The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 formally got here to an finish with the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 8. Across greater than six weeks of pleasure and inspiration, Samsung Electronics and its industry-leading expertise improved the Games-time expertise like by no means earlier than.
Keeping true to a ‘Games Wide Open,’ Samsung unlocked new views and infinite potentialities for athletes and followers with Galaxy improvements through the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Samsung Newsroom revisited some unforgettable moments from the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 to see how Samsung’s spirit of ‘Open always wins’ was dropped at life.
Winning Smiles: 293 Victory Selfies Taken
The new Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition helped athletes seize and share lifelong recollections at Paris 2024 by the introduction of the Victory Selfie — permitting medalists to create a visible reminiscence guide from their very own perspective for extra personalised photographs as a substitute of those historically taken by accredited media.
▲ (From left) Adam Peaty of Team Great Britain, Nicolo Martinenghi of Team Italy and Nic Fink of Team USA take a Victory Selfie after competing within the males’s 100-meter breaststroke swimming competitors. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu / Getty Images)
▲ (From left) Song Xiao of Team People’s Republic of China, Saysunee Jana of Team Thailand and Beatrice Maria Vio Grande of Team Italy pose for a selfie within the blended zone after the wheelchair fencing girls’s foil class B medal ceremony. (Photo by Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images)
Meaningful Connections: Nearly 17,000 Athletes Received the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition
Exclusively designed for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition was a success amongst athletes as they related with household, pals and followers in new methods. The first-ever Olympic Edition powered by Galaxy AI, the gadget supplied a full suite of options and customised providers that elevated the athletes’ expertise and helped them rejoice camaraderie past the competitors.
▲ Team South Africa takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Photo by Samsung)
▲ Team France takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Photo by Samsung / Getty Images)
Powered by Galaxy: Almost 15,000 Galaxy Devices Utilized by Organizers
Staff and volunteers, the spine of Games-time operations, saved the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 working with a set of practically 15,000 Galaxy gadgets — together with greater than 7,100 Galaxy smartphones, 2,500 Galaxy Tab sequence tablets and 5,200 Galaxy Book sequence laptops. The Galaxy ecosystem’s seamless integration helped ship a clean expertise for athletes and followers in attendance.
▲ Staff and volunteers use Galaxy Book laptops within the again workplace at Place de la Concorde. (Photo by Samsung)
Closer Than Ever: A New View of All the Action With 250+ Smartphones, 360 Days of Testing and Over 100 Experts
Samsung opened the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 to hundreds of thousands of followers watching from around the globe. In collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS), greater than 200 Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones have been put in on the boats used within the Olympic Games opening ceremony on the Seine River and the crusing competitors in Marseille. Footage was transmitted by Orange by a newly put in, non-public 5G community and introduced followers nearer to the thrill.
▲ A Galaxy S24 Ultra is positioned on the bow of Team Great Britain’s boat through the opening ceremony on the Seine River. (Photo by Samsung / Getty Images)
▲ A Galaxy S24 Ultra is put in on the boat of Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie of Team New Zealand as they compete…
