Earlier today, all the images of all the color variants of Galaxy S24 series phones were leaked. Shortly after, the official specifications list of the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra was leaked. More information has now been revealed about the launch date of the Galaxy S24 series.
Galaxy S24 launch event to happen on January 17, 2024, in the US
Leakster Evan Blass has published an image on X (formerly Twitter) that reveals the Galaxy S24 launch event's date. According to the leaked image, the next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on January 18, 2024, at 3:00 AM (1 PM EST/6 PM GMT/11:30 PM IST, January 17). The image also says, “Galaxy AI is coming.” Galaxy AI refers to the suite of AI-powered features that will debut with the Galaxy S24 series. The sparkles emoji animation (✨) on the invite is similar to Google Bard, which may mean that Google Bard-like features are coming to Galaxy S24 series smartphones.
Moreover, the model numbers of the carrier-locked and factory-unlocked versions of the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra were spotted on AT&T's website. You can view them in the image embedded below.
- Galaxy S24 Locked: SM-S921U
- Galaxy S24 Unlocked: SM-S921U1
- Galaxy S24+ Locked: SM-S926U
- Galaxy S24+ Unlocked: SM-S926U1
- Galaxy S24 Ultra Locked: SM-S928U
- Galaxy S24 Ultra Unlocked: SM-S928U1
Galaxy S24 series to feature Galaxy AI with several AI features
AI will likely be the most important talking point of the Galaxy S24 series. Powered by the Exynos 2400 or the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, both of which have on-device AI processing capabilities, Galaxy S24 series phones are expected to offer several AI features, including real-time language translation during calls, voice-to-text for up to 10 people in voice recordings, text conversion and summarization in Samsung Notes for both typed and handwritten text, image expansion, wallpaper generation, and more.
The Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra have OLED screens with a 120Hz refresh rate, up to 2,600 nits peak brightness, and Gorilla Glass Armor. The Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ have aluminum frames, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra has a titanium frame. All three phones have an IP68 rating, an under-display fingerprint reader, Samsung Knox, Samsung Pay, and Wireless DeX. The Galaxy S24 Ultra also has a bundled S Pen.
