Samsung Galaxy S24 vs S24+ vs S24 Ultra (Don't Waste $500)
Summary
TLDRThe video analyzes the differences between the three new Galaxy S24 phones: the regular S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra. Key factors compared include display quality, one-handed usability, materials/design, performance, battery life, and cameras. The presenter found the regular S24 provides incredible value with its one-handed form factor, still having a bright and smooth display plus good battery life. But camera and multimedia enthusiasts may want to spend extra on the Ultra’s superior zoom, low light captures, S-Pen support, and immersive squared-off display.
Takeaways
- 😊 The new Galaxy S24 lineup has impressive specs, but Samsung has blurred the lines between the models, making it hard to decide which to buy
- 👀 The S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra have very similar display tech, refresh rates and default resolution
- 🔍 The S24 Ultra has a Gorilla Armor front glass that reduces reflections by 75% for better visibility
- 📏 The S24 is the most one-handed friendly, while the S24 Ultra is definitely a two-handed phone for most people
- 🎨 The S24 and S24 Plus have aluminum frames, while the S24 Ultra uses more durable titanium
- 🧠 All models have the same AI features like real-time translation and Circle Search
- 🔋 The smaller S24 display helps battery life, but all models lost power at similar rates in tests
- 📸 The S24 Ultra has a better peri-scope zoom camera, but image quality differences come from other factors too
- 💻 The S24 Ultra has Wi-Fi 7 and Ultra Wideband, both missing from the regular S24
- 👍 The regular S24 seems to offer the best value and experience for most users
Q & A
What are the main differences between the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra?
-The main differences are in display size, camera specs, RAM, storage, materials, and pricing. The S24 has a 6.2 inch screen, the S24 Plus has a 6.7 inch screen, and the S24 Ultra has a 6.8 inch screen. The S24 Ultra also has a superior camera system with a 200MP main lens and 5x optical zoom. The S24 only has 8GB RAM while the Plus and Ultra have 12GB. The Ultra can go up to 1TB storage while the regular S24 maxes out at 256GB. The Ultra uses a titanium frame while the others use aluminum. Finally, pricing ranges from $799 for the regular S24 to $1299 for the Ultra.
What display features are the same across the S24 lineup?
-All models have Dynamic AMOLED 2X displays with 2600 nit peak brightness, 1080p resolution by default (but Plus and Ultra can enable Quad HD+), 120Hz refresh rates, and HDR10+ certification. They also all have flat displays rather than curved.
How do the battery capacities and battery life compare?
-The S24 has a 4000 mAh battery, the S24 Plus has a 4900 mAh battery, and the S24 Ultra has a 5000 mAh battery. In testing, battery life was quite similar when playing video, exporting files, and in standby. The smaller S24 screen seems to help conserve battery life compared to the Plus and Ultra.
What processors are used in the different models?
-In the US, all three models use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. In other regions, the S24 and S24 Plus use Samsung's Exynos chip instead.
How do the cameras compare between models?
-The S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra share the same 12MP selfie camera, 12MP ultrawide, and 10MP 3x telephoto cameras. The main difference is in the wide angle primary camera - 50MP on the S24/Plus and 200MP on the Ultra. The S24 Ultra also adds a 5x optical zoom telephoto camera.
What are some other differences between models?
-The S24 Ultra has Wi-Fi 7 while the others have Wi-Fi 6E. The regular S24 lacks Ultra Wideband support. The S24 Ultra supports S Pen input. The Ultra has a titanium frame while the others use aluminum. Fast charging is limited to 25W on the S24 but goes up to 45W on the Plus/Ultra.
How many years of software updates are promised?
-Samsung has committed to providing 7 years of software updates for the entire Galaxy S24 lineup.
What AI features are included?
-All models have the same AI features like live translation during calls, Circle Search to identify objects, photo enhancements, chat suggestions, text summarization, etc.
What case and screen protector does the presenter recommend?
-The presenter recommends using any case, but is currently using the Pataka case which has MagSafe capabilities. For screen protection, he recommends a inexpensive tempered glass protector since the displays are flat.
Which Galaxy S24 model seems most recommended for general users?
-The presenter recommends the regular S24 for most users. He believes the display, performance, battery life, and camera will satisfy most people at $799 starting price. The S24 Plus doesn't offer many big advantages for its higher $999 price.
Outlines
😀 Overview of Galaxy S24 lineup differences
The new Galaxy S24 lineup has three models: regular, plus, and ultra. Initially they have similar specs like display resolution and refresh rate, but the ultra has less reflective Gorilla Glass screen. The sizes range from 6.2 to 6.8 inches, affecting one-handed use. All models have flat screens, same processor in the US, and 7 years of updates. The ultra omits some features like Ultra wideband.
😉 Details on displays, sizes, materials
The S24 lineup has dynamic AMOLED 2X displays with 2600 nit peak brightness and 120Hz refresh rates. Pixels per inch is highest on the Plus. The Ultra's Gorilla Glass Armor reduces reflections. The regular S24 is easiest for one-handed use at 6.2 inches. The Plus is 6.7 inches and Ultra is 6.8. The Ultra uses titanium frames for a different look. There are 4 colors available.
📷 Camera comparisons and battery life test results
The S24 Ultra has a 200MP camera versus 50MP on the Plus/regular but megapixels don't determine quality. The Ultra's 5x periscope lens takes much better zoomed photos. Stabilization is great on all models. Battery tests show smaller display on regular S24 conserves battery best when playing video at max brightness. Exporting videos used the same power on all. Overnight standby drain was the same.
💡 Final recommendations and conclusions
The S24 regular has compelling price at $799 with upgraded specs over prior generation. $999 for S24 Plus adds more resolution, RAM, and fast charging. S24 Ultra at $1299 has extras like S-Pen and best cameras aimed at power users. But for most, S24 provides the best value with one-handed use, same features, and lower cost.
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Keywords
💡Galaxy S24 lineup
💡display
💡camera
💡performance
💡battery
💡S Pen
💡one-handed use
💡price
💡premium
Highlights
The S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra have very similar display specs and 120Hz refresh rate
The S24 Ultra has Gorilla Glass Armor on the front to reduce reflections by 75%
The S24 is the most one-handed friendly, while the S24 Ultra will likely require two hands for most people
The S24 Ultra uses a titanium frame compared to aluminum on the S24 and S24 Plus
The S24 charges slower at 25W, while the S24 Plus and Ultra charge at 45W
The S24 has less RAM at 8GB and limited storage options compared to 12GB RAM and up to 1TB storage on Ultra
The S24 Ultra has better zoom capabilities with a 5x optical zoom lens
The S24 had the best battery life in video playback test
The S24 lacks ultra-wideband support compared to Plus and Ultra
The S24 Ultra supports WiFi 7 compared to WiFi 6E on S24 and S24 Plus
All models get 7 years of software updates
The S24 starts at $799, S24 Plus at $999, and S24 Ultra at $1299
The S24 provides great value with latest specs at same price as last year
For most users, S24 delivers nearly identical experience as Plus for much lower price
Power users will likely prefer S24 Ultra for S Pen, cameras, RAM and WiFi 7
Transcripts
so the new Galaxy s24 lineup is really
impressive but now more than any
previous generation Samsung blurred the
lines between the premium one the ultra
and the plus and the regular making it a
lot more difficult to decide which one's
actually the best one to get should you
save several hundred on the cheaper one
that has a lot of the same specs or you
want to go one step above to the Plus or
one step above that to the ultra and in
this video after having tested these
pretty extensively for the past couple
days I want talk about the differences
between them and help you decide which
is actually the best one to buy because
honestly it is pretty surprising when
you look at how similar these are and
what the subtle differences are that
weren't actually mentioned in the
keynote or even on the spec sheets for
most part so let's start off with the
obvious difference these obviously have
very different displays but out of the
box they actually have the same
resolution they all have fhd plus full
HD which is basically 1080p display on
these phones but if you go into settings
the s24 plus and the s24 ultra can have
Quad HD now I think that's interesting
that Samsung decided to do that my
speculation is that it is a battery
trade-off they want to kind of by
default give you the lower resolution
because most people won't actually
notice the resolution difference but
most people will notice the battery
difference so for the battery test in
this video I'm turning them up to Quad
HD the full resolution because I think
that is what they really should be
running now another thing that you'll
really notice is that they do all have a
lot of the same specs on the display
it's a super Amed 2 display uh they have
the same Peak brightness of 2600 nits
which is really incredible uh really
easy to see out in broad daylight and
they also all have 120 HZ fast refresh
rate on the display so the display
technology is actually really similar
and if you look at the pixel density
technically the s24 plus has the best
pixel density it has more pixels per
inch than the than the ultra but the
ultra does have a trick up its sleeve
you see these all have different glass
on the front and I can see it just
looking in the studio right now where we
have Gorilla Glass vicus 2 on the s24 on
the s24 plus and on the back of the s24
ultra but on the front of the s24 ultra
there's a new glass on there this glass
is called gorilla armor and this is
supposed to reduce Reflections by up to
75% and so just setting these you can
see I'll set them on I'll show you guys
what I'm seeing right here it definitely
does reduce the glare and the
reflections really quite significantly
so the combination of the really nice
bright display and less Reflections
should make the ultra substantially more
visible in bright situations and just
more pleasant to look at in general so
that's kind of a hidden positive there
looking at the design of all of these
they share a lot of similar design notes
they're definitely boxier than previous
generations however you'll notice the
display itself we have 6.2 in on the s24
regular but it's rounded on the corner
so it's measuring it's technically a
little bit less than that that we have
6.7 in on the plus so a/ in larger and
then 6.8 in on the ultra but the ultra
of course has much more squared off
Corners which would make media viewing
in my opinion a much more pleasant
experience because you don't have little
rounded corners on the inside there now
they all have flat displays and they
have similar bezels on all of them so
proportionately uh the bezel will look
larger on the smallest model the s24
just because it's the same size but the
overall screen is a little bit smaller
so your ratio is going to be less f
aable there but doing kind of a oneand
test with with each of these I don't
have particularly small hands but I
think that out of all of these easily
the most one-handed one is going to be
the s24 this one I can easily reach the
top I can reach the far corner I can
reach the entire phone with one hand
Without Really straining to do so the
s24 plus I can still reach the top very
easily but the top left corner I really
kind of have to like do a little pinky
gymnastics down there to kind of reach
up and get that corner so it's going to
be more of a two handed phone I think
for most people and then the ultra even
though it is only .1 in larger I think
it's kind of deceptive because it really
is substantially harder to use this
phone with just one hand it's almost
definitely going to be a two-hand phone
for most people out there unless you're
using some quick little oneand gestures
uh to make it more accessible now all of
these are available in four colors
slightly different colors and a key
difference in that is the material that
they are made with so the 24 and the 24
plus both have aluminum frames they kind
of a what they call a unibody design so
it looks honestly it looks really nice
it looks very familiar as well I might
say kind of like the iPhones for example
which I think is a big positive there
but the s24 ultra is actually using a
titanium frame on here although the
weight of the phones doesn't really
change from last year but you'll notice
that that's why they look very different
on the outside uh the rails on them are
just much more matte on the ultra and
still matte on on the plus and the
regular but they don't have that same
textured look that we're seeing on the
ultra for me I actually kind of prefer
the alum aluminum look but titanium does
have its advantages with with hardness
and stuff like that but the colors like
I said we've got four different colors
for all of them the plus and the regular
share the same four colors the ultra has
a slightly different Hue of all the four
colors so really slightly different and
there's some three online exclusive
colors I'll have these linked down below
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now before we get into the camera test
which is probably going to be the most
impressive part of this video I want to
talk about what's under the hood with
these in in the US right now all three
of these have the Snapdragon 8 gen 3 for
Galaxy it's the same processor in all of
them it's very fast really not you're
not going to see any difference there
but in other regions other parts of the
world many other parts of the world
actually uh the s24 and the 24 plus
instead we'll have the exos 2400 chip
now I haven't personally used that chip
so I can't can't really speak much to it
but I know a lot of people out there are
very upset that they're not getting the
Snapdragon chip so if in that sense the
ultra could be very compelling they do
all have the same AI features I made a
quick little intro video for each of
these last week and a lot of people were
asking like yes I demonstrated the AI
features on the ultra do they exist on
the regular and the plus the answer is
yes uh they do all exist so we're
getting the same things from the call
translation so you're getting real time
translation in a phone call which is
really impressive of course we do have
Circle to search on all of them even
though I showed that in my demonstration
with the S Pen let's just say we're
using the s24 plus here so on any screen
if I tap and hold the home button or if
you are using like I am the gestures on
the bottom you just tap on the little
bar like the little grayish bar on the
bottom you tap and hold there and
that'll bring up Circle to search you
can highlight anything you can Circle
anything uh so if you just highlight
some text like if I highlight uh this
word right here it's going to search for
that it's really honestly quite
impressive you you can use this in any
app you have open and even though this
is a lot like Google Lens the advantage
here is that you no longer have to take
a screenshot and then open up Google
Lens to do that it's all Native it's
built into the UI and I think it's a
huge benefit like I said but I'm kind of
getting off topic here I'll talk more
about the AI features in other videos uh
some more in-depth videos on those
features in particular but focusing on
the differences between these of course
the weight is going to be a pretty
substantial difference you're looking at
8.22 o and I'll show that in metric for
my International Friends uh that's a lot
heavier than 6.24 o on the plus and 5.93
on the regular so as far as pocket
ability if you're running around with
some gym shorts on this smaller phone is
going to be much more comfortable uh to
have in your pocket interestingly
Samsung did omit some things from the
regular even though there are a lot of
similarities one thing that they omitted
was the faster charging you're only
getting 25 watts charging on there
granted it is a smaller battery but
you're getting 45 Watts on the plus and
on the ultra similarly you're getting
less RAM on the regular only 8 GB of RAM
on there and you can't upgrade is only 8
gigs and then the plus and the ultra
both have 12 12 gigs of RAM uh and as
far as storage goes once again you're
kind of limited on the regular so 128 or
256 GB of storage which is okay but it's
not the most out there versus the plus
which doesn't even go that low it starts
at 256 and goes to 512 and the ult ra
does the same thing but also goes up to
a terabyte so the storage is going to be
kind of a trade-off I think that's kind
of how Samsung is starting to justify
the cost difference but I still think
the regular model is still very
compelling especially when we start
getting into the cameras so I want to do
a camera test for you guys but kind of
highlighting the similarities between
them all three of them have the same 12
megapixel front-facing camera the same
12 megapixel ultrawide lens the same 10
megapixel 3x lens but the difference
you're going to see is in the primary
rear lens that wide-angle lens is 200
megapixels on the ultra and 50
megapixels on the plus and the regular
but don't be fooled by how many
megapixels there are that doesn't really
matter that much the image quality
itself is still going to be different
but for other reasons you'll have
different dynamic range you'll have
different uh low light capabilities but
I don't ever use 200 megapixel photos I
always have it been down to 12
megapixels for example and in addition
the ultra one of the biggest benefits to
this in my opinion is not the primary
lens it's actually the 50 megapixels 5x
lens this is your Periscope lens able to
zoom in really well of course your Mac
zoom on here is 100x compared to just
30X on the other two I'm never going to
zoom in that much but at 5x or at 10x
your photos are going to be
substantially better on the ultra as you
can see right here and videos are going
to be slightly different as well all
right so for a quick video test between
the s24 ultra and the plus overall it's
going to be pretty consistent with the
colors uh a lot is is going to be the
same we should have slightly better
dynamic range on the ultra with that
larger sensor and one thing that I
noticed is that when you get closer to
objects it's a lot easier to focus in on
the plus than it is on the ultra uh the
ultra just kind of struggles to focus on
objects that are really close but when
it does it should have more of a natural
bokeh more of a blurring on the
background compared to the plus again
with that larger sensor but for some
reason it definitely struggles so if I
go back up close it's a lot easier to
gain focus on the plus than it is on the
Ultra if we do a quick stabilization
test I'll jump
around and they both they both stabilize
really similarly and really well and now
I mentioned that the battery life on
these is going to be different so let's
get into a quick little battery test
we've got 5,000 mamp hours on the s24
ultra very similar to what we've been
seeing the past couple of generations we
have 4,900 milliamp hours on the plus
which is a big boost over the previous
years and we have 4,000 on the regular
so different screen sizes different
battery sizes let's see how they perform
in that test so the battery test was
honestly a real mixed bag I started off
by playing a video at Max brightness a
local video file on repeat and after 3
hours and 32 minutes the s24 ultra went
from 100% down to 69% the s24 plus went
from 100% down to 70% and the s24 the
regular s24 interestingly only went down
to 80% so the plus and the ultra were
both losing battery at about the same
pace with the smaller phone it seems the
smaller display really helped in the
battery life as far as playing video at
Max brightness now the next test was
exporting videos so I had some very
complex videos really pressing this uh
and exporting them and after 20 minutes
of non-stop exporting all three phones
lost exactly the same amount of power
they all lost 6% and then I left all
three of these phones just sitting there
screens off overnight and so about 8
hours later uh they all lost 4% battery
so again no significant difference there
either I think the only way you're
really going to see a difference with
these phones is going to be if you using
the screen a lot so this was by no means
a perfect battery test but I think it
highlights that the smaller display is
more conservative with battery power and
now a couple other differences between
these phones that interestingly weren't
really mentioned anywhere uh one of them
is that you're getting Wi-Fi 7 on the
s24 ultra whereas you're getting the
previous generation Wi-Fi 6E on the 24
and the 24 plus I think a lot of people
don't have Wi-Fi 7 routers just yet but
if you're trying to be future proof the
ultra is going to be uh definitely
faster there definitely a big Advantage
but not everyone like I said is going to
care about that or use that in addition
the s24 regular one of the few
differences here with the regular is
that it actually lacks Ultra wideband
which I thought was really interesting
Samsung just came out with her smart tag
to and so like the plus and the ultra
are going to be substantially better at
finding that that Ultra wideband is
going to be what you use when the tag is
on the other side of the room and and
you don't know where it is maybe it's
under a couch cushion and you're using
your phone to kind of point in the right
direction and navigate over to your lost
tag so I'm not sure why Samsung omitted
that on the 24 and then didn't really
tell anyone about that it seems like
that's a pretty big differentiator at
least for me as somebody who uses smart
tags a lot they do all have seven years
of updates though so once again
longevity on these phones should be
quite impressive especially because the
build quality feels so solid they do all
of flat displays which means you now can
put on like a really solid screen
protector like a nice tempered glass
screen protector that's also very cheap
like they're not going to cost a lot of
money and so protecting your phone will
be great um I've actually been using
this Paka I think is how you pronounce
it sorry if I said that wrong been using
this case uh not sponsored they sent it
to me uh and it's just like any I don't
actually care I just use any case that I
can this one has mag safe on the back
though so personally I like this one to
kind of protect my phone but keep it
slim at the same time uh but like I said
7 years of updates is quite impressive
on par with what we see with the latest
pixel phones they like I said they all
have the same AI features uh like call
translation Circle to search photo
editing chat enhancement summarizing all
that stuff uh but the prices are going
to be obviously quite different so I
said I have links down below it'll give
you some like enhanced trade in and some
other credits and and some extra storage
and stuff like that but the MSRP on
these you're looking at
$799 for the s24 which I think is
actually quite compelling considering
it's substantially upgraded over
previous generations but the price is
the same as it was which is I don't know
I'm happy to see that then we have $9.99
for the s24 plus once again the same
price as the previous generations but a
much better experience this time in fact
Samsung changed this one the most making
it much more similar to the ultra and
then $1299 for the ultra definitely not
a cheap phone but you're getting a lot
that you don't see on basically any
other phone out there I think power
users without a doubt are going to want
that S Pen I didn't even really mention
that as a difference but obviously the
ultra has that pen I use it all the time
and the flat display is really nice with
the S Pen I think it's Superior with the
cameras and like for me personally
that's the phone that I am going to be
using uh because I mean I have all three
available so that's the one that makes
the most sense for me but between the
plus and the regular if I were going to
recommend somebody to buy one honestly I
think most users are not going to notice
the increase in resolution especially
because out of the box it's not even
there I think most users will not notice
the extra Ram I think fast charging is
great but I typically charge overnight
on a wireless stand anyway and they both
have the same wireless charging
capabilities and overnight like speed
doesn't really matter anyway personally
I would recommend the s24 like I think
that being able to use it one hand and
have all the same features most of the
same features at least for a
substantially lower price is really a
compelling phone I think the s24 is
still a meaningful jump over the s23 Fe
making it like a really solid
recommendation I think a lot of people
are going to like this but unless you
want the larger display for Media or
multitasking or or maybe actually think
you'll you'll use the extra RAM and fast
charging then sure go with the plus but
that's my analysis on these three phones
here I think the 24 regular like I just
really like how this phone looks I like
how it feels it just seems like a nice
step up uh in this lineup so let me know
which of these you like the best and why
all right so this is not the last
comparison I'm making with these phones
leave a comment below and let me know
which phones you would like me to
compare these two whether they are other
phones in the Samsung lineup or maybe
the OnePlus phones or the pixel phones
definitely leave a comment I'm making
that video very very soon actually
several videos soon uh so let me know
which one you want to see and if you
enjoy the video consider subscribing I'm
Michael Brian thanks for watching I'll
see you guys in the next one
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