Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra rumors are intensifying now that Samsung’s major phone launches for the year are now a thing of the past and its rivals have unveiled their fall phones. Now it’s time to look at Samsung’s plans for 2024, with the Galaxy S24 Ultra considered to be the best phone in Samsung’s arsenal.
Galaxy S24 Release Date
The Samsung Galaxy S23 series launches in February 2023, so it’s time for us to look ahead to what next year’s Samsung Galaxy S24 (and its siblings) might bring.
A new report from Korean publication The Elec (via SamMobile) claims that Samsung’s next flagship will be announced on January 17th 2024, with the device line-up being available to pre-order the next day. The Galaxy unpacked event will also be held in San Jose, California.
S24 Display: Smoother and Brighter
The Galaxy S24 Ultra will likely stick with a 6.8-inch OLED display, but there could be some pretty major upgrades under the hood. First, the leaker Ice Universe says that the S24 Ultra will reach a peak brightness of 2,500 nits, compared to 1,750 nits for the S23 Ultra.
It gets better. The S24 Ultra is also tipped to get a refresh rate boost from 120Hz to 144Hz. This could be an awesome upgrade for those who like to play the latest games.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Camera: Big Changes
The camera rumors for the Galaxy S24 Ultra have been all over the place, but there are plenty of exciting tidbits. For one, the main 200MP camera could get a bigger and brighter sensor to better compete with the best camera phones.
But the biggest buzz is around the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s zooming capabilities. We would see Samsung switch from dual 10 megapixel 3x and 10x telephoto zoom lenses to a 10MP 3x telephoto and a sharper 50 MP 5x zoom lens. That sounds like a downgrade in terms of zooming power, but Samsung could make up for that with the resolution bump and pixel binning to achieve optical level quality.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Design: TIitanium Frame and Vibrant Colors
A few rumors in recent months have suggested there will be few changes on the design front for the S24 series. If the renders are correct, we’ll see flat screens this time, with no curved edges like in previous generations. Because there’s no more curved glass, expect ever-slimmer bezels, with the Galaxy S24 Ultra possibly having the slimmest bezels to date for a Samsung smartphone. Beyond this, the S24 Ultra is expected to have flat metallic side rails with rounded edges — just like the S23 Ultra.
This would undoubtedly bring the weight of the Galaxy S24 Ultra down considerably, perhaps as much as 10%.
The rumored Galaxy S24 Ultra colors could be pretty vibrant, with black and titanium gray in the fold, but also violet and yellow. We could even see exclusive online colors like orange, light blue and light green.
Galaxy S24 Ultra AI Function
The biggest upgrade by far to the Galaxy S24 Ultra should be generative AI, and Samsung has teased multiple features that will hopefully make your life easier. For example, AI Translate Call will allow you to call someone who speaks another language and get audio and text translations in real time.
Should I Wait for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?
if you have kept yourself from upgrading to the Galaxy S22 Ultra/Galaxy S23 Ultra and are rocking an aging Galaxy flagship. Upgrading to the Galaxy S24 Ultra from any of those will almost certainly give you insane value and a vast improvement of your overall phone experience.
if you’ve just scored a flagship in the last two years and have no qualms about it. Thus, if you have a fairly recent phone that does the job for you just fine, it’s somewhat unlikely that the Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the second coming of the Christ.