❤ Samsung Galaxy S24 price leaks surface, satellite connectivity may be skipped once again

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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S24 series is set to be announced in a few weeks, and as the event approaches, leaks are detailing the price of Samsung’s new lineup as well as the potential removal of satellite connectivity.

Two separate price leaks of the Galaxy S24 series have surfaced this week, both suggesting that Samsung will raise the price of the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

GalaxyClub reports that the Ultra will cost €1,449 in Europe for its base, 256GB model. That’s up from the €1,399 price of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Roland Quandt of WinFuture adds that pricing in Sweden for the Galaxy S24 Ultra starts at 17,990 SEK, with the 512GB model coming in at 19,490 SEK. While Samsung’s website doesn’t list the 256GB price in Sweden currently, the 512GB model is priced at 18,990 SEK, slightly less than the incoming Galaxy S24 Ultra.

 

 

 

 

 

So, by all accounts, it certainly appears that the Galaxy S24 Ultra will see a higher price. Whether that translates to the US remains to be seen, though. Galaxy S23 Ultra starts at $1,199, and based on these prices out of Europe, $1,249 seems like a reasonable expectation.

Meanwhile, there are conflicting reports on the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ prices.

Quandt says that Galaxy S24 will start at 11,490 SEK in Sweden, the same price as the current S23. Galaxy S24+ would start at 14,490 SEK, also unchanged from the prior model. But GalaxyClub claims that, in the rest of Europe, the two lesser models could actually see lower prices compared to last year. Galaxy S24 would start at €899, down from €949. The S24+ apparently lands at €1,149, down from €1,199.

Part of the Ultra’s price increase, GalaxyClub speculates, could be because of more RAM with the base model now including 12GB rather than 8GB.

Meanwhile, ETNews reports that Samsung is in the midst of network testing in Korea and that the Galaxy S24 series apparently will not include satellite connectivity yet again. Satellite support has become a topic of discussion since Apple added the feature to its iPhone 14 series in 2022, but Samsung has surprisingly skipped over it thus far. With the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung said that it is waiting on the tech to be “ready,” but at this point, it’s unclear what the company is waiting on, especially now that its own cellular modems for Exynos chipsets support the tech (and Exynos is expected to be used in some capacity on the Galaxy S24 series).

In the larger Android landscape, Qualcomm recently pulled the plug on its efforts for satellite connectivity, and things have been pretty quiet in terms of new efforts for the technology.

Full Galaxy S24 series specs leak with 2,600 nit displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, fake 10x tele on Ultra

 

 

 

 

Galaxy Unpacked 2024 is under a month away, and Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra. Before that, a complete specs leak gives an official look at each phone’s capabilities.

The last couple of days have proven to be a war zone of leaked information on the Galaxy S24 series. While leaks have somewhat trickled out in the past, the end of 2023 has them coming in full swing.

A new post by Evan Blass on Twitter/X showcases Samsung’s official marketing spec sheet for the Galaxy S24 lineup, which consists of the S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra. The sheet is broken down into a few key categories, starting with the display capabilities of each device.

 

 

 

 

 

At the base level S24, there is a 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED FHD+ display that can hit up to 2,600 nits of brightness. Across the board, each AMOLED screen is able to reach 2,600 nits in bright sunlight. Where it varies is in size and quality. The Galaxy S24+ will house a 6.7-inch screen that reaches QHD+. The S24 Ultra also hits QHD+ but brings a larger 6.8-inch screen.

According to the specs, the Galaxy S24 will also house a simple 50MP camera, the same as the S24+. The bigger Galaxy S24 Ultra will instead carry a 200MP unit, which is similar to what we saw last year, though the big change might come from software this time around. Each phone can handle 8K video, though how each does may vary from model to model. The S24 and S24+ can get up to 3x telephoto, but the S24 Ultra will be able to hit 10x utilizing sensor crop workarounds.

The Galaxy S24 base model shows its price in the memory department. At only 8GB of RAM, it’s coming in way under the S24+ and S24 Ultra’s 12GB of RAM. It also caps out at 256GB of storage, whereas the other two models hit 512GB, at least. The S24 also only carries a 4,000mAh battery compared to the 4,900mAh and 5,000mAh batteries in the S24+ and S24 Ultra, respectively.

There are two big takeaways from this leak. First, it conforms that each phone will use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, at least in one region. It was originally thought that Samsung might cheap out on the base S24 and equip it with an Exynos 2400 instead.

The other big reveal within the Galaxy S24 spec sheet is that Samsung is still advertising that the Galaxy S24 Ultra carries a 10x telephoto lens capability when, in reality, the largest actual glass element cluster on the phone is capable of a 5x optical zoom. Beyond that, the 10x capability is done with sensor cropping and digital zooming.

There isn’t a lot that screams “huge improvement” over last year’s release. Samsung is seemingly hedging a lot on AI, as evidenced by a recently leaked teaser video for Galaxy Unpacked. That event will take place on January 17 at 1:00 p.m. EST.