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Samsung has offered the strongest indication yet that, despite telling investors that operating profit fell by a third in the latest quarter, its troubles could be over.

Samsung said sales were about 59 trillion Won (£ 39bn) ahead of the official announcement of its Q4 results, with operating profits of about 7.1 trillion won (£ 4.7bn).

This is more than an estimate of some analysts.

The Korean technology giant has endured several challenging quarters as relatively sluggish smartphone sales were compounded by a memory chip market crash. Samsung is the world's leading manufacturer in the field, with traditionally two-thided memory chips responsible for its profits.

The company provides many of its rivals, which means it is particularly susceptible to any downturn, while a declining data center market has hit the demand for server chips. In addition, higher inventories have led to a drop in prices.

Nevertheless, the company will be confident that, in addition to demand for 5 G handsets, the chip industry will be revived to reduce trade conflicts between the US and China. Rival Micron also predicted a rebound in the near future, claiming it had hit a "cyclical bottom" for its own shareholders.

The mobile business of Samsung is expected to gain significantly. It is expected to reveal a new foldable handset and a new version of the Samsung Galaxy S flagship at next month's event in San Francisco.

LG, like many brands, seems to be under the impression that more is better when it comes to smartphone cameras. At least, this is what the rear panel of the LG V60 ThinQ's newly leaked images suggest.

These images, shared on SlashLeaks, show a cut-out on the back that appears large enough for at least four camera lenses, one more than the LG V50 ThinQ or the LG G8.

The name ' V60 ThinQ' is printed on the back, so there's little question that we're looking at this here (although we'd still take the pictures with a pinch of salt), and the pictures show the phone in both black and white shades.

The only other major detail to note is that there is no visible fingerprint scanner, other than the camera and the color. There was a scanner on the back of both the LG V50 ThinQ and the LG G8, but this means that the LG V60 would switch it on-screen, like the LG G8X and many other phones.

Ironically, these images also look much like recently leaked sketches from the LG G9 ThinQ, which also display a similarly laid out quad-lens rear camera.

This means the two phones could be quite close, and they could also launch simultaneously, with a February announcement being expected at MWC 2020.

We don't know much about either handset yet, but both of them are likely to use the new Snapdragon 865 chipset, and at least one of them is likely to support Dual Screen accessories from LG. The LG V60 ThinQ is expected to be slightly more impressive–and costly–than the LG G9 ThinQ based on past shape.

It's not long before the Samsung Galaxy S11 is launched-we're awaiting an announcement from February 11-but the company may have unintentionally indicated a big new picture feature ahead of its launch.

The company appears to have leaked the codename for the phone on Samsung's website for the launch event. This codename was picked up by GalaxyClub, which found that the following URL contained the phrase ' Hubble-Bloom-Registration' when you signed up for email updates on the event in some regions.

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Read our Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite review Hubble and Bloom are two codenames we've heard before; the former has been referred to as the Galaxy S11 during production, and Bloom is probably the codename for the expected Galaxy Fold 2. We'd previously heard both titles, but this is the first time we heard it from Samsung's mouth itself.

We expected the Samsung Galaxy S11 to have Huawei P30 and Google Pixel4-style astrophotography mode due to the' Hubble' moniker (after the space telescope). Samsung patented a' Space Zoom ' software feature that sounds like it's designed to take pictures of celestial bodies.

Through releasing the Galaxy S11 codename, Samsung itself backs up speculation that this photography feature will come with its upcoming phones.

And what can we unpack the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 from the name ' Bloom?' Okay, not much, because when you open it, you might refer to any foldable phone as' blooming.'

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is about to get another version, as it has appeared on both a support page and a promotional list. Samsung is very interested in taking over the "latest 5 G tablet" launch, aiming to be ahead of the 5 G Huawei MatePad Pro.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 has been out for some time now, since August, but with a few cool price cuts, it's aged well. The version 5 G now provides an official support page. It is specs-free so we know what to expect. Codenamed SM-T866N, the device is also part of a promotion that Samsung organizes in her homeland. It's a series of bundles that include buying a Tab S5e, Galaxy Tab A, with or without an S Pen, as well as the Tab S6 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G.

The model is classified as "Coming Soon" and by the way, the promotion runs until 30 March 2020. We expect the same hardware under the fingerprint scanner and a Snapdragon 855 CPU between the Tab S6 and Tab S6 5 G including a 10.5 inch Super AMOLED screen. RAM is 6 or 8 GB, storage is 128 GB or 256 GB, plus a 7040 mAh battery. We also get an AKG setup with 4 speakers. Essentially, it's the same thing, plus an X50 5 G modem.

The S Pen that magnetically sticks to the rear is part of the same kit. Speaking of premieres, Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 already had one, as it was the screen's first HDR10 + -certified tablet in the world.

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