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New Galaxy S10 Leaks Revealed More Details About Samsung’s Anniversary Smartphone

Galaxy S10 will be the Samsung’s anniversary smartphone to celebrate ten years of the S series, and, with that in mind, the giant South Korean tech company plans to release an excellent phone with lots of features such as a taller display, three-camera system on its back, in-display fingerprint sensor, smoother software updates, 5G connectivity support, a Face ID alternative. Also, new Galaxy S10 leaks revealed more details on the upcoming flagship.

Steve Hemmerstoffer, better known on the Internet as OnLeaks, released some new details about Samsung Galaxy S10. According to him, the Samsung’s anniversary smartphone would be very distinguishable in comparison to the previous models since the South Korean tech company plans on releasing the upcoming flagship in “no less than 9” all-new gradient color schemes.

Samsung also seems confident in this decision, hoping to boost sales, following the example of other manufacturers, such as Huawei and other Chinese smartphones producers.

New Galaxy S10 leaks revealed that the next Samsung’s anniversary smartphone would come out in 9 all-new gradient color schemes

Last week, Samsung Mobile Division CEO DJ Koh teased Chinese media stating that the upcoming Galaxy S10 device would boast “amazing colors.” Now, according to OnLeaks (Steve Hemmerstoffer), Samsung plans to release Galaxy S10 in  9 all-new gradient color schemes. That’s precisely what Chinese smartphones already showed off for almost a year, now.

Above all, OnLeaks also announced that Samsung is getting closer to release the PVT (product validation testing) for its Galaxy S10. Accordingly, Galaxy S10 final build is just around the corner. If the variant to be proposed soon by the South Korean tech company passes its PVT phase, then that would be the final model which would be mass produced.

Needless to say, Samsung wants to offer more options of its customers by releasing Galaxy S10 in 9 all-new gradient color schemes, aiming to boost sales, following the example of Huawei, other Chinese smartphones, and, since recently, Apple which also launched its new iPhone XR model in not less than six color schemes.

 

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A Canadian Company Partnered With Samsung To Develop 10-nm ASIC Chips for Bitcoin (BTC) Mining

The Canadian company Squire Mining announced on Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada, an alliance with South Korean companies Gaonchips and Samsung Electronics, for the design and production of 10-nanometer ASIC chips for Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment.

On August 1st, Squire Mining announced that it had contracted a company to design, test and manufacture an ASIC chip for Bitcoin (BTC) mining. This Tuesday, the Canadian company stated in a press release that it chose Gaonchips as the manufacturer of the integrated microcircuits and Samsung Electronics as the producer of the 10-nanometer ASIC chips themselves.

As manufacturing equipment handles smaller scales, the same semiconductor substrate can accommodate more transistors. It is for this reason that the minimum size of the components included in the chip, or the minimum separation between two conductive wires, expressed in nanometers, determines how advanced the manufacturing process is.

While Samsung and other semiconductor manufacturers have begun to produce 7nm chips, these are more expensive than 10nm chips. Although this implies that the respective equipment has a lower hash rate than the 7 nm equipment, the price/performance ratio can be attractive in the competitive Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment market, clearly dominated by the Chinese manufacturer Bitmain.

Canadian company partnered with Samsung to produce 10-nm ASIC chips for Bitcoin (BTC) mining

Squire programmers and developers are already working with Gaonchips on fine-tuning the first prototype of the ASIC chip, says the Canadian firm. After confirming that the prototype meets all the specifications and design requirements, they would commence the first stage of mass production of the 10-nanometer ASIC chips themselves, operated by Samsung.

The first prototype makes it possible to test the software and check that the final chip will integrate correctly with the other components of the finished Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment.

For this purpose, a transistor matrix is used, the connections of which are programmed according to the design. This field-programmable FPGA logic gate array precedes mass production. In the case of announced ASIC chips, that FPGA prototype should be ready by the end of the month, says Squire.

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Samsung Announced its New Three-Camera Galaxy A7 2018

Just yesterday, Samsung announced its new three-camera Galaxy A7 2018. Therefore, Samsung Galaxy A7 2018 becomes the second smartphone in the world, after Huawei P20 Pro, to boast a triple camera setup on its back.

Samsung Galaxy A7 2018 packs mid-range hardware and seems to bring a new design for the Galaxy A series, even though it keeps its frontside within similar lines of the previous Galaxy A models. Galaxy A7 2018 boasts a 6-inch Infinity Full HD with a resolution of 2,220 x 1,080. It also has a 24-megapixel front camera with a f/2.0 aperture.

On the back, however, everything is completely changed in comparison with the previous models. The fingerprint sensor has disappeared, and the three-camera system moved to the left of the phone’s backside and is enclosed in a rectangle with rounded corners.

The new three-camera Galaxy A7 2018 announced by Samsung

The three-camera setup seems to be the main component of this model, but the way Samsung chose to do it is at least strange. The new Galaxy A7 2018 has a 5-megapixel sensor with a f/2.2 aperture dedicated to portrait mode, a primary 24-megapixel wide-angle camera with a f/1.7 aperture, and, finally, an 8-megapixel sensor of f/2.4 with an ultra-wide 120-degree lens.

Under the hood, the new three-camera Galaxy A7 2018 boasts an 8-Core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, 4/6 GB RAM, and 64/128 GB internal storage. Also, Galaxy A7 2018 runs with Android 8.0 Oreo, and it boasts a 3300-mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery.

Unfortunately, Samsung decided to keep the micoUSB jack for this new three-camera Galaxy A7 2018, disappointing some of the fans who expected a USB-C. Also, some complained that Samsung could’ve opted for Android 9 Pie, but even though the new device comes only with Android 8 Oreo, that doesn’t mean Samsung won’t release an update to the new Google OS version later.

The new three-camera Galaxy A7 2018 will come out this fall.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Radical Upgrade Revealed Accidentally

The upcoming Galaxy S10 is a big deal for Samsung as it represents the 10th-anniversary device. Yes, indeed, Samsung’s Galaxy S series turns 10 years old in 2019 and the giant South Korean tech company decided to celebrate that accurately with a high-end Galaxy S handset with an all-new design, a triple camera setup on the back, the brand new ‘ultrasonic’ in-display reader, fast updates and a Face ID-like feature. Now, however, Samsung accidentally revealed a Galaxy S10 radical upgrade.

The renowned tipster Ice Universe was quick to spot a critical design change in the upcoming Galaxy S10 device plus some of its specs thanks to an “anonymous” benchmark test he traced back to Samsung.

Samsung Galaxy S10 to boast a high screen-to-body ratio

According to the benchmark test Ice Universe spotted, Galaxy S10 would come with the new 19:9 aspect ratio and a 3,040 x 1,440-pixel display. Samsung S9 and S9 Plus boasted an 18:5:9 ratio and smaller screens.

This would be in line with the latest statements from Samsung according to which the anniversary device will have a more prominent display but without making the handset much larger than its predecessors. The South Korean tech company plans to achieve that by practically eliminating the top and bottom edges.

How was the benchmark test related to Samsung Galaxy S10?

According to Ice Universe, Samsung is commonly codenaming its devices using naming structures like “SM-G4x0” or “SM-G4x5.” The new benchmark test was conducted on a handset dubbed as SM-G405F, so it’s definitely a Samsung smartphone.

You might think that Samsung prefers to keep the secrecy around its work and hide any information from the public until the new handsets would be officially presented. However, they don’t do that, and they prefer leaking some information themselves as they did with Samsung S9 and S9 Plus.

Allegedly, the giant South Korean company does so to contribute to the buzz created online anytime a new flagship smartphone is about to come out.

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Samsung To Present Its Foldable Smartphone By The End of The Year

According to the CEO of Samsung’s mobile division, DJ Koh, the South Korean tech giant plans on presenting its foldable smartphone by the end of this year, confirming the many rumors saying this type of next-gen handset device is under development.

DJ Koh discussed the upcoming foldable phone to CNBC and at IFA 2018 Berlin

In an interview for CNBC, DJ Koh stated “it’s time to deliver” the first Samsung foldable smartphone after a survey conducted by the South Korean giant company revealed that there is indeed a significant market for this type of devices. Samsung’s mobile division CEO did not offer details on how the upcoming foldable device would function but gave some details on its design.

“You can use most of the uses on foldable status. But when you need to browse or see something, then you may need to unfold it. But even unfolded, what kind of benefit does that give compared to the tablet? If the unfolded experience is the same as the tablet, why would they [consumers] buy it?” asked DJ Koh at the IFA 2018 in Berlin.

“So every device, every feature, every innovation should have a meaningful message to our end customer. So when the end customer uses it [the Samsung foldable smartphone], they think ‘wow, this is the reason Samsung made it,'” Koh added.

Samsung foldable smartphone to be revealed this year

The new Samsung foldable smartphone would be similar to a flip phone, a very trendy phone design more than a decade ago. But what’s new in this one is that Samsung is designing a screen that bends that would not need hinges and connectors to connect the two parts of the phone as in the flip phones.

According to DJ Koh, the CEO of the Samsung’s mobile division, the first Samsung foldable smartphone would be revealed this year, in November, at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco.

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