A couple of month in the past, Galaxy S24 rumors stated that Samsung is getting ready to provide the next-gen Galaxy S mannequin an earlier-than-usual launch occasion. Samsung will supposedly unveil the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Extremely on or round January seventeenth in San Francisco. That’s a number of weeks sooner than the Galaxy S23. Not solely that, however Samsung is predicted to return to the US for the Galaxy S24 Unpacked occasion. The corporate selected to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 foldables in Korea a couple of months in the past.
A unique report from Korea provides related claims for the Galaxy S24 launch. Samsung is seemingly eying a mid-January occasion for the Galaxy S24 fashions, described as “AI telephones” that may concentrate on generative AI options.
The brand new report comes from Korean outlet SBS.biz, which claims Samsung is on the brink of launch two handsets within the coming month.
The primary would be the Galaxy S23 FE home launch occurring in December. This may mark the primary time in three years that Samsung has launched an FE model in Korea. The handset has been accessible in worldwide markets for a couple of weeks now. It’ll reportedly retail for round 800,000 received ($607) in Samsung’s residence market.
Then, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S24 in San Francisco round January seventeenth.
SBS.biz calls the handset an “AI telephone” that may function generative AI options. Earlier leaks stated as a lot concerning the Galaxy S24, with Samsung confirming that it plans to launch an AI telephone subsequent yr. Samsung never identified the Galaxy S24 as an AI phone throughout its quarterly earnings remarks, nonetheless. However the Galaxy S24 looks as if the likeliest candidate.
The selection of venue doesn’t go unnoticed within the Korean report. SBS.biz says that Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S24 within the “residence of Apple.” I stated beforehand that the iPhone 15 may give Samsung a giant cause to launch the Galaxy S24 forward of schedule. However that is perhaps only one a part of the story.
The whole smartphone market has been in a droop this yr, with Apple being the apparent exception. There’s nonetheless loads of demand for iPhones, particularly the costly iPhone 15 Professional and 15 Professional Max fashions.
Samsung’s cellular division has additionally been considerably profitable, with Galaxy S23 gross sales bettering over its predecessor. Samsung’s current earnings experiences highlighted the cellular division’s energy in comparison with Samsung’s semiconductor division.
Earlier experiences stated Samsung is seeking to profit from smartphone gross sales to compensate for semiconductor losses. SBS.biz additionally makes a notice of this growth. Samsung’s semiconductor division posted a deficit of three.7 trillion received ($2.81 billion) within the third quarter. The cellular division reported an working revenue of three.3 trillion ($2.50 billion).
However Samsung famous indicators that the semiconductor enterprise would enhance within the coming quarters. Whereas uncertainties will persist, Samsung expects the reminiscence market situations to enhance in 2024.
As for the cellular enterprise, the September 2023 quarter already delivered elevated demand from shoppers, with the Galaxy S23 sustaining a “strong momentum,” per Samsung. Going into 2024, Samsung expects the cellular division to ship “annual development in income and revenue in 2024 whereas optimizing assets to adapt to unstable market modifications and enhance profitability.”
With all that in thoughts, Samsung must have the Galaxy S24 in shops as quickly as doable, not simply to counter the iPhone 15 however to make sure continued profitability.
