Staying Fit In this story [New iPhones, Androids](#new-devices) • [Photo-editing tools](#photo-editing) • [Longer phone life](#system-updates) • [Wait to buy](#wait-to-buy) • [Or not](#buy-now) • [Upgrades for present phones](#software-upgrades) Getting seduced by the newest crop of splashy smartphones is easy.Apple.A quartet of iPhone 15 devices were announced Sept.12 at Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters and were available 10 days later.Apple’s new top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, made of aerospace-grade titanium, are refreshingly lightweight despite having screen sizes of 6.1 and 6.7 inches, respectively, and sport Apple’s latest chips and pro-level camera systems.They have the kind of innards tech enthusiasts salivate over.
Join AARP for $12 for your first year when you sign up for Automatic Renewal.Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP The Magazine.Google.On Oct.4, the rival countered with the new Android 14-flavored Google Pixel 8 and Google Pixel 8 Pro phones, with 6.2-inch and 6.7-inch displays and starting prices of $699 and $999, respectively.They feature upgraded cameras and are built around advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and Google’s own Tensor G3 chips.
Samsung.AI is also a big driver behind the Galaxy S24 series phones Samsung unleashed Jan.17 that will be available at the end of January.
Prices start at $799 for the Galaxy S24, $999 for the S24+ and $1,299 for the S24 Ultra that also has a titanium shell.When it comes to AI, Samsung is touting such features as real time translation so that you and someone speaking a language you don’t understand can converse during a call.The feature supports audio and text translations for up to 13 languages at launch, the company says, and will work no matter what phone the other person is using, including a landline.
Translations work in person, too.A new Note Assist feature that generates meeting summaries in the Samsung Notes app also takes advantage of AI.And the S24 devices will be among the first to exploit a fresh Google AI search feature called Circle to Search, which is also coming to the latest Pixels Jan.
31.As the name implies, after a user long-presses the home button, they can circle, scribble, highlight or tap objects within an image or video playing on the display and without leaving the app they’re in to summon search results.You can circle or highlight text, too.
For instance, if you’re curious about the sunglasses or boots someone is wearing in a video, you can circle those items to learn about the product, [where to buy it](/money/budgeting-saving/info-2023/online-shopping-third-party-sellers.html) and what it costs.You can return to whatever you had been looking at before your search by swiping.New editing tools make your photos look better Both Google and Samsung are also taking advantage of AI-generated [photo editing tools](/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smartphone-photo-effects.html)..
