Samsung Galaxy S24 lineup's full specs and official-looking images surface
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- unxpctd
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- 02 Dec 2023
Diegos Omam, 02 Dec 2023Have been expecting this phone's release for quite so ... moreLet's see, expandable storage, headphone jack, depth sensor, eye tracking, not being available in only ugly colors.
Just because it has a high-end processor doesn't mean it's a flagship.
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- AnonF-1006353
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023Big super wide is why Oppo dropped long range on X3/X5 seri... moreFor high quality night landscapes, group photos and macros with ultrawides, a big sensor on the ultrawide is always better. They shouldn't have dropped the 135mm imager tho. Could've done an ultra variant with all the goodies.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Looks like some people here want a phone that weighs over 300 grams, and I‘m not talking about those asking for replaceable batteries which I agree on.
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023Sealed phones are not " nature enemy".
You bu... moreWith a removable battery I wouldn't have to "ask" to replace it, I'd simply do. That's the difference. I wouldn't invest another 100-200.- or whatever the service + battery cost combined is, just to replace the battery in like 5 years. Not gonna happen, when there are new midrangers not costing much more...
I'd buy a cheap third party battery and just replace it, to squeeze out the last few usable years out of the device instead, and put the saved money (from not having to pay someone the replacing cost) into buying a new phone later.
Now you should get, why sealed phones are bad for the environment (and also price/performance ratio for the whole investment on consumer side).
At least, there should be some choice on the market. There could still be all-sealed variants which are 1-2mm thinner at best, for those who really prefer this over a more consumer friendly option.
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- potato4k
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- 02 Dec 2023
So the Plus will get SD8gen3? Nice. Unfortunately the smaller S24 with smaller battery will get Exynos. That won't bode well. I guess the decision is between getting the S23 now, or get the larger S24+. Decisions decisions.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
AnonF-1006353, 02 Dec 2023Make the backplate removable, as well as the battery, addin... moreSealed phones are not " nature enemy".
You buy phone today. In july 2026 you can simply ask battery to be replaced and keep using phone until end of 2027/early 2028.
Getting new one in late 2024 is choice, only silly ppl make, to show off.
This is 100000000000x more aggressive towards nature than non-removable battery.
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- Darth Caesium
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023Samsung is never gonna make giant bump like oppo/xiaomi. ... moreDon't make a giant camera bump, just make the phone 12mm thick. The titanium-carbon fibre composite on the Xiaomi Mix 3 allows for the weight to be less as well. A 200-230g phone is completely fine to hold, and it makes no difference for people if it is at the heavy end of things if the weight distribution is very balanced, and that is easier to do with thicker phones.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Darth Caesium, 02 Dec 2023Also, never mind about my comment about the ultrawide, caus... moreBig super wide is why Oppo dropped long range on X3/X5 series.
X2 Pro had 135mm lens.
No need for more than 1/2" at 12-16mm.
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023Thicker = more external material = heavier = more expensive... moreMake the backplate removable, as well as the battery, adding an isolating layer in between, for the rest of the internals to keep IP68, sell replacement backplates for $10.-
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All problems solved, while making the product more consumer friendly and environmentally friendly. Manufacturers could even make some profit with the selling of backplates. But oh greed, they'll mever do it...
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Darth Caesium, 02 Dec 2023Thicker might be awful to put in your pocket, but most peop... moreSamsung is never gonna make giant bump like oppo/xiaomi.
This extra space has no use to them.
No one will be making phone that is that thick (non-rugged phone). Weight would be even more than Z Fold.
Give up.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Azza2, 02 Dec 2023So you are saying it is actually a 0.8 x crop made up to 12... moreCrop, probably at hardware level.
I also think samsung makes it output 12MP, what would be upscale.
Older OnePlus had 8MP beyond 70mm. That was from 12MP.
Xperia 1ii 70mm was 20MP cropped to 12.
It happens more than you think.
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- Darth Caesium
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- 02 Dec 2023
AnonF-1006353, 02 Dec 2023The Oppo X6 Pro isn't for extreme zoom and ultrawide r... moreAlso, never mind about my comment about the ultrawide, cause that's the same one as the one on the Oppo Find X5 Pro. I do wish the phone used a 25mm lens for the wide, a 12.5mm lens for the ultrawide, and had a fourth camera module with a 125mm lens and a 1/2.5"-type sensor. It's all small nitpicks, though I really value longer zoom ranges on phones, because they have helped me take some really good stuff.
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- 02 Dec 2023
Darth Caesium, 02 Dec 2023That's fair. I'm personally not as impressed by t... moreThe Oppo X6 Pro isn't for extreme zoom and ultrawide ranges, true, but to have at least 1/1.56" on all cameras is quite something, will be an advantage in lower light conditions. But yeah, we can't have it all, there is no perfect phone on the market currently imo.
As for samsung and xiaomi, I like them for their feature richness. How hard could it be for others to finally implement adjustable flashlight brightness directly accessible from the control panel (samsung and even apple can do this since many years now) or the samsung sound assistant to finally mute apps with annoying sounds or autoplaying videos in some browsers for good, ffs.. (just like audio mixer in windows). Things like this should be native in android since day one, even windows 95 can control application volumes separately..
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- Darth Caesium
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023Thicker = more external material = heavier = more expensive... moreThicker might be awful to put in your pocket, but most people use their phones with a case on them, and these cases make the phones at best 12mm thick, and usually thicker than that. It's no different than before, except now the phone has more space for cameras, battery and heat dissipation (as well as space for a stylus).
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- Azza2
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- 02 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023The 10mp cam is 12mp sensor cropped to increase range. 10... moreSo you are saying it is actually a 0.8 x crop made up to 12 megapixels using computation. I never ever liked that method especially when the pixels are already smaller. In a way Apple find the same with their "focal lengths" from one lens approach.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Darth Caesium, 02 Dec 2023Make it 12mm and give it a durable back made of a completel... moreThicker = more external material = heavier = more expensive to make = higher retail price.
Also, thick is awful to put in the pocket.
Metal back scratches easily
Plastic back scratches easily ( can break if very think like old phones that have removable back)
Glass and ceramic can break
You case use case or try to avoid accidents and hope it does not break if it falls down.
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- Azza2
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- 02 Dec 2023
I find myself reading these comments with a certain amount of disillusion. Firstly the cameras on the mobile range are aimed at social media types. Xiaomi and other brands such like are aiming for that sort of market too albeit with the backing of companies like Leica, Sony or Hasselblad.
A bit more prestige and cheaper to buy although some software disadvantages. Dual-layered image sensors are pretty much the future so stacked sensors will improve the light capture performance on a smaller scale
Chipset wise they are mostly equal so only the other components like the screen, software and AI will set them apart. Also filing systems and built-in security protocols will also improve.
The s24 still offers nothing that makes me nothing to me make me rush out and buy one. At least at the moment. Buying a phone these days is like buying a laptop.
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- 02 Dec 2023
Darth Caesium, 02 Dec 2023While your Samsung phone has sharp corners, my Google Pixel... more...and while people with Samsung enjoy outstanding battery life, you watch the black screen cos your pixel is already dead in the afternoon. Or maybe you try to charge it, but it takes more than a half day, right?
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2023
Diegos Omam, 02 Dec 2023Have been expecting this phone's release for quite so ... moreEasy worse zoom camera ugly display with larger side bezels than s23ultra and a terrible flat display