Nov 20, 2023BF3E-0043Wrong

Galaxy S24 preorders were expected to begin January 18, with preorder deliveries starting January 26, per The Elec

Galaxy S24 preorders were expected to begin January 18, with preorder deliveries starting January 26.

The Elec reported in SamMobile that Galaxy S24 preorders were expected to begin January 18, with preorder deliveries starting January 26.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedGalaxy S24 preorders were expected to begin January 18, with preorder deliveries starting January 26.
  2. Who said it, and whenThe Elec reported it on Nov 20, 2023 in SamMobile.
  3. What happened, and whenSamsung Galaxy S24 was announced on Jan 17, 2024, 58 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyWrongIt did not turn out this way.Why: Samsung opened U.S. preorders on January 17 and general availability began January 31, not a January 18 preorder start with January 26 deliveries.
What do these words mean?
Right
It turned out the way this report said.
Partly right
Some of this was right and some of it was not.
Wrong
It did not turn out this way.
Moving target
This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.
Never settled
The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
Not comparable
This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.
No outcome yet
Nothing has happened yet that would prove this right or wrong.
Not checked yet
The company has answered this. We have not finished checking this one.
Checked
Checked means the company has since given an answer and we compared it with what was reported. Details still waiting on an answer, details nothing can settle, details where the plan itself changed, and details we have not finished reviewing are all counted separately and are not part of that number.
Moving target
A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
Reported by
The Elec
We read it in
SamMobile
Product
Samsung Galaxy S24 · reported as “Galaxy S24”
Read it at SamMobile →

The story of this report

  1. Nov 20, 2023The Elec reported it · SamMobile
  2. Jan 17, 2024Samsung Galaxy S24 was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictWrongWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

The Elec · Publication

20 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 9 we have checked, 7 held up. The other 11 are not part of that number: 3 never settled, 1 not comparable, 7 no outcome yet.

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Questions about this report

Did this Samsung Galaxy S24 report turn out to be true?
Wrong. It did not turn out this way. Samsung opened U.S. preorders on January 17 and general availability began January 31, not a January 18 preorder start with January 26 deliveries.
Who reported it first?
The Elec reported it on Nov 20, 2023 in SamMobile.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 58 days before Samsung Galaxy S24 was announced on Jan 17, 2024.