In a series of tweets posted shortly after the iPhone 14 launch last week, Samsung took a dig at its arch-rival with a few fun facts about its Galaxy devices. “What the Flip, Apple?” the first tweet says, adding that Samsung has been “flexing for two years, five months, and 20 days”. That’s a reference to its first Flip series foldable. The tweet also features the Galaxy Z Flip 4. The second tweet highlights the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and contains the same jibe at Apple....

Just a couple of weeks ago, Samsung kick-started the rollout of the January 2022 security update for its devices. Notably, popular mid-ranger, the Samsung Galaxy A51, was the first device to receive the update. Over the past few days, the latest security patch has already landed on multiple high-end phones. Fast forward to now, it is time for the 2020-flagship series, the Galaxy S20, to be served with the latest security update....

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 is receiving the June security update in the US with firmware version F711USQU2DVEE. The rollout should reach all users with a carrier-locked variant of the phone within a few days. Samsung has already confirmed that this month’s release contains fixes for over 70 vulnerabilities. These include generic Android bugs as well as issues that only affect the Korean firm’s Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Several of those issues are labeled to be of critical severity....

The Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming monitor is a 55-inch gaming monitor, that can also rotate to portrait mode. Making for a really immersive experience. It’s a gaming monitor, so of course, it has a high refresh rate. We’re looking at 165Hz here, on a 4K display. Making it a really impressive looking display for gamers out there. Next up, the LG OLED evo C2 TV is now $950 off. This is for the 83-inch model, which is normally $4,946....

The results show that smartphone shipments jumped to 1.3 billion units in 2021, an increase of 3.4% compared to 2020. The industry reached this figure even with a 6.7% reduction in Q4 2021 sales. Samsung dominated the shipments throughout 2021, experiencing a 5.9% year-over-year (YoY) growth. Despite coming in at #6, manufacturer Realme witnessed the highest YoY growth of 48.6%, with Motorola registering 44.2% growth in shipments compared to 2020. Omdia notes (via GSM Arena) that LG’s departure from the mobile industry has benefited Motorola....