2024 Winners and losers: Samsung

24 December 2024
Yet another year on top of the mobile world, but rivals are edging closer.

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  • 25 Dec 2024

S series (non include Ultra) are winner but Z fold is loser? Even Watch Pro copy of Apple is winner?

    The base base S24 and plus are losers. Where as the S23 series all came with Snapdragon, for some reason they decided to bring back Crapsynos
    The base S24 is an even bigger loser that comes with outdated specs like a 1080p screen and 128 gb ufs 3.1 storage
    And the FE is the biggest loser. A mid ranger pretending to be a flagship with a flagship price. Joke of a phone
    The S23 Ultra is a way better deal than both of these
    The S24 Ultra is an even bigger winner now because it's the last phone to have the iconic Note design. This is your last chance to pick up a real Note before Samsung moves on to the generic iPhone copy paste trash next year

      Loser : Any phone that doesn't have a 3.5mm jack

        The S24+ turns out to be my favourite Samsung of 2024. I don't care much about Samsung's camera, so I can totally miss out on the S24 Ultra. After all, it has almost the same screen and battery size as the S24 Ultra and 12GB RAM. Also, I only care about DeX from Samsung phones nowadays, and the S24+ fits the bill for me.

        I can agree with the A55 as the winner. I bought it a few months ago for my younger brother to replace his ageing Nokia 5.4, and I'm really impressed with its AMD GPU performance. Considering Exynos 1480 is an upper-midrange SoC, it has no problem handling AAA games like Punishing Gray Raven and Honkai Star Rail at High settings.

        Galaxy S24 Ultra as the winner? No, not convinced. The competition is literally killing it, particularly from the Chinese.

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          • Mkm
          • 25 Dec 2024

          Lol, S24 FE a winner? How much Scamsung paid you? 🙃🙃

            The S24 FE is far from a "winner" imo. The device brings marginal improvements over the S22 FE and isn't much cheaper than the base S24 to begin with - all while cutting too many corners. To one it up, the competition just slays it in every way.

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              • 8nE
              • 25 Dec 2024

              The smartphone of the year is Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 5G (international version). There is nothing quite like it on the market.

              There is no other fully featured smartphone on the market with 8 inch non-foldable screen. Sure there is space to improve like the processor, display technology and battery life. Still on my opinion it is better than any other device.

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                • avm
                • 25 Dec 2024

                Galaxy Ring is not even in the list, definetly loser

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                  • d%8
                  • 25 Dec 2024

                  Samsung phones are getting boring with time on other hand competitors are bringing latest camera sensors,fast charge tech,bigger batteries and better and latest modern tech.look at s21 to 24 the changes was so small it's was hardly felt specially in camera department same old years of old sensors they are using in flagships.A series specially a55 and a35 still behind in proformnace department compare to competitors.samsung cost cuttings process take away fans.i am s22+ user and I was thinking to upgrade s24+ I didn't because not appealing to medical then I start waiting for s25+ now rumors are they gonna use the same camera sensors the same years old.For midrange competitors offering better value to money as well.

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                    • 25 Dec 2024

                    Hanif Fikri, 25 Dec 2024How long Samsung gonna stay at 5k mah battery?Maybe S25 Ultra is going to be the last.

                      The real winner of this list seems to be the Samsung S24+, which is just as good as the Ultra and even better in the hand. It just costs more than its competitors on the market.

                        I would be OK if Samsung launched 2 style Z Folds, one thats the regular narrow screen like the ZF6 and a Ultra variant with the 1+ or Google's style cover screen.
                        Because i prefer the narrow cover screen due to it being very easy to use in a pinch. If i want a bigger screen, i could just fold it open 🤔

                          Finally this years edition of the winners and losers is in. Waited for quite a while

                            potato4k, 25 Dec 2024S24 series (no FE): winner A55 and S24FE: loser (bulky and... moreThe FE would’ve been a winner if it wasn’t enormous

                              Darth Caesium, 25 Dec 2024While I would say that a lot of these are winners based on ... moreEven the cheaper Xiaomi 14T Pro brings better value versus S24FE.
                              Arguably Better camera, SoC, screen bezels thinner than samsung

                                How long Samsung gonna stay at 5k mah battery?

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                                  • Ib5
                                  • 25 Dec 2024

                                  My s24+ and watch 6 classic are real winners for me.

                                    S24 series (no FE): winner
                                    A55 and S24FE: loser (bulky and heavy for no reason)
                                    A35: meh but winner imo, cheaper than A55 while gaining A54's SoC
                                    A series 4G versions: loser. Redundant and offers nothing more.
                                    Z series: loser. Not doing anything new with the form factor despite not being mainstream yet.

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                                      • XS8
                                      • 25 Dec 2024

                                      Meh

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                                        • Mrn
                                        • 25 Dec 2024

                                        Darth Caesium, 25 Dec 2024While I would say that a lot of these are winners based on ... moreYes, A55 is bad and with old spec, S24 FE big price and no new spec.. Tab is downgrade in display quality with antireflective..