Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: Samsung Galaxy S24 series, 7 years of Android update and all announced at the first big event of the year 2024

At the first Unpacked of the year, Samsung announced the new Galaxy S24 smartphones loaded with a bunch of new Galaxy AI features.

Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra dons a familiar design but now has a chassis made out of titanium. Plus, the smartphone is IP68 water-resistant. There is a 6.8-inch QHD+ display with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate and a 2,600nit peak brightness with Corning Gorilla Armor. And as usual, the S24 Ultra comes with an S Pen tucked inside.

Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, optimised for Galaxy users. The smartphone runs OneUI 6.1 on top of Android 14. The gaming experience is elevated with a larger vapour chamber for optimal thermal control and ray tracing for realistic visuals. The 5,000mAh battery supports fast wired and wireless charging and Wireless PowerShare.

The S24 Ultra packs in a 200MP wide camera, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, a 10MP telephoto with 3x zoom, and another telephoto, now upgraded to a 50MP sensor with 5x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom. On the front, there is a 12MP camera housed inside the centred punch-hole cutout.

The S24 Ultra starts at $1,299.

Samsung Galaxy S24 has a 6.2-inch FHD+ display, while the Galaxy S24+ has a 6.7-inch QHD+ display, the same resolution as Ultra. Both feature 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, Vision Booster, and slimmer bezels. The two smartphones feature an IP68 rating for water-resistivity.

The two smartphones come with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, which has been specially tuned for the Samsung Galaxy flagship smartphones. The chipset comes paired with up to 512GB of storage, 8GB RAM on the Galaxy S24, and 12GB RAM on the Galaxy S24+. Both run OneUI 6.1 on top of Android 14. The Galaxy S24 packs a 4,000mAh battery with support for 25W fast charging, and the Galaxy S24+ is equipped with a larger 4,900mAh battery supporting 45W fast charging.

Samsung Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ boast a triple camera setup, featuring a 50MP wide camera with OIS, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, a 10MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, and a 12MP front camera.

Samsung Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ start at $799 and $999, respectively.

With the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung is promising 7 generations of OS upgrades and 7 years of security updates.

The S24 series, consisting of S24 Ultra, S24 Plus, and S24, is packed with both local and cloud-based AI features. These devices are powered by Google's Gemini foundational models that run on-device. Additionally, the S24 series introduces a range of new text, image, and video editing tools that are powered by generative AI, collectively known as Galaxy AI.

AI features are processed on the device by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Chipset, keeping conversations private.

The Galaxy S24 smartphones will support Live Translate, allowing for private, real-time two-way translations during phone calls within the native app, without the need for a third-party app.

Interpreter offers split-screen translations of in-person conversations. It can also generate transcripts of recordings, which can be summarised or translated as needed. Live conversations can be instantly translated on a split-screen view, even without Wi-Fi or cellular data.

Chat Assist helps perfect conversational tone, while Samsung Keyboard AI translates messages in 13 languages.

Samsung Notes' Note Assist feature uses AI-generated summaries, templates, and covers to help organise your notes efficiently.

Galaxy AI offers suggestions for editing photos, while Generative Edit can fill in parts of an image's background. Edit Suggestion and Generative Edit use Galaxy AI to suggest tweaks and give users creative control. Generative AI adds a watermark to the image and metadata. Instant Slow-mo generates frames to slow down action-packed moments.