A person walks previous the Samsung brand displayed on a glass door on the firm’s Seocho constructing in Seoul on April 7, 2023.
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Samsung recently announced it’s going to host a press convention in San Jose, California on Jan. 17 the place it’s going to unveil its latest Galaxy phones.
Samsung is Apple’s largest smartphone competitor. The firm has a 20% share of the worldwide smartphone market, in contrast to Apple’s 16% share, in accordance to Counterpoint Research. Meanwhile, Samsung has a 25% share of the U.S. cellphone market, behind Apple’s 53% share. New options that are not out there on the iPhone might assist it entice extra prospects.
Samsung mentioned on Tuesday night its newest units will supply an ‘all-new cellular expertise powered by AI.’ While it is unclear what meaning, latest bulletins from chipmakers like Qualcomm and opponents like Google might present some context.
Samsung historically makes use of Qualcomm chips in its U.S. smartphones. The newest units, probably named the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4+ and Galaxy S4 Ultra, might benefit from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Series 8 Gen 3 for Android phones. Samsung is often among the many first cellphone makers to use Qualcomm’s newest chips.
Qualcomm mentioned in October that its new Snapdragon chips will permit phones to run generative AI functions immediately on the cellphone. It permits for smaller variations of functions like ChatGPT to run with out an web connection. On-device variations of AI chatbots might maintain conversations extra non-public since queries would not want to be despatched to the cloud.
Qualcomm additionally demonstrated how its chips could possibly be used to generate photographs primarily based on a string of phrases. So, for instance, you would possibly kind “create a picture that reveals a person driving a automotive” and it will generate an image. That’s comparable to what Google’s Tensor G3 chip within the Pixel 8 Pro permits. That cellphone can create customized cellphone wallpapers primarily based on a set of phrases a consumer selects.
The Pixel 8 Pro 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 usually used to enhance movies and pictures.
CNBC’s Kif Leswing and Jennifer Elias contributed to this report.