Samsung has now confirmed the feared bad news for millions of Galaxy users, as they fall further and further behind Google’s Pixel and other Android devices, to say nothing of Apple’s iPhone, its arch rival in the premium smartphone category. For those who have paid $1000-plus for a new flagship, this will come as a nasty surprise.

Samsung pushed an update that broke several older model Galaxy devices, including many in the Galaxy S10 series, Galaxy Note 10 series, Galaxy M51,

However, owners of older affected phones, namely the Galaxy S10 series, Galaxy Note 10 series, Galaxy M51, and Galaxy A90, have been unable to power their devices on to roll back the update. Many users who already manually or automatically installed the update are still dealing with bricked devices.

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Even as Samsung flagship devices fly from shelves, there’s bad news coming for million of Galaxy owners who have paid significantly more than $1000 for a latest, greatest smartphone. And with the launches of Apple’s iPhone 16 and Google’s Pixel 9, there’s little room for mistakes with competition fiercer than we’ve seen before.

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If you have an older Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you may want to hold off on the latest software update. 9to5Google reported that the update that has been rolling out from Samsung over the past few days is bricking devices from the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 series of phones.

A new update seems to be killing Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones, leaving them stuck in a perpetual bootloop.

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A new update has reportedly bricked older Samsung Galaxy models, according to reports from owners. Samsung users on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) have suggested that a recent update has caused the Galaxy S10,