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Samsung will unveil its galaxy s10 line at an unpacked event today . Samsung is expected to unveil its new lineup of flagship smartphones on Feb. 20 at a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, and the rumor mill has been operating on overtime.
It's believed three new Galaxy S10 models will be announced at the event, as well as a folding phone. Banners promoting Unpacked are using the phrase "Unfolding the Future" as a tagline.
The Samsung models will include the Galaxy S10 with a 6.1-inch, curved OLED display and 128 GB or 512GB of internal storage; a Galaxy S10 Plus with a 6.4-inch, curved OLED display and 128 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB of storage; and a new entry-level edition, the Galaxy S10 Lite, with 5.8-inch, flat display and 128 GB of storage, based on the latest rumors from XDA's Max Weinbach and others.
"That's a winning strategy," said Jack E. Gold, principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, an IT advisory company in Northborough, Mass."It allows people to upgrade their phone without going to the (US)$1,000 level," he told TechNewsWorld. "It's not going to be the same feature set, but it gives people choice. In many markets, that choice is important."
Camera Proliferation
It's also believed the S10 and S10 Plus will have their fingerprint readers embedded under the display, while the Lite model will have the reader on its back, as do S9s.
The S10 and Lite will have two cameras on their backs, while the Plus will have three cameras, according to Weinbach, XDA TV host and contributor to the XDA-Developers Portal, whose Twitter feed is a fountain of S10 rumors. All the phones will have a 12-megapixel, f1.5/2.4 camera with auto focus and optical image stabilization and a 16-MP, f1.9 ultra wide camera without autofocus or OIS.
However, the Plus model also will have a 13-MP camera with an f2.4 telephoto lens and support for auto focus and OIS. It will support Bright Night and portrait lighting as well. The 5G version of the Plus will be distributed exclusively by Verizon for several months after its launch, Weinbach noted. While the final specs for the new lineup of S10s won't be known until later today, rumors tend to be very accurate this close to a launch.
Deja Vu
"Many of the rumors are credible," Gold said. "It's pretty hard, in this day and age, for any company to keep secrets about what they're coming out with in the next three to six months, because the supply chain leaks like a sieve." Even if all the rumors about the S10s should prove true, there doesn't seem to be anything that hasn't been seen before, observed Ramon T. Llamas, senior research analyst for mobile devices technology and trends at IDC, a market research company in Framingham, Massachusetts.
"The net on most of this is it's variations on a theme that we've seen before," he told TechNewsWorld.
That could be bad news for a market segment struggling to maintain sales growth.
"From the rumors, I don't think the various S10 models will move the needle on high-end smartphone sales," said Kevin Krewell, a San Jose, California-based principal analyst for Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm.
Have Smartphones Peaked?#
"The three models will have improved cameras, but that is par for any new model," Krewell told TechNewsWorld. "The physical design is slick, but edge-to-edge displays are becoming common," he continued. "I really think we're reached the peak in smartphones -- until something major changes the market."
And as always have a chilled day from the viking
Rumors Roil Ahead of Next Month's Galaxy Unpacked Event
Samsung will unveil its galaxy s10 line at an unpacked event today . Samsung is expected to unveil its new lineup of flagship smartphones on Feb. 20 at a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, and the rumor mill has been operating on overtime.
It's believed three new Galaxy S10 models will be announced at the event, as well as a folding phone. Banners promoting Unpacked are using the phrase "Unfolding the Future" as a tagline.
The Samsung models will include the Galaxy S10 with a 6.1-inch, curved OLED display and 128 GB or 512GB of internal storage; a Galaxy S10 Plus with a 6.4-inch, curved OLED display and 128 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB of storage; and a new entry-level edition, the Galaxy S10 Lite, with 5.8-inch, flat display and 128 GB of storage, based on the latest rumors from XDA's Max Weinbach and others.
"That's a winning strategy," said Jack E. Gold, principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, an IT advisory company in Northborough, Mass."It allows people to upgrade their phone without going to the (US)$1,000 level," he told TechNewsWorld. "It's not going to be the same feature set, but it gives people choice. In many markets, that choice is important."
Camera Proliferation
It's also believed the S10 and S10 Plus will have their fingerprint readers embedded under the display, while the Lite model will have the reader on its back, as do S9s.
The S10 and Lite will have two cameras on their backs, while the Plus will have three cameras, according to Weinbach, XDA TV host and contributor to the XDA-Developers Portal, whose Twitter feed is a fountain of S10 rumors. All the phones will have a 12-megapixel, f1.5/2.4 camera with auto focus and optical image stabilization and a 16-MP, f1.9 ultra wide camera without autofocus or OIS.
However, the Plus model also will have a 13-MP camera with an f2.4 telephoto lens and support for auto focus and OIS. It will support Bright Night and portrait lighting as well. The 5G version of the Plus will be distributed exclusively by Verizon for several months after its launch, Weinbach noted. While the final specs for the new lineup of S10s won't be known until later today, rumors tend to be very accurate this close to a launch.
Deja Vu
"Many of the rumors are credible," Gold said. "It's pretty hard, in this day and age, for any company to keep secrets about what they're coming out with in the next three to six months, because the supply chain leaks like a sieve." Even if all the rumors about the S10s should prove true, there doesn't seem to be anything that hasn't been seen before, observed Ramon T. Llamas, senior research analyst for mobile devices technology and trends at IDC, a market research company in Framingham, Massachusetts.
"The net on most of this is it's variations on a theme that we've seen before," he told TechNewsWorld.
That could be bad news for a market segment struggling to maintain sales growth.
"From the rumors, I don't think the various S10 models will move the needle on high-end smartphone sales," said Kevin Krewell, a San Jose, California-based principal analyst for Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm.
Have Smartphones Peaked?#
"The three models will have improved cameras, but that is par for any new model," Krewell told TechNewsWorld. "The physical design is slick, but edge-to-edge displays are becoming common," he continued. "I really think we're reached the peak in smartphones -- until something major changes the market."
And as always have a chilled day from the viking
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