The Galaxy S30 in January 2021 seems real, and more tech news today

Your Tech News Digest via the DGiT Daily Tech Newsletter for Monday, October 19, 2020.

1. Galaxy S30 almost confirmed in January

The next major Samsung Galaxy S series Telephone doesn’t have a specific name yet. It is likely the Samsung Galaxy S30 series, but is it possible for Samsung to go with the S21 and align with calendar years? We do not know yet.

But that’s probably the least interesting thing about Samsung’s next big flagship release, and for now we’re just going to name the S30.

What happens is more surprising:

• The S30 can be released in January 2021.
• And a reliable leaker that has been spot on with the Galaxy S series lately, showed the basic S30 and the top specification S30 Ultra.

January?

• Last year, Samsung announced the S20 series on February 11th. The phones will go on sale in March, some time later.
• An announcement in January is therefore a jump, but not a jump as such. Ideally, the phone will also go on sale much faster.
• The reports first submitted by Korean media publications carry some weight. They cite the argument as Samsung trying to “take advantage of Huawei’s absence” as Huawei struggles to gain access to silicon, which is hindering its smartphone versions.
• Android Central then doubled in size by reporting a confirmed January release over the weekend. In doing so, it was found that this is the release that comes closest to an iPhone launch.
• So rely on the January 2021 start – release TBA!

Renderer:

Here’s the standard S30 first:

And here is the S30 Ultra in a helpful spinning gif:

• The camera burst, if it is accurate, becomes unwieldy. It’s the same for the iPhone, but the unbalanced nature just isn’t great. Personally, I don’t care too much that certain cases are fundamentally imperative on a new phone these days anyway, and that reduces any problem.
• Although there are no details on internal specs and hardware, we do have some numbers.
• According to Hemmerstoffer, the Galaxy S30 base or the standard model will have a 6.2-inch flat screen with a forward-facing pinhole camera.
• The S30 Ultra has the expected larger screen with a curve listed as “roughly between 6.7 and 6.9”.
• The Ultra also appears to have four camera sensors, with some leaks indicating two zoom lenses, as well as wide and ultra-wide sensors.
• Back to the internal specs, it would just be a surprise if the Galaxy S30 series didn’t include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset.
• Samsung has included the latest Qualcomm flagship in the Galaxy S series in the past, and there are no credible rumors to suggest it won’t happen again in 2021.
• One of the biggest gains with the Snapdragon 875 over the 865 is the expected built-in 5G modem (likely the X60 modem, which is still largely unknown).
• Just integrating the modem helps with internal smartphone designs, and battery life should be better too.
• This could make the S30 series take a big enough leap over the S20 series to be a super rewarding new smartphone version.

Buds 2: The other detail that shows up is that the S30 / S21 version will also include new earbuds in the Galaxy Buds 2. There isn’t much else to report right now.

2. Xiaomi is working on 80W wireless charging, which is very important if it is efficient (Android Authority).

3. Redmi’s boss wants to be like Apple and bring out a mini smartphone, but claims the battery life sacrifice is too much (Android Authority).

4. Extensive Huawei Mate 40 Pro leak gives us almost everything there is to know (Android Authority).

5. Why don’t we use NFC to the fullest extent possible? (Android Authority).

6. Pretty devastating Surface Duo test: “The Surface Duo is not good at anything and still brings with it a large part of the costs and complications of a folding smartphone” (Ars Technica).

7. The Citizen Browser Project: 1,200 Americans must be paid to install a custom web browser that will examine how Facebook and YouTube’s algorithms affect the spread of information and misinformation

8. Japan Joins US and Europe in Regulating Big Tech Firms: Antitrust Watchdogs (Reuters).

9. From everyone who makes Marie Kondo to “The Comforts of Clutter”, objects stored and accumulated can be a balm for uncertain times (NY Times).

10. You can work from a Ferris wheel in the Japanese theme park. Including uncomfortable looking picture! (CNET).

11. You can get closer to this coronavirus – it’s made of glass (wired).

12. Computer scientists break the traveling salesperson record by a tiny amount with a big impact (Wired). Pleasant quote: “The problem of the traveling salesman is not a problem, it is an addiction.”

13. NASA will land on the asteroid Bennu tomorrow. The collection of touch-and-go samples will take place around 3:12 p.m. More details here! (NASA).

14. A disturbing twinkie who has so far defied science (npr.org)

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