Phew, reviewing a flagship like this is super tiring 😆 hope it is useful and let me know any questions you might have! More notes: - I hate the fact that finger touch is disabled when you’re using S Pen (or it’s close to the screen), but it’s been like that since the start so, it is what it is - I do not have any screen problem, they’re perfectly black and I use it at night like all the time
Same, except I went with the + model. The minimum is 5 years, but if it is still alive (will definitely be) then it should live for another two more years.
Yeah down the line you'll probably change phones already but whoever you hand it down to (or sell) they'll have some extra software support and that's always a good thing
@@erickreyes7902 I feel you man. My current the iphone 15 pro max I gave my wife for her birthday last year as I just broke my realme 7 pro which was a gift from my fiancee (back then) back in 2020. Now it has done its 4 years of service and I accidentally dropped it and the screen has gone completely black. She told me (my wife) that she'll buy me this phone this September for my birthday. Had I not dropped my realme phone it would have lasted a few more years as I just recently bought a battery replacement since the battery life has significantly dropped after 4 years. When I finally get my hands on this beast, i'll be sure to be extra careful since this will be the first time that I'll have a very expensive phone such as this.
You will get green and pink line after 2 years update. At most is 3 years update and if you change the screen it will surely come back. Believe, I have been there.
I will stay with my powerful S23 Ultra until the phone itself says: "Hey buddy, it's time. We had a good run, thank you for keeping and believe in me" 😄 👋
S24 ultra is definitely the best android phone to buy, very reliable and easy to use, and that's what most people want. But I really would like to see Samsung come up with something new or maybe a refresh to the design, just to make it feel like you're getting the new and improved phone, not just a minor upgrade from the same looking old one.
There has been NO innovation in a LONG time so NOW the latest "gimmick" is AI and Samsung will CHARGE you for this after 2025! AND AI is NOT the real "game-changer" that everyone is boasting! These HIGH priced phones NO longer have SD storage OR a simple headphone jack so "they" can SELL you MORE products and make BILLIONS in profits because "people" think they "need" all this CRAP they'll never use in the first place.
Appreciate you stopping by man! It really is a tried and true formula, but let's face it, if we want something fresh and new we already got it in the Fold and Flips right 🤣 (which surprisingly goes for almost the same price now!)
Now John to put a bit of a positive view of the situation, actually internal storage got so fast (up to 1Gbps and more with latest UFS 4.0) that actually giving support for external storage will hamper down performance (SD cards vary wildly and a lot of fake ones are a problem too) And like the note I put, even Samsung still doesn't know what they'll do after 2025 with Galaxy AI, so we'll just have to wait and see, whether we use it or not honestly (I do not use them all, just to be honest)
this is the way to go now, minor upgrade and design change is the way to go me personally too i like the design change every year but got tired of it and annoying of design change every year for me personally i love the design on the s21 line up and they change it on they s22 line up and kept it on today just like iphone and sony xperia 1 line up all have same design only minor change. just like certain product where they keep they design change like medicine and food what happend if they changed the product design every year? and this principle also goes with the car manufacturer where they kept the design for 5 year or more. i would rather stay on this s24 ultra design rather than going back to the s20 ultra design or like the xiaomi 14 ultra now the camera bump is so big and what design xiaomi 15 ultra gonna change next? i think they will not change it because it is their best camera and the circular design on the back symbolize a camera, this is just my opinion about smartphone design nowadays
@neilparedes-chavez1688 I am glad I'm not the only one that stays on the 5 yr upgrade cadence. We all will enjoy our S27 Ultra or S28 Ultra in due time, if these crazy leaders of countries don't delete civilization being selfish and stu-pid!
The notification thing is definitely true and annoying AF. I just always thought it was me. It feels like there is some sort of input rejection at work to reject the "swipe up" gesture
Even the lowly S23FE can do "notification" categories if you TURN it on! Buying a A35 or other sh!t phone is a waste IMO and NOT really "saving" money.
You must have had the Exynos in your Note 20 Ultra why it was so laggy while using Dex. Along with my S24 Ultra, I still have the S20+ with the Snapdragon 865, and I've used Dex on that phone for years, and it never lags or get too warm.
Yeah man! Unfortunately back then it was only the US which got the Snapdragon right? The performance difference is real, but fortunately everyone get it these days, at least on the Ultra haha
@@namedkenn honestly, until Samsung ends this snapdragon Exynos nonsense, I can't take them seriously. This has been an issue for over a decade maybe now. It's not that one is faster than the other as that would still be fine. Its that one is just not worth the money and that's the one that's available officially for your location. I don't care if exynos becomes 3000 times faster. I don't want it. I don't trust it. It has a horrible track record. I don't' know why it exists within the same model. It can exist in other models, just not in the same model where consumers have no idea that the information they have researched may not apply to their phone.
I had the note 10+, moved to the iphone 14 pro to have a taste of the apple ecosystem. But bruh, I just want to move back to a note now, willing to buy the S25 ultra next year
Hey thanks for the review. I have a question. Are you familiar with the magsafe cases and accessories? If so. I bought the spigen hybrid zero one magsafe case because alot of reviews said it works great with the spen unlike many other magsafe cases. My question is, what kind of charger do i get with it? Do you have any reccomended?
Absolutely, love Magnetic accessories even since way back with the mophies! Not sure why a magsafe case would interfere with the S Pen though (I got a magsafe Rhinoshield as well and it works fine) But in terms of magnetic chargers, since this is a standard qi wireless standard you can just get anything, like Anker MagGo Wireless Charging Pad gives you peace of mind since it supports Qi2 and 15W speeds
Great effort mate. I have the same phone since February, but unfortunately I haven't been enjoying the battery experience, it drains a lot despite having the light mode performance enabled, 5G disabled, and having most of the apps in deep sleep. I feel like I have a faulty version of the phone and the battery keeps me anxious all the time, especially when seeing most of the reviewers have an average of 8 hours screen-on-time, while I barely get 4-5 SOT with a really minimal usage.
That's crazy man, I remember at that one update where the SOT is 4 hours, it really is so bad and honestly I don't know what to suggest other than updating the OS, maybe try to factory reset the phone? It's extreme tho
@@Abdullahzee97 I just got my phone back in August and I thought putting my apps in deep sleep would help the battery but it seems that was draining it for me. I would say try turning that off to see if you notice a difference.
5:40 Samsung is mainly using PPS which is not PD. PD usage is an option but it is not as efficient as PPS. So, "super fast charging" and "super fast charging 2.0" are from PPS protocol not PD. 13:15 I don't know if you have used oneui before but this is how it has been. I like this feature because it gives you more options to open/close app drawer. 13:00 I almost never leave that many notifications to accumulate so it doesn't really bother me. It has been times that that issue happened to me but it is rare.
Hello, comming from Xiaomi Mi 9T pro, I've used S24 Ultra for a month. Wanted the best overall phone, and apple in my country is way more expensive than samsung or other brands. The camera's were very impressive, the 1x and 5x especially. The screen of the phone was impressive with that anti glare new technology. The Pen was a very cool to play with, I even managed to put the lightsaber sound when in or out. Now for the average things of it, the battery performance was ok in the last two weeks, the screen on low brightness looked very weird, the AI features only used them once when testing them. The volume of the speaker during calls was average, and in my own language some letters sounded very bad that hurt the ears (romanian). As for the bad things: the phone heats up when taking photos. The speaker is... on the left side of the phone , and it's easy to cover it with your fingers, very annoying when watching media content (except youtube or anything in landscape). The square design , was unique but very incomfortable after some time to hold, even with protection case. The charging speed was way too slow for 2024, 1h+ to charge your phone, even if it did 1-60% in 40 min, it was not enough for me. Phone itself is very huge, but also heavy. Too heavy. The personal things I never read online that made me return it, the raise to wake sensor only worked 50% of the times, the fingerprint was way too high, unnatural position of the finger can also not recognise the finger. The face unlock worked fine (fast), but if you wanted to read your notications on locked screen, you had to raise the screen up, and the distance required was too long, it took like 3-4 attempts each time. Need to mention, I returned the first S24U after two weeks, cause a better priced offer appeared with free earbuds SE as well. So it s hard to tell I got two broken devices. Perhaps if you always been a Samsung user, you might never notice some of the issues mentioned above. I'm currently testing One Plus 12, and the only drawback so far is the camera with white tones, but still better than oversaturated the S24U made, and the low volume on speaker calls.
One is in the game optimizer app called Z Perf if I'm not mistaken But that's not as reliable as GPUWatch which you turn on inside developer settings, which shows you graph as well and stays on all the time, much more helpful!
s23 ultra is still better then most, I personally don't think the s24 is worth the minor updates asside from the flat screen.. the s25 series is going to be the upgrade to get with the monster specs rumored for it. excited to see in january.
If you're in S23 or S22 Ultra then absolutely you don't need to upgrade haha this is talking if anyone else would like to jump into S24 Ultra first Still always on the lookout for the next iteration!
hey im planning to buy the charger adapter you recommended at the start of your video...im wondering if changing the original samsung adapter i bought will mess up my battery.
Hi. Great video. I'm new to Samsung, coming from Apple. I can't get my timers to appear on lock screen, not the icon, the actual countdown timer. Also, lock screen notifications will not populate. All it shows is the icon, sometimes. I have lock screen notifications on n show content. Please help. Thanks.
Pinch on the home screen. Select "Wallpaper and Style", then select the wallpaper or the lock screen (the lock screen will be on the left, home screen on the right). There, you will be able to select certain parts of the screen to customize. Where you see the notification icons, tap that, and a small menu should pop up prompting you to select between 3 options: no notifications shown on the lock screen, icons only, or full detail. Select full detail. Timer counting down on the lock screen? Haven't quite figured that one out? Let me know if my instructions were any good with the notifications on the lock screen though!
@@RAR3ST0N3 ur awesome. Thank you so much for explaining that in detail. It actually worked and amazingly it's the same solution for the timers being on the lock screen. I really appreciate it, I've been trying to do this for 2 days, lol. Peace
@@RAR3ST0N3 yes. Funny, I’ve seen that setting when I bought the phone last week but I had show all content on, so I didn’t choose it. Later on I saw hide content for individual apps but I forgot about that setting. I really appreciate it.
I only got the phone a few days ago, I'm the only one who thinks that it charges too quickly and heats up too easily, I honestly didn't expect this from such a powerful and expensive phone
Ah I actually didn't take note of when specifically did the battery improved, but there was like that popup of monthly software update (around July) and afterwards improved the battery life
With a stronger battery I would definitely give Samsung another try (my last one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 lol) but in this case I won't because the battery doesn't even last a full day.
Honestly if you feel your phone is perfectly fine, wait until early next year Because it’s nice to change phones now, but I don’t see too much things worth upgrading except you feel the performance is lacking (I’m talking about heavy multitasking, phone heating up a lot, gaming and editing)
it only cost me 135€ more to upgrade from my 14 month old s23U so it was a no brainer for me. I can get longer software support and improved processor.
hey man i was thinking of switching to the samsung s24 ultra as i currently have the iphone 14 pro. i wanted to know does the phone get warm or hot even if you use it normally or in general scrolling through social media or watching videos on youtube or tiktok. would help me out tons if you could let me know
bruh, i think you are the only reviewer i saw ever to do a game benchmark testing on a phone with it on a case that will obviously throttle not only this device but any other smartphone youd dare test like that as heat is not getting dissipated out normally as if when it is bare. like, what the hell bruh?. 😆 😂 🤦♂️ Heck, I even put just a skin decal on mine and i noticed the drop in heat dissipation ans faster throttling now. Let alone having a thick case on it really and it would throttle much worst.
I upgrade my phone every year regardless how minimal or significant the update is for specific purpose. Your phone loses value the older it gets and you won't get the best deal on an upgrade without trading in the previous model. With the trade in I got with the S23 ultra, I got $800 cash back and free galaxy watch 6. Sold the watch as new and got $340 making my trade in just over $1100. And I'll do the same with the S25 next year.
I was an android fanboy from 2010-2023. The last 11 of those years I was a Samsung fanboy. I had the S3, s5, s7, s8+, s10+ and s22 ultra. I switched to apple when the 14 pro max came out and sold my s22 ultra. I am fully invested in the apple ecosystem now since I now and am very happy with my decision. However I just purchased the s24 ultra in black with 512gb of storage on verizon as a second phone.
Oleophobic antireflective is terrible. The coating comes off and it becomes stained and scratched with not much time. I'd much rather have ANY other glass than what Samsung used on my phone. I actually now use a screen protetor to hide the stains.
Men i don't know what should i do? It has been almost 6 years i'm using my A6+(2018) and its fuc**** laggy and storage is full (which its 64GB😖😞) so i want to do a big jump from my A6+ but i'm confused between buying S24U or wait for S25U 🙁🙁 I'm a college student(Sophomores) i think i need a new phone before my college starts on September?
Haha that’s way too old man, go upgrade and you’ll see a huge, huge jump in every single aspect of your phone (and I would appreciate if you use the affiliate links in description!)
Just bought the s24 ultra and everything is fantastic but WHY the screen is less vivid than my note9 screen? Like I just put the S24U screen at vivid but it stills less vivid than my note9 ?! And I feel like the battery drains fast idk if it’s normal
i thought they fixed that issue in february update? my main concern is mura issues which seem to affect 30% of s24 units. i dont want to chance getting it
Hello sir could you find out qhy i cant zoom around when im in the surfline app. Iys live surf cams and could zoom around but not with this phone? Any help?
Honestly I want the fold haha I use bigger screen more than the S Pen, but that’s also because I already have a similarly big phone the iPhone 13 Pro Max
That's great to hear! I've been using a Bare Gorilla Glass 5 myself (from around Feb) and it's been great so far, but doing the same on a 1000+ dollar phone is a bit hard haha Still tho for most of the review period I do use it without screen protector
I have one concern with samsungs which are there speakers. I went from an iphone 8 which was introduced in 2017 to a s21 introduced in 2021. When i first got the phone i realise how terrible the speakers were, lacking a lot of bass and sounding tinny. I wanna know if samsung has improved there speakers on the s24u because im planning to upgrade
@@Theeeeeonlysun base on my experience its amazing. But i would suggest for u to go to a samsung store to check it by yourself. Its still your money so you should experience those basic stuff first with their display products
Worst logistics for function buttons. It's a larger phone for a woman's hand for sure. There is a complete left side open for Bixby. Leave the ON button also as an OFF button. Send Bixby packing left. Bixby is a HATE issue for me. To screen shot,, all function is with 2 buttons.. This is impossible with one hand due to the size of the phone. Put one button on the left side so the thumb can also help screenshot. Now the screenshot SWIPE is horrible for Dating Apps. So many hopeful men get denied cuz I choose to screenshot the bio by swiping left. There are other function issues to be revealed another time. Consider the Female Customers smaller hands when building BIG phones so logistic function is a priority to access all those other internal upgrades. Thank you🦋
The phone is literally the best phone in the market... not to mention SAMSUNG is pushing more deals every month just to let more customers to buy this phone... at least here in the PH, there are lots of deals every month... phone was 84k bought it for just 70k...
Most people don't mention or know this but the S24 Ultra actually charges at "up to 65w" if you buy their 65w charger. Not sure if third party chargers achieve the same speed.
@@namedkenn Now lower the brightness of the smartphone to 15-20% and take a close look at the screen! Because there are already hundreds of posts on Samsung support forums about this issue, the image starts to look like you're viewing it through a dirty film!
I think with Fold & Flip series, the S series should be stopped. Really with both F's come out, they already have the same specs, with a fold/flip feature
Well it's a difference of more 'fun' phones compared to a more 'traditional' slab phone which is the S series. Honestly if Samsung can handle producing them all I'm all for it haha more choices and we as consumers win
S24U or oneplus 12? Not a big gamer.. i just need good battery life and a reliable phone. Im using a s21+ and really loved it and want to upgrade... can someone share a review?
Both are great phone. Battery is better on s24(both are good tho) oneplus feels more stock android like but if you want long lasting the s24 has 7 years os and software update
Hi! I guarantee you that if you test them in day-to-day use, you will be amazed to find that the S23 Ultra is slightly better than the S24 Ultra, especially in the photo and video category. 😊 I'm using the S24 Ultra, but my wife still has the S23 Ultra, and I'm impressed with the photos she takes. :) Yes, it is Gorilla Glass, but the colors need to be remastered from the settings because the colors aren't that nice... I prefer the S23 Ultra. I managed to get an impressive offer from Three and got this phone s 24u for only £33 a month five months ago... but if I had to choose now, I would go with the S23 Ultra for sure... it's cheaper and a better Galaxy Ultra in my opinion. If you are a moderate or light user, the S22 Ultra is still an amazing phone and the best optimised device and design is top . 😮❤
The apps page right? Yeah Samsung is the only holdout and it really is a hassle to guess which page the apps are in compared to the usual alphabet slider I know this can be easily fixed by a 3rd party launcher (Nova is my fav) but still 😂
@@namedkenn The ultra has such a beautiful screen, i couldn't cover it up. The anti glare is such an underrated feature. Especially if you use dark mode during a sunny day.
Haha well it is a big phone, I'm just so used to it since I daily drive a 13 Pro Max (they're exactly the same size) but I do agree it is big and unwieldy
Ok, so coming from the S22 Ultra. This one has the better design. Flat screen made me happy. Honestly come on Samsung and Apple do this BS every year so come on don't be surprised that they make another phone with few reasons to upgrade. You know what your getting so the question is,"Is it enough of a reason to upgrade? Still love this phone because it's still better than the Iphone so as long as that is still a fact, I don't care. Also I want to add that Samsung does need to improve the camera significantly so that anyone can see it's the better choice versus any other phone. Not saying it's not great.
Yeah! It's GREAT but completely unnecessary at the price point! MOST people have NO use for an S-PEN, 8K videos or ALL the other crap that you'll NEVER use. As a NOTE series user for over a decade I seldom EVER used the pen and can really do most things with your finger. Who needs 200Mp camera quality that when uploaded gets degraded in many cases anyways on MANY platforms or messaging apps? How many "people" are doing "professional" picture/video for their living??? Not many! YES! Some people need this but MOST people will NEVER use it!
I completely agree that most people would be perfectly fine with something like POCO F6 or X6 Pro which I just reviewed, and they’re such a performer But then again that’s why most of Samsung’s sales are in the Galaxy A55, that’s what literally both of my parents bought, and many other friends I know And the market for this S24 Ultra is for those who want the latest and greatest, or power users which is a small part of the market. But remember a when you’re the best at your niche, then your stuff is very valuable, and that’s what I see with their Ultra phones, and even their foldables
