They have passed well 10 anni from the birth of first Samsung Galaxy smartphone; a range that has brought innovations and technological “magic” into the pockets of millions of people. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Galaxy family, let's walk through the history of the Korean giant's smartphones together.
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Samsung Galaxy: a birthday to celebrate
Every day we carry in our pockets a small jewel of development and technology capable of changing the world around us and interacting with other devices. Since the birth of the first mobile phone they have passed well 46 years, while only about ten years have passed since the release of the first smartphone. Despite their short development, these devices have undergone a great evolution from simple mobile phones to powerful pocket-sized computers.
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Over the years, many companies have been born that have influenced and helped the development of this continuous flow of progress. Among those that have managed to establish themselves the most we find Samsung: a South Korean company that is at the top in the branch of technological innovation.
Samsung, in addition to producing many devices, is one of the main market leaders for the production and creation of smartphones. Today, October 10 2019 let's celebrate the first decade of Samsung Galaxy smartphones together.
The history of the Galaxy: an ongoing evolution
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung launched into the now distant 2010 the first device Samsung Galaxy S. This smartphone was the first of a long series of devices that led the Korean company to success.
Galaxy S was equipped with one of the first versions of Android, 2.2. Froyo updated to 2.3.6. Gingerbread. It was equipped with a 4 ″ in resolution 800 × 480 pixels, the first display Super AMOLED on a Samsung smartphone. And this was precisely the great innovation of the Korean company, a screen that laid the foundations for those displays that we use every day today.
The AMOLED display, in addition to ensuring excellent viewing quality, guarantees the reduction of blue light for maximum visual comfort. Moreover, thanks to its particular matrix, it allows you to view dark contents (in particular black) with the maximum contrast. As we said above, the current smartphone coli almost all adopt this type of display, enriched by another 10 years of innovation and development by Samsung. Particular is the new screen Infinity O-Display of Samsung Galaxy S10 with a simple hole and extremely thin bezels.
Samsung Galaxy SII
After the much-loved S, his successor again becomes the bearer of numerous other innovations. Galaxy SII is remembered by all as the most daring and performing smartphone of the 2011.
In addition to adopting the evolution of the much-loved display, Samsung Galaxy SII brought the first processor into everyone's pockets Dual Core Exynos 4210. This processor allowed the smartphone to become a real lightning bolt by the standards of the time.
In addition, the custom interface of Samsung was already beginning to take shape TouchWiz, which we will analyze later. Galaxy SII was a sales success, reaching 28 million units sold in just a few months. In January 2013 the company announces that it has shipped more than 40 millions of devices.
Samsung Galaxy Note
The year after the release of the first Galaxy S, Samsung launched a device that would change the concept of smartphones dedicated to business. The device featured a huge 5.29-inch display in 1280 × 800 Super AMOLED resolution (a monster for the time) with support for Wacom technology. To make the most of this feature, Samsung introduced the first S Pen; a small pen to be extracted from the smartphone capable of detecting various levels of pressure for a fluid and realistic writing.
The first Note was equipped with an S Pen passive, without battery and limited to being a simple touch pen. It was also a generously sized accessory. Today, with the Galaxy Note 10, the S Pen has reached incredible levels of precision; now the nib is bluetooth and the smartphone recognizes gesture in aria projected from the pen. In addition, to recharge the S-Pen just insert it into the smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy SIII
In May of 2012 Samsung is now unstoppable and introduces its most popular product: the Samsung Galaxy SIII. Born as an obvious evolution of the Galaxy SII, the well-known device presents all new shapes inaugurated with the famous slogan "design for humans"; SIII presents some soft lines and a design that will serve as a guideline for all its successors. Made with plastic materials, the smartphone is the first to also receive a "Mini" variant.
Its success was also aided by some new ones smart features for the time, we remember: intelligent standby, gestures and movements to navigate the smartphone and other software goodies.
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Samsung Galaxy Note II
Along the lines of its predecessor, it comes out in September of 2012 the second version of the series Notes. The device follows the curved lines of the SIII showing everyone its massive 5.5 ”display with Wacom technology to take advantage of its beloved S Pen. The device was born with Android 4.1.1 and died with version 4.4.2 KitKat.
The smartphone for business begins to take shape more and more, while the S-Pen improves from generation to generation.
Samsung Galaxy S4
In April of 2013 esce Galaxy S4. The device arrives on the market loaded with new functions; with a new, more futuristic design and features that are the envy of all other smartphones, S4 becomes the umpteenth success of Samsung.
With its release, the first version of the now excellent debut S Health, Samsung's health app. Furthermore, S4 was capable of detecting the remote touch and gestures in the air (such as those of the Pixel 4) and to respond to precise commands: Smart scroll, Air view / Air gesture, S voice drive, S health, S Diary e Samsung WatchON. The display was now in FULL HD resolution with a diagonal of 5 “, covered with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with super sensitive technology to be used even with gloves.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
A fine dell 2013 the third version of the Note series is released. Galaxy Note 3 is the first Galaxy device to introduce Samsung's digital security platform called Samsung Knox; Integrated in production into the company's smartphones, tablets and wearables, Samsung's comprehensive security platform, Samsung Knox, gives Galaxy device users an simple and safe environment for the storage and management of sensitive data. Since its introduction, Samsung Knox has helped countless Galaxy users protect apps, photos, and other content from malware, viruses, and other threats. The data protected by Knox is encrypted and stored in a completely isolated way, in a secure location on the device to keep it private. This service is available today in every smart product of the company, protecting users from an ever-threatening virtual world.
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Samsung Galaxy S5
In February of 2014 Samsung is in great shape and introduces the new Galaxy S5. Remembered by all as a "patch" for its particular back texture, S5 was one of the first Samsung devices with resistance to water and dust. In addition, Galaxy S5 introduced the company's first biometric security system by integrating the home button fingerprint reader. The latter scanned the finger by swiping from top to bottom. A biometric authentication process subsequently abandoned over the years. To date, Samsung has developed other more complex forms of biometric authentication such as: the iris scanning, face and fingerprint reading with ultrasonic technology, to be used under the display.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 e Note Edge
The Note 4 is the first in the series to introduce premium materials. The frame is entirely made of aluminum, while the back still remains in plastic. He also integrates the fingerprint sensor and a sensor for the UV detection.
Furthermore, the Note Edge was the first smartphone from Samsung to anticipate what the company's prosperous future will be. Note Edge in fact it had a fully curved side, defined as "edge", which integrated functions and settling menus. It can be used to display several panels, including shortcuts for frequent applications, aggregation of notifications, news, sports etc. The definition we know today of curved screen was introduced with the successor of the S.
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Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and S6 Edge Plus
In 2015 Samsung amazes everyone with the release of the family S6. Featuring a unique design and made with premium materials (glass and metal), Galaxy S6 Edge proposes a display edge-to-edge, curvo in entrambi i lati, offering an immersive and unique vision.
Furthermore, the complete abandonment of plastic materials allows the company to add inductive charging to their devices. This revolution allows the S6 to recharge by simply placing the smartphone on an inductive charging pad. The S6 family was the first to be qualified for the fast wireless charging 2.0.
In addition, thanks to Samsung Knox and biometric authentication, S6 also introduces Samsung's payment method, called Samsung Pay. In addition to supporting payments via NFC, the app also supports the MST standard.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
After the great success of S6, Samsung also standardizes the Note series to the new design. Galaxy Note 5 is one of the most refined Notes, made of glass and metal.
Its peculiarity was the introduction of new features for the S Pen, a new ultra resolute display with reduced side bezels and a monstrous camera.
Unfortunately, it has never seen commercialization in Europe, remaining a smartphone dedicated to other markets.
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
After the great success of the Galaxy S6 family, Samsung begins to change its production and sales strategy. Instead of investing again in a completely different design, the company proposes one improved and more refined version of the previous devices with small but essential changes in the design. Here it is born Galaxy S7: with a design very similar to its predecessor, S7 improves all the small issues, added one camera even more performing and a more cared for. Also S7 comes again certified resistant to water and dust, a certification that was lost with the previous model.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 e Note FE
Along with the grandiose S7, Samsung, as usual, also reveals the new version of the Note series. This year there is a novelty: i Note products conform to the numerology of the S series, skipping device number 6.
Unfortunately, although the device turns out to be a perfect smartphone, some problems with the battery lead Samsung to the global device withdrawal. In addition to representing a financial loss to the company, his behavior has proven serietà and the desire to create and market safe and always functional devices.
Following the unwelcome event, Samsung re-launched Galaxy Note 7 under the name of Note Fan Edition (FE). The new device, identical to that of the previous year, had more updated software and the battery had been made safe. With this move by Samsung, thousands of models that are now destined for non-use have been spared.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus
After the sad event of Note 7, Samsung stands up leaving everyone open mouth. In April of 2017 presents Galaxy S8 and S8 +, the company's most popular smartphones. The two devices surprise for design, features and display. With a screen from the ratio 18: 9 in QHD resolution and curved and rounded edges, and with a design from very thin frames, S8 and S8 plus represent the state of the art for 2017. The retinal scan of Note 7, assisted by a mind blowing camera and a completely revamped interface.
Galaxy S8 and S8 plus allow you to expand the gaming experience and use of content, taking the smartphone category to a higher level. Also, S8 introduces Samsung's virtual assistant called Bixby, a new management of the Gear 360 e VR and the new desktop experience called Dex.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Along the lines of his brother S8, Notes 8 is the successor to the much discussed Note 7. With a design a 18:9 introduces one Improved and water resistant S pen. The S Pen of the Note 8 at the software level supports several new functions: Live Messages, Samsung Notes, Screen Off Reminder, Smart Select, Screen Write, Translator, Bixby Vision, Overview (Glance) and Magnifying glass. Finally, the Note series also returns to talk about itself with one of the most complete devices ever launched by Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus
Samsung continues to modify its best products and this is the turn of S9. The new smartphones don't change much from the predecessor, but they introduce a new display with even thinner bezels, a revolutionary camera with double variable opening and a new version of the biometric sensor. Galaxy S9 was the first smartphone to introduce a sensor for detecting the blood pressure, not just limited to heart rate. The most talked about novelty was the camera: in addition to offering a minimum aperture of F 1.5, the S9 can vary its aperture from F 2.4 to F 1.5 adapting to various light conditions. The camera also becomes a game tool, allowing the creation of custom emoticons is super slow motion a 920 fps. Furthermore, Samsung Dex also becomes available without the Dex base. For our review click here.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9
A few months after the release of the S9, the Note series expands with the Notes 9. The latter revolutionized the idea of S pen by introducing the former bluetooth stylus in the notes series. The new S pen features Bluetooth technology, wireless charging and new features. This independence from the smartphone allows it to be used as a simple remote control to take pictures, control presentations or other ... Note 9 also introduces artificial intelligence in the camera and unlimited 1tb storage.
If you want to know more about this smartphone, we invite you to read and watch our review.
Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, S10 Plus e S10 5G
After the success of the S9, Samsung is ready to amaze again: with S10 the company introduces a new type of display: l’Infinity O-Display. Samsung S10 features a beautiful super amoled panel with a small hole for the camera and bezels reduced to the bone. Furthermore, the cameras go from two on the S9 + to as many as three. A normal, one tele and one wide angle. In addition, Samsung renews the S10 lineup with the first model with 5G connectivity. The latter, in addition to an unrivaled navigation speed, also has a TOF camera for depth recognition. Read our review here.
S10 is the first smartphone from Samsung to officially introduce the ultrasonic fingerprint reader under the display and a new type of wireless charging: the power share mode. The latter allows you to use the S10 with a portable battery equipped with wireless charging to charge other smartphones or other devices like a real pad.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 e Note 10 Plus
The new, and current, top of the range of the Note series by Samsung represents the perfection in the mobile field of the last few years. Notes 10 is equipped with a practically borderless with a small central hole. There S- Pen now you can control the device with simple gesture in aria. In addition, new features have been added such as a long-lasting battery, new camera modes and a super optical stabilizer. Note 10 also introduces the Dex mode for PC and a close partnership with Microsoft. With 8 or 12 GB of ram, the Note 10 flies between applications in multitasking.
Read our review here
Touchwiz, Samsung Experience and One UI: a digital heart
Samsung has always been a brand that boasts one of the prominent positions for devices that adopt Android, the software Made by Google. Samsung's first device to adopt Android was the Samsung Galaxy, devoid of other denominations, forerunner and founder of the Galaxy series. For years Samsung has been producing the well-known devices Nexus, we remember Samsung Nexus S, Nexus and Google Nexus; devices equipped with Android in the Stock version produced by other companies but made in collaboration with Google.
Touchwiz
Samsung's desire to create its own custom interface begins to take shape already with the first Galaxy S. Samsung names this UI, Touckwiz; Samsung's skin is characterized by very realistic shapes and icons, far removed from today's material design. Sounds and animations are inspired by the nature and the details are always exaggerated. Precisely for this reason, TouchWiz has always been at the center of slowdowns and small lags due to the complexity of the interface in relation to the software installed in its devices.
With Samsung Galaxy SIII the touchwiz reaches its "peak" with the desire to refer the whole system (sounds, animations and icons) to elements of nature, such as water e light. With the arrival of Galaxy S4 the same philosophy is maintained, with unlock animations characterized by a ripple of water or a ray of sunshine. Thanks to Galaxy S5, Samsung, like other companies, begins to imagine one simplification of its UI, removing the most complex details to make way for a more global linearity. Despite this, the Touchwiz remains the element that most distinguishes the rich software of Galaxy smartphones.
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Samsung Experience
Every year Samsung modifies, improves and simplifies the historic interface. With the release of the innovative S8, the Korean company wants to get out of the ordinary by innovating also in the software: the touchwiz is replaced with the Samsung Experience. The latter is characterized by new icons, a new menu organization and a general simplicity of the whole smartphone. To celebrate the beginning of the era of more elongated devices, the whole interface is affected, including the font, by elements with a small upward trend. This design element allows you to make sense even of the screen that develops more vertically. In addition, new modes and applications are added, including: Samsung Dex, the personal area and other applications made by Samsung.
When the evolution of the much-loved S2018 comes out in 8, the interface seems to remain for once in Samsung's history, unchanged. For this reason, the Korean company amazes everyone with the presentation, a few months after the launch of the S9 and Note 9, of a new and innovative software interface: it's the turn of the beloved One UI.
One UI
The One UI is completely different from all previous Android skins made by Samsung: the interface is fluid, fresh, clean and minimal. One of the two features that have made One UI the best interface for Android smartphones, after the stock of course, is the graphic consistency between hardware and software. Samsung has been very careful with this detail: all system elements feature the same curvature adopted in screens of Samsung devices; each element respects its space and also the font has the same radius of curvature as the corners of the display. This is summed up in a perfect graphic consistency, which makes the smartphone pleasant to use.
Furthermore, the well-known Korean company has realized that current smartphones are too large to be used with one hand and has noticed that much of the display remains unused. For this reason he drew distribution of the menus again, dividing the screen into two blocks: the first, which is at the top, presents only the application name in large dimensions. The other block, at the bottom, is the interaction area which presents all the menus. With a simple swipe towards the other, the text can be hidden to return to a more basic view.
Now all of Samsung's interface is consistent with its devices and has become one of the best replacement for Android Stock. We also remind you that Samsung also produces wearable devices which, in turn, have software managed entirely by the company.
The One UI beyond the smartphone
Tizen OS is Samsung's proprietary software that has recently been updated with the arrival of the much-loved ONE UI. The operating system for wearble is characterized by rounded elements (obvious reference to the ring and the round screen of the wearble) with a preference for the dark tones favored by the amoled screen of the devices. Furthermore, the whole system is perfectly connected that the whole ecosystem of the company. For this topic, we refer you to our experiment with all Samsung devices that you can find by clicking here.
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Happy birthday Galaxy
Il October 10 2019 the XNUMXth birthday of Samsung's Galaxy series is celebrated. As we have seen together, the evolution has been continuous and each device has been essential to shape the future of the company itself. Although “a few” years have passed, the development that has seen smartphones as protagonists has been amazing. Samsung is one of the many companies that continues to present increasingly innovative products. This year Samsung wanted to give us a little taste of the future of mobile devices, with Samsung Galaxy Fold; the first device folding of the company (see our small preview). Although the technology behind the Fold is developing, Samsung's 10 years of innovation allow us to understand how nothing is impossible with the right technology and the most extravagant and ingenious ideas.
