Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra - 1 Week Later (I WAS WRONG!)
Summary
TLDRThe script provides an in-depth hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra after extensive testing, comparing performance and camera quality to other top smartphones like the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Key details covered include impressive battery life exceeding 24 hours of heavy use, slightly faster app loading speeds than the iPhone, refined camera software and improved low light photos, upgraded portrait mode capabilities with the new 5x optical zoom lens, and intriguing AI-powered video and translation features that will require a subscription after 2025.
Takeaways
- 😊 The S24 Ultra edges out the S23 Ultra and Vivo X100 Pro in most CPU benchmark tests
- 🔋 The S24 Ultra battery life is very impressive, lasting from 6am to 1am with heavy use
- 📸 The S24 Ultra camera app is fast, fluid and enjoyable to use
- 🌄 The S24 Ultra displays colors more naturally than the iPhone 15 Pro Max
- 😀 The S24 Ultra smooth scrolling and lack of lag or freezes is impressive
- 🎥 Low light video stabilization on the S24 Ultra still suffers from noise and jitter
- 🔎 Zoom between 5-10x is better on the S24 Ultra but beyond 10x can look worse
- 🖼 5x zoom portraits on the S24 Ultra produce breathtaking, detailed results
- 💸 Some AI features will be behind a paywall after 2025
- 🤳 One-handed use struggles are real unless you have giant hands
Q & A
What smartphones were compared in the Geekbench test?
-The test compared the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powered S24 Ultra, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 powered S23 Ultra, the Dimensity 9300 powered Vivo X90 Pro, and the A17 Bionic powered iPhone 15 Pro Max.
How did the S24 Ultra perform in real-world speed tests compared to the iPhone 15 Pro Max?
-In real-world use, the S24 Ultra loaded apps quicker than the iPhone 15 Pro Max more than half the time, despite having slightly lower benchmark scores.
What were the results of the full day battery test on the S24 Ultra?
-The S24 Ultra lasted from 6am to 1am the next day with heavy usage including social media, camera testing, media consumption, and video editing before reaching 5% battery.
How do the front cameras on the S23 Ultra and S24 Ultra compare?
-The S24 Ultra's 12MP front camera produces more pleasing colors and sharper details compared to the S23 Ultra's front camera.
What are some of the AI features available on the S24 Ultra?
-AI features include live translate, transcript and chat assist, generative image editing, and instant slow-mo video with AI-generated frames.
What changes were made to the rear camera setup on the S24 Ultra?
-The 10x optical zoom was dropped to 5x, but zoom shots between 5-10x are better. Portrait shots at 5x are much improved.
How does the S24 Ultra camera app compare to the iPhone's?
-The S24 Ultra's camera app is fast, fluid, and complete with editing tools, finally matching the simplicity of the iPhone's camera app.
How does low light photography on the S24 Ultra compare to the S23 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max?
-Low light photos on the S24 Ultra look slightly more natural than the S23 Ultra and closer to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, with good detail.
What improvements were made to video on the S24 Ultra?
-Video stabilization is very similar to the iPhone 15 Pro Max now. Low light video still has some noise and jitter but shutter speed is slightly improved.
What is the overall assessment of the S24 Ultra camera performance?
-While not perfect, the S24 Ultra camera provides incremental improvements over the S23 Ultra and is very competitive with the latest iPhone camera system.
Outlines
🎵 Intro to video reviewing Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
The introductory paragraph provides context, stating that the video will provide an in-depth review of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra performance, camera, battery life, and other features after a week of rigorous testing, in comparison to other flagship phones like the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
⚡️ Benchmark tests show S24 Ultra performance
Benchmark tests using Geekbench showed the S24 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scored similar to MediaTek Dimensity 9300-powered Vivo X100 Pro and higher than S23 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. iPhone 15 Pro Max with A17 Bionic still tops all on multicore. Overall S24 Ultra delivers fast, smooth real-world performance with no lag.
🔋 Battery life exceeds expectations in daily use test
A full day real-world battery test showed impressive life on the S24 Ultra, lasting from 6am to 1am with heavy use including media, camera, social media, and more. Originally doubted the 5,000 mAh capacity battery but Samsung proved excellent optimization.
🤳 Front camera gets noticeable improvements
Despite same 12MP f/2.2 sensor, selfies on S24 Ultra show richer colors and sharper details versus S23 Ultra. Tiny punch hole size also appreciated.
🖥️ New AI features demonstrate promise but may be gated
AI features like live translation, transcript, and generative editing are impressive but may require paid subscription after 2025 since utilise technologies non-exclusive to Samsung.
📱 Refreshing Android experience with excellent UI
Navigation of Android UI very smooth and refreshing after extended time away from Android. One-handed use still challenging due to massive 6.8" flattened display.
📸 Camera changes provide tradeoffs vs S23 Ultra
Camera app much improved with fluid controls and editing suite. Resolution bump to 200MP appreciated. Portraits can look artificial at times. Low light performance slightly better. Faster shutter speed still needed. 5-10x zoom improved but over 10x worse. 5x portraits are a highlight.
🎬 Conclusion and request for feedback
Overall very positive impressions after rigorous week of testing S24 Ultra against other flagships. Requests feedback on any other aspects of the phone to further review. Reminder to like, subscribe, and follow socials.
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Keywords
💡Camera performance
💡Battery life
💡Display
💡AI features
💡Performance
💡Camera hardware
💡Software
💡Image quality
💡Video quality
💡Design
Highlights
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip powers impressive performance in the S24 Ultra
The S24 Ultra matches or beats the iPhone 15 Pro Max in app loading speeds
No lag or freezing after a week of heavy S24 Ultra use
The S24 Ultra battery life is amazing, lasting from 6am to 1am with heavy use
The S24 Ultra front camera takes sharper, more colorful selfies than the S23 Ultra
The S24 Ultra display peak brightness reaches a very sunny 2600 nits
AI features like live translate are impressive but will be behind a paywall after 2025
The S24 Ultra camera app navigation is exceptionally fluid and easy to use
50MP photos on the S24 Ultra provide the most eye-pleasing images
The S24 Ultra excels at 5x portrait shots compared to the S23 Ultra
Low light photos on the S24 Ultra showcase more details than the iPhone 15 Pro Max
Zoom shots from 5-10x are better on the S24 Ultra than the S23 Ultra
The S24 Ultra shutter speed has improved but still lags top phones for action shots
Dropping 10x optical zoom is a controversial decision by Samsung
Blown up 200MP photos from the S24 Ultra maintain brilliant quality
Transcripts
[Music]
right so all of the fluffy marketing
commercials and regurgitated first
impressions Hands-On s24 Ultra content
is getting a little long in the tooth
now I get you you want to actually know
how this puppy performs this is Barney
by the way a new addition to team asbyt
but this last week my SIM card has
transferred from my iPhone 15 Pro Max
into the s24 ultra and I've been testing
it rigorously for all things camera
battery performance all things Galaxy AI
and a whole host of other features and
to some extent I was wrong with my first
impressions but let's start with
performance now firstly I ran a simple
geekbench test which shows the
Snapdragon 8 gen 3 powered s24 Ultra up
against the previous gen s23 Ultra with
its Snapdragon H gen2 the mediatech
dimensity 9,300 powered VI x00 Pro and
the iPhone 15 Pro Max with its a17
probionic chip these are all considered
the top tier performing chipsets for
2024 smartphones and just for good
measure because the s24 ultra is the 4
Galaxy version of the 8 gen 3 I also
threw in a bit later on a standard 8 gen
3 powered phone the IQ 12 to see if
there are indeed any major benefits to
this customized version now as expected
firstly in CPU scores the s23 ultra
finished last but the s24 ultra and VI x
100 pro were almost identical with the
Samsung Snapdragon phone edging it in
single core but the mediatech device
winning out on multicore huge credit to
mediatech here who often don't get the
recognition that they deserve the iPhone
however with its a17 Pro still
impressively tops all as it does on
multicore by quite some distance the s24
ultra came in second just ahead of the
x00 pro with the s23 ultra again at
quite a significant deficit and
interestingly the standard H gen 3 iq2
scored just two points Less on single
core but around 300 more on Multi so the
pros and cons are probably more tomato
tomato more and how the iPhone gives me
a tomato face when it's compared to the
s24 ultra a bit later so Apple winning
out in the numbers game here but the
question is how does that actually
transform into real world use q a speed
test so it started with a simple bootup
and Samsung even amongst a lot of other
Android phones have always traditionally
tended to boot up fairly slowly not
really sure why but talking straight
facts the iPhone does boot up quicker
but that's where the advantage ends yes
there are the odd occasions when the
iPhone loads an app quicker and granted
they are almost identical more often
than not but as you know in the tech
industry we love to split hairs and the
s24 ultra on more than half of the
occasions seems to load apps quicker
than the iPhone 15 Pro Max regardless of
having slightly lower benchmark scores
and for reference all apps were closed
prior to this test beginning so all of
these were fresh loads h on that theme
what I have noticed this week is this
thing has been Nyon Flawless like I get
it phones have got so good now that we
just almost expect that but it's been so
quick so smooth on the scroll endless
multitasking with multiple apps open
without a single lag or freeze in a week
that my iPhone 15 Pro Max decided to
randomly boot loop and to be honest the
only minor imperfection that I've
noticed is a weird glitch on Instagram
where when I click on the likes of one
of my posts it doesn't seem to load I'm
not sure the whats and wise but just
thought I'd share also in my daily use I
have comprehensively tested this battery
now I tend to prefer a realworld daily
test so I conducted a full day battery
test where I screenshotted the battery
percentages at various periods during
the day to see when this bad boy would
die and I'm not going to lie it
surprised me so I started the battery
test day at 6:00 a.m. when Barney woke
me up for his breakfast I had a coffee
checked a few emails and had a quick
flick through socials and the battery
was still at 96% I then took my little
boy to football practice and as it was a
Sunday afterwards on for a roast Pub
lunch with the rest of the family and
this was a perfect setting to test out
some of the camera features yes I was
that guy posing in public like this and
it still to this day knocks me
cringeworthy sick but it's for work I
wouldn't be doing this Zoolander esque
pose otherwise I was mainly testing the
portrait mode here at 1 2 and 3X and
considering how low the lighting was I
was really pretty impressed with the
results what do you think more on full
camera performance shortly but after I
got home I had a bit of chill time made
a couple of posts on social media and
watched a bit of Netflix and the time
was 5:35 p.m. and it was still at
46% battery I listened to a bit of music
had a YouTube podcast going on in the
background while I was making dinner and
I kept a check on my s24 ultra unboxing
video which was doing absolute bits on
Instagram and Tik Tok the time was 8:40
and the battery was 27% 20% at quarter
past 10 when I took a few more pictures
of Barney being a lazy toad fixed my
iPhone which had gone into the dreaded
boot loop for absolutely zero Reason by
which time the battery was at 12% at
quter 11 1 hour later after a little bit
of video editing it was at 10% and I
finished the test at 1:00 a.m. with a
battery at 5% I had absolutely smashed
the s24 ultra through its battery Paces
from 6:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. the
following day and it was still alive and
I done everything social media media
consumption camera
testing the lot a truly amazing fee I
had my doubts about the battery life
based on the fact that we had the same
5,000 MH battery capacity as the s23
ultra it's undoubtedly incredibly
impressive and I Was a Fool to ever
doubt Samsung and their claims of it
being better than last year's phone I'm
sorry Samsung I I apologize I will never
doubt you again I was also kind of wrong
about the front camera as well I said in
my original video that the selfie images
presumably would not really be any
different from the previous gen as they
both use a 12 megap f2.2 sensor but you
can absolutely tell them apart the s24
AL seems to produce more pleasing colors
and much sharper details and on top of
that the size of the punch hole is now
absolutely tiny and compared to the s23
ult's punch hole and now taking into
account the now perfectly symmetrical
tiny bezels that's an even bigger deal
than I first thought weirdly though like
with the display the S Pen is now more
squared off and where the last phone's
rounded Spen bled seamlessly into the
frame the square do version is slightly
sticking out now absolutely not a big
deal but knowing Samsung are usually
pretty Flawless with Design This
surprised me a little bit but that
display is exceptional 2600 nits Peak
brightness means you can even use this
wonderfully well in the blazing hot sun
in the desert take me back to Dubai
please I've always been a big advocate
for the curved Samsung displays but this
flatter version I feel might not be
quite as sexy but it is much more
practical for things like screen
protectors and has been much better to
use with that S Pen and some of those
new Galaxy AI features now a lot of
those new bits and Bobs are actually
utilizing Technologies from the likes of
Google and Snapdragon for example and
thus will be made available in some form
or another for other top smartphone
Brands as well making the s24 series AI
potentially less unique and this is
possibly a reason why Samsung pushed the
release to January this year instead of
February I think when they usually
release their flagship phone the likes
of circle to search with Google will
presumably in some form come to all
other top tier Android phones this
coming year but that doesn't make it any
less impressive I've also tested the
live translate ordering a taxi with a
lady who only spoke in another language
it real time translates and then
voiceovers to them in their language
what you've just said and vice versa and
yes there is a little pause between what
you say and then what you hear back and
you when you're first testing it you
think have they heard me do they
understand what I'm saying probably not
and then the voice from the phone comes
back at you in your own language I'm all
on board with that if it means that I
can can actually speak to someone in
another language and potentially travel
around the world not having that
language barrier yeah it's really
impressive I also think the transcript
and chat assist are going to be hugely
helpful for those in work meetings and
for students writing applications or
going to lectures for example and then
there's generative edit thanks to the
new Prov visual engine edit suggestions
provide you with prompts to improve your
images and AI has been inbuilt into many
of the camera features like the instant
slow-mo feature with AI generated video
frames added into the final piece when
you press and hold so you don't actually
have to think prior to taking the video
oh um I'm going to shoot a slow-mo here
or uh what frame rate should I film it
in so that I can slow it down and it
still be nice and smooth you can do that
after the event if the video you think
warrants a bit of slow-mo and I think
that is quite a really handy tool now
the downside of the AI features with the
phone and something that hasn't really
been mentioned as far as I'm aware in
many of the content that you've probably
seen so far is that a lot of it after
2025 will be behind a pay wall so you
will have to pay a monthly subscription
if you want to continue using it so as
amazing as these seven years software
and security updates are you will have
to potentially pay a little bit more
with some features further down the line
if you want to keep hold of your phone
which probably you will do for uh you
know the forceable few years of course
if the AI features aren't your bag you
will get all of these software and
camera features included and they are
seriously Elite navigating the UI has
been incredibly refreshing jumping back
to Android from the iPhone as even
though I've always used both on a daily
basis I have gone full-term Sim back
into an Android phone for the first time
probably since the iPhone 13 Pro Max
release and I've really enjoyed it now I
have found as big as both phones are for
one-handed use unless you have huge
Goliath hands the struggle with the s24
ultra is real because not only is the
6.8 in display massive but it's now
flatter and feels slightly sharper in
the hand meaning jumping to home for
example on Instagram now needs some
Olympic level finger gymnastics and
resting the phone on your pinky means
you can now see physical wounds but what
can you see through the camera while
it's fairly similar to the s23 ultra
there are a couple of key differences
and I've tested a whole host of
different scenarios to show you what the
new model can produce and the first
thing I noticed is just how nice the
actual camera app is to use often a big
criticism of Android phones is that that
they lack the ease and fluidity of
navigation of the iPhone I've often in
the past been a huge advocate for
preferring Android phones for camera
Hardware but when it comes to software
and app usage they never really come
close the Simplicity and just the it
works nature of an iPhone camera app
generally leaves Android in the dust
until now I love how fast and fluid
everything now feels on the s24 ultra
from scrolling through the zoom range or
choosing between the plentiful fun and
useful shooting modes like slow-mo at 4K
120 frames per second which is great fun
to play around with on my ad I really
like the way they've added the
resolution customization with a simple
tap at the top to go from 12 to 50 to
200 megapixels and you also now have a
very complete editing Suite which added
to the use of the AI features now
potentially makes the s24 ultra the king
camera app oh and that flat frame and
Spen combo is perfect for self and Vlogs
if you're interested in the megapixel
results here are three examples of the
different modes and on this occasion I
actually think the 50 megapixel shot
produced the most eye pleasing image but
let me know what you think overall
portraits can sometimes look slightly
artificial at times and a little like a
painting but there's no denying they are
extremely impressive Ultra wide shots
are largely the same as the s23 ultra
maintaining that impressive HDR but Zoom
scrolling does seem slightly smoother
and while these standard images with
very similar specs look as expected
quite similar they do seem slightly more
fine-tuned and refined color
temperatures looking just a little bit
more natural something that also applies
when compared to the ready Hues of the
Tomato 15 Pro Max especially in direct
sunlight but what about low light well
what do you think is it better on the
iPhone is it noticeably improved over
the s23 ultra or is it much of the same
for me the s24 ultra seems again
slightly more natural much closer to the
iPhone 50 Pro Max in this regard but it
does tend to actually showcase far more
details especially in the highlights
than the Apple device stabilization in
daylight looks incredibly similar to the
video king iPhone both are incredible
but in low light the s24 ultra does
still suffer from noise and visible
micro Jitters just as the s23 ultra did
I have noticed that the shutter speed
has improved slightly it's got a little
bit quicker than the s23 ultra but it's
still I feel not quick enough when
you're taking pictures of moving
subjects children pets for example when
you've only got that very quick second
to capture a moment it does sometimes
still slip compared to the likes of the
pixel 8 Pro and I feel until they can
fully Rectify that it will continue to
disappoint in this area again the iPhone
is the same same problem but Samsung
made one fairly controversial decision
when they were designing designing
designing their camera module and that
is dropping the 10x optical zoom down to
the 5x and many people saw that almost
as a bit of a downgrade it's not
entirely true in my experience but it's
a bit of a gift and a curse Samsung will
tell you that Zoom shots now between
five and 10x are better than on the s23
ultra whose second Optical lens doesn't
really kick in until 10x and in my
experience this is pretty true but
negligible and then of course once you
go past 10x the s24 ultra can look again
then negligibly worse because it's using
more software and less Hardware to
create that image I personally do take a
lot of images between that 5 and 10x
Zoom range so for me it probably makes
more sense but if you're out there and
you're desperately into your telescope
style zooming shots then the s24 ultra
is probably going to actually disappoint
slightly more than the previous
generation but the real Improvement here
and the biggest win of this switch over
is for portraits 5x shots as Apple also
showcased are very very eye pleasing
when you're taking portrait shots of
people pets Etc and with the s24 ultra
you can take some incredible 5x portrait
shots if you can nail the focus and your
subject is nice and still then some of
the results are breathtaking then hey if
you wanted to blow them up and convert
them to a canvas for example on your
wall the huge details from that 200
megap sensor will maintain the picture
quality brilliantly that's a lot of
talking for me let me know if I missed
anything out that you're interested in
the phone and I will try my best to let
you know my experience on that I hope it
was helpful for you and if it was if you
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absolutely wonderful it's taking me a
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best as always I love you leave you I'll
see you in the next one say boy peace
out
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