Samsung Galaxy S24 review
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- Darth Caesium
- BiP
- 01 Feb 2024
S24 should've had 12GB of RAM; UWB; autofocus with macro for the ultrawide; a 1/2.5"-type (or larger) 12MP 3× periscope telephoto; 256GB and 512GB storage options (no UFS3.1 128GB pls Samsung ffs); and the 50MP 1/1.31"-type GNK sensor for the main camera (the one with Staggered HDR that Google is using for the Pixel 8 Pro). Of course, this list is the bare minimum of what should've been done, and is not an exhaustive list by any means. I'm still very much disappointed in Samsung, but tbf unless they step up their game, soon someone is going to smash them like what happened to BlackBerry and Nokia, and I would be fully for it if it meant there could be a competitive environment, though not if it meant a duopoly again.
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- Anonymous
- mtj
- 01 Feb 2024
This site suffers a bit from the same problem as Apple: largely ignoring AI, especially the fact that the S24 line can do on-chip AI, which requires very advanced hardware to do it efficiently. Also, doing cloud-AI for free and with decent privacy is not something that the Chinese manufacturers can offer. I would not get anything else within this budget today, because AI is crucial for increased productivity (aka if you are not only a gamer or TikTok user).
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- Stoon
- fq$
- 01 Feb 2024
TF !? virtual proximity sensor in a flagship🤦♂️
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- Anonymous
- rKH
- 01 Feb 2024
"no matter if Vivid (DCI-P3), or Natural (sRGB) color modes were used"
Do you mean they are accurate and not impacted by the non-Vivid issue mentioned in the other article? Or that it is accurate because of that issue?
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- Darth Caesium
- BiP
- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024Seems like a decent incremental upgrade. I still disagree ... moreMy problem isn't the signal quality (Google Pixel 7 Pro doesn't really have a signal problem, at least for me). The problem I have is with the efficiency. The modem drains so much power that I won't leave mobile data on for a significant period of time, because otherwise my phone would die before the end of the day. If Samsung has really acknowledged and solved the efficiency problems of both the chipset and the modem, then I say bring it on. But until then, Exynos is still a bummer.
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- Sado0og
- Ja6
- 01 Feb 2024
Nubia Z60 ultra was in for review before s24 was announced ...
Today we see s24 review but non about Z60 ???
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- Anonymous
- 6vc
- 01 Feb 2024
"Virtual proximity sensing" what? That's dealbreaker for me. Not in the S series, they went just too far with their greediness, €300 phone is ok without proximity sensor but not when they ask 900.
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- Krillo
- mrr
- 01 Feb 2024
Strange that the zenfone10 or xiaomi 13 or 14 is not mentioned as an alternative?
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024Don't agree. For once in my life I'm actually usi... moreThis is about photo, not screen.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 01 Feb 2024
Chavis, 01 Feb 2024They are within the same budget. Our readers deserve to kno... morePointless.
If you have interest in phone like s24, it is because of its size.
Otherwise, person would just get the Plus.
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- Anonymous
- m51
- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024" We wouldn't expect to see Samsung letting us d... moreDon't agree. For once in my life I'm actually using Vivid mode because it isn't burning my retinas off.
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- Ssg
- r3c
- 01 Feb 2024
Expensive Hardwares, Great Softwares plus incompetent handling = _@):
..Samsung of today!! 😞
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 01 Feb 2024
"Audio is recorded in stereo at 256kbps, while the bit rates for video are a nice round 40Mbps for 4K30, 60Mbps for 4K60, and 80Mbps for 8K30 (h.265, quality priority)"
Bitrates basically same since s6 days. So ridiculous.
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- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 01 Feb 2024
How to make the S series great again :
>Let the S24 and S24+ have better cameras, as it stands the A54 has the same sensor size for the main cam as the S24 and S24+. The telephoto at least should be 1/3". This sensor is smaller than the one found on the Galaxy Note8 and has 2 MP less.
>Snapdragon for all phones like the S23 series or have 100 dollar discounts for Exynos products because even Samsung knows they are inferior, if I'm getting an inferior chip I'd like a discount to soften the blow.
>256 GB storage minimum for all phones.
>A natural camera processing style, Samsung's phones have good enough hardware to take good photos but their processing lets them down, aggressive noise reduction that leaves noise but destroys detail, overdone sharpening, overdone colors and worst of all, overexposed photos with boosted shadows. The S24 series understands this and tones it down a lot compared to the "perfect" S23 series that everyone's been raving about. They go natural on the S21/S22 series and come back swinging with the S23 series then go back on the S24 series to act like they're doing something new. The picture softening is good but it feels like it is done AFTER the photo is taken since in the preview it shows a blurred photo, the Main cam has good results with High softening but the UW and telephoto cams deserve medium softening. Samsung's color science is better this year, they just need to improve their noise reduction algorithm. Look at the top left side of UW camera's photos from both the S23 and S24 in the office with the GSM arena logo, you'll see the ugly noise im talking about. Even with ISO 50 the main camera produces such ugly noise artifacts. Again it's not Samsung's mediocre hardware, their software isn't up to par. Noise isn't bad, I like it, I like to keep noise reduction minimal, I hope Samsung understands that and either tweaks their software or provides a slider for noise reduction strength so people can choose what they want.
>Lower prices for the S24 and S24+, 100-200 dollars less would make these more compelling
>Better designs. Make the designs like the S Ultra phone OR do NOT make the A series phones look like the S phones. Samsung struck gold with the S21 and S22 series, going from classy and beautiful phones to this.
Do all of that and other manufacturers would have a hard time competing overall with Samsung, of course if they're able to somehow bring back MicroSD cards or have front speakers everyone else is doomed. Samsung has the brand image, investment power, software support and experience to make it all happen. Ever since the Ultra series the base S models have always felt "cheap" compared to the top one. This wasn't the case from the S8 series till the S10 series. The S6 and S7 phones were different but also similar enough to warrant the price hike and differences. As it stands, Samsung is the AMD (in terms of GPUs) of the smartphone landscape, not as good as Apple (NVIDIA) but just as greedy.
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 01 Feb 2024
lab tests for the photo compare tool anywhere?
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 01 Feb 2024
" We wouldn't expect to see Samsung letting us down in terms of color"
The vivid/saturated indicates samsung is doing exactly that.
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- newflesh
- 8ut
- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024It seems like people nowadays only want bigger and heavier.... moreYep this is the trend for quite a while already but like all things it'll be reversed again soon
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- An0n
- vgM
- 01 Feb 2024
How come just 8gb ram across all variant doesn't count as shortcomings?