Galaxy S24 With 128GB Storage Said To Support Slower UFS 3.1 Standard, As Samsung’s Rumored Cost-Cutting Measures Get Highlighted

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Samsung’s rumored cost-cutting measures have been mentioned in the latest rumor, where the company is said to use slower UFS 3.1 storage for its Galaxy S24 series. Thankfully, only one model is said to be treated to the inferior onboard memory; the 128GB storage variant. It was previously reported that Samsung intends to launch the Galaxy S24 series at the same pricing structure as the Galaxy S23 lineup, but to achieve this goal, the company is likely making compromises like the one highlighted above.

A source in Samsung’s supply chain is rumored to have informed tipster yeux1122 that the 128GB version of the Galaxy S24 will ship with UFS 3.1 storage. Thankfully, on the Korean blog Naver, only this variant belonging to Samsung’s upcoming flagship series will compromise on read and write speeds, whereas the rest of the lineup will sport UFS 4.0 storage. Samsung has gradually introduced faster iterations of UFS flash memory, which most Android phone makers also use as internal storage for their respective devices.

Apple uses NVMe storage instead of UFS technology, though the latter can match NVMe read and speeds, with the latest UFS 4.0 standard from Samsung topping out at 4,200MB/s sequential read speeds when paired with the company’s proprietary storage controller. UFS 4.0 is also said to be 46 percent more power-efficient than UFS 3.1 while delivering twice the bandwidth.

Thanks to the improved IOPS, a faster storage standard can make the handset faster and more responsive, making opening apps and other tasks a breeze. However, regular users may not notice this difference with the base Galaxy S24. With chipsets such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 rumored to be more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, it was only a matter of