Samsung Galaxy S24: news, rumored price
Samsung
tried its best to get everyone hyped about the camera system of the Galaxy S23
series, especially that of the Galaxy
S23 Ultra, but there have been numerous issues
since its release. A couple of easy examples are the HDR
effect artifacts that should get a fix soon,
and a weird
erratic algorithm issue that ruined zoom photo quality. It’s been a busy year for Samsung. At the beginning of
2023, the company launched its Galaxy S23 series.
And this past summer, we got the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 —
two of the year’s best folding phones.
The good
news is that things might change with the Galaxy
S24, which is set to launch probably in the beginning of 2024. However,
it is never too early to anticipate the company’s next lineup of smartphones.
If Samsung sticks to its previous calendar schedule, we can expect to see the
Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra announced early in 2024.
What can
we expect from these phones regarding their specs, design, price, and more?
Let’s look at everything we know (so far) about the Samsung Galaxy S24.
According to one
report from The Elec, Samsung may announce the Galaxy S24
series on January 17, 2024, at an Unpacked event in San Jose, California. This
wouldn’t be the first time Samsung launched its new Galaxy S series in January,
but it would be the first time in three years for the company to do so.
Leaker Evan Blass also
seems to confirm the January 17 date with a leaked countdown GIF, which has
since been taken down due to copyright. Before it was taken down, the GIF
seemed to indicate a Galaxy Unpacked event happening at 1 p.m. ET on January
17. The tagline was also “Galaxy AI is coming,” which would confirm the
AI-powered features coming to the S24 lineup (more on that below).
Even though the S24 is
coming in just a few weeks, if you’re debating whether to wait
for the S24 or just pick up an S23 right now for a good
price, we have some advice for that.
Prices for Samsung’s Galaxy
handsets have been mostly stable in recent years, with the entry-level S23
model starting at $800 in the U.S., the S23 Plus model starting at $1,000, and
the S23 Ultra model starting at around $1,200.
It looks like Samsung
is en route to keep the same pricing for the S24 series
as before, unlike competitors like Apple and Google raising prices by $100 for
the iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google Pixel 8 series. This means that the base model
Galaxy S24 will start at $800, the S24 Plus will begin at $1,000, and the
flagship S24 Ultra will be at least $1,200. They’ll still be expensive phones,
but we’ll never complain about not having to deal with a price increase.
