Samsung Galaxy

Credits

Background

Samsung Galaxy is a series of smartphones and tablets that are designed, manufactured and marketed by Samsung Electronics. The series includes the Samsung Galaxy S series of flagship smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Tab series of tablets, the foldable Samsung Galaxy Z series, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch series of smartwatches.

1st Logo (4 June 2010)

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Nickname: "Samsung Galaxy S"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Only seen when booting up a Samsung Galaxy S.

Editor's Note: This is the only boot-up logo to not use a rendition of "Over The Horizon", which is Samsung's trademark theme, until the logo's audio was removed entirely starting from the Galaxy S7.

2nd Logo (2 May 2011)

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Nickname: "Samsung Galaxy S II"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Only seen when booting up a Samsung Galaxy S II.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo (2012-2013)

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Nicknames: "Samsung Galaxy S3", "Samsung Galaxy S4"

Logo:

• Startup: On a black background, a blue light spins around and forms an angled oval. The Samsung wordmark then fades inside the trajectory of the light, after which it then dims out. The wordmark glows in cyan.
• Shutdown: The blue light immediately draws the oval, the Samsung wordmark fades in, and the whole logo fades.

FX/SFX: The light and the glow.

Music/Sounds:

• Galaxy S3 and related phones:
  • Startup: A high, echoing pindrop sound, followed by the trademark 5-note Galaxy theme.
  • Shutdown: Just the last three notes of "Over The Horizon" played on piano, together with a whoosh sound.
• Galaxy S4 and related phones:
  • Startup: A soothing orchestra/piano rendition of "Over The Horizon".
  • Shutdown: A short warbling synth sounder.

Availability: It can be seen when booting up a Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and other Galaxy devices released around the time period. The Galaxy S4 variant is rarer, because the bootup logo is replaced with the next bootup logo once the phone has updated to Android Lollipop.

Editor's Note: TBA

4th Logo (2014-2015)

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Nicknames: "Samsung Galaxy S5", "Samsung Galaxy S6"

Logo:

• Startup: TBA
• Shutdown: The animation of the startup logo plays faster and in reverse.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds:

• Galaxy S5 and related phones:
  • Startup: TBA
  • Shutdown: The startup music is cut down to the last three notes. On some devices, it is silent.
• Galaxy S6 and related phones:
• Startup: TBA.
• Shutdown: None.

Music/Sounds Variants: Samsung Galaxy S4's running Android Lollipop retain their same startup and shutdown audio from the last logo.

Availability: Seen when booting up a Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, and other devices released during the time period. Also seen on Samsung Galaxy S4 devices running Android Lollipop.

Editor's Note: TBA

5th Logo (2016-2018)

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Nicknames: "Samsung Galaxy S7", "Samsung Galaxy S8"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen when booting up a Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S8, and other Samsung Galaxy devices released during the time, such as the ill-fated Samsung Galaxy Note 7. It is also seen on the Samsung Galaxy S9, but only on older versions of Android.

Editor's Note: TBA

6th Logo (2019-)

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Nickname: "Still Samsung"

Logo: It's only the still Samsung logo, in white, on a black background. It then either cuts to the lock screen (when starting up) or fades out (when shutting down).

Variant: On newer flagship models starting from 2021, the Samsung logo appears first, then the word "Galaxy", the text "Secured by Knox" and the Powered by Android logo appear below. Then after some time, everything but the "Samsung Galaxy" text disappears. This is only seen when booting up the smartphone, but the shutdown logo remains the same. The phone model name is no longer shown before the boot animation, unlike the previous boot screens.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the Samsung Galaxy S10 and every Galaxy smartphone released by Samsung since then. It may also be seen on older devices running newer versions of Android.

Editor's Note: TBA