James Fishler, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics America, announced the company’s latest products on “The Claman Countdown.”
Samsung decided to test the camera of its new smartphone Galaxy S24 by sending it into space to take pictures of Earth. X users will have exclusive access to that Snap for a limited time.
The electronics giant and the social media platform have teamed up to give X users access until the end of March to request one of 150 images collected by the Galaxy S24 Ultra from locations in the US using its zoom feature. We have partnered on a promotion. This includes Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Sierra Nevada and Los Angeles.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphone on display during a media preview event held at the Samsung store in Seoul on January 15th. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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To access the photos, X users simply visit a post from @SamsungMobileUS and receive an aerial photo taken with the Galaxy S24 in response. The more users engage, the more photos they see.
Samsung sent a new smartphone beyond the clouds with four specially designed spacecraft built by private near-space provider Cent Into Space. The spacecraft was launched using a stratospheric balloon canopy filled with hydrogen, which is lighter than air.
A Samsung spokesperson told FOX Business that X also helped send the phone into space to check its functionality, but the company also helped send the phone to space to check its functionality, but the social media company owned by SpaceX founder Elon Musk He declined to say how the company supported the effort.
According to Samsung, Elon Musk’s X company helped send the Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone into space. (Muhammad Selim Kolkata/Anadolu via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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A lightweight carbon fiber skeleton centered around the core flight computer was used to take the photo. This skeleton can support an array of handsets at multiple different angles and orientations using a custom-designed 3D-printed mount.
Each spacecraft reached an altitude of over 120,000 feet above the earthall handsets snap photos for the entire duration.
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When the team was ready to return the ship to land, they vented the gas and deployed the parachute. Each aircraft landed at a remote location at a speed of approximately 8 miles per hour, where it was recovered.
