الأحد، 12 سبتمبر 2021

There’s apparently a ‘next generation’ Galaxy Note still in the works

Samsung hasn’t officially said that the Galaxy Note lineup has been discontinued. The company has suggested that a new Note model could arrive next year, but there have been many signs that may not end up happening, with perhaps the biggest one being that the S Pen is now supported on the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Z Fold series of phones.

But while we wait for confirmation on whether or not another Note flagship is coming, rumors are going to keep flowing in, and the latest one will please Note fans: Tipster Ice universe tweeted out earlier this week that “someone in the supply chain has seen evidence of the existence of the next generation Galaxy Note.”

Now, without more information to go on, we can’t really get too excited here. After all, unless Samsung is actually going to give us what we want and launch a Galaxy Note in the first half of 2022, there’s still around a year to go before the next Galaxy Note flagship would arrive (at least if Samsung has plans to launch one). That makes it hard to put too much stock in any rumors at this point in time.

Frankly, the way Samsung has been pushing to make its foldable phones more mainstream and bringing S Pen support to more and more devices, we are going to remain skeptical of the possibility of Samsung continuing the Note series going forward. And we’d advise you to do the same, no matter how much you may be longing for a new Galaxy Note flagship.

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السبت، 11 سبتمبر 2021

Weekly SamMobile Quiz 90 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Fancy yourself as a Samsung superfan? 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 the Korean giant. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google.

We 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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الجمعة، 10 سبتمبر 2021

WhatsApp backups are about to get a lot more secure!

WhatsApp has been one of the less feature-packed messaging apps available on iOS and Android, but we’ve seen more and more functionality added to the app ever since it was acquired by Facebook a couple of years back. Recently, WhatsApp made chat and media transfer possible between Samsung phones and iPhones, and it’s also bringing the option to hide your “last seen” status from individual contacts soon.

And for enhanced security, WhatsApp will soon introduce another great feature: end-to-end encryption for the backups you save on Google Drive. Right now, all messages sent between WhatsApp users are end-to-end encrypted, making it impossible for anyone — including WhatsApp — to read them, but backups made to Google Drive aren’t and can be accessed by Google and its employees. To change that, Facebook announced today that it would add the option to create end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) backups.

Each backup you make to your Google Drive account will be encrypted with a randomly generated encryption key that can be saved locally by the user or secured with a password. Choosing the latter option will store the encryption key in what WhatsApp calls a Backup Key Vault, and the user can then access the key from the vault when needed by providing the password. To make things ultra-secure, WhatsApp says that the encryption/decryption key will be deleted if the wrong password is entered too many times.

End-to-end encryption for WhatsApp backups will roll out to Samsung devices (and other Android devices) in the coming weeks. Oh, and in case you missed it, while the app will get more secure for most users, some will soon lose access to WhatsApp entirely as the company is dropping support for some Samsung phones by the end of the year – here are more details on that.

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Galaxy Watch 4 series gets six unique Sami Miro Vintage eco watchbands

Samsung has announced a limited-edition watchband collection designed by Sami Miro Vintage for the Galaxy Watch 4 smartwatch series. The collection consists of six unique watchbands manufactured from eco-friendly materials such as recycled apple peel skins recovered from the fruit industry.

Each limited-edition watchband was created with different occasions in mind. According to the designer, colors including Stratus Sky, Cloud Navy, and Midnight Black are great for any time of the day, while Aurora Night and Dawn Atlas are a bit more colorful and fit special occasions.

The Stratus Sky and Midnight Black watchbands have a premium look of leather — even though they’re completely vegan — while the Aurora Night, Cloud Navy, Earth Sunrise, and Dawn Atlas wristbands were manufactured from Eco-friendly TPU material.

Introducing three new Sami Miro Vintage watchfaces

Samsung is also releasing three watchfaces to match the six new eco-friendly Sami Miro Vintage watchbands for the Galaxy Watch 4 series. They’ll be available for download from the Google Play Store.

Customers will have the option of buying the limited-edition Sami Miro Vintage watchband collection from Samsung for $39.99. That’s right! Customers get six watchbands and three watch faces for the price of a single Ridge Sport Band. Not a bad deal if you enjoy the Sami Miro Vintage designs and you wish to give your Galaxy Watch 4 or Watch 4 Classic a touch of exclusivity.

Galaxy Watch 4 series review
Galaxy Watch 4 hands-on | Galaxy Watch 4 Classic hands-on

Image of Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (46mm)

SamsungGalaxy Watch 4 Classic (46mm)


Image of Galaxy Watch 4 (44mm)

SamsungGalaxy Watch 4 (44mm)

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SamMobile TV: Join us today for a new Weekly Round Up episode!

Friday is here, and we’re bringing you another episode of SamMobile TV for the end of the week. As some of you know by now, we’re rolling out a new episode of Weekly Round Up every Friday, and this week, our host Benjamin will talk you through a variety of topics, from new Exynos chipsets powered by AMD graphics to stretchable OLED displays.

Indeed, rumor has it that Samsung will bring AMD-powered Exynos chipsets to the Galaxy A series next year. In addition, the company’s display division has been working on stretchable displays, and it recently demonstrated the technology at Global Tech Korea 2021.

Meanwhile, Galaxy Note 9 owners have learned this week that their phones will receive quarterly firmware updates moving forward. And last but certainly not least, there’s been some talk about the Galaxy S22 possibly launching before the end of this year as opposed to January 2022.

We’ll also be taking questions from our viewers, so make sure to tune in on YouTube and join other Samsung fans on SamMobile TV at 7 PM CET/10 AM PST/10:30 PM IST.

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Samsung’s next laptop with Intel Alder Lake CPU and DDR5 spotted online

Samsung is apparently developing a new Galaxy Book variant powered by a 14-core 12th gen Intel Alder Lake CPU. The first Alder Lake-based Intel CPUs are expected to be launched later this year, and by the looks of it, Samsung could be among the first PC OEMs to use Intel’s next-gen solution in a laptop.

An unannounced Samsung laptop carrying the “930QED” ID was spotted recently in UserBenchmark. The test results show that the device has an unidentified “Intel 0000” CPU with 14 cores and 20 threads, a base clock speed of 1GHz, and an average frequency of 2.25GHz with Turbo enabled. It’s also equipped with Intel Iris Xe graphics and 256GB of Samsung SSD storage.

This could be Samsung’s first laptop with DDR5

The last bit of information shared by UserBenchmark (via @BenchLeaks / WCCF Tech) suggests that this mysterious Samsung laptop will be equipped with DDR5 memory. It could very well be the company’s first notebook to employ this technology. The benchmark reveals two sticks of 8GB of RAM (16GB total) clocked at 4,400MHz, which is the minimum frequency for DDR5. However, the modules are seemingly capable of running at a maximum of 6,400MHz.

Samsung could unveil its Alder Lake-based laptop early next year, presumably at or around CES 2022, though this will also depend on whether or not Intel will have its next-gen CPU ready for the masses this year.

Either way, the benchmark results shouldn’t reflect real-life performance for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the benchmark doesn’t seem to have been optimized for this Intel Alder Lake CPU just yet, and secondly, the CPU was throttled at 90% by the operating system. With that in mind, the benchmark seemingly confirms some exciting hardware components, but it probably doesn’t reflect the product’s final levels of performance, so keep that in mind.

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Galaxy Z3 lineup, Buds 2, and Watch 4 wearables are now live in Thailand

After a couple of successful weeks of pre-orders, Samsung’s entire product lineup unveiled at the August Galaxy Unpacked event is now available for purchase outright in Thailand. Of course, the product lineup consists of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, the Galaxy Buds 2, and the Galaxy Watch 4 smartwatch series.

Samsung is now selling the Galaxy Z Fold 3 in Thailand for the starting price of 57,900 baht ($1,772) and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 for 34,900 baht ($1,068). The clamshell model is available in the four basic color options, but customers in Thailand can also choose from two online-exclusive two-tone colors (pink or white with a black frame).

A new generation of wearables

Smartwatch enthusiasts in Thailand are looking at a starting price of 7,990 baht ($244) for the 40mm Galaxy Watch 4 and 11,900 baht ($364) for the 46mm Galaxy Watch 4 Classic.

To complete the lineup, Samsung is now selling the Galaxy Buds 2 wireless earbuds in Thailand for 3,990 baht ($122). Customers can choose from three color options.

There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to Samsung’s new product lineup, and we’ve already been there, so make sure you check our reviews and hands-on videos below if you’re looking for more details on these new foldable phones and smart wearables.

Galaxy Z Fold 3 review | Galaxy Z Flip 3 review
Galaxy Watch 4 series review | Galaxy Buds 2 review
Galaxy Z Fold 3 hands-on | Galaxy Z Flip 3 hands-on
Galaxy Watch 4 hands-on | Galaxy Watch 4 Classic hands-on
Galaxy Buds 2 hands-on


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SamsungGalaxy Z Flip 3


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SamsungGalaxy Watch 4 Classic (46mm)


Image of Galaxy Watch 4 (40mm)

SamsungGalaxy Watch 4 (40mm)


Image of Galaxy Buds 2

SamsungGalaxy Buds 2

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