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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra to feature up to 16GB RAM
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will be available with up to 16GB RAM leaker says. The upcoming device recently surfaced on Geekbench with 12GB RAM. However, the tipster confirmed that 12GB isn’t the highest RAM option on the Ultra.
According to IceUniverse, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will feature up to 16GB RAM. The higher RAM could be paired with the 512GB and 1TB storage option that Samsung usually sells exclusively from its official website and Shop app.
S25 Ultra’s storage configurations could include 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and 16GB RAM + 512GB and 1TB storage. The non-Ultra models are expected to be available in 12GB RAM + 256GB and 512GB storage configurations.
The S25 Ultra will definitely have a 16GB RAM version, this is 100% confirmed, don't worry.
— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) September 27, 2024
It’s worth noting that the OnePlus 12 and Google Pixel 9 Pro already offer 16GB RAM options. The larger RAM in S25 Ultra would further improve AI tasks and user experience. The phone could also keep a part of RAM reserved for AI processing.
Chinese phone makers are aggressive about hardware specs. The phones debut a 1-inch camera sensor, over 5000mAh battery, hundreds of W charging speeds and so on. However, Samsung sticks with its legacy of prioritizing practical shifts.
The company is reportedly testing Standard and “for Galaxy” variants of Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (8 Elite). The US variant was spotted running the Standard version, while the European model had an overclocked “for Galaxy” Snapdragon.
Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 series in January this year. The event is scheduled early from the usual February timeframe. Well, 2025’s first Galaxy Unpacked could be held in January, debuting the new Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra.
Samsung officially launched the Health Research Stack to upscale the Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring experiences. The project aims to strengthen data-based digital health research, ultimately benefitting developers and end users.
The new project’s debut shows Samsung values precise data measurement and analysis. It’s an open-source project, which supports digital health research using mobile and wearable devices in Android and Wear OS environments.
Samsung Health Research Stack platform provides IT developers and medical researchers with a software environment to conveniently and safely plan services using relevant data. It aims to help researchers implement the features they want.
Samsung Health Research Stack promotes more efficient digital health research. It has many features including an app SDK for easy app creation, a back-end service to manage data collected by the app and a web portal to assist with research design and data analysis.
It features enhanced support for the Sensor SDK to help researchers create watch apps, which measure and utilize electrocardiogram, blood oxygen level, and body composition data from the innovative Galaxy Watch and Ring sensors.
SDC24…
Samsung confirmed that the new Health Research Stack will be showcased at the Developer Conference 2024 on October 3 in San Jose, California. Developers can join a Code Lab session during the event to experience the latest features firsthand.
Samsung is working on the new Galaxy S flagship models for 2025. Recently, an alleged Galaxy S25 Ultra was spotted running a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with 8GB RAM. It’s quite scary input, suggesting a terrible downgrade if true.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra was previously spotted with the upcoming Snapdragon chip with 12GB of RAM. The chipset frequency was different for the US and European models. However, the RAM paired with the SoC was 12GB.
The alleged S25 Ultra was benchmarked on Geekbench 6.3.0. The handset secured 1456 points and 6522 points in single-core and multi-core tests. These scores are quite scary as the 12GB model exceeded 3000 and 9000 points.
Fake listing?
It is indeed possible. Someone may have just trickled the model number to list a fake entry on Geekbench. We can’t assume Samsung could bring an 8GB variant of the Galaxy S25 Ultra as it’s not sufficient on the base model either.
Samsung will be using Snapdragon 8 Elite for the Galaxy S25 Ultra. The phone will have at least 12GB of RAM, while a 16GB RAM option is also reportedly coming. If the 8GB RAM listing is genuine, we hope Samsung will abandon it.
The Korean tech giant is currently working on One UI 7, while the S25 series will come pre-loaded with One UI 7.1. There’s a remaining three months left in the launch, hence performance is expected to rise further with software optimization.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus, and Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones are getting a new update with the September 2024 security patch in Canada. This update fixes several issues to make smartphones more stable, secure, and reliable.
The fresh update brings security improvements, bug fixes, stability optimization, and functional enhancement to provide a better experience. Through this update, the company app protects your devices from several vulnerabilities and threats.
It is worth mentioning that the September 2024 patch addresses 1 critical issue and 43 high-level ones. One of these issues was already fixed in earlier updates, and another one doesn’t impact Galaxy devices.
Along with Google’s patches, Samsung is adding 23 of its own fixes to improve security in My Files, Theme Center, One UI Home, Knox, and Dex. The update overall improves the stability, security, and performance of the device.
September 2024 security update arrives on Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus, and Galaxy S24 Ultra in Canada with One UI builds S921WVLS3AXHF, S926WVLS3AXHF, and S928WVLS3AXHF respectively.
To access the latest update on your smartphone, go to the Settings app, tap on Software Update, and then select Download and Install. This will initiate the update process, and once completed, you’ll enjoy a more personalized and efficient smartphone experience.