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Galaxy S10 Phone in Banks Blacklist for Fingerprint Security

reporter 1222 — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:18:57 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Some banks have decided to prevent Galaxy S10 owners from downloading and using their apps from the Play Store or disabled the fingerprint log-in option after reports of security flaws of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the Samsung phones.

Just a few days ago, reports began circulating about how easily the security of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the Samsung Galaxy S10 series could be bypassed to unlock the device.

In this regard, Samsung has promised to address the issue in an upcoming software update, but in the meantime, some banks have taken matters into their own hands by either preventing Galaxy S10 owners from downloading and using their apps from the Play Store or disabling the fingerprint log-in option, David Oh wrote in AndroidPolice.

“Apparently, all one has to do is place a screen protector on top of the display and press down on the sensor area with any finger. According to some Reddit users from the United Kingdom, two UK banking institutions — NatWest and Nationwide Building Society — have already implemented countermeasures intended to protect affected Galaxy users. In the case of NatWest, its banking app was removed from the Play Store for Galaxy S10 owners until Samsung fixes the security issue.

“Nationwide Building Society is taking a less drastic approach and simply disabling the fingerprint log-in option from inside the app. In the same Reddit thread, a user from Israel also reported having the fingerprint log-in option removed from his or her banking app, as well.

“As far as we know, US banks have yet to implement such countermeasures. On my Galaxy S10+, for instance, I’m still able to use the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor to log in to several banking apps, including Chase and PayPal.

“According to Samsung, the devices that are vulnerable to this ultrasonic fingerprint sensor bypass method are the Galaxy Note 10, Note 10+, S10, S10+, and S10 5G models. Samsung claims the software update containing the security fix will be released as early as this week and asks its users to rescan their fingerprints afterward.”

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Galaxy S10 may include next-gen memory chips that are 1.5x faster

reporter 1222 — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:00:50 +0000

Way back in July, Samsung unveiled its next-generation LPDDR5 DRAM chips. These offer significant performance improvements over the current LPDDR4 chips but are yet to be used inside smartphones. According to one tipster, though, this could change with the Galaxy S10.

When compared to the current-gen chips, the LPDDR5 standard brings a significant 1.5x performance boost to the table. This translates into a whopping raw data transfer rate of 51.2GB per second.

On a day-to-day basis, this will improve features such as 4K video capture, editing, and playback. Moreover, with artificial intelligence becoming a key element of devices, AI functions should now be faster and much more efficient. The new chips will also play an important role when 5G networks arrive due to the massive increase in transferable data.

As with most new technologies, LPDDR5 chips will also improve battery life. They have been engineered to lower voltage whenever less data is required. Furthermore, a new “deep sleep mode” allows for a 30% reduction in power consumption.

Considering the higher price tag that these chips command, Samsung may choose to limit their use to the premium Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10 5G. This means that the smaller Galaxy S10E may stick to LPDDR4 chips. It is worth noting, however, that the flagship processor will be retained, so the performance drop shouldn’t be as noticeable if this strategy is indeed adopted.

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Next year’s affordable Galaxy S10 to come with 64GB of base storage

reporter 1222 — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 04:30:20 +0000

Word on the street is Samsung is going to follow into Apple’s footsteps and not only ditch the headphone jack from the Galaxy S10, but also release three different versions of its next flagship forerunners. This will be a gradual evolvement over Samsung’s previous flagship releases, which had the company release two devices on the regular. The third version will be a more traditional Galaxy devoid of the premum features that would make it to the S10 and S10 Plus, but also possibly carry a lower price tag.

Now, we already seem to know a lot about all three of Samsung’s 2019 flagship phones, including the affordable so-called ‘Lite’ one, which will most likely be rolling under the SM-G970x model number. The latest hearsay claims that the base storage of that one will be pegged at 64GB, which is an adequate starting tier for most phones theses days anyways.

Also, we have no reasons to believe the microSD card slot will be removed, so data hoarders that jump on that one will likely have their options for memory expansion nonetheless. However,the rumor mill has it that the other two Galaxies, known as SM-G973x and SM-G975x, will arrive with as a whole lot of 128GB of native storage from the get-go, following right into the Galaxy Note 9’s footsteps. It’s yet unlcear if they’d also come with as much as 512GB of storage like the latest Note phablet.

Aside from amping up the base storage itself, the next generation of the Galaxy family is tipped to arrive with triple-camera setups and ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanners. However, the affordable Galaxy is most certainly keeping a single camera and a rear-positioned fingerprint scanner for cost-cutting reasons – think of it as Samsung’s upcoming iPhone XR.

Traditionally, we expect Samsung to announce its next flagsiphs sometime before next year’s MWC trade show in Barcelona, Spain, which is set to take place February 25-28.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Rumored to Bring Major Design Changes

reporter 1222 — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 10:30:31 +0000

Reports suggest significant” design overhaul for the upcoming Galaxy S10, as Samsung’s mobile division CEO, DJ Koh, talked briefly about the product.

Before we go further we’d like to ask you to take this with a serious dose of skepticism. Why? Because, for starters, it is really too early for Galaxy S10 rumors, even if they claim DJ Koh as the source. Second, it is not clear where all of this happened, and we can’t be certain of the veracity of the information.

AndroidHeadlines reports that DJ Koh has talked to the Chinese media earlier this week. Where and how that happened is unknown, as the only source is a Weibo thread. If you haven’t already lost your appetite for this bit, let’s continue. The report claims that the executive hinted a “significant” design overhaul for the upcoming Galaxy S10. There’s also a hint towards “amazing” colors. That’s all there is to mention, PocketNow reported.

It is known that Samsung has been using a yearly cycle for the Galaxy S flagship. However, only every second generation S-smartphone brings a design change, and Samsung introduced that with the Galaxy S8, and reused it with the Galaxy S9. Regardless of what the rumors above indicate, next year is the year for a design change.

Whether it will be dramatic, or more cosmetic, is unknown. As we heard this summer, there might be no Galaxy S11moving forward. The report didn’t indicate that Samsung was killing the line-up, but rather changing the naming scheme. Apparently, it will be easier and more desirable to adopt the scheme used by Huawei, when the company released the P20 instead of the P11 to follow the P10. Similarly, the Galaxy S11 might not happen, but we could see a Galaxy S20 in 2020, which would make sense.

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