedly introduced a new mid-range smartphone bearing the Galaxy F41 moniker, and it turns out that it won’t be a one-off Flipkart exclusive. Samsung is planning to release additional Galaxy F-branded phones in India next year, and the next one in line might be called the Galaxy F62.

The said smartphone model was recently benchmarked with the online tool Geekbench and the results are quite unusual. According to the test, the Galaxy F62 carries the same Exynos chipset that you would find inside the Galaxy Note 10, i.e., the Exynos 9825.

Although the chipset was introduced last year as an Exynos 9820 refresh, it still was a flagship-grade solution. It’s rather surprising to see a mid-range phone – and a Galaxy F-branded one at that – adopt a top tier SoC, even if it’s from a year ago and carries the Exynos brand.

6GB of RAM and Android 11

The Exynos 9825 SoC inside the Galaxy F62 will be paired with 6GB of RAM, reveals the benchmark. In addition, the smartphone is being tested running Android 11 and it will hit the shelves with the same version of Android OS pre-loaded. Benchmark scores clock in at 763 and 1952 points in single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.

There’s no telling when exactly Samsung intends to launch the Galaxy F62, partly because the series is so new and there’s no history behind it to use as reference. The first model in the series – the Galaxy F41 – was unveiled and released in October, but seeing the benchmark at hand, it’s more likely that the Galaxy F62 is scheduled for release in the first half of 2021.

We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, what’s your take on the idea of repurposing previous flagship-grade Exynos chipsets for the mid-range segment? Leave a comment below.

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Breaking: Galaxy S21+ and S21 Ultra cameras get exposed in real photos

The Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Ultra have been exposed in a real life photos. It seemingly reveals the new camera bump design and suggests that the Galaxy S21 series will be available in at least one matte finish – black.

The Galaxy S21+ camera bump accommodates three sensors but it isn’t large enough for the LED flash. In contrast, the Galaxy S21 Ultra has four sensors, an LED flash, and what seems to be a laser autofocus module similar to the one employed by the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.

Dual telephoto sensors for the Galaxy S21 Ultra

The source claims that the Galaxy S21 Ultra camera combo features a 108MP main camera, a 12MP ultra-wide shooter, a (1st) telephoto lens that’s apparently capable of 10x zoom, and a (2nd) telephoto camera right below the LED flash, whose characteristics are unclear.

As for the Galaxy S21 Plus, it’s said to carry 12MP main and ultra-wide sensors as well as a 64MP telephoto shooter. The source claims that the standard Galaxy S21 will have the exact same camera configuration as the Galaxy S21 Plus though the dimensions of the camera bump will likely differ.

Finally, the photo reveals that the Galaxy S21 series might boast at least one matte finish for the color black, however, the source says there’s no guarantee that this color option will be available at launch. As to when it will launch, the Galaxy S21 lineup is expected to be unveiled in mid January.

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Android 11 One UI 3.0 now reaching Galaxy S20s in more markets

The rollout of the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 firmware for the Galaxy S20 series appears to have finally reached truly global proportions. The said over-the-air release is now being spotted the world over, including on T-Mobile’s network in the United States.

As a reminder, the One UI 3.0 OTA began rolling out late last week to select members of the Galaxy S20 range, starting with the Verizon models in the US. But unless you manually flashed a compatible system image from our Android 11 firmware archives, you might not have been among the users lucky enough to have the early-stage deployment reach them naturally.

Samsung is getting better at this Android upgrade thing

This generational OS jump has already been spotted everywhere from India and Vietnam to Israel and Pakistan, and all the way to Turkey and Ukraine. As previously suspected, it would appear countries in which Samsung previously launched a One UI 3.0 beta program on any scale have been prioritized during the initial deployment wave. But the overall proceedings are advancing rather swiftly, and it would appear our favorite mobile maker is getting better at churning out this sort of major OS upgrades even faster than before.

As some of you might remember, Samsung’s last year’s flagship line, the Galaxy S10, was well into this year prior to at last seeing wider availability of Android 10-based One UI 2.0. Praiseworthy year-on-year improvement, all things considered, at least judging by the current pace of things, so hopefully I didn’t jinx anything with this remark.

Galaxy S20

• Model: SM-G980F
• Dimensions: Bar: 151.7 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
  
• Display: 6.2 inch / 157.48 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S20+

• Model: SM-G985F
• Dimensions: Bar: 161.9 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.7 inch / 170.18 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G

• Model: SM-G988B
• Dimensions: Bar: 166.9 x 76.0 x 8.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.9 inch / 175.26 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

More specifications

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How can these Galaxy S21 fan renders look better than the real thing?

These newly emerged Galaxy S21 fan renders are so sleek, they’ll probably leave us disappointed with the real thing. Not that we aren’t ready to eat those words quite gladly, mind you. It’s just that the next high-end smartphone range from Samsung already leaked so extensively that any major design surprises seem extremely unlikely at this point. But anyway, the shiny renders, let’s move on to those.

This astonishing imagery comes from Dutch tech outlet LetsGoDigital, i.e. its in-house designer Giuseppe Spinelli. All included depictions of the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra are based on previously leaked specifications of Samsung’s next-generation Android flagship line. Most notably, the revealing CAD renders shared by known industry insider Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka OnLeaks.

Will Samsung reach its full-screen design goal next year?

And while the Galaxy S21 may not have substantial aesthetical surprises in store for us, that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot to look forward to from Samsung’s smartphone design efforts in 2021. As the Korean tech giant is now mere inches away from at last reaching its long-pursued goal of full-screen, zero-bezel mobile displays.

Perhaps the most crucial piece(s) of the puzzle required before we see Samsung hit that elusive milestone are under-display cameras. This tech has reportedly been giving Samsung a lot of trouble lately, and it spent several years trying to commercialize it by now. So it’s definitely the one to watch as the biggest bottleneck of the company’s 2021 product efforts.

Thing Samsung will set net smartphone design trends next year? Could anyone realistically surprise its highly refined metal-and-glass language in the immediate future?

Galaxy S21

• Model: SM-G991B
• Dimensions: : x x mm
  
• Display: 6.2 inch / 157.48 mm
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

More specifications

Galaxy S21+

• Model: SM-G995B
• Dimensions: Bar: 161.55 x 75.6 x 7.86 mm
  
• Display: 6.7 inch / 170.18 mm
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

More specifications

Galaxy S21 Ultra

• Model: SM-G998B
• Dimensions: : x x mm
  
• Display: 6.8 inch / 172.72 mm
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

More specifications

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Samsung is all set to unveil a new MicroLED TV this week

Samsung had unveiled its first MicroLED TV, The Wall, two years ago with a giant 146-inch screen. Since then, the company has launched The Wall in various sizes: 75-inch, 88-inch, 93-inch, 110-inch, and 150-inch. Now, the company is all set to soon launch a new MicroLED TV.

The company reportedly announced its plans to unveil its new MicroLED TV later this week to further solidify its position in the premium television market. Samsung will unveil its new MicroLED TV via a webinar, but its features, size, and specifications haven’t been revealed yet. Industry insiders are speculating that the company will target home entertainment enthusiasts with its upcoming TV.

MicroLED TVs use extremely small LED modules that can act as self-illuminating pixels, much like OLED technology. MicroLED TVs offer deeper blacks, higher contrast ratio, and improved overall picture quality when compared to LCD TVs and QLED TVs. However, industry experts believe that Samsung’s upcoming MicroLED TVs are not true MicroLED TVs as they use millimeter-sized LED modules rather micrometer-sized modules.

Han Jong-Hee, Head of Samsung’s Visual Display Business, said that the company is looking to launch MicroLED TVs for homes in the second half of 2021 in Europe and the US. The company is already preparing for the mass production of MicroLED TVs since it appears to have shunned the QD-OLED technology (at least for 2021) that Samsung Display is moving to.

The MicroLED TV market will reportedly rise from $25 million in 2020 to $228 million by 2026. Since Samsung’s TV business spent the past 4-5 years in marketing against LG’s OLED TVs, it doesn’t want to switch to QD-OLED technology anytime soon for its TVs. However, there are rumors that it might launch a few OLED monitors next year that use Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panels.

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