Samsung Galaxy is a series of computing and mobile computing devices that are designed, manufactured and marketed by Samsung Electronics. The product line includes the Samsung Galaxy S series of high-end smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Tab series of tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Note series of tablets and phablets with the added functionality of a stylus, the foldable Samsung Galaxy Z series, and smartwatches including the first version of the Samsung Galaxy Gear, with later versions dropping the Galaxy branding, until the release of the Samsung Galaxy Watch in 2018. Samsung Galaxy devices use the Android operating system produced by Google, usually with a custom user interface called One UI. However, the Galaxy TabPro S is the first Galaxy-branded Windows 10 device that was announced in CES 2016. The Galaxy Watch is the first Galaxy-branded smartwatch since the release of later iterations of the Gear smartwatch from 2014 to 2017. In April 2019, the company announced that it would postpone the release of its folding smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, days after several early reviewers said the screens on their devices had broken; the Fold was rereleased in September 2019.
Since September 2013, model numbers of devices in the Samsung Galaxy series are in the "SM-xxxx" format. Previously, from 2009 until September 2013, the model numbers were in the "GT-xxxx" format.
The Galaxy Note smartphones have been considered the first commercially successful examples of "phablets" line is primarily oriented towards pen computing; all Galaxy Note models ship with a stylus pen and incorporate a pressure-sensitive Wacom digitizer. 2011
The Samsung Galaxy S series is a line of high-end smartphones that has co-existed with the Galaxy Note line as being Samsung's flagship smartphones. 2010
The Samsung Galaxy A series is a line of mid-range Android smartphones manufactured by Samsung Electronics. The Galaxy A series is similar to the high-end Galaxy S series, but with lower specifications and features. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
The Samsung Galaxy J series is a line of mid-range phones. As of April 2019, the Galaxy J series has been replaced by the Galaxy A series. 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018
Samsung Galaxy M (Millennial) Series
The Galaxy M series is a line of mid-range phones; considered as the successor to the Galaxy J Series. 2019 2020
The Galaxy E line was quickly replaced by the Galaxy C and Galaxy A series. Samsung Galaxy Core / Galaxy Grand Series The Galaxy Core/Grand series is a line of mid-range devices released between 2013 and 2015. It includes the Core and the Grand, which were separate lines until the release of the Grand Prime, the successor to the Core Prime and the Galaxy Core Series. The line was mainly replaced by the Samsung Galaxy J series starting from 2015. 2013
The first device in the Samsung Galaxy Y series was the Samsung Galaxy Y, which was released in 2011. In 2013, its successor, the Samsung Galaxy Young, was released. That was then succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy Young 2, which was released in 2014.
Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Gear, a smartwatch running Android 4.3, on 4 September 2013. The Galaxy Gear was Samsung's only smartwatch to feature "Galaxy" branding; later Samsung smartwatches use the Samsung Gear branding. In a software update, Samsung replaced the operating system of the Galaxy Gear from Android to Tizen. Samsung's OneUI, which is running on newer Samsung Galaxy devices released after 2019, is available to Samsung Galaxy Watch on 20 May 2019.
"Over the Horizon" is the trademark sound for Samsung smartphone devices. It was developed in 2011 by Joong-sam Yun and contained the only music stored in the music library of any new Samsung smartphone. The sound is a jingle that can be used as a ringtone, as a sound when the phone turns on or off, or as well as a basic notification alert for messages. The Galaxy SII is the first phone to release the first known composition of "Over the Horizon". While the basic composition of the six-note tune has not changed since its inception, various versions have been introduced as the product line evolved. Before Over the Horizon, Beyond Samsung was being used. The sound has been covered by various popular artists who have released their own arrangements and remixes of the song, such as Quincy Jones, Icona Pop, and various K-Pop artists. In Samsung's U.S. registration of the trademark for the sound, it is described as "the sound of a bell playing a B4 dotted eighth note, a B4 sixteenth note, an F#5 sixteenth note, a B5 sixteenth note, an A#5 eighth note, and an F#5 half note."
