Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra teardown shows new extensive vapor chamber

24 January 2024
The latest top-tier Samsung flagship earned a 9/10 repairability score from PBKreviews, just like its predecessor.

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  • 25 Jan 2024

Anonymous, 25 Jan 2024Nobody cares. I do care. Why do you assume that nobody cares? This info is very interesting

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    • 25 Jan 2024

    Leanzazzy, 25 Jan 2024I don't care how large the vapour chamber is; it doesn... moreIt seems that Snap 8 gen 3 has lower power efficiency. The computation power increased, but at the expense of energy. Since it fares worst than gen 2 for the same electrical power, what's the point?

      Anonymous, 25 Jan 2024Nobody cares. I do, therefore your statement is invalidated.

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        • 25 Jan 2024

        Stanley Kubrick, 24 Jan 2024Quite a few comments about OnePlus on a Samsung tear down..... moreNobody cares.

          Stanley Kubrick, 24 Jan 2024Quite a few comments about OnePlus on a Samsung tear down..... moreSamsung has a curved screen too. Just the display is flat. The glass itself does curve around the edges

            Leanzazzy, 25 Jan 2024I don't care how large the vapour chamber is; it doesn... moreThose temp measurements you see on cpu throttling test app mean nothing. The gips score of the oneplus is also too low for a 8g3, we already see they are intentionally limiting it in geekbench. Gsmarena should just get a heatgun and also measure power draw.

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              • 25 Jan 2024

              Anonymous, 25 Jan 2024Cheque, not check.Its always been check here. Only heard cheque in India

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                • 25 Jan 2024

                punto y coma , 24 Jan 2024In yesterday's demonstration of the Oneplus they didn&... moreCheque, not check.

                  I don't care how large the vapour chamber is; it doesn't mean it cools well.

                  Case in point, since everyone is creaming about it - The OnePlus 12 apparently has a 9140 mm2 vapour chamber but still has abysmal cooling (as shown by the sustained performance):

                  https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_12-review-2659p4.php#image37
                  SoC: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

                  CPU throttling test(1 hour): 63% of max performance

                  Min: 226,861 GIPS
                  Max: 362,398 GIPS
                  Avg: 268,174 GIPS

                  Temperature: 93 C (yes, it's literally melting)

                  GPU throttling test(20 one-minute loops of WildLife Stress Test): 54% of max performance

                  Lowest loop score: 9,517
                  Highest loop score: 17,633

                  Meanwhile, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, which had the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and a much smaller vapour chamber of only 3,400 mm2 has much better sustained thermal performance; in fact, it has the best sustained performance of any phone with a passive cooling solution, beating even the ROG phone 7 Ultimate.

                  https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_13_ultra-review-2562p4.php#image0
                  SoC: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2(LAST YEAR's flagship)

                  CPU throttling test(1 hour): 83% of max performance

                  Min: 304,675 GIPS
                  Max: 393,637 GIPS
                  Avg: 351,951 GIPS

                  Temperature: 55 C

                  So you see, not only is the Mi 13 Ultra beating the OnePlus 12 soundly, it also has better min, max and almost TWICE the avg sustained performance, while MAINTAINING A LOWER TEMPERATURE. This is all with last year's chip, too.

                  GPU throttling test(20 one-minute loops of WildLife Stress Test): 90% of max performance

                  Lowest loop score: 11,790
                  Highest loop score: 13,106

                  It is true the Mi 13 Ultra has a lower peak score, but that is normal for SD 8 Gen 2 phones; 8 Gen 3 actually made a huge jump in GPU capability. The Mi 13 Ultra also has a higher lowest score. But look at the sustained performance. 90%. That's right. No AeroActive cooler, no pretentious fan inside the phone, no nothing. No other passively-cooled phone comes close.

                  So you see, size doesn't matter - it is the implementation that counts. Xiaomi's using some Mi IceLoop technology that's 3x more effective than traditional vapour chambers. You can easily see how even a small one beats others more than thrice the size.

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                    • 25 Jan 2024

                    Everytime I watch these similar videos, I feel that I bought a smartphone in expensive price. I do not know how to get a right words to express this feeling...I feel that the S24Ultra (and any phones) like a toy?

                      At least it's a passive cooling solution.

                      Have previous designs all been dumping heat into the chassi? It would be cool to see the heat spread vs weight gain.

                        Quite a few comments about OnePlus on a Samsung tear down....hmmmmmm...OnePLus makes great phones! I have used many. Currently using the Open! But the 12 has a curved screen and I will NEVER buy another phone as long as it has a curved screen. I will not even read about it!

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                          • 24 Jan 2024

                          Anonymous, 24 Jan 2024OnePlus has like 0.1% of Samsung's sales. If that.Op is irelevant. I live in germany. Nobody here cares about oneplus

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                            • 24 Jan 2024

                            S23U user, 24 Jan 2024I don't understand comments claiming favoritism. OneP... moreDont compare high end (S24 ultra) to midrage

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                              • 24 Jan 2024

                              IpsDisplay, 24 Jan 2024Let's break down this intellectually Point #1 , the... moreOnePlus has like 0.1% of Samsung's sales. If that.

                                S23U user, 24 Jan 2024I don't understand comments claiming favoritism. OneP... moreLet's break down this intellectually

                                Point #1 , the use of more subjective emotional language

                                A snippet from the article
                                giving us our first look inside the "top-tier 2024 flagship Galaxy"

                                This language is absent in the OnePlus teardown

                                Point #2

                                Wave of Samsung article /spam

                                Having such a high concentration of article releases conditions readers to suspect favouritism especially if the behaviour is not seen elsewhere not even among a rival like the iPhone which is just as popular

                                Hopefully this sheds some light for why it's reasonable to have such suspicions.. I didn't name call I just expressed some points

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                                  • 24 Jan 2024

                                  punto y coma , 24 Jan 2024In yesterday's demonstration of the Oneplus they didn&... moreexcellent vapour chamber for underwhelming benchmark scores 🫥

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                                    • 24 Jan 2024

                                    IpsDisplay, 24 Jan 2024The vapor chamber is not even up to standard with the compe... moreStill performs better than the competition

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                                      • 24 Jan 2024

                                      punto y coma , 24 Jan 2024In yesterday's demonstration of the Oneplus they didn&... morego watch the video again

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                                        • 24 Jan 2024

                                        S23U user, 24 Jan 2024I don't understand comments claiming favoritism. OneP... moreIt's just what I mentioned in another comment, even Jerry himself was impressed with such a dissipation system!! but it's not just that, in yesterday's supposed review they didn't even mention some of the benefits that the oneplus 12 brought!! Like you can use an external monitor with it and the same cell phone passes energy to a small monitor that content creators usually use... You can use the cell phone with the panel completely wet and the touch will not fail ect ect... that's it just some of the things.. they didn't mention anything!! This website is no longer a credible website like it used to be before.

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