High storage capacity is often among the most important choices when purchasing a smartphone. However storage technology It is an issue that should not be overlooked. Today, most Android phones and mobile devices, especially flagship models, use Universal Flash Storage (UFS) technology.
Samsung announced the UFS 4.0 technology, which is the successor of UFS 3.1, the latest version of UFS. With sequential read speeds of up to 4,200MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2,800MB/s, the new storage utilizes Gen 7 V-NAND memory with a controller from Samsung.
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Delivers 46 percent more power efficiency
UFS 4.0 technology offers 46 percent more power efficiency than the previous generation, twice as much as UFS 3.1 per lane It supports up to 23.2 Gbps. In the statement on the subject, Samsung stated that thanks to this feature, UFS 4.0 is perfect for 5G smartphones that require large amounts of data processing.
UFS 4.0, which is expected to be used in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and automotive applications, can be configured to support up to 1 TB of storage. In other words, we can say that smartphones with 512 GB and 1 TB capacities will take more place in our lives in the coming years.
Mass production in Q3
Samsung has announced that it will put its UFS 4.0 storage into mass production in the third quarter of the year. Therefore, we can predict that the new technology will be used in smartphones that will be released towards the end of the year or in the first quarter of 2023.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Z Fold 4 models will also have UFS 4.0 technology.