Samsung will be debuting the new Galaxy S24 series at its Unpacked event in San Jose, California on Wednesday. The event will start at 10 AM PT or 1 PM ET. If you’re not able to make it, there’s some good news, however. You’ll be able to livestream the event on YouTube, as usual. And we have included the live stream right here on this page. So you can watch along with us.
This is the first time that Samsung is holding Unpacked in Silicon Valley, which is a bit of an interesting choice for Samsung. Typically, the Galaxy S event is in San Francisco, with the Galaxy Fold/Note event happening in August in New York City. But last year, Samsung decided to hold it in South Korea, and now in San Jose for the Galaxy S24. We’re expecting the live stream to last about an hour, maybe a little bit longer, depending on what Samsung decides to announce.
What to expect at Unpacked?
Obviously, we are expecting to see some new hardware at Galaxy Unpacked. Likely the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 Ultra. We will also see the debut of Galaxy AI, which Samsung has been touting in different teasers over the past few weeks. And we also expect to see One UI 6.1, the first big upgrade to One UI 6 since Android 14 started rolling out last year. It’s pretty common for the Galaxy S phones to launch with a dot-one update to One UI.
With the Galaxy S24 series, we’re expecting to see the Galaxy S24 Ultra launch with a titanium frame, just like the iPhone 15 Pro series from last fall. But given the fact that Samsung used Armor Aluminum instead of Stainless Steel on its older phones, we don’t expect to see a huge weight difference, at least on the spec sheet. We’re also expecting to see some camera upgrades across the board. There are rumors of the Galaxy S24 Ultra ditching the 10x optical zoom lens this year, which we really hope is not true.
And there could be a few other surprises on tap this time around. Some rumors are pointing to pricing for the Galaxy Book 4 that was announced in December. And we could also get the Galaxy Fit 3, which we’ve been seeing make the rounds from many different leaks lately. Either way, we’re excited to see what Samsung has in store for us in a few days.
2024-01-16 15:08:13