A new regulatory certification for Samsung’s Galaxy S24 suggests that the company’s next flagship phone is inching closer to an early launch date.
The Galaxy S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra have received certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for sale in the U.S., according to a deep dive of the regulatory filing by Android Authority.
Several models are mentioned in the paperwork, including SM-S921U for the base model, SM-S926B for the Galaxy S24 Plus and SM-S928B for the Ultra unit. If that last one looks familiar, it’s the same model number that was referenced in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website, which is another consumer goods regulatory body in India.
Gaining regulatory approval to sell consumer goods in a country is a completely standard, and necessary, practice—it also suggests that the device is close to being launched. Android Authority unearthed some interesting information in the FCC report, which shows that some of the new Galaxy devices may use Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
This comes after conflicting rumours about whether or not the S24 range will exclusively use the company’s in-house Exynos chipset. But this filing suggest that, at least in the U.S., they will be powered by Qualcomm’s chipset. It’s not unusual for Samsung to switch between chipsets for its smartphones depending on where it’s selling the device. So we’ll have to see which countries get which processor when the phones launch next year.
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Elsewhere, some leaked specifications reveal that the S24 range will have the exact same amount of RAM as previous models. Reliable Samsung tipster Ice Universe posted on Twitter/X that the new Galaxy models will have between 8GB and 12GB of RAM. The exact same amount as last year’s lineup.
This has not gone down well with hardcore fans. Particularly for those who were expecting Samsung to at least bump up RAM to 16GB, like the OnePlus 11. “Let’s wait for [the] S25 Ultra” one person posted in response to Ice Universe, which summed up the general mood.
The concern appears to stem from power users who think a high-end handset should come with more RAM, particularly if it wants to handle intensive tasks like some of the generative AI abilities that Samsung has touted recently.
This is ultimately a rumor, albeit from a very reliable source, and we’re yet to see day-to-day performance reviews. 12GB of RAM is also more than enough to power to Samsung’s AI ambitions because Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, which also has 12GB of RAM and a host of generative AI image skills, does precisely that. We’ll know more when the handsets launch next month.
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