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phoenixofash · 2 years

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ok we have to take a moment to appreciate the execution of Callums...questionable... character arc (Season 4 spoilers, of course.)

- in the end credits of Rebirthday, the painting of Callum and Ezran has them standing in the same positions as Viren and Harrow, suggesting that they're in the same positions of perceived/actual power.

- Callums dedication to translating the runes highlights the downward spiral of his intentions as a mage: it borders on obsessive. We can see this in Breathtaking, where it is inferrable that he oversleeps after Rayla's return due to being overworked.

- the most obvious one takes place in Through the Looking Glass, when Zubeia recounts her experience with the mirror and Aaravos. Most specifically, her saying "Aaravos chose as his instruments people who had strong minds and strong hearts," which, let's be honest, the past 3 seasons have confirmed Callum to have, before the camera cuts to the man himself as she continues, "but those who had an insatiable thirst and fascination with magic." Here we can see him gazing into the mirror, as if searching for a final part of himself in there.

- the return of Rayla in itself is done brilliantly. Callums anger and conflict for it, and his feelings for her, is reasonable. It is human, something that is painfully obvious of him. But, on the flipside, it is this anger that exacerbates his downward spiral. He is painfully vulnerable, and withdraws from anything that could show this.

- his arc definitely peaks in Beneath the Surface, where in the scene remeniscent of LoTR: Return of the King, Callum is faced with the moral dilemma of letting go of the Key of Aaravos, destroying what gave him his power and position for the greater good, or keeping it for himself and maintaining his only sense of identity. By keeping it, he fully succumbs to the influence of Aaravos. He's a puppet for him, albeit subtly, because of the item he holds. We now know, without a doubt, that his insecurity of his position in society (step-prince, step-mage) is exploitable.

- "He a friend of yours?" "Not anymore." right at the beginning of Escape From Umber Tor can show two things: the grip Aaravos has on Claudia, isolating her, alongside the fact that Callum has become unrecognisable in character.

#the dragon prince #the dragon prince spoilers #tdp season 4 #tdp callum #tdp soren #rayllum #king ezran #tdp zym #the dragon prince viren #rayla the dragon prince #this man is unhinged #and a little fucked up #tdp claudia #tdp commentary

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venusluvrr · 3 years

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The Psychological Horror Manhwa “Killing Stalking” is not a Romance, but an Emotional Series Depicting the Codependent Relationship Between Two Ill Individuals

Content Warning!!: contains mentions of sexual abuse (rape) and mental illness.

Killing Stalking is an immensely twisted webcomic series, mainly popular within the Yaoi community for its boy on boy focused plotline. The story follows characters Yoon Bum (Bum), a shy, scrawny young man with a haunting past filled with abuse, and Oh Sangwoo (Sangwoo), a younger man who also has a quite damaging upbringing but masks it perfectly with his vibrant, extroverted personality. After being saved from a rape attempt during his time serving in the military, Bum develops a crush on his saviour, Sangwoo, from which an unhealthy obsession starts to arise and he eventually finds himself locating and breaking into the man’s home one day when he’s out. When he does, he discovers a terribly injured woman being held captive in his basement, and with further evidence, soon comes to the realization that his crush is actually a serial killer -- hence the name “Killing Stalking,” as Sangwoo kills and Bum stalks. For a very specific reason though, Sangwoo decides not to kill the man that had been stalking him, and instead holds him hostage in his custody. From here, the story goes into exceeding depth of the abnormal, toxic, and manipulative relationship the two form during their time spent together. By just the mere description of it, it’s a bit concerning to know that a large portion of readers still support Sangwoo and Bum’s relationship. In other words, they believe they truly loved each other and that the story was not only horror fiction but a romance as well. One could easily come to this conclusion by basing their relationship on the few parts within the novel where they showed affection towards each other -- for example when Bum allows Sangwoo to hug him to sleep when he suffered through the night, or my personal favourite, when Sangwoo buys Bum a stuffed frog keychain after finding out that he had an affinity for such creatures. But we cannot simply dismiss the underlying factors of their relationship because of some cute things they did that made our heart melt -- Sangwoo still abused Bum at his leisure which makes those moments quite meaningless in the sense of it all. What Sangwoo and Yoonbum shared can’t be classified as “love,” because even with their peculiar bond and endearing moments, the psychological damage they both endured played a bigger part in the way they perceived each other.

Many toxic relationships start out lovely and glamorous until the couple have become comfortable enough to start revealing some bad habits, but in Sangwoo and Bum’s case, they were already off to a bad start, as the reason they remained with each other was solely for reasons pertaining to their poor mental health.

At the time Sangwoo saved Bum in the military, Bum still suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) -- a disorder he inferrably developed due to the fact that he grew up being constantly physically and sexually abused by the people around him. People with this illness may easily develop an infatuation for a person who shows them even the least bit of care; It can reach the point where they begin to idolize them and see them almost as a perfect human being -- which is exactly how Bum viewed Sangwoo after he helped him to escape a rape attempt. The likely specific term for what Sangwoo was to Bum is a Favourite Person (FP). To an individual suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, their FP is everything -- their self-worth, identity and emotional dependency all rely on this one person, making them the center of their lives. In contrast to this sincere fondness, the only reason Sangwoo kept Bum alive was because of the man’s resemblance to his late mother -- the one person in his life who he truly loved. While his father was abusive and negligent, his mother tried her best to care for her son even while her own mental stability wasn’t so great either. Even though it was implied that he was responsible for the murder of both his mother and father in high school -- getting away with it scotch-free because of how perfectly executed his plan was -- he still shared a special bond with the woman, allowing her existence follow and continue to torutue him mentally as he grew older. When he saw Yoonbum, he felt as if she had been somewhat resurrected, or at least he could pretend so by dressing him up in his mother’s clothes and making him cook and do the chores; He also played the husband role by abusing and assaulting Bum just as his father did to his mother -- mostly just out of his own nature. Sangwoo had his own issues, “mommy issues,” and he initially needed to keep Bum alive so he could fulfill his own longing desires. Knowing the man’s character though, things wouldn’t end there and instead headed down a very gruesome and frightful path.

The very reasons that the two were drawn to each other we’re even more evident the longer they lived under the same roof. While Yoonbum continued to recall the perfect image he had of Sangwoo in his head, Sangwoo continued to manipulate the man in order to satisfy his own needs. A healthy relationship cannot be based on deceit, because one person will end up victimized instead of loved.

Oh Sangwoo is a sadistic sociopath with a history of kidnapping, abusing, raping and torturing innocent people, and because of his illness, he shows feels and shows no remorse for his actions and even proceeds to kill off his victims as they pleaded in objection. What some people don’t understand is that when Sangwoo met Bum, the only reason he treated him differently was not because he thought of him as special, but because he had a personal agenda that included making Bum think that was the truth and that he was indeed the favoured victim among many. It’s no surprise with the man’s manipulative personality that he would enjoy planting a lie in Bum’s head to make him stay and continue to do as he says, and this is confirmed whenever he returned back to his old destructive habits even after showing the man acts of affection. Yes, Sangwoo spared Bum’s life, clothed him and fed him, but as their bond grew, his narcissistic attitude was still more apparent than ever.

Upon meeting Bum for the first time, Sangwoo didn’t hesitate to aggressively break his ankles to prevent his mobility, he left the man within the dark confinement of his basement for a certain period of time before letting him out only after he had gained his trust. He made him sit in a chair to wash dishes and make dinner because he could no longer stand. Sangwoo also constantly dragged Bum down with derogatory words and statements every chance he could get, this included calling him a “retard,” and referring to him as a “disgusting” and “filthy” human being. As confirmed by the author, Sangwoo is also heterosexual, which is further proved by the homophobic remarks he made towards a significantly older man who was sexually attracted to him while murdering him with Bum’s aid. This fact alone is another one that should justify a strong point that demonstrates the true hostility of their relationship -- Yoonbum never gave his consent to have sex with Sangwoo, nor did he allow it to happen because “he wanted it.” He specifically used phrases such as, “No,” “Stop,” and “It hurts,” implying that sometimes there was no mutual agreement when they had sex and Sangwoo had actually raped him several times.

People with Borderline Personality Disorder have been reported to have difficulties seeing the faults in their partner -- this explains why Bum still held on to him. He chose to stay when he had the chance to escape, and with tears rolling down his face from excruciating pain he still told Sangwoo he loved him. In a scene where Bum is left alone with the police as they investigate the suspicions they have surrounding him, he questions them saying, “Could you kiss somebody like me? Could you love somebody like me?” As he believes nobody but Sangwoo could answer yes to those two questions, convinced that Sangwoo really does have feelings for him. It’s saddening to know that the poor man had successfully been lured into a trap, and because of his mental health it would be much harder for him to realize it.

To the readers that think, “Sangwoo and Yoonbum needed each other,” -- You’re not completely wrong. They did need each other in the way that they found somewhat of a saneness from each other’s presence, each using one another to each other’s benefit. But being together at the same time built on their insanity, as the presence of Sangwoo’s mother seemed to grow even more prevalent with Bum, who resembled her, also in the picture, and Yoonbum growing so unhealthily attached to Sangwoo that he constantly feared of abandonment and turned the sociopath into the only source of his happiness. They needed each other, but not for the right reasons. They were attached to each other, but there was no love, otherwise it would reflect throughout the story. One of the most debate-worthy scenes that challenge this fact is when Sangwoo is reported by an old lady in the hospital, the one that had ended his life, that he was calling out Bum’s name throughout the night as he lay in his deathbed. Those were his final words, and Yoonbum’s final word was also Sangwoo’s name before he was very well implied to have been hit by a car while he chased an illusion of the man he “loved.” Even I almost felt that this was solid proof that even through the tough and terrible of their relationship, deep inside, the two really were in love but could not express it in the right way due to their mental health issues -- after all, what someone makes of their final moments before death is much more meaningful than most of what they've done in their life entirely. But I came to realize that the only way I could support this relationship would be if they had met in an alternate universe where they did not suffer from such dreadful childhood trauma that made them into the hurting individual they had become before meeting each other. As difficult as it is for me to picture the two with different partners, it would be best if the two had not met at all as they only fed into the severity of their conditions.

#killing stalking #sangwoo #yoonbum #yaoi #horror #manhwa

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preservationandruin · 3 years

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Rhythm of War Liveblog, Part One Part Three (Chapters 9-11)

Alright, sorry for the long wait--I have notes through Part Two, but I’m going to transcribe them without too much commentary on events that happened later, even though now--putting it on a computer--I’m further in the book. Anyway, let’s get this going! Kaladin continues to have a bad day, Navani gets a pen pal, Shallan and Adolin read someone else’s diary, Kaladin is forced to take a vacation, and we check in with Venli and the Long Con.

The epigraphs confirm that pewter continues the pattern of fabrial cages working like allomancy, so that’s just A Thing. Meanwhile, Kaladin is not taking things particularly well. Syl and Teft both try checking in on him, but he rebuffs them; Syl notes that this feels worse than his usual depressive episodes and that it seems like he lives for stormlight, which led me to theorize that Odium was doing some influencing of him and that Stormlight--and Urithiru, when he’s there--disrupts it. Syl also asks how Moash knew about Honor Chasm, which is a good point--Kal says he probably mentioned it around the fire, but that doesn’t seem likely to me. Of course, I could be forgetting things, but Kaladin was always very tight-lipped about that moment in particular. Kaladin also notes that his memories of the good times with Bridge Four seem muted and less distinct, and again it’s hard to tell if that’s mundane depression or the influence of something More. Meanwhile, Navani is in her Floating Research Orb, which is the best thing ever. it’s just an orb with points on the ends that she can use as a study while flying and I want one immediately but with windows. She’s speculating on how Soulcasters work, because they break a lot of the conventional rules of Fabrials--they don’t have a trapped spren visible in the normal world, although in Shadesmar they appear to have inert sentient spren attached to them. Which...uh....is troubling, to say the least. Just a theory here, but could those trapped spren be inkspren? It would explain some of why Ivory’s people are so against bonding Radiants, if at some point humans captured a lot of them to make Soulcasters. Also, they’re one of two spren linked to orders who can Soulcast, and I feel like if they were Cryptics someone would recognize them. Anyway, Navani notes that the depowering fabrial uses the same four-garnet design as the pillar in Urithiru, and we get some of how she’s trying to figure out how to make the pillar work again. (also, it must be noted, Dalinar is being flown by one of the Windrunners and has to wear a mask to stop his face from freezing off, and that’s just a very funny mental image. Navani also apparently tried to convince the windrunners that flying feet-first would be more aerodynamic). Anyway this is about when she notices the gem for a spanreed stuck on the bottom of her desk and flashing, and when she hooks it up, she gets...an interesting message, in cramped handwriting:

You are the monster Navani Kholin. You have caused more pain than any living person. [...] You capture spren. You imprison them. Hundreds of them. You must stop. Stop, or there will be consequences.

GUYS, WE MIGHT BE GETTING INTO FABRIAL ETHICS AND I’M SO EXCITED. Navani points out that the sentient spren don’t see the captured spren in fabrials as being hurt, instead more as animals of burden a la chulls, and even the honorspren agree--to which the mysterious pen pal replies that the honorspren can’t be trusted.

So, that’s ominous, and really interesting. When getting into the ethics of fabrials we get some really interesting places--what rules do spren have for sentience? Do they have a standard? Do humans of Roshar have a standard? After all, the parshmen were considered almost nonsentient, and that wasn’t true at all. I’m very excited to see where this goes. Meanwhile, Shallan and Adolin are cuddling in a carriage and discussing what happened. Adolin, understandably, has trouble differentiating between the various underground organizations on Roshar--Ghostbloods, Sons of Honor, Skybreakers, etc. That’s very fair, there are a lot of shady bastards running around. He also knows that Shallan is still hiding things, but trusts her to tell him eventually.

Guys, I just really love Adolin and the way he’s just. A caring and good person. Adolin Kholin appreciation hours are all hours, always, on this blog. Anyway Shallan goes on to explain some of the deal with the Ghostbloods--that they have inscrutable goals, that they sunk the ship back in Words of Radiance, and that they killed Ialai, meaning they have someone in Shallan and Adolin’s people. While she’s saying this, though, we get that there’s something else going on inside Shallan--she’s terrified that if she tells someone her entire background, they’ll leave, and around those fears is the potential for another alter--Formless--who scares all of them, even Veil. Also Shallan shows Adolin Ialai’s notebook, which he cannot read because he remains illiterate and that remains hilarious to me. The only illiterate Kholins right now are Adolin and the five year old and Gavinor has the excuse of being a five year old. Anyway, we get this interesting bit of notation:

“Like this page--a list of terms or names [Ialai’s] spies had heard. She was trying to define what they were.” Shallan moved her finger down the page. “Nalathis, Scadarial, Tal Dain. Do you recognize any of those?”

This is hilarious because while Adolin doesn’t recognize them, that quote is a direct nod to the fans, who will recognize those names--even transliterated to better match Alethi name structure, they’re the other planets of the Cosmere. Adolin and Shallan try to connect Nalathis to Nalan, which makes some sense but mostly just has me very amused. Can you imagine Nale on Nalthis? He would hate it. He would HATE it.

In any case, it’s only after the entire conversation that Shallan realizes that while she meant to tell Adolin she was a Ghostblood, she hadn’t done that at all, which is...interesting, again. I’m keeping note of these times that Shallan does something she can’t explain.

We go over to Kaladin for the next chapter, where we open with Kaladin informing one of the honorspren--the only one they have who isn’t bonded--to try to work with Rlain, who none of the spren have worked with so far because...spren racism. I mean, I get the hesitance, but come on. Come on.

And then we get the real meat of the chapter, because Dalinar takes Kaladin off of active duty, and Kaladin takes that about as well as could be expected.

Dalinar cites Kaladin’s “battle fatigue”--I’m fairly sure we would call it PTSD--as the reason to pull him off the line, and he’s completely right in terms of his logic. Kaladin very clearly has the initial reaction that is also inspired by trauma, because this is yet again a ilghteyed person of power taking Kaladin’s decisions and agency away from him, but--and he even recognizes this the more the conversation goes on--Dalinar, unlike the ones before him, is doing this out of genuine concern for Kaladin and also because, as a commanding officer, he has to take Kaladin off of the field.

There’s no real good call in this situation, and I think Dalinar made the best one. Taking away what Kaladin sees as his only purpose while he’s relapsing is bad--but leaving him on the field when it clearly isn’t good either for him or for the force he’s working with, and could lead not only to Kaladin’s death but the deaths of other people around him.

We also get more Kaladin introspection, and the fact--stated explicitly now, although it’s been inferrable for a while--that Kaladin thinks there’s something broken about him because he couldn’t swear the Fourth Ideal.

I swear to god, the Fourth Ideal is going to be something about accepting that you can’t save everyone. It’s the only thing that thematically makes sense--it would be a very difficult ideal to swear, particularly given that Windrunners are so dedicated to saving everyone; the Fourth Ideal seems to most likely be the one that gives you Plate, and accepting that you can’t save everyone is the mental step needed to defend yourself from the exact burden Kaladin is breaking under right now--if you feel like you have to save everyone you are going to break, sooner rather than later, and you have to accept that that will sometimes be impossible.

We’re going to see him swear this this book, I am confident we are going to see that this book.

And then we have our first Venli POV! We get a brief description of the hierarchy of the Singers--Singers are lowest, and then Regals like Venli who have Forms of Power, and then Fused, who kill their hosts as they take it over, then thunderclasts and Unmade.

Because everyone is at two degrees of separation at most, Venli is working as the Voice for Leshwi--working in these unsteady, tall watchtowers that have been constructed around Alethkar for the Fused to live in, although only the strongest get rooms at the top of the towers. Leshwi is one of those strongest, not only because of her power but also because she’s kept her sanity mostly intact, unlike many of the Fused.

Venli’s in envoyform, still, which is interesting because it lets her not only speak many languages, but also to understand full intent from the briefest notes of what Leshwi is saying, which is cool. We also get what her goals are, for the moment--she wants to build a dissident group of Singers, a group who could rebuild the Listeners and become a separatist group who follow neither the Fused nor the humans.

Which is interesting. I don’t think it’s going to work--this war is all-consuming, and it’s going to be very hard to fit yourself into a neutral position, especially because Odium and his side are looking for total control. They’re not going to allow people to just walk away.

But I respect Venli for trying. We get some more insight into her powers--she can use stormlight and voidlight, although if she does too much she draws the secretspren who discover Knights Radiant, and she can peer into Shadesmar without drawing their attention.

And then Leshwi barges in to say that something has happened, drawing the war to a new and dangerous point.

#row liveblog #row spoilers #navani kholin deserves better #venli and the long con #protect kaladin stormblessed 2k20 #adolin kholin is a ray of sunlight

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ladytauria · 5 years

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*What if… Nova blowing him up was what caused him to have no cybernetics?* Dang. I didn't even think about that. Nova and Mandarin have the most brutal background with each other. It's even more of a hostile relationship when you remember that when it came to Clone Mandarin, Nova's the one who gave him the most savage beat down then other HF member has. Inside the worm after she saves Chiro she just glares at him and punches him to oblivion w/complete indifference to his fate. Back to your-

2 point. Mandarin left the most visible psychological scar on Nova w/her blaming him for her phobia of cold and inability to control her temper because of it (which she got over but she obviously still credits Mandarin w/that triggering). Nova possibly left the most physical trauma on him (the original. Chiro seems to have left the most visible scar on the clone by chopping his arm off and sending him inside the worm. Even then Nova's beat down looks behind Valina's abuse and Chiro's actions)-

3 One that probably affected him for the rest of his life. I doubt before then Mandarin had ever been hurt by someone on his team like that. I'm curious what his reaction afterwards was? Did he blame Nova completely or consider maybe he went about it the wrong way (in his own Mandy way)? Makes me wonder if Nova and Mandarin ever had a completely positive relationship. Even as babies he scared her and she always proclaims he was never good or could be good again. I wonder if Nova had the worst-

4 of him out of everyone even at the start? Not in a I hate him way because I do think back before Mandarin went tyrant wannabe they both cared about each other as teammates. I do bet she had respect for his leadership and trusted in him to guide them in the war. They're professional relationship was probably ok. But their personal bond was probably like iron and clay. 2 things that shouldn't mix at all. Mandarin and Nova might have been those 2 sibs that can't stand each other.

This is a damn good Mandarin & Nova analysis, Anon. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to it!

I could absolutely see all of this. Nova & Mandarin definitely had the most antagonistic relationship, I’m thinking. Her and Sprx’s, while a little cringy for a modern/older viewer, was still built on affection & fondness. But hers and Mandarin’s...

I think there was part of each of them that loved each other, like you said. They were family. Siblings. But at the same time, there was a part of their personalities that would just. not. mesh.

Nova has been shown throughout the series as being one of the more empathetic/compassionate members, consistently doing her level best to stick up for the little guy & protect those she cares about. She does care about being good at her job, but I don’t think being the Best is something that concerns her. She just wants to help.

& then you have Mandarin, who--based on flashbacks/inferrance--has been ambitious from the start. Perhaps not fully power hungry, but definitely concerned with being the Best of the Best and judging his own/other people’s worth based on their abilities and power levels. (I’m not going to go digging for the post right now, but either @monkeymindscream or @projectaffectivity did a post on how he is one of the only characters to actually. Not bash Sprx as being only the “dumb monkey” or dismiss his abilities, which is a good example of how this quality can be good!) In addition to this ambition, he also strikes me as a... big picture guy isn’t quite what I mean, but it’s close. He’s less concerned on the small pieces and more on the bigger prize.

So I can see where these two would have clashed from the beginning. Nova would have seen Mandarin as a bad seed from the get go, I think, even though she tried not to. Meanwhile, Mandarin would have seen her as resistant to his authority & perhaps even weakwilled for her emotional connection to things. So then you have the clash.

But combine that with Mandarin seeing POTENTIAL in her, and wanting her to be the Best, and pushing her hard so that she could BE the best, and then Nova likely misinterpreting it as more of their sibling rivalry.... and you have the big KABOOM we see in Snowbound’s flashback.

Which brings us to present day, & a lot of hard feelings and hurt between the two of them. After Mandarin’s bid for power, Nova looks back on all their negative interactions & uses that as confirmation that he was a bad egg--regardless of his intentions. & then Mandarin looks back at said interactions & sees Nova always pushing against him, not respecting him, and then even blowing him up while he was trying to help her... and sees a teammate who likely never wanted him around. Which furthers his resentment against her & then the rest of the team for “taking her side.”

I could probably keep chattering about this, lmao, especially in a hypothetical redeemed Mandarin AU/CD, but I’m going to stop here because I’ve already talked long enough! If there was something in your asks that I didn’t reply to but you want me to, please let me know!

#long post #srmthfg #super robot monkey team hyper force go #mandarin #nova #mandarin & nova #team bonds #monkey meta #srmt meta #my headcanons #monkey musings #tf tag did i JUST use on the other one #jeez #asks and answers #lovely anons

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appinsta · 5 years

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Rumour Roundup: Everything we know about the phones so far

Samsung Galaxy S10 is expected to be the next flagship device the smartphone manufacturer delivers in its ‘S’ series next year. Rumours of the upcoming device have started pouring in and most of them point at a significant update from this year’s Galaxy S9, which is to be expected since the Galaxy S9 is an incremental update over its predecessor with minor overall changes and enhancements. Reports suggest that the Galaxy S10 might be launched in three variants this time, one of which could be a budget model. Samsung is tipped to incorporate an in-display fingerprint sensor on the device and some of the latest reports, which reveal cases and covers of the new phone suggest the same. With so many reports of the Samsung Galaxy S10 floating around the internet, it’s high time for a rumour roundup. We will keep adding and updating this article as more details of the phone emerges but do read till the end to know the phone’s pricing and launch date, which is based on the latest leaks. Samsung Galaxy S10 Series display and design Samsung could launch the Galaxy S10 lineup in three different screen sizes. Quite a few leaked images of the device suggest that the company might radically depart from its usual design this time. @OnLeaks tweeted an image of the Galaxy S10 Plus some time back and since the source is fairly reliable, it just might be the best look yet at the upcoming phone. Going by the image, the Galaxy S10 might feature an infinity display design but more interesting is the pinhole notch for the front camera. The notch is seen situated on the upper right corner of the display and it’s a fairly large notch that might be housing dual front cameras, along with some additional sensors. The image also reveals the device’s rear panel, which is seen housing a quad-camera setup. Previously leaked image of the phone, via SlashLeaks, tipped at a triple-rear camera setup. However, the image is speculated to be a photoshop of the Galaxy Note 9. The image by OnLeaks seems more accurate and give more details like an audio jack on the phone, along with a metallic frame and a glass back. There is also no fingerprint sensor on the back, which further inferrs at the presence of an in-display fingerprint scanner. Another OnLeaks report suggests that the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus could be launched in Black, Blue, Red, Green, Grey, and Yellow colour models. As mentioned earlier, Samsung might introduce a budget Galaxy S10 phone this time. A recently leaked image of the Galaxy S10 Lite suggests that the company might fit it with a flat display instead of an infinity display design and skip on the in-display fingerprint sensor. However, it might feature a side mounted fingerprint reader that doubles as a power button and a headphone jack could also be present on the phone’s bottom edge. While the above-mentioned design is thought of being the most reliable one till now, another popular tipster Evan Blass has also posted an image of “A case manufacturer's expectations for the Galaxy S10 lineup.” The images suggest a totally different design than we have seen previously and tip at the screen size of the three models as well. The Galaxy S10 Lite is said to features a 5.8-inch display, while the S10 could be equipped with a 6.1-inch screen and the S10 Plus might feature a 6.4-inch display. The phones are speculated to be codenamed Beyond 0, Beyond 1 and Beyond 2 respectively. Additionally, the images suggest a pinhole notch on the upper middle portion of the Galaxy S10 Lite and S10’s screen, while a similar dual pinhole notch can be seen on the S10 Plus. We say you take this information with a pinch of salt since the images could be based on the ongoing rumours of the phones and all three of them feature Infinity Display design, which is not said to come to the S10 Lite. Processor performance and memory on the Galaxy S10 device lineup It’s almost confirmed that the upcoming Galaxy S10 phones will feature the company’s latest Exynos 9820 chip, which has already been revealed. The octa-core SoC is built using an 8 nm fabrication process, which is a bit surprising since everyone was expecting Samsung to move onto the 7 nm process. However, the new chip is said to be 20 percent faster in terms of single core performance and 40 percent more power efficient with 10 percent reduced battery consumption. The new SoC also comes with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit this time, which is supposed to help process AI related tasks faster than its predecessor. Do note that the chip doesn’t come with 5G support but is said to deliver download speeds of up to 2Gbps. While the Exynos version of the phones is expected to hit regions outside the US, Samsung might equip the phones with the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 in the States. The new Snapdragon 855 is built on the 7nm process and comes with more transistors packed even tightly. A benchmark sighting of the Exynos 9820 suggests that the new SoC does perform better than its predecessor but is unable to match up to the new Snapdragon 855 SoC or Apple’s A12 Bionic. Benchmarking of the Snapdragon 855 was also leaked and it suggested that the new SoC is capable of beating not only its predecessor but also the Apple A12 Bionic. Rumours suggest that the S10 lineup could be offered with 4GB RAM and it could go up to 12GB with up to 1TB of internal storage. The onboard storage for the phones might also be upgraded to UFS 3.0, which is said to be twice as fast as the current storage modules and takes up less space, making room for other components. Samsung's One UI skin is already available for the company’s Galaxy S9 lineup and a more refined version of the same is expected to be seen on the Galaxy S10 phones, which will most probably be based on Android 9 Pie. Galaxy S10 series camera details Reports on the camera segment on the Galaxy S10 lineup are currently all over the place as there's not much reliable information. However, as mentioned earlier, the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus model is expected to feature four cameras on the rear, similar to the Galaxy A9 (2018). The standard Galaxy S10 could feature a triple rear camera, similar to what we have seen on the Galaxy Galaxy A7 (2018). Reports suggest that the Galaxy S10 Lite might feature either a single or a dual rear camera setup. However, Samsung is most likely to fit it with a dual camera if it’s a part of the flagship S10 lineup. While there are no specifics of the four camera setup on the Galaxy S10 Plus, a report gives some info on the triple-camera configuration expected on the Galaxy S10. The device could feature a 12MP wide-angle lens with a variable aperture between f/1.5-f/2.4, along with a 13MP telephoto lens with a f/2.4 aperture. There could also be a 16MP super wide-angle lens with a f/1.9 aperture with a 123-degree field of view. On the front, both the Galaxy S10 Lite and the Galaxy S10 are rumoured to feature a single camera, which might be housed in a pinhole notch. The Galaxy S10 Plus could sport a dual front camera setup, with the same pinhole notch display. Number of variants, release date and expected price While Samsung usually releases only two flagship devices in its ‘S’ series, it might change things this time around. There have been reports of a new budget Samsung Galaxy S10 variant, besides the regular S10 and the larger S10 Plus models. While the two regular models are expected to ship with all the latest tech, the budget S10 model could skip on most of them to keep the cost low. As for the rest of the two variants, we have already described what they could come within the sections above. In terms of the device’s release date, the smartphones could be announced early next year and Samsung is expected to reveal them during the Mobile World Congress 2019. Seeing how the South Korean smartphone maker released its Galaxy S9 during last year’s MWC, it is very likely that the Galaxy S10 lineup could again be revealed one day before MWC 2019 commences, on February 24. There’s another rumour of the phones bring revealed at CES 2019, which is held from January 8-11, 2019. However, this seems too early for Samsung to launch the phones. Samsung’s flagship phones are priced higher and the same trend can be expected with the Galaxy S10 models as well. Since there’s also a budget model expected to launch this time, it could be priced much lower than the device’s standard and Plus variant. Reports on pricing of the Galaxy S10 Lite suggest that the phone could start at around $650 ( Rs 46,400 approx). There’s no concrete report on what the Standard Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10 Plus might cost but considering that their pricing might be in line with the company’s current year flagship, the Galaxy S10 could be priced starting at $850 (Rs 60,600 approx), while the Galaxy S10 Plus might be launched starting at $950 (Rs 67,800 approx). from Latest Technology News https://ift.tt/2PoV4m9 from Blogger https://ift.tt/2PsBTb4 https://ift.tt/2PsMPFI

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