Weekly SamMobile Quiz 28 – 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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Exclusive: Upcoming Galaxy Watch has a physical rotating bezel!

We have good news for those who have been wondering if the physical rotating bezel will ever come back to Samsung’s smartwatches. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy smartwatch will have a physical bezel, sources have confirmed to us. That pretty much means the upcoming watch is going to be a followup to the Galaxy Watch, so we will call it the Galaxy Watch 2 for the time being.

Welcome back physical bezel, we’ve missed you

Last year, Samsung released two smartwatches — the Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Watch Active 2 — within a span of eight months, and neither of them had a physical bezel. Samsung did introduce a virtual touch bezel with the Galaxy Watch Active 2 that works pretty well for a software feature, but nothing beats the feel and convenience of an actual bezel ring, and it’s good to hear it’s still going to be a part of Samsung’s smartwatch lineup.

FCC certification for the upcoming watch had revealed that it will come in a 45mm size, which is right between the larger Galaxy Watch Active 2 (44mm) and the larger Galaxy Watch model (46mm). It’s not known how big the other variant will be, though we assume the physical bezel will be present on both variants. As we had revealed in another exclusive, Samsung will also release its new watch in titanium, a variant that’s probably going to be costlier than the aluminium and stainless steel models by a fair margin.

The next Galaxy smartwatch is expected to launch in August, alongside the Galaxy Note 20 series, Galaxy Fold 2, and the Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+ in what should be a purely online event. With so many high-profile products launching at the same time, the upcoming watch is at risk of having its limelight stolen, but we think the return of the physical rotating bezel — and ECG functionality that actually works — will still get plenty of people excited.

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Snapdragon-powered Galaxy M01 and M11 launching in India on June 2

Samsung is gearing up to launch two new Galaxy M series smartphones in India. The Galaxy M01 and Galaxy M11 are slated to launch in the country on June 2, according to teaser images released by Samsung on social media. These images show both phones and mention a couple of specs for the Galaxy M11, but they don’t mention what might be their most attractive aspect for many customers.

As you can guess from the title, we’re talking about the silicon inside the Galaxy M01 and M11. The M01 has the Snapdragon 439 chipset under the hood and the M11 is powered by the Snapdragon 450. Last year, Galaxy M smartphones launched in the same price range as the M01 and M11 were powered by the outdated Exynos 7870 and 7884 chipsets. While the Snapdragon 439 and Snapdragon 450 are humble low-end chips, they should provide better performance and efficiency than the Exynos 7870 and 7884 respectively.

According to a recent leak, the Galaxy M01 and Galaxy M11 will be priced at Rs 8,999 (~$120) and Rs 10,999 (~$145) respectively for the 3GB+32GB variants. The Galaxy M11 is also expected to have a variant with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage that could be priced at Rs 12,999 (~$170). Both handsets are said to be exclusive to online retailer Flipkart, though they should eventually be available through other online stores and through offline stores as well.

As far as specs go, the Galaxy M01 is expected to feature a 5.7-inch HD+ LCD display with a waterdrop notch, a dual rear camera with 13MP wide and 2MP depth sensors, a rear-facing fingerprint sensor, and microSD expansion. The Galaxy M11, which has already launched in Vietnam, features a 6.4-inch HD+ LCD display with a corner punch hole, a triple camera setup that includes 13MP wide, 5MP ultra-wide, and 2MP depth sensors, an 8MP front-facing camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 15W fast charging.

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Galaxy A50s update brings screen recording feature, May security patch

The built-in screen recorder is one of the best features One UI 2.0 features, but the company had decided to keep it exclusive to upper mid-range and flagship smartphones. However, it seems Samsung has changed its mind recently. The Galaxy A51’s One UI 2.1 update was released with a non-working version of the screen recording feature, and now, the Galaxy A50s is getting the feature as well through a new software update.

On the Galaxy A50s, the screen recorder does work, and we have heard that it also works on the Galaxy A51 in some of the markets where Samsung’s best-selling 2020 phone has received the One UI 2.1 update, suggesting that the feature will be making its way to more of the company’s mid-range phones — such as the Galaxy A50 — in the future.

The Galaxy A50s update brings a couple of other additions, such as the ability to use the flash when capturing photos at 48MP resolution with the rear camera and, according to some users, improved fingerprint recognition. The update also includes the May 2020 security patch and is rolling out with firmware version A507FNXXU4BTD3. It is currently available in India but is likely to make its way to other markets in the coming weeks.

If you own a Galaxy A50s, you will get a notification once the update is available in your country. You can also manually download the update from the phone’s Settings » Software update menu. Alternatively, you can download the latest firmware from our firmware archive and install it on your phone using a Windows PC.

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Galaxy Tab S6 Lite gets free Targus Keyboard Cover for Malaysian release

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for Malaysia exactly one week ago. The company teased it will be launching [the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite] with a special promotion that you won’t want to miss. That special promotion has been revealed as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite went on sale in Malaysia earlier today. It includes a freebie worth $100.

Buying the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite in Malaysia will set you back RM 1,699 ($390), but you’ll get a Targus Keyboard Cover for free. The Keyboard Cover costs RM 409 ($94) when purchased separately. It has five rows of keys, a total of 64 keys, it connects to the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite via Bluetooth, and it ships with a USB-C charging cable. Dimensions are 170.6×252.3×20.5mm, and the product weighs 450 grams.

In Malaysia, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is available only in Wi-Fi flavor with 64GB of storage. It ships with an S Pen and has a 10.4-inch TFT display with a resolution of 2000 x 1200. The rear-facing camera has an 8MP resolution, while the selfie sensor clocks in at 5MP. When buying the tablet, customers in Malaysia can pick between two color options: Angora Blue and Oxford Gray. The Targus Keyboard Cover is available only in black. Check the links below for more details.

• Buy the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite from Samsung Malaysia with a free Targus Keyboard Cover
• Buy the Targus Keyboard Cover separately from Samsung Malaysia

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Samsung Germany reveals Intel Galaxy Book S, Book Ion, and Flex prices

Samsung has officially launched the Intel-powered Galaxy Book S, Galaxy Book Ion, and Galaxy Book Flex in Germany. Each product has a new store page on the Samsung Germany portal, with the Galaxy Book Ion and Book Flex having been scheduled to hit the market from June 5. The company has yet to reveal an exact release date for the Galaxy Book S with Intel Inside, but it has revealed its prices.

The Galaxy Book S powered by Intel’s Lakefield-based processor will be released with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 256GB of eUFS storage for 1,129 euros. It will be available in two color options: Mercury Gray and Earthy Gold.

Galaxy Book Ion, Book Flex prices and release date revealed

The Galaxy Book Ion and Book Flex will each be released in Germany in three configurations. The Galaxy Book Ion with an Intel i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage is priced at 1,399 euros or 1,499 euros, depending on whether it has a 13-inch or 15-inch display. The 15-inch Intel i7 model with 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and Nvidia MX250 graphics will cost 1,899 euros. All the variants will be available in Aura Silver.

The Galaxy Book Flex Ion’s three configurations are priced as follows: the 13-inch and 15-inch Intel i5 models with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage cost 1,599 euros and 1,629 euros, respectively. The top-tier 15-inch Intel i7 model with twice the RAM and storage and an Nvidia MX250 GPU on top costs 2,099 euros. The Galaxy Book Flex will be available in Germany in Royal Blue.

Both the Galaxy Book Ion and Book Flex will be available for purchase from June 5. Check the links below if you want to keep an eye on the store pages for whenever the trio of Intel-powered Galaxy Book notebooks will have a Buy Now button at Samsung Germany.

• Intel-powered Galaxy Book S at Samsung Germany
• Galaxy Book Ion at Samsung Germany
• Galaxy Book Flex at Samsung Germany

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Samsung boosts wearable market share in Q1 amid COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic had impacted not only the global smartphone market in Q1 2020, but the wearable segment as well. According to IDC, even if COVID-19 drove smartwatch sales down in the first quarter of the year, they were offset by a period of increased shipments of earwear/hearable products, with Samsung achieving a 71.7% year-on-year growth in the wearable segment.

In the smartwatch market alone, Samsung shipped 1.8 million devices in Q1 2020, down from 2.0 million units last year. The company maintained a 10.8% share of the market and was the third-largest smartwatch vendor. The global smartwatch market experienced a 7.1% year-on-year decline in shipments.

Samsung had the highest year-on-year growth in wearables

Despite lower smartwatch shipments, the earwear/hearable segment grew 29.7% year-on-year in Q1 2020. The research firm attributes this growth to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the higher demand for earwear/hearable products from customers who were stuck at home due to the virus and looked for ways to increase productivity. Samsung’s Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Buds+ were particularly successful for the company, with both products recording a total of 4 million shipments in Q1 2020.

With shipments from all the wearable categories combined, Samsung achieved a 71.7% year-on-year growth. It shipped 8.6 million wearables in Q1, wrist and earwear combined, up from 5 million units a year ago. The company increased its wearable market share from 9% to 11.9%.

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