Samsung unveils world’s first LPDDR5X DRAM chip, could be used in Galaxy S22

Samsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, has announced that it has developed the world’s first LPDDR5X DRAM chip. The company claims that it offers 1.3x faster performance and 20% lower power consumption when compared to LPDDR5 DRAM. The South Korean firm said in its press release that its new memory chip is fabricated using the 14nm process and each chip has a capacity of 16Gb. Samsung’s LPDDR5X...

One UI 4.0 beta update released to the Galaxy S20 in the US

It was revealed yesterday that Samsung will soon open the One UI 4.0 beta program for the Galaxy S20 series. Today, the South Korean firm has announced that interested Galaxy S20 owners in the US can start beta-testing the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 update. Right now, the One UI 4.0 beta program is only open for unlocked variants of the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra in the US....

Customers in the USA can’t stop loving Samsung home appliances

The American Customer Satisfaction Index recently surveyed nearly 8,000 consumers in the USA who have purchased home appliances from leading manufacturers and determined that there’s no better company than Samsung Electronics to win the ACSI 2021 Award. Samsung Electronics is the highest-selling consumer electronics brand in the USA, but high sales figures aren’t always a reflection of a high-quality product. In Samsung’s case, however, they are. People...

Samsung Pay will soon cease to support Boost QR payments

Boost QR support will be going away from Samsung Pay next week, and the company recently began notifying Pay customers in Malaysia about the service’s closure. The Samsung Pay app will receive a mandatory update on November 15, after which Boost QR payments will no longer be available. Samsung added support for Boost QR to Samsung Pay in Malaysia a year and a half ago. The idea was to give Boost QR...

Galaxy M52 5G keeps going live in more markets and Vietnam’s the latest

Samsung is launching the Galaxy M52 5G in more markets gradually, and the company announced that starting today — November 8 — the smartphone is available for purchase online in Vietnam. To mark the occasion, the company will be selling the phone at a discount for a limited time and give buyers a chance to earn Samsung Reward points. Samsung will be selling the Galaxy M52 5G in Vietnam for VND 8,990,289 ($397) until the end of November. From next...

Here’s a first look at the purported Galaxy A53 5G design in renders

Samsung is now developing the Galaxy A53 as its next hero device for the upper mid-range market. Not much is known about the phone aside from the purported camera specs and color options, but its alleged design may have just gotten revealed in a series of unofficial, high-quality renders shared by @OnLeaks and Digit. The Galaxy A53 5G looks like an evolution of the Galaxy A52 5G, as it should. It...

Samsung’s developing another Galaxy S22 trio under a new model number

The Galaxy S22 series will have different model numbers corresponding to different markets, regardless of how the company chooses to divvy up the Exynos and Qualcomm chipsets. This is nothing out of the ordinary, and as usual, model numbers ending in the letters “U,” “B,” and “N” will correspond to the international, US, and Korean Galaxy S22 models, respectively. But interestingly enough, Samsung appears to be developing yet another Galaxy S22 trio...

Will Samsung finally do what fans always wanted with Galaxy S22?

While Samsung made a really good comeback with the Exynos 2100 processor earlier this year, the chipset was still not as power-efficient as the Snapdragon 888. This led some Samsung fans to request the company to start using Snapdragon chips in its smartphones in all the markets worldwide. And it looks like that might really happen next year. According to a new report from LetsGoDigital, Samsung has...

Carrier-locked Galaxy S20 units start getting November 2021 security update in the US

Samsung released the November 2021 security update to the international units of the Galaxy S20 last week. A couple of days later, the update reached the unlocked units of the smartphones. Now, the carrier-locked units of the Galaxy S20 series are getting the latest security update. The latest software update for the carrier-locked units of the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra comes...

Samsung’s latest foldables start getting November 2021 security update in the US

Samsung released the November 2021 security update to the international variants of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Galaxy Z Fold 3 last week. Now, the company has released the security patch to the carrier-locked and unlocked variants of the foldable smartphones in the US. The Galaxy Z Flip 3’s carrier-locked version is getting the update bearing firmware version F711USQS2AUJ6, while the firmware version...

Galaxy Tab S8 appears with Snapdragon 898 processor

The Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ are excellent tablets, but Samsung is working on something even better. It is expected that the South Korean firm will launch the Galaxy Tab S8 series sometime early next year, and the design of some of its variants has already been revealed. Now, the first signs of the Galaxy Tab S8’s processor have appeared. A new Samsung device with model number SM-X808U has...

Galaxy S20 will soon get Android 12-based One UI 4 beta update

After releasing the One UI 4.0 beta update to the Galaxy S21 series a few weeks ago, Samsung concluded the beta program and is close to releasing the stable version. It appears that the South Korean firm will soon release the One UI 4.0 beta program to the Galaxy S20 series as well. According to the official moderator of the Samsung Members forum, the company is preparing to open the Android 12-based...