IN DEPTH REVIEW OF SAMSUNG GALAXY S24 ULTRA
**Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Specs:**
Body: 162.3×79.0x8.6mm, 232g; Glass front (Gorilla Armor), glass back (Gorilla Armor), titanium frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Display: 6.8″ Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits (peak), 1440x3120px resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 505 ppi; Always-on display.
Chipset: Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm): 8-core (1×3.39GHz Cortex-X4 & 3×3.1GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.9GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.2GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 750 (1 GHz).
Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
OS/Software: Android 14, One UI 6.1.
Rear camera: Wide (main): 200 MP, f/1.7, 24mm, 1/1.3″, 0.6µm, multi-directional PDAF, Laser AF, OIS; Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Super Steady video; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 67mm, 1/3.52″, 1.12µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Telephoto: 50 MP, f/3.4, 111mm, PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom.
Front camera: 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF.
Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.
Battery: 5000mAh; 45W wired, PD3.0, 65% in 30 min (advertised), 15W wireless (Qi/PMA), 4.5W reverse wireless.
Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.3; NFC.
Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers; Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX; Ultra Wideband (UWB) support; S Pen stylus (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro).
**Best Features of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra:**
One of the best features of this mobile is Galaxy AI. Here are some AI features:
**Live Call Translation:** You can translate 13 languages in a live call. That’s a great feature. Now you can talk with foreigners in your known language.
**Circle to Search:** You can search for things just by circling the object from your photo. You could do it before with Google Lens, but Galaxy AI now does it better.
**Speech to Text:** One of my favorite features is speech to text. It helps you convert a speech into text, like converting a long audiobook into text, and it also gives you a summary of that speech.
**Generative AI:** This AI feature helps you to remove or move anything perfectly from a photo. It also generates wallpaper. This AI feature helps you make your photo perfect.
**Slow Motion:** With this feature, you can slow down any video. Now fps is not a problem for slowing down the video.
**Display:**
This device has one of the best displays in the world. Samsung’s sister company Samsung Display is one of the world’s leading display makers, so Samsung phones always have access to the latest technologies. But the main upgrade of this display is the 2600 nits peak brightness. Now this display is more visible in sunlight, smoother, with strong color accuracy and vibrance. More remarkable is the recently developed anti-reflective and anti-scratch glass, which Corning refers to as “Gorilla Armour.” I just love the display.
**Camera:**
One of the best camera setups used in this device. This is a quad-camera setup. Since it debuted in the 2020 model, the 10x optical zoom on the Galaxy S Ultra series has been my favorite feature. Therefore, I was not overly thrilled to see that Samsung was reducing the 10x optical zoom to 5x on the S24 Ultra. That was, at least, my initial thought since, for years, I have enjoyed using the Galaxy S Ultra phones’ 10x zoom to take crisper, more detailed zoom images than I could have with an iPhone. But the 5x optical zoom portrait picture touched my heart. I just love the picture by clicking on 5x optical zoom. The primary sensor of this camera setup is a 200-megapixel, and it also has a 12-megapixel ultra-wide sensor. The front camera sensor is 12 megapixels. The picture quality of this camera setup is an upgrade from before. But the night mode is not very much upgraded. Noise is reduced but not completely. Overall, it’s a very high-quality camera setup.
**Performance:**
This device is running on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It’s a 4nm chipset. GPU is Adreno 750 (1 GHz). This is the best chipset in the Android phone on the planet right now. This chipset is a powerhouse. The score on AnTuTu: 1453497 (v9), 1823822 (v10) GeekBench: 7076 (v6).
This device does not overheat when you are playing a game. This chipset can easily survive at least 4 years on top. Multitasking is very smooth because of this chipset. No doubt about the performance of S24 Ultra. Its top-notch performances are also power-efficient.
In my opinion, the pros and cons of S24 Ultra are:
**Pros:
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– Best display available in a smartphone
– Camera system does it all
– Battery life remains among the best in class
– AI features deliver new value
– Best Performance
**Cons:**
– No Qi2 magnetic charging
– Night mode sometimes kills good photos
**Overall My Opinion:**
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a monster device. Right now, this is the best Android device in the world. But it’s a flagship phone. The new Galaxy AI is a revolution for Android devices. Right now, this AI has some problems, but time to time it will be better by updating. If you want to enjoy the best experience of Galaxy AI, you have to wait some time. After some time, you will get better results from AI. This device camera setup is also good and very clear. Performance is top-notch. Battery backup is also good. Design and display are one of the best. Samsung claims that the S24 Ultra will get 7 years update which is a very good decision. So you can easily use this phone for a very long time. Overall the device is value for money. If you want to upgrade your smartphone and you are looking for a flagship device, you can blindly go for Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.