Samsung is undoubtedly killing it when it comes to software updates. The company had only last year announced 3 years of OS updates for its S and A series, but surprised everyone recently by extending it to 4 years for the latter. And as if that’s not enough, a new clue shows that the Galaxy A series could be entitled to the same as well — with 4 years of Android updates and 5 years of security updates.

While the official US press release, which most of the global media had referred to, had omitted the A series from the improved update policy, the Samsung Netherlands site suggests otherwise.

The Dutch version of the press release says that the new update policy will also apply to “select devices in the upcoming A series.” If not some weird typo, this would be a total game-changer as almost every other OEM provides no more than merely 2 Android updates for their mid-range devices.

It remains to be seen if the upcoming Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A73 will be eligible for 5 years of updates as well. The duo isn’t the most premium from the A series and may not make the cut considering Samsung has limited the extended software support to select devices from the lineup only.

However, the A5x series has always been one of the most popular devices from Samsung, so we wouldn’t be surprised if the upgraded update policy actually ends up applicable to it as well. Still, we should be getting more clarity on the matter in the coming days, so stay tuned.

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The Samsung Galaxy A and Galaxy M series of smartphones have been a great success for the company, selling millions of units globally. However, a new report has suggested that some of these models might be suffering from a mysterious bug.

Apparently, a number of users of certain Galaxy A and Galaxy M series of handsets have claimed that these smartphones suffer from a peculiar issue that causes their devices to freeze up and restart automatically. According to SamMobile, owners of the Galaxy M30s, Galaxy M31, Galaxy M31s, Galaxy A50, Galaxy A50s, and Galaxy A51 smartphones in India have recently come forward about suffering from this issue.

As per the Galaxy A and M users, their handsets tend to freeze up and hang often. Furthermore, the devices are also plagued by frequent auto restarts as well. These issues are a major nuisance to the users who also claimed that their devices have also gotten stuck in a boot loop before and don’t go past the South Korean tech giant’s logo at the startup. Notably, some users that went to Samsung service centers have reportedly been told that they might need to have the motherboards of their smartphones replaced.

This would cost them over 100 US Dollars. The Galaxy M and Galaxy A series are usually known for their mid range smartphones, which is quite popular in India. So it is understandable that not many would go through with the motherboard replacement for that hefty price of repairs that could just be an underlying issue not discovered by the company yet. Hopefully, the brand can acknowledge this issue that could be affecting a number of other customers and offers a fix, or at least, a free of cost repair.

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South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to start including Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) on the mid-range Galaxy A series from next year. Before now, OIS is only included in the flagship Galaxy S and Note series. However, the company had started including the feature on some of the upper models in the Galaxy A series.

Reports emanating from South Korea indicate that the company is now planning to expand the availability of OIS on its smartphones to the entire Galaxy A series models from next year. Optical image stabilization involves mounting a gyro sensor on the camera module which moves the lens in the opposite direction to counter any form of shakes or movements, thereby maintaining stability. OIS is usually applied to the main rear camera in most smartphones.

This year, the Galaxy A series models that came equipped with OIS include the Galaxy A72 packing a 64-megapixel camera, the Galaxy A52 also equipped with a 64-megapixel sensor, and the Galaxy A22 4G which packs a 48-megapixel camera. All other models in the series such as the Galaxy A32 4G/5G, Galaxy A22 5G, and Galaxy A42 utilize autofocus (AF) with lower performance than OIS.

Samsung has in recent times been losing market share to Chinese manufacturers such as Xiaomi who offer high-end smartphones at pocket-friendly prices. The move to expand the OIS usage is in a bid to strengthen the competitiveness of its mid-range segment.  Even Apple is expected to bring OIS to the budget iPhone SE 5G that is rumored to be released later this year.

The Korean company recently invested 150 billion won in Jaeyoung Solutech, a secondary parts supplier for its smartphones. The company announced a few days back that it would enter the OIS camera module market with plans to supply OIS camera modules to Samsung Electronics as early as the fourth quarter.

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