TECH NEWS – Even though the product line is performing well, the South Korean tech giant has resorted to tricks to boost sales of its new devices.
As likable as Samsung may be, the company has a strange knack for tarnishing its reputation by artificially limiting certain features to steer customers toward newer products. By doing so, the South Korean company signals its desperation in an overly obvious way and risks alienating some of its most loyal customers.
The Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro features Super Wideband audio transmission, which doubles the bandwidth of standard Bluetooth calls from 8 kHz to 16 kHz. This results in clearer, more natural-sounding voice calls and helps capture subtle, high-frequency sounds. Technically, older Samsung flagship models – such as the Galaxy S24 Ultra – can support the Buds 4 Pro’s Super Wideband audio because the only transmission requirements are Bluetooth LE Audio and the LC3 codec.
However, Samsung has refused to enable compatibility between the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the Buds 4 Pro’s Super Wideband audio. It seems like a strange attempt at forced obsolescence, designed to steer users toward the newer flagship models. It’s yet another ridiculous way to get people to scrap older devices that are still perfectly usable, even outperforming entry-level – and often shoddy – smartphones. And that’s putting it mildly…
BREAKING: Samsung increases initial Galaxy S26 base production by 63%
Original plan:
800,000 unitsNew plan:
1.3 million unitsThis new plan brings the base S26 almost on par with the production of the S26 Ultra
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— Anthony (@TheGalox_) April 10, 2026
Interestingly, Samsung is resorting to such blatant tactics despite the strong sales of the new Galaxy S26 series, as evidenced by the 63% increase in production of the base model and the 0.2 million-unit increase for the Ultra model. Is the company really that money-hungry? We can’t believe that Samsung is pushing for forced obsolescence to this extent, especially since the memory manufacturing segment generates indescribably high profits.
Source: WCCFTech, Headphoneguidepro
