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Apple exec says Samsung copied Apple Apple exec says Samsung copied Apple The Wall Street Journal has made a documentary looking back at the 15 years of the iPhone. The documentary features journalist Joanna Stern interviewing top Apple execs, including the company’s marketing head Greg Joswiak. He was asked how Android OEMs, particularly Samsung, pulling the crowd with big-screen smartphones when iPhones still featured small screens influenced the company. “They [Samsung] were annoying,” Joswiak said....

In the US, the December SMR for the Galaxy Z Flip 4G is rolling out to both carrier-locked and unlocked models. The updated firmware versions for the two variants are F700USQS5HVL2 and F700U1UES5HVL2, respectively (via). The release is already available pretty widely on Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Xfinity Mobile, and Cricket Wireless networks. The remaining few carriers should also join in the act soon. Users with an unlocked 5G model of the Galaxy Z Flip in the US are also getting the December SMR....

Samsung talks about the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 design Samsung talks about the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 design The Galaxy Z Fold 4 sees a minor change in shape from the preceding model. It is now wider and shorter, making for a boxier design. This enables a wider outer screen, closer to a regular smartphone. The Galaxy Z Flip 4 is pretty much identical to last year’s Flip, but Samsung has made the edges flatter....

Essentially confirming that we’ll see foldables at this event next month, which was basically confirmed already. Dr. Roh talks about how they believe the “mainstream moment for foldable smartphones is here”, with the new Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Fold 4. Roh states that he “has worked my entire career as an engineer, and I have seen many innovations at Samsung that have pushed the limits of what’s possible with smartphones....

The report notes that release dates are subject to change, more so when you consider the current situation with semiconductor chips. The tech world is battling a chip shortage on a global scale. But the source of this information is quite confident that the Galaxy S22 is launching in February, so much so that the folks over at SamMobile “wouldn’t bet on a January release” for the new Samsung flagships. The report suggests that that Korean company is keeping the January window for the Galaxy S21 FE....