Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra - 1 Week REVIEW!
Summary
TLDRTom Chaplin reviews the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, comparing it to the S23 Ultra. He highlights upgrades like the brighter, more anti-reflective screen, faster Snapdragon performance, and AI photo editing features. The camera has improved dynamic range and colors. Video options are more versatile with 4K recording across all lenses. Overall Tom thinks it's a solid upgrade for S22/older users, but minor changes for S23 owners.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video is a first impressions review of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- 👁️ The S24 Ultra has a brighter, more anti-reflective screen than the S23 Ultra
- ⚡ The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip provides faster performance, especially for AI features
- 🔍 The rear camera setup is improved, with better dynamic range and colors
- 🎥 Shooting 4K 60fps video allows switching between lenses while recording
- ⏩ The shutter lag is noticeably reduced compared to the S23 Ultra
- 🖼️ New AI photo editing tools allow removing objects cleanly from images
- ⏳ Instant slow motion uses AI to convert regular videos to slow motion
- 🎨 Generative AI wallpapers are a fun new customization option
- 💸 With a starting price of $1249, the S24 Ultra is very expensive
Q & A
What phones are being compared in the video?
-The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
What are some design changes with the S24 Ultra?
-It has a flatter screen, matte titanium frame instead of glossy aluminum, reduced lower bezel, and is slightly wider but thinner than the S23 Ultra.
How much faster is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip compared to the Gen 2?
-In benchmarks, it showed a 35% jump in peak performance and 30% faster GPU. Real world use may not show as significant gains.
How does the S24 Ultra's camera compare to the S23 Ultra?
-The S24 handles dynamic range and colors better in most examples. The 5x optical zoom produces crisp images but isn't a huge jump over the S23's 3x zoom.
What new video features does the S24 Ultra have?
-You can switch lenses while recording 4K60 video. It also supports 4K 120 recording in pro video mode.
Has the shutter lag been improved on the S24 Ultra?
-Yes, shutter lag is noticeably faster now and closer to the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
What are some of the new AI photo and video editing features?
-Object erase, one-tap slow motion generation, creative wallpapers, and Google Lens integration via circle drawing.
How long will the S24 Ultra receive Android OS updates?
-Samsung has committed to providing 7 years of Android OS updates.
What are the storage and pricing options for the S24 Ultra?
-It starts with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage for $1,249.
Should S23 Ultra owners upgrade to the S24 Ultra?
-Not necessarily. Many of the camera AI features will come to the S23 series. Those with older devices may benefit more from upgrading.
Outlines
📱 Introducing and Comparing the New Galaxy S24 Ultra to the S23 Ultra
The host introduces the new Galaxy S24 Ultra in titanium gray and compares it side-by-side to the S23 Ultra in terms of design, display, performance, and other specs. He notes minor differences like a wider and thinner body, flatter screen, new matte frame, and reduced bottom bezel on the S24.
📷 Testing the New Cameras with Zoom, Color, and Dynamic Range
The host tests the S24 Ultra's cameras around London, examining the zoom capabilities, color reproduction, and dynamic range compared to the S23 Ultra. He finds the S24 produces better colors and handles highlights/shadows better in certain shots, with crisp but potentially oversharpened zoom images.
🤖 Using New AI Photo and Video Editing Features
The host demonstrates new AI-powered editing features on the S24 Ultra like object removal and resizing in photos as well as instant slow motion video creation. He also shows the new generative wallpaper feature and Google's Circle to Search.
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Keywords
💡camera
💡display
💡performance
💡battery
💡video
💡AI
💡updates
💡price
💡design
💡zoom
Highlights
New phone is a tiny bit wider but also a little bit thinner with a flat screen
New matte titanium armor frame is tougher and more durable
New AI features seem useful, not just gimmicks
35% jump in peak CPU performance but only 12-13% in sustained performance
New chip runs hotter and uses more battery despite larger vapor chamber
New screen is brighter and more anti-reflective, better for outdoor use
New camera has better dynamic range and color, but higher sharpness seems artificial
Can switch lenses while shooting 4K60 video on new phone, not on old
Shutter lag is noticeably improved on the new phone
New AI photo editing lets you easily remove objects from photos
New instant slow-mo AI feature is impressive and fun to use
New wallpaper AI generates creative images from text prompts
New Google Lens visual search seems gimmicky in practice
7 years of Android OS updates is far beyond any other brand
Very expensive at $1,249 starting price
Transcripts
hey guys I'm Tom the tech Chap and I've
got my titanium gray Galaxy s24 Ultra
with me here and also my s23 ultra to
add a little bit of context for this
first review if you will and by now
you've probably watched a bunch of
Hands-On videos you know the specs and
the deal but once it actually been
likeed to use is it much of an upgrade
is the camera better are the AI features
actually useful or they just gimmicks
and ultimately should you buy one well
let's start with a little bit of a blind
test can you tell me which is the new
one between the s20 Ultra and the s24
ultra it's tough on the right yes is the
US s24 Ultra but certainly they are very
similar looking the new phone is a tiny
bit wider but also a little bit thinner
we also now have a flat rather than
slightly curved screen which I must
admit I do prefer although Samsung say
it's so that you can run your finger or
the S Pen right to the edge of the frame
and it not sort of fall off the cliff we
also have this matte titanium armor
frame as opposed to the glossy armor
aluminium from before which is a little
bit tougher and more drawable plus we
also get the latest Gill glass armor
which again is tougher and more scratch
resistant and apparently more
anti-reflective but I'll put that to the
test in a second and you can also just
about see they've reduced that lower
bezel so we do actually have a fully
symmetrical bezel right around the edge
which is quite nice and that chin is a
little bit thinner but we're still
getting that gorgeous 6.78 in Quad HD
AMOLED display ip68 water resistant
stereo speakers the S Pen of course
which functionally is the same although
they have slightly reduced the overall
size of this year and of course we have
that new five time zoom lens replacing
the old 10 times but we'll dive into
that in a second so I've taking them
both outside with me it's like the first
sunny day we've had in the UK in months
and if you can forgive the pretty
scratched upop s23 Ultra hopefully
that's not going to be the case with the
new guy you can see this new screen is a
good deal more anti-reflective it's less
of a mirror and paired with the high
brightness we're talking about 1750 nits
Peak outdoor on the s23 versus 2600 on
the new model model although apparently
up to 3,000 with their Vision booster
but you can certainly see the brighter
screen and that better anti reflectivity
does make it a better screen
particularly to use outside although
credit to my friend suaf who pointed
this out to me but you can see the s23
ultra is actually a little bit more
vibrant a little bit more saturated
these screens are set up identically
Quad HD maximum brightness Vivid mode
but you can see the s24 is just a little
bit more muted although you may actually
prefer that now because I'm a massive
nerd one of the first things I wanted to
do was a couple of benchmarks to see how
much faster this new Snapdragon 8 gen 3
for Galaxy is versus the 8 Gen 2 for
Galaxy we're looking at a 35% jump in
the Peak Performance although by the end
of the test we're only looking at about
a 13 1 12% optic and you can actually
see the stability is lower and that's
despite having a almost double the size
Vapor chamber cooler it also has a
higher Peak temperature it hits 43
versus 40 and it did use 2% more battery
than the s23 ultra in Gig bench 6 the
single core performance is about 10% %
higher but an impressive 30% in
multicore and look at that in the
geekbench open CL GPU test the s24 ultra
is 61% faster and firing up a bit of War
Thunder maxed out 120 FPS mode with rate
tracing cranked up you can see we're
getting a good 20 FPS more on the new
s24 are you going to notice this in
everyday life outside of high-end gaming
well probably not although the new chip
with its much faster mpu will speed up
some of the AI features okay let's play
with the new cameras so uh you'll
probably guess where I am I figured the
Old Clock face might be a good uh demo
for the zoom lens although first I'm
actually recording this with the selfie
camera 4K 60 on both at arms length and
looking at the screens can't see a turn
difference if I'm honest let me know if
you can see or hear much difference they
haven't really talked about any changes
with the selfie beyond the pro visual
engine that's now sort of uh using more
AI to upgrade the camera throughout
across all the lenses but if I sort of
get the sun on me there spin around have
everyone look at me like why is this guy
holding two phones in front of
him oh there you go it's
chiming yeah so that's the selfie but
let's switch around play with the zooms
and see if the camera is actually much
better okay so here we are Central
London beautiful but very cold day and
we've got the same 0.6 times Ultra wide
same 200 megapix Main same 10 megapix
three times Optical but this is where
things changed now we've got the five
times Optical on the new guy versus the
10 times on the s23 which is quite a
controversial change but let's have a
look at what they've taken and see how
they compare and in good light there
isn't an awful lot between them the main
thing that strikes me though is actually
the color the white balance you can see
that the clock face of the Elizabeth
Tower Big Ben of course is the Bell this
is the Elizabeth Tower is white as
opposed to that bluish tint it has on
the old phone and stepping up to five
times we do get a slightly crisper image
image on the s24 ultra although it's not
pushing it much beyond that three times
Optical on the s23 but this is where it
gets interesting 10 times Zoom we've got
the native Optical telephoto on the s23
and then we've got this sort of hybrid
cropped in Zoom of the five times on the
s24 ultra although at 30 times there
isn't a lot between them again the color
is the main difference and actually even
if we go into the space zoom 100 times
there's still kind of oil painting but
certainly the differences seem to be
less significant the further we zoom in
let me show you a couple of other
examples and one theme one pattern I am
seeing is the s24 seems to handle
dynamic range and colors a bit better
you can see here the s23 is a little bit
blown out it's a bit Overexposed and
zooming into 10 times there is a marked
difference here in the detail the
quality I mean just look at this Chap's
face and his fantastic helmet you can
see a little bit more fine detail on his
jacket on the older phone but that just
seems to be because the Shadows have
been raised too much and it's not a
naturally pleasing image and you can
also see with this lady's blonde hair
that the highlights are a little bit
blown out on the s23 it handles that
dynamic range better on the
s24 and again here the new s24 is just
doing a better job at pulling those
Shadows down retaining detail and not
looking as washed out and certainly not
bringing in that blue tint that seems to
keep cropping up so it's not always
vastly different but I would say the s24
is a notable upgrade in terms of the
camera however I'm not entirely
convinced I like the quote unquote
upgrade here certainly the s23 is quite
soft it looks a little bit like a oil
painting but the s24 just looks like
they've put it into Lightroom and
dragged sharpness and Clarity way up
don't know if I love that but certainly
it is more
detailed all right so let's switch to
video and I'm recording the audio now on
the phones internally and I'll switch
between them so you can get an idea of
how it deals with the London busy
traffic and school kids around me so
this is shooting at 4K 30 on both got
Westminster Cathedral over there and uh
David Lord George hanging out saying I
should go that way probably so let's do
a little Zoom test again going between
0.6 the one the
three and then the five on the new guy
10 on the old one and then match the
10 so this is at 4K
30 I'm still reasonably stable and then
punching back out
and then back
in you get the idea back in back
out so now I've switched to 4K 60 and it
should obviously be a lot smoother
nothing new there we've got old Winnie
Churchill just hanging out but one thing
that is immediately different is that I
can use all the different lenses while
recording on the s24 so I can go to the
three the five the 10 the ultra wide I
can't switch any lenses once I start
recording at 4K 60 on the s23 so as
someone who does shoot a lot of 4K 60
because it allows you to you know make
it slow motion in the edit if you're
half the speed I kind of like the
smoother frame rate you have a lot more
versatility now with the new phone so
regardless of image quality that's just
a
functional Nic little upgrade as for low
light video well this is being shot at
4K 30 on both I can't see much
difference I've watched this clip back
like 10 times and maybe there's a little
bit less noise and compression on the
s24 but I mean these are side by side
and I just can't see much difference so
I guess I would have liked to see a bit
more of a marked difference uh in low
light
video what is new though is the ability
to shoot 4K 120 it is limited only to
the pro video mode so of course then you
can play around with the wi balance and
shutter speed and all that good stuff
stabilization definitely takes a hit at
this resolution but it does give you
more options if you are a keen
videographer and I think it's the first
time we have seen it on a
smartphone now one thing I really hoped
they improved is the shuttle lag and I
have good news s23 on the left s24 on
the right and it does seem to be quite a
bit faster what's interesting though is
if we go to intelligent optimization by
default it's set to maximum the amount
of processing it does for the camera but
if we turn to minimum you can see it
does speed up on both phones but still
faster on the s24 but if we put it back
to maximum which is by default and how
you'd probably want to use it it is a
good deal faster now and if I play the
same clip again at half speed you can
really see the
difference and so now versus the iPhone
15 Pro max they're a lot closer I still
think the iPhones are touch faster but I
am very pleased to report that Samsung
has improved the shutter speed with the
s24
ultra okay it's too bloody cold to be
out here I've taken a lot of photos but
I want to try out some of the camera AI
features let's head back home for that
okay so let's open up the gallery and I
want to show you a couple of the new AI
photo editing features so for example
here we've got a nice photo but in the
background we have this lady and that
bag just lying there so if we go to edit
and then tap this new magical AI button
we can now draw around or highlight
objects and then move resize or simply
delete them and then if we press
generate after about 15 seconds or so
it'll fill in the image and you have a
nice clean photo you would never have
known a lady in a bag with there let's
try another one so if I draw around the
Elizabeth Tower uh you can see it
actually highlights it immediately I can
then change the size of it move it
around or simply erase it and as if by
Magic it's completely gone and now I'm
pointing at the sky like an idiot you
can even straighten your image so if
you're a little bit wonky like I am well
my this photo is at least you can rotate
to either straighten it or I don't know
make it even more wonky and then as it
says on the screen it will fill in the
missing pieces let me try one more again
my picture is a little bit skew whff
there so let's try and straighten up
quite a bit of background for it to fill
in there press generate let it do its
magic and all its reticulating splines
and all that then that's a pretty
convincing edit you wouldn't
know but my absolute favorite new AI
feature and the first thing I show my
friends when they ask about this phone
is instant slow-mo this uses AI to
interpolate or create new frames so even
if you shoot a 30 frames per second
video just tap on the screen and in a
second it will turn it into slow motion
it is pretty magical and then you can
open up the video in the editor and
change the speed and the duration and
then save a new clip although it's work
mentioning a 30 FPS video can either be
slowed to half or one4 speed but a 60
FPS video can go down to 1/8 speed and
in the edit you can have multiple slow
motion segments so you can do a little
bit of speed ramping almost this is also
fun to play around with if you open up
the wallpaper menu from the home screen
and then go to creative you've got this
new generative AI option other Android
phones also offer this but I do quite
like the implementation on the s24 ultra
because rather than writing in a full
prompt you just fill in a few different
op options like a surreal castle made of
chiffon in shades of pink and purple or
perhaps a painting of a lake and
spaceships in a broke style perhaps give
it a few seconds to work its magic and
that's pretty cool I think I might
actually use that as my home screen
wallpaper what do you think Samsung's
also very proud that they are the first
to implement the new Circle to search
from Google long press on the home
button or if you're using gestures in
this case just the bottom of the screen
like that you'll get this fancy
animation and then just draw around
anything you want to search let's see
what happens if I draw around myself
okay all right let's try again from my
Instagram profile see if it picks up
anything oh it's Pig top clicks clearly
I'm not important enough this phone is
rubbish don't buy it I'm also really
pleased to see Samsung now offering
seven full OS updates 7 years of Android
which is Way Beyond everyone else so
hopefully they all start to catch up cuz
this is the cash support we want the
only downside is it's very expensive
we're talking
1,249 or1 99 and that gets you 12 gigs
of RAM 256 gigs of storage so what do
you think so far are you impressed by
the new s24 Ultra have you pre-ordered
one are you going to get one for
yourself or not convinced let me know
what you make of this in the comments
but so far I'm having a really good time
with this I really like the brighter
more anti-reflective screen the
performance is obviously quite a bit
better although you don't really get to
notice it that much but certainly with
the AI features I do find myself using
it quite a bit however Samsung has said
that these AI features will also be
coming to the s20 3 Series later in the
year in the first half of 2024 so if you
already have an s23 then it's One Less
Reason to upgrade but if you are on an
s22 or anything older than I reckon this
could be worth the upgrade thank you so
much for watching guys hit that like And
subscribe button if you enjoyed my first
review and I'll see you next time right
here on the tech chat
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