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Samsung’s iPhonified Galaxy S25 Ultra to be tight slap for Chinese ULTRAs
Chinese phone makers are aggressive about their Ultra-branded flagships. The handsets come with powerful camera hardware specifications. However, Samsung is sticking to its signature design for the 2025’s flagship, Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Over the years, Chinese smartphone vendors aggressively upscaled their product strategy. To compete with industry leaders; Samsung and Apple, brands like Xiaomi, vivo and OnePlus launched their Ultra handsets with power specs.
Despite aggressive marketing, the products failed to damage Samsung’s repo in the global market. The overall sales of high-end flagships from Chinese brands are less than the sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S Ultra variant.
Samsung no longer sees the Chinese Ultra as the Galaxy S Ultra rival. Apple’s iPhone Pro Max is on target, with efforts increasing to maintain an edge. The next year’s Samsung Ultra will be the biggest attack on Apple’s market presence.
Apple gradually expanding its footsteps in key markets. GenZ shoppers prefer buying Apple iPhones and Galaxy owners teased outdated. Samsung’s about to change this course, the next-gen Galaxy will come with an “iPhonified” design.
High-end flagships from Chinese brands only become the choice of tech geeks. Due to their thick and big camera bumps, the handsets are not acceptable to the audience. Samsung won’t take the risk of adopting this design in the global market.
The addition of exceptionally powerful camera hardware will increase the cost. This way, the Korean tech giant will have to increase the pricing of its handsets. It doesn’t seem possible as Apple has frozen the iPhone 16 pricing despite upgrades.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra will directly compete with the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will give an edge to the S25 Ultra in terms of CPU and GPU performance. Design-wise, it’s a little better and lighter than the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Samsung is rolling out the One UI 6.1.1 update for Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphones. The update makes these smartphones more useful and smarter by bringing new and advanced AI features.
Users of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphones can verify the One UI 6.1.1 update with PDA versions F721NKSU4GXH7 and F936NKSU4GXH7 respectively. The update is available for users in Korea and will be extended to more countries soon.
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Samsung will launch the Galaxy A56 5G and A36 5G next year. Recently, the former model reportedly entered the development phase. The phone has been listed on the IMEI database, making its first appearance online.
Smartprix spotted the Galaxy A56 5G on the IMEI database. The listing suggests that the Korean tech giant has started working on the smartphone. It is expected to launch alongside the A36 5G around March next year.
The listing revealed Galaxy A56 5G as the official marketing name alongside the SM-A566B/DS model number. The model number suggests that the phone will continue to support Dual SIM slot functionality alongside a 5G network.
The Galaxy A56 5G could use an Exynos 1580 processor. The new chipset reportedly packs newer CPU cores from ARM and an AMD GPU. It could be a 4nm or 5nm SoC, featuring four Cortex-A720 CPU cores and four Cortex-A520 CPU cores.
It is reported that one of those Cortex-A720 CPU cores is clocked at 2.91GHz. The other three cores will likely be clocked at 2.6GHz, whereas the four Cortex-A520 @ 1.95GHz. The GPU could be the next-gen Xclipse GPU on the AMD RDNA2 architecture.
The smartphones will come pre-installed with Android 15-based One UI 7 software. The company is reportedly readying a new 6-year update policy. If the rumor turns true, both the A56 and A36 would be eligible for the same software lifespan.
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Samsung has released a new update for its Phone app with version 15.3.45. This update enhances functionality to provide users with an even better experience on their Galaxy devices.
The Phone app is important for Galaxy devices as it offers the primary interface for managing calls, contacts, and messaging. With this latest update, Samsung enhances some features to ensure that users can navigate the app more smoothly and efficiently.
However, specific details about the improvements have not yet been disclosed but users can expect enhancements that make dialing, searching for contacts, and managing call logs more intuitive and user-friendly.
In addition, the update fixes some issues encountered in the previous version to enhance stability and reliability. If you are using a Galaxy smartphone, install the update now to enjoy enhanced features.
The installation package size of the Samsung Phone 15.3.45 update is around 26.04MB. You can install the update through Galaxy Store >> Menu option >> Updates. Also, you can download it directly from the third-party app link mentioned here.
Samsung Call app supports Galaxy AI feature, Live Translate, to support voice calls. So you can stay in contact with friends or colleagues, communicating on Galaxy-exclusive apps in multiple languages. However, Samsung has also made this feature available for other third-party call apps.