Samsung is less than three weeks away from unveiling its next-gen flagship smartphones. While it hasn’t officially announced the launch date, leaks have revealed that the Galaxy S24 series will break cover on January 17, 2024. Thanks to those leaks, we also already know pretty much everything about the new devices, or do we? A fresh leak says the Galaxy S24+ won’t have an Exynos 2400 version and will ship with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 globally.
Galaxy S24+ might come with the latest Snapdragon chip globally
After exclusively using a Snapdragon processor on the Galaxy S23 series this year, Samsung is returning to its in-house Exynos chips with the Galaxy S24. Leaks so far have hinted at a dual-chip strategy for the new flagships. The Ultra model is said to get an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in all markets. The other two models would ship with the Snapdragon chip in the US and Canada and the Exynos 2400 in the rest of the world.
However, an alleged spec sheet for the Galaxy S24 lineup posted on X by @WigettaGaming says something else. It hints at the Snapdragon chip for both Plus and Ultra models globally. Only the vanilla Galaxy S24 will have a dual-ship strategy—Snapdragon in the US and Canada and Exynos everywhere else. If true, Samsung might have decided this at the last minute. There is no evidence of a Snapdragon-powered global version of the Galaxy S24+.
All benchmark listings so far have shown it with the Exynos chip. The same goes for the Galaxy S24 too. The Ultra models’ global version, meanwhile, has been spotted only with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. There have been a few rumors about the Plus model getting the Snapdragon globally but without any evidence. Considering this, we won’t vouch for the accuracy of the latest leak. Thankfully, the official launch isn’t far away now.
Other known Galaxy S24 specs
Leaks have already revealed detailed specs of the Galaxy S24 lineup. The vanilla model sports a 6.2-inch display with an FHD+ resolution. The Plus and Ultra models have 6.7-inch and 6.8-inch displays with a QHD+ resolution. It’s an LTPO AMOLED panel for all three models with a 1-120Hz variable refresh rate and 2,600 nits brightness.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra has a 200MP primary camera paired with a 50MP 5x zoom camera, a 10MP 3x zoom camera, a 12MP ultrawide lens, and a 12MP selfie camera. The other two models lack the 5x zoom camera and feature a 50MP primary shooter instead of a 200MP unit. The remaining three cameras—3x zoom, ultrawide, and selfie—are unchanged. All three models support 8K video recording.
Coming to the batteries, Samsung has equipped the smallest Galaxy S24 with a 4,000mAh battery, Plus with a 4,900mAh battery, and Ultra with a 5,000mAh battery. The former supports 25W wired charging while the latter two go up to 45W charging. The wireless charging speed is capped at 15W for all models, while the reverse wireless charging speed is capped at 4.5W.
The entire lineup boasts LPDDR5X RAM technology but only the bigger two models get 12GB of memory. The vanilla Galaxy S24 has 8GB RAM. It also starts at 128GB of internal storage with UFS 3.1 tech. Its 256GB version has a UFS 4.0 solution, though. UFS 4.0 storage is the standard on the other two models, which start at 256GB storage. Samsung will offer several new AI features on the Galaxy S24 series. Stay tuned for the official launch.
2023-12-28 15:06:42