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50-673: The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (stylized as Samsung GALAXY S4 mini ) is an Android smartphone developed by the Korean manufacturer Samsung Electronics . Announced on May 31, 2013 and released in July 2013, the S4 Mini is a mid-range model of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone and a successor to the Galaxy S III Mini . It has a similar hardware design and software features to its high-end counterpart. The S4 Mini uses an almost identical variant of

100-457: A design patent for a folding smartphone. Later in June, it was reported that Microsoft had been developing a similar device as part of its Surface line, codenamed "Andromeda" (itself a spiritual successor to a dual-screen booklet tablet prototype Microsoft had been exploring in the late-2000s known as Courier ), while Samsung was also said to be developing such a device. In November 2018,

150-610: A salt solution—thus making it unsuitable for electronic displays because the salt can damage the transistors used in OLED panels (which are built directly on the panel). Nonetheless, the company stated in March 2019 that it was in the process of developing a flexible glass suitable for smartphones, which would be 1 mm (0.039 in) thick and have a 5 mm (0.20 in) bend radius. Samsung marketed its Galaxy Z Flip as featuring 30 μm (0.0012 in)-thick "ultra-thin glass" with

200-516: A Galaxy smartphone with a Galaxy Book keyboard and mouse, and drag and drop files between them. Device Control is another feature in the quick panel that can control SmartThings and other devices. The following is a table showing the full initial release history of every Galaxy device since 2009. Starting from the Galaxy Note 3 , Samsung phones and tablets contained a warning label stating that it would only operate with SIM cards from

250-670: A Samsung-Microsoft partnership. Samsung have made several tools for making various Galaxy devices like phones, tablets and watches, work closer together. Samsung Flow is a feature allowing content to be synced with a PC, such as notifications, replying to messages and authenticating from a PC, and sharing content. It was announced in November 2014, released in a preview form in May 2015 and final released in May 2016. Microsoft's Phone Link also comes on Galaxy smartphones since 2019. Another feature named Multi Control allows controlling of

300-507: A booklet-style layout, with an "InfinityFlex" display located on the inside of the device, and a smaller "cover" screen on the front of the device to allow access when the screen is closed. At a concurrent developers' summit, Android VP of engineering Dave Burke stated that the next version of the platform would provide enhancements and guidance relevant to folding devices, leveraging existing features. In January 2019, Xiaomi CEO Lin Bin published

350-510: A bracelet-styled device). LG did not unveil a folding device, citing a desire to focus more on re-gaining market share in the smartphone market. It did, however, unveil a "Dual Screen" case accessory for its LG V50 smartphone—a folio-styled case containing a secondary display panel inside. Other companies expressed interest in the concept, or have received patents on designs (such as hinge implementations and overall designs) relating to foldable phones. Motorola Mobility had received patents for

400-577: A foldable smartphone, the Readius ( zh ) , at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) which also serves as a reader. In 2008, Nokia presented animated concepts of a flexible device it dubbed "Morph", which had a tri-fold design that could be bended into various forms, such as a large unfolded device, a feature phone -sized unit, and a smart wristband . In a 2019 retrospective on the concept, CNET noted that Morph could be considered

450-454: A forerunner to the first wave of commercially produced folding phones, as well as a showcase of future possibilities. In 2011, Kyocera released a dual-touchscreen Android smartphone known as the Echo , which featured a pair of 3.5-inch touchscreens. When folded, the top screen continued to face the user while covering the secondary screen. Two individual apps could be shown on the displays,

500-499: A horizontal folding smartphone reminiscent of clamshell feature phones . In April 2019, the impending launch of the Galaxy Fold was met with quality concerns from critics, after widespread reports of review units experiencing varying forms of display failure (in some instances caused by accidental removal of a plastic layer meant to protect the screen in lieu of glass, along with other failures). Samsung indefinitely postponed

550-593: A later date. In June 2023, Motorola Mobility announced the new Razr (2023) and Razr+ (2023) to the U.S. market. The Huawei Mate XT is the world's first double-folding, or tri-fold foldable smartphone, released in September, 2024. The device can be used with a case that has a kickstand, and a foldable keyboard with a built in trackpad to provide a desktop PC-like experience. Foldable smartphones typically use flexible, plastic OLED displays rather than glass (such as Corning 's Gorilla Glass product, which

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600-409: A plastic layer similar to the Galaxy Fold, manufactured by Samsung with materials from Schott AG , which is "produced using an intensifying process to enhance its flexibility and durability", and injected with a "special material up to an undisclosed depth to achieve a consistent hardness". A stress test by YouTube channel JerryRigEverything showed the screen was scratched when rubbed with a pick with

650-461: A similar device known as the Galaxy Z Flip . Huawei announced the Mate Xs on 24 February 2020 as a hardware revision of the original Mate X; it was released in "global markets" outside China in March 2020. The device features a more durable display, improved hinge function and a redesigned cooling system, as well as the newer Kirin 990 5G SoC and Android 10 with EMUI 10. Samsung later revealed

700-619: A single app could span across them, while specific apps also featured "optimized" two-pane layouts. Two years later, NEC released the Medias W in Japan. Unlike the Echo, the secondary screen could be folded behind the phone. The camera rotated with the screen so that the same sensor could face both forward and rear In 2017, ZTE released the Axon M with a similar hinge to the Medias W. ZTE stated that

750-541: A user interface called One UI (with previous versions being known as Samsung Experience and TouchWiz ). However, the Galaxy TabPro S is the first Galaxy-branded Windows 10 device that was announced in CES 2016 . The Samsung Galaxy series is noteworthy for its pioneering role in bringing Android into mainstream popularity beginning in the early 2010s. The Galaxy Watch is the first Galaxy-branded smartwatch since

800-480: A vertical axis to into a wider, tablet -like form, but are still usable in a smaller, folded state; the display may either wrap around to the back of the device when folded (as with the Royole FlexPai and Huawei Mate X ), or use a booklet -like design where the larger, folded screen is located on the interior, and a screen on its "cover" allows the user to interact with the device without opening it (such as

850-639: A video on Sina Weibo , featuring him demonstrating a prototype smartphone with two flaps capable of being folded inward. Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Fold during its media event at Mobile World Congress in February 2019. Alongside the Galaxy Fold, the convention also saw other foldable phones being unveiled or teased, such as the Huawei Mate X , and TCL presenting various prototype concepts featuring its "DragonHinge" technology (including

900-684: Is running on newer Galaxy devices released after 2019, is available to Galaxy Watch on 20 May 2019. After the release of the Galaxy Watch Series, Samsung transitioned from Tizen to Google's WearOS with their Galaxy Watch4. The latest release of Galaxy Watch is the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch7. Samsung announced the Galaxy Fit , an activity tracker positioned below the Galaxy Watch line. The first iteration

950-407: Is used in the majority of mid and high-end smartphones). Plastic displays are naturally capable of sustaining the required bend radius for a foldable smartphone, but they are more susceptible to blemishes and scratches than traditional glass smartphone displays. Although Corning does produce a flexible glass product known as Willow Glass, the company states that its manufacturing process requires use of

1000-783: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 in September 2020. On 25 February 2021, Huawei released the Huawei Mate X2 . In March 2021, Xiaomi Technology announced the Xiaomi Mi MIX Fold . In August 2021, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 were released. On 15 December 2021, OPPO announced the OPPO Find N. On 11 April 2022, Vivo introduced the Vivo X Fold . On 11 August, 2022, Xiaomi released

1050-596: The Galaxy A35 , and Galaxy A55 . The Galaxy C series is a line of upper mid-range devices for specific markets. The latest device released under this line is the Samsung Galaxy C55. The Galaxy M series is a line of online-exclusive, mid-range smartphones; considered the successor to the Galaxy J and Galaxy On series. The Galaxy F series is a line of online-exclusive, mid-range smartphones sold alongside

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1100-652: The Galaxy Gear , a smartwatch running Android 4.3, on 4 September 2013. The Galaxy Gear was Samsung's only smartwatch to feature Galaxy branding; later Samsung smartwatches use the Samsung Gear branding. The Gear series was later succeeded by the Galaxy Watch series . In a software update in May 2014, Samsung replaced the operating system of the Galaxy Gear from Android to Tizen. Samsung's One UI, which

1150-451: The Galaxy S . The Galaxy S and its successor Galaxy S II became very successful, eclipsing the company's other lines and operating systems. During the decade, the Galaxy phones "became the company's most-praised products [and] also were among the best-selling smartphones in the world." The Galaxy Z series is a line of high-end foldable smartphones. The line started in 2019 with the Galaxy Z Fold . The latest phones from this series are

1200-531: The Galaxy S4 . The Galaxy S4 Mini is made available in: On August 3, 2015, Samsung released an updated version of the S4 Mini called the S4 Mini Plus (also known as S4 Mini Value Edition). It features a new 1.2 GHz Quad core processor, an Adreno 306 GPU, and comes with Android 4.4.4 KitKat . The rest of the specs remain the same. The Galaxy S4 Mini Plus is available in two variants: The successor to

1250-575: The Galaxy S8 series in 2017, that process has changed. Due to the fact that many variants use a Multi-CSC, it will only work with SIM cards from the same CSC group. For example, an AT&T SIM card will not work on cellular-based Galaxy devices sold in Europe and other countries. "Over the Horizon" is the trademark sound for Samsung smartphone devices, first introduced in 2011 on the Galaxy S II . It

1300-723: The Galaxy Unpacked event annually. The Galaxy brand is also extended in laptops, notebooks, and 2-in-1 convertibles. The Galaxy Book consists of products based on Microsoft Windows , while the Galaxy Chromebook line is based on ChromeOS . Samsung Galaxy smartphones run the Android operating system under the Google Mobile Services platform, however Samsung and third-parties have bundled various other software in them too. The TouchWiz interface

1350-581: The Galaxy Z Flip6 and the Galaxy Z Fold6 , both released in July 2024. The Galaxy S series is a line of high-end smartphones. The latest models are the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra , released in January 2024. The Galaxy A series is a line of mid-range to high-end Android smartphones manufactured by Samsung Electronics . The Galaxy A series is similar to the high-end Galaxy S series , but with lower specifications and features. The latest models are

1400-483: The Samsung Galaxy Fold series). Horizontally-folding smartphones have also been produced, typically using a clamshell form factor. The first generation of commercially released foldable smartphones faced concerns over their durability, as well as their high prices. In 2023, around 1% of worldwide smartphone ownership was foldable smartphones. In 2006, Polymer Vision showed a roll-able concept and

1450-689: The Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 . The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 were announced at the August 2022 edition of Galaxy Unpacked . The Galaxy Z Fold 4 was released on 25 August 2022, and the Galaxy Z Flip 4 was released on 26 August 2022. Motorola Mobility launched the Moto Razr 2022 on 11 August 2022, it is currently only available to the Chinese market but there is speculation that it could become available to other world markets at

1500-608: The 720p of the Galaxy S3 Mini . Similarly to the S4, the S4 Mini comes with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Samsung's TouchWiz software, although certain features present on the S4 are not available (such as Air Gestures, Air View, Multi-window, Smart Pause, Smart Rotation, and Smart Scroll). The S4 Mini received the Android 4.4.2 " KitKat " update in June 2014 (though not in all regions), bringing some minor UI changes as seen on

1550-478: The Chinese startup Royole released the first commercially available foldable smartphone with an OLED display, the Royole Flexpai . It featured a single 7.8-inch display that folds outwards, leaving the display exposed when folded. Later that month at its developers' conference, Samsung officially teased a prototype of its folding smartphone, which would be produced "in the coming months". The prototype used

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1600-447: The Galaxy J SC-02F, Galaxy Centura SCH-S738C, and SGH-N075T), where A is the model series, B is the device class, C is the generation, D is the device type, and E is the country/region that is made for (if applicable). Previously, from 2009 until September 2013, the model numbers were in the "GT-XXXXX" format. Duos or Dual SIM models end with the /DS suffix. The following is a list of known firmware regions. The original Samsung Galaxy

1650-640: The Galaxy S4 and S4 Active. When asked about whether the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini would receive the Android 5.0 ''Lollipop'' update on the April 24, 2015, Three UK stated that it would not get the Lollipop update, blaming "memory limitations". However, Three Ireland stated later on the very same day that the S4 Mini would indeed get the Lollipop update and that it would start rolling out in

1700-749: The Galaxy S4 ;Mini is the Galaxy S5 ;Mini . It was announced on May 30, 2014, and was subsequently released in July 2014. Samsung Galaxy Samsung Galaxy ( Korean :  삼성 갤럭시 ; stylized as SΛMSUNG Galaxy since 2015 (except Japan where it omitted the Samsung branding up until 2023), previously stylized as Samsung GALAXY ; abbreviated as SG ) is a series of computing and Android mobile computing devices that are designed, manufactured and marketed by Samsung Electronics since 29 June 2009. The product line includes

1750-477: The Galaxy S4's polycarbonate hardware design. Internally, it features a dual-core 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor with 1.5  GB of RAM , 8 GB of internal storage that can be expanded using a MicroSD card, and a 4.27 inch qHD (540 x 960 pixel) Super AMOLED screen. The S4 Mini also includes a 1.9- megapixel (MP) front-facing camera, and an improved 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p video recording at 30 frames per second, compared to

1800-554: The M series. The Galaxy XCover series is a line of rugged "business" phones, which have low-end specifications but with stronger build quality and durability. The latest in common is the Galaxy Xcover 7. Samsung released multiple series of smartphones, often overlapping with each other. Most of these series were dropped. The Galaxy Tab series is a line of Android -powered tablets that debuted in 2010. There are two sub-categories currently under this series: Samsung announced

1850-732: The Samsung Galaxy S series of high-end phones, Galaxy Z series of high-end foldables , Galaxy A series , Galaxy F series and Galaxy M series of mid-range phones, the Galaxy Book of laptops, the Samsung Galaxy Tab series , the Samsung Galaxy Watch , the Galaxy Buds series and the Galaxy Fit , and the now historical Galaxy Note series of pioneering phablets. Samsung Galaxy devices with

1900-522: The basic composition of the six-note tune has not changed since its inception, various versions of different genres have been introduced as the product line evolved. While the first two versions were created in-house at Samsung, later versions were outsourced to external musicians. The sound has been covered by various popular artists who have released their own arrangements and remixes of the song, such as Quincy Jones , Icona Pop , Suga of BTS , and various K-pop artists. In Samsung's U.S. registration of

1950-589: The coming weeks. Though Samsung UK and US carrier Sprint had earlier stated that the S4 Mini would get the Lollipop update, several later retweets from Samsung itself suggest that this was misinformation, stating that it had failed the initial test for the update. The Galaxy S4 Mini ultimately did not receive an official Lollipop update in any region. The S4 Mini version released in most of Europe , Latin America , South Africa and few Asian countries contains NFC connectivity, which came standard on all versions of

2000-465: The concept use multiple touchscreen panels on a hinge, while other designs utilise a flexible display . Concepts of such devices date back as early as Nokia 's "Morph" concept in 2008, and a concept presented by Samsung Electronics in 2013 (as part of a larger set of concepts utilizing flexible OLED displays), while the first commercially available folding smartphones with OLED displays began to emerge in November 2018. Some devices may fold out on

2050-431: The device's release, stating that it needed time to investigate the failures and improve the device's durability. Huawei also delayed its Huawei Mate X , with the company citing its desire to take a "cautious" approach due to the Samsung Galaxy Fold . In November 2019, Motorola unveiled its horizontal-folding Razr —inspired by its former Razr feature phone line released on 6 February 2020. Samsung also announced

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2100-437: The more powerful hardware of modern smartphones, and improvements to multitasking and tablet support on Android, helped to improve this experience. The development of thin, flexible OLED displays enabled the possibility for new designs and form factors. During its Consumer Electronics Show keynote in 2013, Samsung presented several concepts—codenamed Youm - for smartphones incorporating flexible displays. One such concept

2150-448: The region the phone was sold in. A spokesperson clarified the policy, stating that it was intended to prevent grey-market reselling, and that it only applied to the first SIM card inserted. For devices to use a SIM card from other regions, one of the following actions totaling five minutes or longer in length must first be performed with the SIM card from the local region: With the launch of

2200-613: The release of later iterations of the Gear smartwatch from 2014 to 2017. In 2020, Samsung added the Galaxy Chromebook 2-in-1 laptop running ChromeOS to the Galaxy branding lineup. The follow-on Galaxy Chromebook 2 was released in 2021. The main 2024 lineup of Galaxy smartphone models looks like this: Since September 2013, model numbers of devices in the Samsung Galaxy series are in the "SM-ABCDE" format (excluding

2250-484: The trademark for the sound, it is described as "the sound of a bell playing a B4 dotted eighth note, a B4 sixteenth note, an F#5 sixteenth note, a B5 sixteenth note, an A#5 eighth note, and an F#5 half note". Foldable smartphone A foldable smartphone (also known as a foldable phone or simply foldable ) is a smartphone with a folding form factor . It is reminiscent of the clamshell (or "flip phone") design of many earlier feature phones . Some variants of

2300-512: Was a smartphone that could fold outward into a single, uninterrupted tablet -sized display. The first Youm concept to make it to a production model was the Galaxy Note Edge —a phablet with a portion of the screen that sloped over the right-hand bezel. Speculation surrounding the development of folding phones using OLED displays began to emerge more rapidly in 2018. In January 2018, it was reported that LG Electronics had obtained

2350-399: Was composed by Joong-sam Yun and appears as music in the music library of most Samsung phones released since 2011. Prior to 2011, "Beyond Samsung" served as Samsung's trademark music track, while "Samsung Tune" was used as the default ringtone. The sound appears as the default ringtone , as well as the sound when the phone turns on or off (a snippet is used), and as a notification sound. While

2400-640: Was launched in June 2009 as Samsung's first Android powered device. At the time, the brand's flagship smartphone was the Samsung Omnia and its successor , powered by Windows Mobile. Omnia had been the second full-touch Samsung device running the TouchWiz user interface (after the Tocco ), but the Galaxy had an unmodified Google Android interface; the TouchWiz UI made its way to the Galaxy series with

2450-697: Was released on 2019. Samsung later announced the Galaxy Fit2, which is a follow-up of their first tracker from 2019. In 2024, Samsung would once again announce a new device in the Fit Line, known as the Fit3. Samsung announced the Galaxy Buds, which is the new replacement to the Gear IconX . . The first iteration was released on 20 February 2019. Subsequent Galaxy Buds iterations will be revealed during

2500-466: Was used until 2017, replaced by Samsung Experience . This was then replaced by One UI in 2019. The company has created many apps and services under the Galaxy brand specifically for these devices - many of which come preloaded - including the Galaxy Store which provides apps and customizations. Since late 2019, several Microsoft apps like Outlook also come preloaded on Galaxy as a result of

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