Samsung S24 Ultra Long-Term Review: Should You Buy It Now?
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Here's my real-world experience with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra after using it for six months. Whether you’re considering buying this flagship phone or just curious about its performance, this review has you covered.
Key Points:
Camera Excellence: Discover how the S24 Ultra’s camera system performs in various lighting conditions. From stunning landscapes to low-light shots, I’ve got you covered.
Battery Life: Is the battery endurance as impressive as Samsung claims? I’ll break down my daily usage and share my thoughts.
Design and Build: Explore the sleek design, premium materials, and overall build quality of the S24 Ultra.
Performance: How does this phone handle multitasking, gaming, and everyday tasks? I’ll share my insights.
Pros and Cons: No device is perfect. I’ll discuss what I love about the S24 Ultra and any areas where it falls short.
Verdict: Should you buy the S24 Ultra now? Stick around for my final recommendation.
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From A34 to s24. Biggest leap. And not regretting it at all. Brilliant device
@eg8049 that's one hell of a jump
I have the s22 ultra. Got the one ui 6.1 with AI features. I don't see a need to upgrade now. I'll see what they bring with s25
From A54 to S24U. Also not regretting it, feels much better after being ond mid and low range phones all my life. Couldn't be happier
@@ahamedriyaz8657 i am not planning to change until s29. No matter what they bring. These phones are built to last.
@@ahamedriyaz8657I was feeling the same way until my battery life tanked giving me 2 SOT it's seriously awful 😞 now.
excellent video I see a ultra phone in my future. I do like that apple is catching up with some Android features on iOS 18.
@curbsidetech We love good competition between companies cuz in the end, we consumers win haha
the tiktok video attention span was so unexpected 😭😭😭
😂
The first 30 seconds got my Like 👍🏽!!! Great video
@@SoXFarXGonee Thanks man, haha! Appreciate the support
Bought mine pre-order traded in my N20U. I haven't updated software ever and Im still having a lightening fast experience and 7-9 hours SOT and 16 hours standby with high brightness WQHD+ 120hz. It's a fantastic phone just avoid updates as Samsung like Apple ruin battery life slowly with updates to get you to update to next year's phone.
Dont think not updating is a good idea. The security patches are very important for data safety and other threats
This is absolutely true 💯 my S22U is basically unusable since the AI update I'm beyond upset 😭
Refreshing review. Just got a sub.
I appreciate that, mate! Welcome aboard to my comeback season 2😂
Hey , nice video . I am still facing grainy display issues despite updating my s24 ultra . Any advice ? It's been over a month since I got this phone
@entrophy3703 Its a common and a normal thing with the newer AMOLED displays. A lot of people are facing it, but it's just how the technology is. It's normal
It's the nature of the anti-reflective display. The grainy-ness is the matte (serrated) finish that diffuses light when it bounces off the screen.
great review bro.
just keep it up.
@@az50056 Thank you. I appreciate you saying that
Which matte screen protector do you use?
@Tushar-gg2qf I literally just got one locally, mate. I didnt bother going online because I just wanted whatever lol.
@Cre8Peace are there any other cheaper alternatives?
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Oh wow, so jealous of you having the titanium blue. In my country there are no exclusive colors, so I went with titanium violet 512 gb. Got it a week ago. 10:55 sameeeee, ben10 omnitrix is a must have on the galaxy watch classic 😂but yeah overall pretty happy with the phone, considering I came from a use of A50 for 4 years and A54 for 10 months. My first flagship ever. I got a pretty great deal too with my mobile provider, basically got it for 300 bucks cheaper than I would of got if I bought directly from Samsung.
@@darna02 That's nuts! Quite an upgrade, that is! Btw, exclusives are only available directly via samsumg on their website.
muted colors were not something that had to be fixed , were part of an effort from Samsung to get away from the over the top unrealistic ultra saturated way of processing which is the right way imho!!! but of course if you don't have a basic in photography then is difficult to understand. apple does this right!
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@@sarojdwivedi8643 Thanks, mate
What is the name of your screen protection?
@@DreyesPL02 Just got one from the local shops, mate. But literally just a full screen matte screen protector does the trick.
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Did you get any special screen protector or the cheapest? Would you be able to provide a link?
@marekweclawek5897 Literally just whatever matte screen protector I could find at the local store, mate. I couldn't get you a link for the exact one I have haha. But defo do a quick search on amazon/ebay and pick whatever cheapest one. The film ones give the same amount of protection as any other film one and the glass ones, although more expensive, will give just as much protection as any other glass one. Dont bother going expensive
Thanks a lot!
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Do you have a matte screen protector on?
Haha and I kept watching till the end and you answered my question. You see my damn Tik Tok brain couldn't wait till the end of the video to ask the question haha
@@mishakalapaca7370 sad
@@mishakalapaca7370hahaha, trust me mate, im in the same boat
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@@BigBadroid I'll give it a whirl when I smack my phone into my coffee cup like I did last week and have to replace my tempered glass screen protector again haha
I'm from srilanka bro ur video awesome 🎉
Samsung ❤
Thanks, man :)
Damn bro. 😎 I have never heard anyone say this about Samsung Vs. Apple and I think you are so CORRECT ✅ bro. One of the main reasons I hate iOS and Apple 🍎 even though I have all their stuff is it really never ends with Apple they just take and take and take and charge more 💰💸🤑for like everything. Samsung is like the last honest phone 📱 and it is an everything phone. 📱 you can do so much with it. Because Samsung designed it that way. Don’t get it twisted Apple 🍎 could do the same thing but if they did then there sales would fall of a cliff. Straight FIRE 🔥 thoughts bro. Ps. I can’t even use my iPhone 📱 in the direct sunlight because it just dims or overheats.
what's the name of the screen protector you used?
@malikosborne03 its just one i got from my local shop, mate. Mo need to spend loads when you can spend just £10 lol
@@BigBadroid lol exactly that's why I want to know what it's name so I can get it when I get my s24 ultra
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@@BigBadroid thanks
What make is the screen protector please
@@keithburns5082 I just picked one locally, mate
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Is there a grain on the display, im worried abt it
@j1t1j2 Its not something I have seen on mine but even otherwise, its only noticable when the brightness is at its lowest, you're in a dark room and really looking for it.
Its a side effect of the new amoled technology. Domt worry about it, id say personally
@@BigBadroid dam, ill just wait for the s25 ultra bcuz i often use it in the darkness 👍
@@j1t1j2 Fair enough! Not long till it comes out anyway haha
@@BigBadroid Yeah, but I'm worried there will be a price increase
FYI, Samsung makes an s24 ultra screen protector that keeps the anti reflection feature. It's really good. I went with matte like you, and it's amazing
I did get that in my early days, i cant lie. It is better than having no anti reflectiveness but it doesnt do as good a job as the native screen, and if im going for a screen protector, i might as well go full matte lol.
Team matte ftw!
@BigBadroid I 1,000% agree. The s24 ultra screen is just so damn beautiful. I ended up buying 2 s24 ultras. One for myself, and one for my mother, and I got the same matte screen protectors for both as well as the dbrand grip case that's compatible with mag safe stuff, and can use any of the dbrand phone skins. I highly recommend it. I got mag safe specifically for a magnetic kick stand, and it's awesome
@@tb898 Wouldn't have it any other way, mate.
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@BigBadroid ill definitely try it out, thank you. The previous tempered one I got was nice, but my fingerprint scanner only worked about 10% of the time, if not less.
I've bought the S24 Ultra (1TB) when it came out, and now wondering if it's worth getting the S25 Ultra. Still thinking of a reason to upgrade.
@paulfrancis8836 i don't think yearly "upgrades" should even be considered. My 22 uktra would have still been good today tbh. If that means anything to you, id save the money
A20e to A52s 5G to S24 Ultra. Huge upgrade. I absolutely love this phone.
@@mihaisuciu Dang, you went there super fast!
@@BigBadroid not fast, trust me. 6 years lol
@@mihaisuciu haha i meant as in from a52s straight to the 24u is a mad jump. You didnt slowly progress, you went all out
@BigBadroid hell yeah :)
I've always loved samsung flagships do after a lot of saving I went for it! :)
Nice video.
Thanks!
Finally a 6 months later review from a person who actually used it
@@Mr-Khubaib. That's how it'll always be
I love my S23 Ultra. Many times, I have planned to upgrade to the S24 Ultra, but is it worth it?
100% Nope, don't fall for it.
S23 is still a very capable device
It is not worth it .. but I just totally spiderwebbed my s23u got it on release and had worked flawless but to get fixed my lowest quote was 412 dollars after taxes so I ended up goin with the s24u unlocked 512gb as samsung gave me 550 for trade in even with cracked screen then with a discount I have it came to 687 after taxes have only had it for few days it's literally no different than the s23u
Love my S23U and while tempted to update I didn't as it's a pain to setup Goodlock and all my devices. Glad I didn't. Likely will think about it for the S26U unless there's a game changer feature for S25U.
@CoolTatts no doubt about it I agree with ya on all that!!!! Had no intention of trading for s24u but my freak accudent fn thing slid underneath boat seat I had a film screen protector on it with rockfom case had had it facing down it woulda been fine but had screen up went to net a fish for my oldest boy hes 10 amd when I sat back down the metal on bottom of seat scrunched perfectly down on brightside middle of screen so pretty bummed whrn it happened but only plus so fat I can tell is flat screen on s24u for bein able to keep a good screen protector on so def doin legit glass screen protector and then the new red rockform case but still the s23u is a fn beast and was my favorite phone to date besides note 9
@@ganeshakshaya Honestly, the 23 ultra is still just as good. There is practically no difference between the 24u and 23u. I only went from the 22u to the 24u because of the battery life and the exynos process i had. Hated it.
I really want this device, coming from s22 ultra. Even at that the costttttttttt... 😩😩😩
You wont regret it, go for it
Samsung's software is not complete yet when they can't allow vertical scrolling like all android phones. They wrecked their AI integration by isolating it to their apps only and those apps are not used widely. I have the S24 Ultra but I don't use their keyboard and browser so I don't benefit from the AI that are integrated into those two apps
AI stuff isnt out of this world by any means. Just a bit of fun. Im still waiting for it to become useful enough to rely on at all times seamlessly
The camera on this phone is amazing-the image post-processing, however, renders images unusable. From completely washing out color saturation, to adding superfluous bloom and exposure, to the slaughter of its HDR... and it's sharpening. Oh Lord, the sharpening. Not only is it so godawful that it completely distorts basic shapes while rendering complex shapes unrecognizable, but it's also so aggressive that it turns gradients (such as the sky) into defined edges. And I'm not just talking about harsh gradient like sunsets. I'm also talking about something as subtle as a natural daytime sky gradient only an artist's eye can pick up prior to this phone's post-processing butchering it into a disgusting, obvious mess. It's unusable in its current state. The few seconds before post-processing applies, photos look surreal... but just for those few seconds. This is fixable in an update. In fact, they don't need to make us wait while they diagnose and reconfigure their post-processing software-they can simply allow us to disable it and photos would look surreal.
Something I don't see reviewers mentioning, but the HDR on the display is noticeably improved over the S22U. I imagine it's also noticeably better than the S23U as well. Although, ideally, they'd partner with Dolby Vision and ditch their less-universally-compatible HDR10+, but one can only dream.
Also, the grainy display is a product of its anti-reflective properties. To make a display anti-reflective, on its glass is applied micro-serrations that diffuses light. This means less light reflects directly into the viewer's eyes, which is what lessens reflections. These micro-serrations are what are appearing as "grains," giving these displays their grainy-ness.
_Edit: The coating basically has the same effect as serration, just cheaper to produce. It's especially bad in drawing tablets where QC is notably poor. A major upside is it doesn't hamper durability like micro-serrations do, which also means it's much cheaper on RnD._
Size of screen shud b 7 inch n wide so to b able to njoy more screen real estate than tall n narrow ones. I wish samsung gives more width than height
@@Husiarbha Taller phones are the trend now, dont think that's going away yet. But you seem like a tablet guy to me.
What of the battery life ?
What do you mean?
@@BigBadroid I meant how's the battery life on the Samsung S24 ultra
@princeigharo2931 I did talk about the battery life in the video but here's a summary in one sentence: As good as it gets, gets over 7 hours of SOT consistently with my kind of usage.
Bro according to you
Which one is better wait for S25 Ultra or Purchase S24 Ultra…
Actually my preference Boxy Design but not sharp corners So tell me brother
S25 Ultra is good to wait or purchase S24 Ultra….?
Luv From India 🇮🇳
the 25 Ultra doesnt even have any convincing leaks yet. But I can confidently say that year to year, there are no major changes. You will end up seeing some noticeable performance differences after about 4-5 years. If you really want to get the 24 ultra, I'd say get it once the 25 ultra is out so it gets cheaper. If you just want to be on the latest piece of hardware, then the 25U is the way to go when that comes out. But if you think more practically, the 23 ultra is the real winner.
@@BigBadroid Thanx brother ❤️🙏🏻😊
Soon 100k…..
Thank you man! Lets hope to get there some day ❤️
Does samsung still have battery bloating peoblem?
@@xiondFirst you know that was 7 years ago, right?
YES,,but the problem is the money🤣🤣
Watch from pakistan 🇵🇰 dude
@@hamadwarraich9722 Thanks for dropping by!
I just brought mine love it
Welcome to club ultra! You can never go to anything else now lmao
Does it have the largest punch hole camera size????
@@SunflowerFlowerEmpire the smallest