Exclusive: Galaxy S24 Official Renders Leak in all four colors [Updated]

Update: Samsung has politely requested that we remove all of these leaked images. We have decided to oblige and have removed all of the Galaxy S24 images that we leaked this week.

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With less than a month before the rumored Galaxy S24 launch, anticipation and excitement among Samsung’s fans and tech enthusiasts are reaching a fever pitch. To add to the excitement, we bring exclusive official renders of the base Galaxy S24 in all four rumored colors. The renders give you a close look at the phone from various angles, detailing its design ahead of launch.

Samsung Galaxy S24 exclusive official renders

Samsung is rumored to launch the Galaxy S24 in four colors globally: black onyx, marble gray, cobalt violet, and amber yellow. We have exclusive official renders of the phone in all of these colors. Shared with us by a trusted, confidential source, the renders show the handset from the front, back, and sides, letting you get a detailed look at its design. We are also expecting Blue, Green, and Orange colors exclusive to Samsung’s official website.

The Galaxy S24 has rounded corners and a flat front. The back panel is flat, too, but with a chamfered edge. Samsung has also flattened the power and volume buttons, both of which sit on the right — standard Samsung stuff, you know. The frame is completely flat and has antenna lines, confirming a metallic body.

Rumors say Samsung will stick to its Armor Aluminum material for the smaller two Galaxy S24 models. The Galaxy S24 Ultra may get a titanium frame. On the front, the new Samsung flagship has symmetrical display bezels and a centered punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. The Korean firm has opted for the same design language across the lineup, including the Ultra.

While the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a curved display, the upcoming Ultra has a flat panel with symmetrical bezels. The change makes for a design consistency. Apart from this, the Galaxy S24 series doesn’t see major design changes over the Galaxy S23. The rear camera array, which Samsung hasn’t changed on any Galaxy phone this year, remains unchanged in the upcoming flagship lineup.

We have three camera rings individually protruding out of the back panel in a vertical array. The LED flash unit sits next to the camera column, positioned such that it sits between the top two cameras. The Plus model features the same design, while the Ultra looks slightly different thanks to a fourth camera and a laser autofocus sensor sandwiching the flash unit.

Samsung is readying two different processor variants of the phone

This year, Samsung shipped the Galaxy S23 series with an overclocked version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor globally. Everyone appreciated the company for finally moving away from its in-house Exynos chipsets, which have had their fair share of power and performance issues in recent years. However, the Korean firm is returning to Exynos next year.

The Galaxy S24 will feature the Exynos 2400 in some markets, including Europe. In the US, Samsung still plans to ship the phone with an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It’s the same story for the Plus model. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is expected to feature the Qualcomm processor globally. Hopefully, Samsung has fixed its Exynos woes, or it has to be ready to face a public backlash.

The company may get a stick from prospective Galaxy S24 buyers for one more reason. While it is upgrading the Plus model to 12GB RAM as standard, the base model will seemingly come with just 8GB of RAM. There are rumors that the phone may have a 12GB RAM variant in some regions, but we don’t have any evidence supporting those claims. The Ultra isn’t getting a RAM upgrade either, staying at 12GB of memory.

The base storage option of the Galaxy S24 may irk a few fans, too. Samsung is offering 128GB base storage on the phone, with a 256GB option. It is unclear whether the 128GB variant has a UFS 3.1 storage solution or UFS 4.0. The Galaxy S23’s 128GB variant has UFS 3.1 because Samsung didn’t make UFS 4.0 chips with 128GB storage capacity. The other two Galaxy S24 models start at 256GB storage.

A display upgrade is on the cards

Samsung will equip the Galaxy S24 with a 6.2-inch AMOLED display. It is an LTPO OLED panel with a 48-120Hz variable refresh rate and a full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution. The company has reserved the WQHD+ display for the other two models. However, the new phones will have a peak brightness of a whopping 2,500 nits, or maybe even more. That’s a massive brightness boost over the Galaxy S23’s 1,750 nits of peak luminance.

This isn’t the only display upgrade, though. The Galaxy S24 series also jumps to the M13 OLED material. Samsung used M12 OLED displays on the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy S23, Galaxy Z Fold 5, and Galaxy Z Flip 5. The newer display tech allows for improved power efficiency, luminance, and color accuracy. It makes the display assembly thinner, too.

Samsung arguably makes the best smartphone displays, so you can rest assured that the Galaxy S24’s screen won’t leave a lot to be desired. You will get bright and vibrant colors with great outdoor legibility and viewing angles. The new Galaxy flagships will be ideal for content consumption of the highest quality. The Ultra model even adds S Pen support for enhanced multitasking and more.

Camera hardware may remain unchanged

Cameras have always been one of the strengths of Samsung’s S-series flagships. The Galaxy S23 series offers a solid all-round camera performance. If leaks are anything to go by, the company is keeping this winning formula largely unchanged next year. The Galaxy S24 isn’t expected to bring newer camera sensors. We might get the same 50MP primary shooter, 10MP ultrawide lens, 10MP 3x optical zoom camera, and 12MP selfie camera.

The Plus model will feature the same camera hardware. The Galaxy S24 Ultra, on the other hand, has a 200MP main camera and a second zoom camera—a 50MP periscope lens with 10x or 5x optical zoom. All three models will let you capture 8K videos at 30fps (frames per second) with support for stereo sound audio recording and HDR10+. You can record 1080p videos at 960fps.

Despite largely unchanged camera hardware, the new Samsung flagships may capture better photos and videos than their respective predecessors thanks to improved software processing and AI integration. Samsung will ship the Galaxy S24 with Android 14-based One UI 6.1 software. It brings new AI features for improved photography. Among other things, the new phones are said to enhance low-light photos.

They will use AI to identify various objects in a scene and optimize the scene by adding more details. The phones may enhance colors, tone, and dynamic range to improve the overall quality of the photo. Samsung may also use AI to improve the camera performance in other ways, such as more accurate edge detection, de-noising dark scenes, and filtering out noise in video sound.

A bigger battery but the same charging speed

For the past few years, Samsung has offered a maximum charging speed of 45W on its phones. The Galaxy S24 series doesn’t go beyond that. Well, only the Plus and Ultra models reach that speed. The base Galaxy S24 charges at just 25W. It may not sound fast in today’s world when smartphone charging speeds are topping a whopping 200W. However, it should still charge the phone fully in just over an hour.

As far as the battery capacity is concerned, Samsung is adding 100mAh more juice to the Galaxy S24, taking its total capacity to 4,000mAh. The Plus model may get a 4,900mAh battery, while the Ultra has a 5,000mAh unit. All three models will offer 15W wireless charging. You also get reverse wireless charging that allows you to charge your earbuds or watch on the back of the phone in urgent situations.

No Wi-Fi 7 for the Galaxy S24 but satellite connectivity could be there

The Wi-Fi 7 standard is all set to go official early next year. However, Samsung isn’t offering the new wireless tech on the Galaxy S24 or Galaxy S24+. Only the Galaxy S24 Ultra has Wi-Fi 7. The other two models only get Wi-Fi 6E, the same as the Galaxy S23. This is a bit of a disappointing decision from the company. Wi-Fi 7 devices will be all around us in a few years, so the Galaxy S24 will then feel outdated.

Thankfully, Samsung seems to be offering satellite connectivity on all three Galaxy S24 models. When you are out of a cellular network connection, you can use built-in satellite connectivity to send short text messages. The feature will come in handy when you are lost and can’t connect to a cellular network. You can reach out to emergency services via satellite. The rescue request will include your location so you can be tracked by rescuers.

Other miscellaneous Galaxy S24 specs include an ultrasonic under-display fingerprint scanner, Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX, Ultra Wideband (UWB), AKG-tuned stereo speakers, Bluetooth 5.3, IP68 dust and water resistance (up to 1.5m for 30 minutes), and Android 14-based One UI 6.1 software. Leaks have already revealed many AI features that One UI 6.1 will bring to Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S24.

Galaxy S24 has AI built into the system software

Samsung has built artificial intelligence all over the Galaxy S24, not just the camera. You will be able to use AI to generate wallpapers based on text keywords. You can also add various weather effects to your lock screen. Additionally, the phone can smartly limit charging to 80% when you go to sleep at night, preserving the battery’s health. Charging will resume just before you wake up, so you have a fully-charged battery in the morning.

AI will also let you add or remove objects from photos and videos on the Galaxy S24. If you want to expand a photo to add a friend to the frame, you can do that, too. The phone can also remember your last edits. Elsewhere, Samsung Notes can arrange and summarize notes with key points. If you want to quickly make an internet search for something on the screen, you can draw a circle around it, and your Galaxy S24 will run a web search.

Samsung’s voice recorder app can identify ten different voices and tag them. It can even transcribe the recordings and summarize what each person said in a recording. The Galaxy S24 can even pull out key points from audio calls and recommend actions based on what you spoke. It can recommend actions based on the content of screenshots too. Bixby Text Call, which can transcribe calls, supports call translation on the new Samsung flagship.

As the tech industry ushers into an AI era, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series is poised to be the perfect AI phone next year. The company has developed an in-house generative AI tool that works offline on the new phones, ensuring the safety of your data. Leaks suggest you can also use third-party AI chatbots such as ChatGPT. However, those will require an active internet connection.

Samsung may not charge you more for the new flagships

The Galaxy S24 is a decent upgrade over the Galaxy S23. However, Samsung reportedly won’t charge you more for the new flagships. Rumors say the base model will start at $799. The Galaxy S24+ will cost you $999, and the Ultra will start at $1,199. Considering what you are getting, these are pretty competitive prices. There may not be many incentives for those switching from the Galaxy S23, but the Galaxy S24 is a notable jump from older flagships.

The Korean firm is expected to launch the Galaxy S24 series on January 17, 2024. Like before, it will open pre-orders for the phones immediately after the launch event, which takes place in San Jose, USA. Samsung plans to start general sales of the new flagships on January 30. Stay tuned for the official confirmation of Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked date.