Samsung Galaxy S24 According to details reportedly shared by a company executive, the series is likely to offer satellite communication support. Samsung Electronics System LSI business head Yong-in Park said during a recent presentation that the South Korean tech group is preparing to offer support for satellite communications on its smartphones next year, according to a Sisa Journal-e report (translated from Korean). . With Samsung Galaxy S24 series smartphones Expected to commence in Q1 2024These handsets are likely to be the first handsets to support this feature.
According to the report, Samsung official said that the company have already prepared Supporting smartphone communication using satellite. Yong-in Park, who made the announcement at the 2023 Semiconductor Expo, did not specify a timeline for enabling the functionality, or say which phones would support the feature.
It’s worth noting that Apple has announced support for non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications through its Emergency SOS satellite feature. iPhone 14 range of smartphones in 2022, and the company’s latest phones – including iPhone 15 Pro Max – Also support feature. Earlier this year, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite support on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, but the feature was not enabled on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series smartphones.
On the other hand, Samsung has its own Exynos 5300 modem which powers its Exynos 2400 mobile processor as well as Google’s Tensor G2 (pixel 7) and tensor G3 (pixel 8) chips, also supports NTN connectivity. Samsung has not yet revealed whether it will enable support for satellite communications on its Exynos 2400 chip – which is expected to power the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ – or the recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Will be enabled to provide power. line Galaxy S23 Ultra handset.
It is also not clear whether it is from Samsung or not Galaxy S23 range of smartphones – including the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+And Galaxy S23 Ultra – simultaneously galaxy z flip 5 And galaxy z fold 5 Will provide support for emergency satellite connectivity. TM Roh, president and head of Samsung’s mobile experience business division, previously said that satellite functionality on smartphones is still quite restricted and that There is a great hurry to implement this feature On Samsung handset.