The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra exploits AI

For years, companies like Samsung have made silent use of artificial intelligence, as a way to obtain better results in numerous performances of their large catalog of devices.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
15 January 2024 Monday 22:09
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The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra exploits AI

For years, companies like Samsung have made silent use of artificial intelligence, as a way to obtain better results in numerous performances of their large catalog of devices. The new range of Samsung Galaxy S24 mobile phones opens a new era in which AI is embedded in any task. They are phones that have exploded in usefulness in numerous functions. For example, in simultaneous translation, in taking transcriptions, in photography and countless aspects, among which the creative ones stand out. The catalog of new flagship Samsung phones is headed by the dazzling Galaxy S24 Ultra, accompanied by the Galaxy S24 and S24.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has a large 6.8-inch screen with very high resolution (QHD, 2560 x 1440 pixels) and the renowned Dynamic AMOLED 2X system, with precise color reproduction and an adaptive refresh rate of 1 to 120Hz that reproduces the images in the most appropriate way for each content. The top of the range from the Korean company has a shape similar to that of its predecessor, but this time the screen is completely flat. The side metal bezels do adopt a curved shape that, despite the considerable size of the phone, allows for a comfortable and pleasant grip. The bezels also represent one of the great novelties of the S24 Ultra, since for the first time they are made of titanium. Hidden in a lower space is the S-Pen, the brand's renowned pointer that has gained even more usefulness with the exploitation of AI in this model.

The photographic equipment of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is superb. The rear module has a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera, a 5x 50-megapixel telephoto lens and a second 3x 10-megapixel telephoto lens that give it an inexhaustible range of focal lengths. The front camera is 12 megapixels. The battery is 5,000 mAh, with fast wired charging of up to 45 W and the storage possibilities are 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB. The RAM memory is 12 megapixels for all these configurations.

The heart of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip with a version optimized for the Korean company's mobile phone. The improvement it represents in the artificial intelligence module (NPU) is what gives it some of its most notable features. One of the most spectacular functions of this phone, which can perfectly be a purchasing deciding factor, is its simultaneous translation system. You must have previously loaded the language packs that are going to intervene in the conversation - Catalan is not there yet, although Samsung assures that it has it on its list of tasks to resolve. From that moment on, two people who speak different languages ​​can converse fluently, with a slight pause for the translation to take place.

This feature is called Live Translate. It is not necessary for the interlocutor to have another Samsung from the S24 range. The AI ​​provides a voice (male or female, as chosen) to the translations and you can choose whether or not the interlocutor can hear the original message before the translated one. It works quite well and is an advance that will solve problems for many. The conversations are also protected in privacy by the Knox security platform, one of the most recognized in the world. Another way to do translations is through the Interpreter app itself. It is about leaving the mobile horizontally, with the screen facing upwards. The space is divided in two. Every time an interlocutor speaks, he writes the text and launches the translation, written and spoken, to the person in front of him. To round it off, it works without the need for a data connection or Wi-Fi, although it does require the language packs to have been preloaded first.

The Galaxy S24 range can also become the favorite of journalists, because it also adds Transcript Assist to the translation functions, a voice-to-text transcription system that uses artificial intelligence not only to transcribe a conversation or interview, since at the end of the registration it allows you to obtain a written summary of what has been discussed and even translate the complete content into another language. The dream of anyone who spends a good part of their time working with words. Among many of the new features thanks to AI is a chat assistant that allows any message to be sent to have a more open tone, with emojis, more professional, more formal... any way you want to communicate, with quite correct proposals.

Another function that, thanks to artificial intelligence, seems like magic in the Samsung Galaxy S24 range is Circle to Search, in which it has had the collaboration of Google and its refined Google Lens visual recognition system. In this case, the S-Pen is used to mark anything on the screen using a circle drawn above it. The system is capable of recognizing anything quite accurately, from the name of a waterfall to a specific Egyptian pyramid in a very small and limited cutout. This is a new way of finding things. It involves the task of taking out the pointer and making the circle, but it is fast and intuitive, with a sophisticated technological layer that runs secretly from the user to simply amaze them with its results.

In a launch of Samsung's highest-end mobile phones, cutting-edge photographic features cannot be missing either and, in this edition, greatly enhanced by artificial intelligence. In addition to having hardware components that improve performance, such as a pixel size on the Galaxy S24 Ultra that is 60% larger than on the S23 Ultra, which allows it to capture more light in low lighting. Taking a bad photo is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge. The lens and crop package allows you to have 2, 3, 5 images and a digital zoom of up to 100x greatly improved thanks to AI. There are functions of which the user only enjoys the result. For example, when recording video, there is a block dedicated to reducing noise that analyzes the data from the mobile's gyroscope to distinguish between the movement of the person recording and the person who is the protagonist of the recording. This eliminates much of the noise and results in clearer images.

Once the image is taken, the Galaxy AI editing system allows you to make often amazing retouches. For example, with photographs taken in front of glass that have reflections, which can be effectively eliminated, or by straightening an image it fills the gaps left in the background of the image with details that cannot be distinguished from those that would otherwise exist. to be a real image. Generative AI can also slow down a video by taking additional frames, simply by touching the screen, for slow motion shots.

The list of capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S24 range is inexhaustible. Although in this edition it is artificial intelligence that takes the headlines, in the hardware we must also distinguish, for example, a large vapor chamber for cooling the processor, or the use of Corning Gorilla Armor glass, four times more Scratch resistant, 50% harder, and with up to 75% reflection reduction. It really shows.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 have a very different design from the S24 Ultra that recalls lines explored by other brands with straight and curved bezels at the corners, such as those of the Apple iPhone or the Nothing 2. The Galaxy S24 has a 6-inch screen. .7-inch QHD, the same as the S24 Ultra but smaller, while the Galaxy S24 has a 6.2-inch screen and FHD resolution. Both are Dynamic AMOLED 2X and have a variable refresh rate from 1 to 120 Hz. The photographic equipment is made up of a 50 megapixel main lens, a 12 megapixel ultra wide angle lens and a 3x telephoto lens. The front camera, as on the S24 Ultra, is 12 megapixels.

The colors of the Galaxy S24 Ultra are Titanium Gray, Titanium Black, Titanium Violet and Titanium Yellow. The colors of the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 are Onyx Black, Marble Gray, Cobalt Violet and Amber Yellow. The price range of the S24 Ultra starts at 1,479 euros (256 GB), continues with 1,579 euros (512 GB) and has the most complete for 1,819 euros (1 TB). The prices of the Galaxy S24 are 1,159 euros (256 GB) and 1,279 euros (512 GB). The Galaxy S24 has prices of 909 euros (128 GB) and 969 euros (256 GB).