The base version of the Galaxy S24 will likely be slower than other models with UFS 3.1 storage

According to a new rumor, the base or 128GB model of the Galaxy S24 will come with UFS 3.1 storage, making it slower than other models with faster UFS 4.0 storage.
It seems that in order to maintain the price balance of the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung is considering making the base model of this series available to users with the old UFS 3.1 memory. With this approach, production costs will decrease, but at the same time, using this storage standard will slow down the device.
Will the base version of Galaxy S24 arrive with old memory?
In the previous news about the Samsung Galaxy S24, it was mentioned that Samsung is planning to launch the new series with the same pricing as the previous generation, the Galaxy S23 series. Now one of Knowledgeable market sources It says the base version of the series will come with UFS 3.1 memory technology instead of the faster UFS 4.0 memory. This approach can affect the price of the base version. Of course, it is not yet clear how much this approach can reduce the price of the device.
Samsung usually uses faster UFS memory, and now it remains to be seen whether it wants to launch the base version of its new flagship with a slower memory in order to balance the price and reduce costs.