Samsung Galaxy S24 review

01 February 2024


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Absolutely awful photo quality I don't know what's wrong with GSM Arena eyes but saturation over sharpening and noise are awful

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    • Don
    • Fek
    • 01 Feb 2024

    I kind of doubt the s24 and s24 plus have a virtual proximity sensor.

    Saw them in real and they have same sensor the s23 and s23 plus had, and those had regular ones.

    Also the Samsung website mentioned A54 having a virtual one in the specs, yet with the S24 and S24 plus they mention a physical proximity sensor.

    Really weird

    Above that, I am surprised this site tested the battery of both s24 and s24 plus, s24 has a mostly on par battery life the s23 had, but s24 plus barely defeats the base s24 and is much worse than s23 plus.

    Weird, it feels like guys here didn't do proper research.

      MarOMG, 01 Feb 20247 years of OS updates sounds great. But would you want it? ... more7years of OS updates helps a lot the used market.

      And there are people these days that actually use older flagships the same way many others do that change devices frequently.

      Calls, social media, content consumption, web browsing, checking emails/texting,maybe some casual gaming.

      A Galaxy Note9(especially Snapdragon 845 version,not Exynos),holds well even today for all the above despite being a 2018 device.

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        • Darin
        • q{r
        • 01 Feb 2024

        MarOMG, 01 Feb 20247 years of OS updates sounds great. But would you want it? ... moreI have an S8 as a backup phone (of my backup phone, which is a Samsung Note 10, lol) and it still works like a charm. The ONLY problem with it is that it has stopped receiving software updates a long time ago so it's missing out on all the new features, but for those who don't need/care about those feature, it's a very serviceable phone even today. So I can certainly see the attraction of 7 years of support.

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          • I hate Samsung now
          • KiP
          • 01 Feb 2024

          They go too far with that virtual proximity sensor. It is just downright unacceptable for $900+ phones

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            • Darin
            • q{r
            • 01 Feb 2024

            The virtual proximity sensor is a cheap touch, though at least it won't readily malfunction like the real proximity sensor on my Note 10 does (but the one one my even older Samsung S8 still works without issues; go figure!)

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              • Anonymous
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              • 01 Feb 2024

              Darth Caesium, 01 Feb 2024S24 should've had 12GB of RAM; UWB; autofocus with mac... morePixel 8 has gnv, not gnk

                Honor 90 has ultrasound proximity sensor. Gimmick or not, it's an actual proximity sensor and a 330€ phone

                  Avoid S22U like the plague absolute awful phone

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8p0
                    • 01 Feb 2024

                    Looks like the marketing for S23 went really well compared to this one.

                      7 years of OS updates sounds great. But would you want it? Its like using Galaxy S8 today with it's Exynos 8895. Helio G99 has more power than that chip. Or even Snapdragon 685.

                        This is an easy skip, especially the Exynos version.

                        I also expected a bit more on the brightness part.

                        Its a pretty phone design wise, but its an overall disappointing one.

                          I was shocked by the inclusion of the virtual proximity sensor.
                          And lackluster performance across the board (don't just read the reviewer's words, see and hear the evidence provided in the review).

                          I really hope Samsung finally hit the rock bottom and they can only rise from now on.

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                            • Smallworld
                            • mhu
                            • 01 Feb 2024

                            Are they reviewing the 128Gb version or the 256 one?

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                              • 50Mpixel
                              • spA
                              • 01 Feb 2024

                              You will see difference in 50 MPixel photos.
                              But, only 12Mpxels are in review.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pd%
                                • 01 Feb 2024

                                Love its look, minor change but cute.

                                It's also nice they lower the picture smoothing for more details.

                                Never Exynos anyway. Don't trust any benchmark, in real life it is exoshit. And at 900, it's a scam.

                                I target 8gen3 ( not eu ), but not at 900. After two months or three usually zamzung lower price significantly, but don't say it haha.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • rKH
                                  • 01 Feb 2024

                                  "virtual proximity sensor"

                                  That's a deal breaker

                                    Krillo, 01 Feb 2024Strange that the zenfone10 or xiaomi 13 or 14 is not mentio... moreNot listing Zenfone but instead giving you Ultra as an alternative

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                                      • Shiny Dave
                                      • nxt
                                      • 01 Feb 2024

                                      Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024This site suffers a bit from the same problem as Apple: lar... moreConversely, if the AI chip features aren't the game-changing ones you make them out to be - and I genuinely don't know either way! - you have basically a small iterative S23 upgrade for half as much again. The Pixel 8 offers the same machine learning and updates-to-2030 selling points for less too, but has a last-year SOC, and not even the best one at that.

                                      Makes for a fascinating decision to make if you're in the market for a compact flagship right now. But at least the answer to "best smol phone at any price" does seem to still be this.

                                        Zuzuz, 01 Feb 2024Xiaomi 14 is betterBetter in some areas, worse in others. The rear camera hardware would be the main advantage of the Xiaomi 14. The s24 is also a lot more compact than the Xiaomi 14 though and a lot lighter so for people who like smaller lighter phones it still has an advantage.

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