Samsung Galaxy S24 Household Is Official With Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Galaxy AI

Samsung has formally taken the wraps off the Galaxy S24 household. As regular, we have already realized a lot about Samsung’s new flagship telephones due to the numerous, many leaks, however now we’re attending to see what Samsung has in retailer for its massive AI play. These telephones have a raft of recent “Galaxy AI” options, together with a quicker Snapdragon chip, improved shows, and extra environment friendly cooling, amongst many different upgrades and updates. They’re additionally taking some cues from the most recent iPhones, which we’ll clarify shortly. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Household – Specs And Options

The trio of telephones hits all the identical notes as previous-gen choices. There’s the compact Galaxy S24, the marginally bigger Galaxy S24+, and the flagship S24 Extremely provides an S Pen and quad-camera array. The telephones are all roughly the identical measurement as final yr, however there’s a notable design change. Somewhat than having a curved aluminum body, the S24 and S24+ are flat all the best way round. And that is factor—the telephones are snug to carry, and the bezels are a bit narrower. So, you get an additional tenth of an inch of show on the S24 and S24+. All three telephones additionally run the most recent Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Cellular Platform, not less than for variations launching within the US.

Samsung notes that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 additionally affords important efficiency lifts versus its earlier technology Galaxy S23 line-up, with 20% extra CPU throughput, 30% higher GPU (graphics) efficiency and a 41% elevate on the NPU for a sizeable AI processing uplift. “We’re proud to proceed working alongside Samsung to guide this new period for the cellular trade and supply customers with extraordinary premium experiences,” stated Chris Patrick, senior vp and basic supervisor of cellular handset, Qualcomm Applied sciences, Inc. “Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy instills its superior AI capabilities within the Galaxy S24 sequence, to allow new experiences with AI options to empower customers’ on a regular basis life.”

The Extremely nonetheless has a slight curve to the body, however the body is titanium much like the iPhone 15 Professional. The display, nevertheless, has misplaced all its curve. The flat edges will imply extra usable area for writing and doodling with the S Pen stylus, but it surely’s a giant cellphone at 6.8 inches. 

Samsung has additionally upgraded the 120Hz OLED shows for the bottom and Plus variants. They’re now LTPO similar to the Extremely, so the show refresh can drop as little as 1Hz to avoid wasting energy when the cellphone is idle. The S24+ additionally steps as much as a 1440p display from 1080p in previous years. Do not fret concerning the battery affect of that change, although—the S24+ has a large 4,900mAh battery, up from 4,700mAh within the S23+. 

These telephones will ship with Android 14, and Samsung guarantees even higher replace help than earlier telephones. The Galaxy S24 household will get each safety patches and OS updates for seven years (by early 2031). That is additionally one of many greatest software program updates to Samsung’s smartphones in years, principally due to the myriad of AI associated options coming this technology. 

Galaxy AI is a set of options built-in with a lot of Samsung’s pre-loaded apps. For instance, Stay Translate claims to supply real-time translation of cellphone calls, and an identical “Interpreter” function interprets conversations in actual time so each events can learn what the opposite stated. Samsung factors out this function works even with out a information connection, which is uncommon for AI instruments even when the cellphone has highly effective machine studying {hardware}, just like the engine contained in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. There’s additionally Chat Help if you happen to’re too lazy to jot down your personal textual content replies, and Notice Help, which summarizes and creates templates in Samsung Notes. The one non-Samsung app with Galaxy AI is Android Auto, which is able to summarize messages you get whereas driving. 

The digicam {hardware} of the bottom S24 and S24+ are unchanged in comparison with final yr’s telephones, however the processing will likely be totally different because of the new Snapdragon chip and Galaxy AI. Galaxy AI brings a set of recent enhancing instruments to the S24 household. The cellphone can use AI to recommend edits, and there is a even a full generative edit function that may change and fill components of a picture with no matter you need. Curiously, Samsung says photographs edited with generative AI will likely be watermarked so they are not handed off as an actual photograph. 

Galaxy S24 Extremely With S Pen Silo

The S24 Extremely will get a brand new 50MP 5X telephoto digicam, changing the 10x 10MP shooter from final yr. Whereas this would possibly sound like a wierd alternative, it makes the zoom development smoother (1x, 3x, 5x) with sufficient decision on the 5x that you would be able to nonetheless digitally zoom all the best way to 100x.