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Samsung is slowly moving towards the launch of the Galaxy S24 series. The company has already started picking up regulatory approvals for components such as batteries, while leaks reveal key specs of the upcoming devices. Internally, it has reportedly begun the firmware development for the new phones.
Sources have confirmed to SamMobile that Samsung has started developing the firmware for the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra. The company has three separate regional versions of the firmware in development: Europe, India, and the US. More precisely, only European and the US versions of the former two models are in development. The Korean firm is readying the firmware for the Ultra model for all three regions.
As expected, the initial build of the Galaxy S24 firmware is based on Android 14. The devices will launch in early 2024 running the latest version of Android out of the box. Samsung will ship the flagship trio with either One UI 6.0 or One UI 6.1, with the latter being more probable. The phones should get updates until Android 14. The Korean firm’s update policy currently guarantees four major Android OS updates and five years of security updates.
The Galaxy S24 series will come in two processor variants
Samsung shipped the Galaxy S23 series with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 “for Galaxy” chipset globally. The “for Galaxy” version of this chipset, which also powers the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5, has a slightly faster CPU and GPU than the standard version. It was initially exclusive to Samsung, but Qualcomm recently started supplying this overclocked chip to other brands as well.
Next year, Samsung will once again use an overclocked “for Galaxy” version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the Galaxy S24 series. However, not everyone may get this processor. The company is rumored to be going back to Exynos. The Galaxy S24 trio will ship with the Exynos 2400 in some markets, including Africa, Europe, and India. The new Snapdragon chip will reportedly be limited to China, South Korea, and the US.
Considering the history of Samsung’s flagship Exynos chips (all those performance, thermal, and power issues), some of you might not be best pleased with the company going back to Exynos next year. But the Korean firm is confident that its recent foundry improvements have mitigated those problems. Time will tell whether it has left behind the Exynos woes for once and all. If not, Samsung might find it tough to sell the Exynos 2400-powered Galaxy S24.