Samsung Unveils Galaxy S24 Smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has proudly introduced the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24, ushering in novel mobile experiences with the incorporation of Galaxy AI. This revolutionary Galaxy S Series is forging the path into a transformative era that will permanently redefine how mobile devices empower users.

The integration of AI enhances virtually every aspect of the Galaxy S24 series, from facilitating seamless communication through intelligent text and call translations to unleashing creative potential with Galaxy’s ProVisual Engine. Moreover, it establishes a new benchmark for search functionality, fundamentally altering how Galaxy users explore and engage with the world around them.

The global electronics powerhouse is also excited to announce the commencement of pre-orders for its highly anticipated AI-driven Galaxy S24 Series. Officially launching in the South African market on Friday, 14 February 2024, local customers have the opportunity to reserve their Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24+, or Galaxy S24 during the pre-order offer period, commencing on January 31 and concluding on 29 February 2024.

For those who pre-order any device from the Galaxy S24 Series through participating mobile operators, a Galaxy Tab S9 FE can be obtained, starting from just R99 per month.

TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics comments on the Galaxy S24 Series

“The Galaxy S24 Series transforms our connection with the world and ignites the next decade of mobile innovation. Galaxy AI is built on our innovation heritage and deep understanding of how people use their phones. We are excited to see how our users around the world empower their everyday lives with Galaxy AI to open up new possibilities.” 

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Galaxy AI introduces intelligent features designed to enhance various aspects of life, particularly focusing on the fundamental role of communication within the phone. The Galaxy S24 makes overcoming language barriers more accessible than ever.

Engage in conversations with fellow students or colleagues from different countries, or make reservations while vacationing abroad – all made possible with Live Translate. This feature offers two-way, real-time voice and text translations of phone calls directly within the native app, eliminating the need for third-party applications. The on-device AI ensures that conversations remain completely private.

Interpreter facilitates live conversations by providing instant translations on a split-screen view, allowing individuals facing each other to read a text transcription of what the other person has said. This function works seamlessly without the need for cellular data or Wi-Fi.

Chat Assist comes into play for messages and other apps, helping perfect conversational tones to ensure communication conveys the intended tone, whether it’s a polite message to a co-worker or a catchy phrase for a social media caption.

The AI integrated into Samsung Keyboard offers real-time translation of messages in 13 languages. While in the car, Android Auto automatically summarizes incoming messages and suggests relevant replies and actions, such as sending your ETA, allowing users to stay connected while staying focused on the road.

For enhanced organization, Note Assist in Samsung Notes features AI-generated summaries, template creation for streamlined notes, and cover creation for easy identification with a brief preview. Transcript Assist is useful for voice recordings, even with multiple speakers, utilizing AI and Speech-to-Text technology to transcribe, summarize, and translate recordings.

The Galaxy S24 Series goes beyond communication, advancing the fundamental benefits of the phone. Transforming online search, the Galaxy S24 introduces the innovative Circle to Search, a gesture-driven feature in collaboration with Google. With a long press on the home button, users can circle, highlight, scribble, or tap anything on the screen to access high-quality search results.

This intuitive tool allows users to seamlessly explore further without leaving the app, providing generative AI-powered overviews for certain searches, offering context pulled from across the web, and allowing users to ask more complex questions with ease. It’s a simple yet epic advancement in the history of search.

Unleash Creativity to Discover the World in New Ways with the Galaxy S24

The ProVisual Engine of the Galaxy S24 Series comprises a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools that revolutionize image capture capabilities and enhance creative freedom throughout the entire process, from framing a shot to sharing it on social media.

The days of capturing shaky, pixelated images from a distance are over. The Galaxy S24 Ultra’s Quad Tele System, featuring a new 5x optical zoom lens, collaborates with the 50MP sensor to deliver optical-quality performance across zoom levels ranging from 2x, 3x, 5x to 10x magnification, thanks to the Adaptive Pixel Sensor. Additionally, images exhibit crystal-clear results even at 100x with enhanced digital zoom.

With upgraded Nightography capabilities, photos and videos captured using Galaxy S24 Space Zoom are outstanding in any lighting conditions, even when zoomed in. Enhance light capture in low-light conditions with the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s larger pixel size, now at 1.4 μm, representing a 60% increase compared to the previous model. The Galaxy S24 Ultra minimizes blur with wider optical image stabilizer (OIS) angles and improved hand-shake compensation.

During video recording, both front and rear cameras feature a Dedicated ISP Block for noise reduction. The Galaxy S24 analyzes gyro information to differentiate between the movement of the person recording and the subject, allowing for more effective noise removal and clear videos in low-light conditions, even from a considerable distance.

After capturing stunning shots, the innovative editing tools powered by Galaxy AI facilitate simple adjustments like erasing, recomposing, and remastering. To streamline optimizations and enhance efficiency, Edit Suggestion utilizes Galaxy AI to recommend perfectly suitable tweaks for each photo.

Providing users with greater creative control and freedom, Generative Edit allows the filling in of parts of an image background with generative AI. In instances where a picture is uneven, AI seamlessly fills in the borders.

When precision is needed to position an object perfectly, AI enables users to adjust the subject’s position and generates a blended background in its original location. Whenever the Galaxy S24 employs generative AI to enhance an image, a watermark will be visible on the image and in metadata.

Additionally, for action-packed videos that require a slowdown, the new Instant Slow-mo can generate additional frames based on movements, ensuring a smooth deceleration of dynamic moments for a more detailed viewing experience.

Ensuring that each image captivates at every stage, Super HDR unveils lifelike previews even before the shutter is activated. While capturing memories is a crucial phone function, sharing those memories with the world holds equal significance. Now, third-party social apps fully leverage the capabilities of Galaxy’s AI-powered camera system.

The advanced camera features of the premium Galaxy S Series seamlessly integrate with mobile apps, particularly in HDR, to enhance the quality of social sharing. When browsing through images in the Gallery or scrolling through the Instagram feed and reels, photos and videos are displayed in Super HDR. This results in a more realistic range of brightness, color, and contrast, achieved by analyzing the highlighted sections of the images.

More info about the Samsung Galaxy S24 range of smart phones

As artificial intelligence continues to play an increasingly integral role in our daily lives, the need for exceptional performance power becomes crucial to meet evolving demands. Whether it’s gaming, intensive video recording and editing, or seamlessly navigating between multiple apps to plan a trip, the Galaxy S24 ensures an exceptional user experience with enhancements in its chipset, display, and more. Each Galaxy S24 Ultra comes equipped with the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform designed for Galaxy.

Tailored specifically for Galaxy users, this chipset brings notable improvements to the Neural Processing Unit (NPU), ensuring highly efficient AI processing. Across all three models of the Galaxy S24, the adaptive refresh rates ranging from 1Hz to 120Hz contribute to enhanced performance efficiency. Gaming on the Galaxy is elevated through a combination of hardware and software enhancements. The Galaxy S24 Ultra features an optimal thermal control system with a vapor chamber 1.9 times larger, effectively managing device surface temperature and maximizing sustained performance power.

The introduction of ray tracing technology enhances visual realism, producing superior shadow and reflection effects. Collaborating with influential gaming partners, the Galaxy S24 offers users an optimized experience with popular global mobile games. The display on the Galaxy S24 is the brightest ever, reaching a peak brightness of 2,600 nits, and it ensures improved outdoor visibility through the Vision Booster feature, making visuals more vibrant and captivating.

The Corning® Gorilla® Armor on the Galaxy S24 Ultra display undergoes optical enhancement to showcase superior durability against everyday scratches. This advanced technology significantly reduces reflections by up to 75% across various lighting conditions, ensuring a smooth and comfortable viewing experience. The entire Galaxy S24 Series features design improvements, including slimmer and minimized bezels, enhancing the immersive quality of any viewing experience.

This design evolution allows for larger screen sizes on the Galaxy S24+ with its 6.7-inch display and the Galaxy S24 with its 6.2-inch display, all within nearly the same size specifications. The Galaxy S24 Ultra boasts a 6.8-inch flat display, optimized not only for viewing but also for productivity. Additionally, the Galaxy S24+ now supports the same QHD+ level found on the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Supported by Samsung Knox, the Galaxy S24 employs a defense-grade, multi-layer security platform to safeguard critical information and defend against vulnerabilities. This comprehensive security system incorporates end-to-end secure hardware, real-time threat detection, and collaborative protection.

Samsung’s longstanding commitment to providing users with choice and control over their devices extends into the era of AI. Galaxy S24 users have complete control over the extent to which they allow their data to enhance AI experiences through Advanced Intelligence settings, which can disable online processing of data for AI features.

Advancing the Knox Matrix vision of a secure, connected, and password-less future, the Galaxy S24 introduces passkeys. These passkeys provide convenient and secure access to a user’s registered websites and apps across all their trusted devices through digital credentials, offering protection against phishing attacks.

The Enhanced Data Protection feature ensures end-to-end encryption when users back up, sync, or restore their data with Samsung Cloud. This allows Galaxy S24 users to connect to other devices while maintaining synchronization and security.

The encryption and decryption of data occur exclusively on a user’s devices, ensuring that even if a server is compromised or account details are stolen, nobody else can access the data. In the event of losing access to a trusted device, a recovery code can help prevent data loss.

The Galaxy S24 is further fortified with Samsung’s extensive array of innovative security and privacy features, including Knox Vault, Security & Privacy Dashboard, Auto Blocker, Secure Wi-Fi, Private Share, Maintenance Mode, and more.

Pioneering a new era of mobile experiences involves rethinking the design and packaging of Galaxy technology to achieve more with less impact on both people and the planet. The Galaxy S24 advances the use of recycled materials in Galaxy devices by incorporating recycled plastics, glass, and aluminum into both internal and external components.

Taking a further step in sustainability, the Galaxy S24 introduces components made with recycled cobalt and rare earth elements for the first time. In the Galaxy S24 Ultra, a minimum of 50% recycled cobalt is utilized in the battery, and the speakers feature 100% recycled rare earth elements.

The Galaxy S24 sets a new standard as the first in the Galaxy S Series designed with recycled steel and Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU). The Galaxy S24 Ultra incorporates a minimum of 40% recycled steel in the speakers and includes at least 10% pre-consumer recycled TPU in the side and volume keys. Moreover, each Galaxy S24 is packaged in a box made from 100% recycled paper material.

Samsung’s commitment to sustainability extends to the product lifecycle, with the Galaxy S24 offering seven generations of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates. This ensures users can consistently experience optimized performance on their Galaxy devices for an extended period. Additionally, the Galaxy S24 is UL ECOLOGO® certified, and its carbon footprint has been measured and verified by The Carbon Trust.

The Galaxy S24 exemplifies the advancements made in alignment with Samsung MX’s environmental roadmap. Samsung is unwavering in its commitment to achieving a set of goals by the end of 2025.

The company achieved a significant milestone at the close of 2022 by integrating recycled materials into all mobile products, spanning Galaxy smartphones, tablets, PCs, and wearables. Today, Samsung is establishing a fresh recycled material objective. By 2030, the company aims to include at least one recycled material in every module of each mobile product.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra marks the debut of a titanium frame in the Galaxy phone lineup, enhancing device durability and longevity. The notably slimmer body of the Galaxy S24 Ultra not only contributes to a better on-the-go experience but also provides a more comfortable grip. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 showcase a streamlined One-mass design, meeting aesthetic standards with a seamless connection between the device’s rear cover and side frame.

The Galaxy S24 series introduces Earth mineral-inspired color tones. The Galaxy S24 Ultra is available in Titanium Gray, Titanium Black, Titanium Violet, and Titanium Yellow. The Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 offer color options such as Onyx Black, Marble Gray, Cobalt Violet, and Amber Yellow. Additionally, all three models will have extra colors exclusively available online.

Samsung is also offering a trade-in option for customers who pre-order any device through various retail channels. This includes the Samsung eStore, Samsung Brand Stores, Incredible Connection, Game, Makro, Take-A-Lot, where customers will receive a generous R4000 in-store voucher or an impressive R10,000 trade-in cash back.

As part of the special pre-order offer, customers can choose one year of Samsung Care Plus at a reduced rate of R499. This exclusive offer includes one screen replacement within a year from the date of purchase, providing customers with peace of mind. Activation of the Samsung Care Plus offer must occur within 30 days of purchase. For more information about the Galaxy S24 series, please visit Samsung Newsroom, Samsung Mobile Press, or the official Samsung website.

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