A person walks previous the Samsung emblem displayed on a glass door on the firm’s Seocho constructing in Seoul on April 7, 2023.
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Samsung lately introduced it should host a information convention in San Jose, California, on Jan. 17 the place it should unveil its latest Galaxy telephones.
Samsung is Apple’s largest smartphone competitor. The corporate has a 20% share of the worldwide smartphone market, in contrast with Apple’s 16% share, based on Counterpoint Analysis. In the meantime, Samsung has a 25% share of the U.S. telephone market, behind Apple’s 53% share. New options that are not obtainable on the iPhone may assist it entice extra clients.
Samsung mentioned Tuesday night its newest units will supply an “all-new cellular expertise powered by AI.” Whereas it is unclear what meaning, latest bulletins from chipmakers like Qualcomm and rivals like Google might present some context.
Samsung historically makes use of Qualcomm chips in its U.S. smartphones. The newest units, doubtless named the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 Extremely, might make the most of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Collection 8 Gen 3 for Android telephones. Samsung is normally among the many first telephone makers to make use of Qualcomm’s newest chips.
Qualcomm mentioned in October that its new Snapdragon chips will enable telephones to run generative synthetic intelligence purposes straight on the telephone. It permits for smaller variations of purposes like ChatGPT to run with out an web connection. On-device variations of AI chatbots may preserve conversations extra non-public since queries would not must be despatched to the cloud.
Qualcomm additionally demonstrated how its chips might be used to generate pictures primarily based on a string of phrases. So, for instance, you would possibly sort “create a picture that reveals a person driving a automotive” and it will generate an image. That is just like what Google’s Tensor G3 chip within the Pixel 8 Professional permits. That telephone can create customized telephone wallpapers primarily based on a set of phrases a person selects.
The Pixel 8 Professional additionally helps Google’s Gemini Nano AI mannequin, which may create replies to textual content messages, transcribe recorded conversations and extra. AI can also be typically used to enhance movies and photographs.
— CNBC’s Kif Leswing and Jennifer Elias contributed to this report.
