Foldable smartphone shipments surge in Q3 thanks to Samsung’s latest models

The foldable smartphone market appears to have exploded in Q3 2021, right around the time Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3. Foldable smartphone shipments reached millions in Q3 2021, and Samsung had a market share of a whopping 93%.

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 led foldable smartphone sales in Q3. Both models contributed to unprecedented growth, though the market had a stronger bias for the Galaxy Z Flip 3 — reveals a new DSCC report (via @DSCCRoss). Huawei followed Samsung with a 6% foldable market share.

Q3 foldable smartphone shipments from all brands combined (but mostly Samsung) were 215% higher quarter-on-quarter and 480% higher year-on-year. Throughout the three-month period, the foldable market recorded roughly 2.6 million shipments. DSCC estimates that foldable smartphone shipments in Q4 will be closer to 4 million. By the end of the year, Samsung could increase its market share even further to 95%.

Samsung should top over 6 million foldable smartphone shipments in 2021, which falls in line with the company’s ambitions from earlier this year. As for 2022, it’s estimated that the foldable phone market will reach shipments of around 17.5 million, up from 7.5 million this year.

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 dominates the foldable segment

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 was by far the most popular foldable smartphone in Q3 2021, proving that the compact form factor and lower price are a great combination.

Samsung’s latest clamshell smartphone had a market share of 60% in Q3, outperforming the Galaxy Z Fold 3 with a market share of 23%, and the Galaxy Z Flip 5G with 7% market share.

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 is expected to dominate Q4 2021 with a 58% share, though the Galaxy Z Fold 3 should catch up and cover 36% of the market.

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We explore one possible future of One UI 4.1 in a new video at SamMobile TV

Samsung is working on releasing Android 12 and One UI 4.0 for more Galaxy devices. And while all this is happening, the company is also preparing One UI 4.1 for the upcoming Galaxy S22 flagship series. The latter should be the first to introduce One UI 4.1 to Samsung fans, but as yet, there’s not much known about the improvements in One UI 4.1 over the ongoing One UI 4.0 firmware.

Regarding One UI 4.0, we’re having a lot of fun with the new firmware, but not everything’s perfect, and we previously talked about a few things that we believe Samsung could’ve done better. Now, as promised, we’re following up with a new video on SamMobile TV in which we’re exploring a few of the features and changes One UI 4.1 could bring to the table based on what’s lacking in One UI 4.0. Or, if you prefer, four improvements we’d like to see in One UI 4.1.

We touch on RAM Plus management, UI navigation — more specifically vertical scrolling — video call effects, and an adjustment we’d like to see to 4K 60fps video recording that, we believe, could make the already-excellent Camera experience a little bit better. Check our latest video below, and don’t forget to follow our social media channels if you want to stay up to date on future news and videos.

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Samsung’s developing a Galaxy Home Mini 2 that you might never buy

The original Galaxy Home Mini never left South Korea, and at this point, there’s no chance it will. However, our sources tell us that Samsung is now developing a smart speaker, and once again, it could be exclusive to the South Korean market.

The so-called Galaxy Home Mini 2 should carry model number SM-V320. We’re hearing that the smart speaker could be equipped with a display, though it’s unclear what shape. We can imagine something akin to the Google Home Hub or a device shaped like the Galaxy Home Mini but with a speaker embedded on top. There’s no detailed information at this point, so we can only guess.

The narrative that drove the Galaxy Home Mini was that Samsung used this smart speaker as a test launch for a new line of devices. The company presumably wanted to collect feedback from customers before it could fully commit to mass production. But as we all know, the Galaxy Home Mini was released in small quantities and never left South Korea.

The Galaxy Home Mini 2 could follow a similar path, we hear. It could be limited to South Korea, though it will probably be released in larger quantities and boast improvements over the original model based on customer feedback. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we find out more. Feel free to follow our social media channels if you don’t want to miss out on future news.

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PSA: Your Samsung Cloud data will be deleted after today

Remember Samsung Cloud? The company launched its very own cloud storage service about five years ago. It offered decent free storage and even paid tiers to customers who needed more. However, a few years down the line, Samsung decided that it no longer wanted to continue offering the service.

So the decision was made to shut down Samsung Cloud’s Gallery Sync and Drive features. The company initially gave users until August 31, 2021 to download all of their data. It later gave a three-month extension until November 30. Guess what date it is today?

You must download your Samsung Cloud data today

The company has divided Samsung Cloud users into two groups based on their Samsung Account registration. Users who live in Group 1 countries had September 30 as the deadline to download their data before Samsung nuked it from its servers.

The deadline for Group 2 countries is November 30. Users have until today to download all of the data that they backed up to Samsung Cloud using the Gallery Sync and Drive features. Gallery Sync enabled users to sync images and videos to Samsung Cloud directly from the Gallery app on their device. With Drive, users could upload any file to the cloud.

Users in Group 2 countries may have noticed a persistent notification on their devices. It was the final data deletion warning. The notification informed users that their files in Samsung Cloud will be deleted after November 30 and provided an option to download them.

If you still haven’t downloaded your Samsung Cloud data, it’s strongly recommended that you do so today. It won’t be available for download from tomorrow, December 1. Samsung will remove all user data from its servers thereafter.

Samsung Cloud will stick around. It continues to offer features such as device backup and sync in addition to storage for data from the Samsung apps like Contacts, Calendar, Samsung Internet and Notes.

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Snapdragon 8 Gen1 flagship SoC to offer up to 60% GPU performance boost

Like Samsung, Qualcomm is developing a new chipset for the next generation of flagship smartphones. It’s referred to as the “Snapdragon 8 Gen1,” and according to newly leaked information, it’s significantly faster than the previous solutions, particularly regarding graphical performance.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset seemingly has new Kryo CPU cores that are roughly 20% faster and 30% more power-efficient than the ongoing generation of Snapdragon flagship SoCs. In addition, the CPU is paired with a 4th-generation Adreno graphics processing unit, which Qualcomm estimates to be 30% more powerful and 25% more efficient than the existing Adreno solution.

Vulkan API increases GPU performance further

The new Adreno GPU was seemingly optimized for the Vulkan API, so while the GPU delivers a 30% performance boost in normal conditions, in apps that use the Vulkan API, it promises up to a 60% increase in performance.

The leaked slide below (via VideoCardz) suggests that the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 is manufactured using a 4nm process rather than 3nm. The next-gen SoC should also benefit from a 4x faster AI engine and feature an integrated 5G modem (up to 10 Gbps) and Wi-Fi 6 / 6E.

In addition to the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 flagship SoC for mobile — which should be used by Samsung’s future flagship phones in select markets –Qualcomm seems to have developed a chipset called the “Snapdragon G3x” for handheld gaming consoles. The leak suggests that Qualcomm intends to release a handheld console hardware developer kit based on the Snapdragon G3x platform. It appears to have been co-developed with Razer and has a 120Hz OLED display, but the supplier is unknown. It might be Samsung Display, or it might not.

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Samsung invites UK gamers to Odyssey Gaming Corner at Selfridges

Samsung’s Experience Store in London UK now has a space dedicated to gamers who may want to experience the qualities of Samsung’s award-winning Odyssey Noe G9 monitor first-hand. The company opened the Samsung Odyssey Gaming Corner at its experience store in Selfridges, the latter of which got redesigned nearly a couple of months ago to set a new standard in retail.

The Odyssey Gaming Corner opened yesterday — November 29 — and will remain in place until the end of December. Over the next few weeks, Samsung Experience Store visitors in Selfridges have the opportunity to play popular games like Rocket League and Minecraft on Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 Quantum Mini-LED monitors.

The Gaming Corner at Selfridges was set up in collaboration with leading esports organization Guild Esports. And from December 7, visitors will be able to join gaming personalities Nihacu and Harrie Silver live at the store. The event will be broadcast through Twitch TV.

The Odyssey Neo G9 was introduced earlier this year as the first Samsung monitor to be based on mini-LED technology. It has a 1000R curvature which helps players immerse in their games, and the monitor is packed full of technologies, including AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, NVIDIA G-Sync, and HDR10+. The monitor has an aspect ratio of 32:9 and a resolution of 5,120 by 1,440.

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Samsung has a battleplan to improve its smartphone market share in 2022

The global smartphone market is estimated to record shipments of around 1.52 billion next year, similar to 2021. However, according to leaked supply chain information that pertains to the company’s shipment plans, Samsung aims to increase its global smartphone market share by a couple of points in 2022 and capture 21.9% of the market.

Samsung’s estimates (via The Elec) show that the company had a global market share of 20.9% in 2019, 19.6% in 2020, and 19.0% this year. In other words, the company’s global market share has steadily declined over the past few years, while its main rival — Apple — improved its market share from 14.0% to 15.8% in 2020 and further to 17.2% in 2021.

For Samsung to capture 21.9% of the smartphone market next year, other companies would have to lose ground. And according to estimates, Apple’s market share could drop to 16.7% in 2021. Similarly, Chinese companies could lose a few percentage points and hold 45% of the market combined, down from 45.5% this year.

Samsung’s strategy seemingly involves an aggressive push into the upper mid-range segment with the launch of the Galaxy S21 FE in January. The company will then unveil the top-tier Galaxy S22 flagship series in February and release it later the same month. Furthermore, the Galaxy A series will continue to play a big role in the company’s future. Samsung is expected to release several Galaxy A models in the first half of 2022, including the Galaxy A33 and Galaxy A53.

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