Korea's Samsung is set to begin manufacturing laptops at its Noida plant this year, TM Roh, president and head of the MX business, said Monday, adding that India was a key production manufacturing region.
"We will start manufacturing laptops this year at the Noida factory. Preparations are already underway," said Roh, who is visiting India.
He added that the Samsung Galaxy S24 series is a declaration and a starting point for the mobile AI era, with the AI use cases in the devices only the beginning.
"As you are aware, mobile AI or AI itself has not been completed yet and only keeps developing to open new possibilities, experiences and ecosystems," said Roh.
The executive added that he foresees consumers increasingly using Galaxy AI (the suite of AI applications in the Galaxy S24 phones) and will also come up with new needs and demands. That said, a significant amount of resources and costs have gone into developing and maintaining Galaxy AI and will continue to do so, Roh said.
"Despite the enormous resources invested as well as the costs involved in developing and providing these capabilities, we feel that it is more important for the customers to be able to enjoy the experiences and the new possibilities brought by the Galaxy AI," Roh said, adding that this is the reason why the capabilities are being provided free of cost to customers till 2025.