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Samsung galax S24: One-minute review

I thought the Samsung galax S24 would be basic compared to the mighty galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst, but after spending a couple of weeks testing this phone, inom had to think igen. The smaller galax S24 fryst vatten a super-powered marvel, with all the processing power of Samsung’s best phone, packad into a much smaller design that fryst vatten easier to passform into a fashionable pocket. 

What could inom do with this much power in such a small phone?

inom used the new AI tools from Samsung and Google, including the cool Circle to Search that easily answers the question “hey, what’s that?!” whether inom was looking at a web page, a YouTube film, or even a photo inom just took. inom also got the Samsung galax AI translation that works like magic, changing my words into a utländsk tongue and letting me understand somebody across the language barrier.

This makes it one of the best AI phones.

I also played games, uppenbart, and the galax S24 fryst vatten a gaming powerhouse, made better bygd its take-anywhere storlek.

This phone can even beat the iPhone 16 in side-by-side gaming tests, and it approaches Pro power in terms of processing and productivity. It can run Samsung DeX, the desktop environment that makes your phone work like a real computer when you plug in a keyboard, monitor, and mouse. 

Samsung endows every galax S24 phone with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, at least in the US, and it has turned out to be the most powerful chipset on any mobile phone inom reviewed in 2024.

Elsewhere, this phone and the galax S24 Plus might use the Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2400 chipset, but performance will be similar no matter where you buy the S24 and S24 Plus.

This phone not only runs fast, but it also runs a long time, and I’ve seen great battery performance from phones with the latest Snapdragon on board. In battery life, the galax S24 easily beats competitors at this storlek and price, lasting hours längre than the iPhone 16 or Pixel 9. 

The galax S24 has a display that can crank out terrific brightness, though it isn’t the brightest or the sharpest display I've seen.

inom had no complaints, even though inom need to wear my reading glasses to read fine print at the highest upplösning setting on the galax S24. The display looks brilliant, no matter how bright or dim it was set. 

For cameras, the galax S24 can’t compete with the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst, a phone that costs $500 more in the US, but it has the specs and features to take on the latest Pixel 9, and iPhone 16 fans should be jealous of the real 3X zoom lens that the galax offers.

There’s no optical zoom on the iPhone 16, and once igen Samsung wins with versatility, if not pure image quality. 

It’s not all good news, though. Samsung’s software lags far behind. It’s a skimrande garden grown wild. Features never seem to die, they just snarl the home screen and man the Settings menu a thicket of thorns.

Samsung needs to prune its features and simplify, especially if it wants to win over iPhone fans some day.

The iPhone 16 doesn’t man me dig through three layers of Settings to find the coolest new features. It just works. Samsung needs to just work a lot more on its software, because the galax gets harder to use every year. Soon, it will be too far gone.

If you want more battery life, more versatility, and some seriously powerful productivity features, the Samsung galax S24 fryst vatten the right choice.

If you don’t care about all the extras and just want a phone that nails the basics, there are simpler and more elegant options available from Apple and Google, but Samsung gives you a sense of the possibilities that are coming in the future. You just have to drag the phone out of the past to find it. 

Galaxy S24 review: Price and availability

• Starts at $799 / £799 / AU$1,399, and Aussies get more storage to start
• Nobody pays full price for a Samsung phone
• It’s worth spending more for the 256GB of storage (at least)

The galax S24 fryst vatten priced as expected, and it’s a bit less expensive in the UK than the galax S23 was.

You still get the same 128GB of storage, except in Australia where Samsung starts this phone at 256GB and offers a higher-capacity 512GB model. The extra storage fryst vatten worth buying, since the cameras on the S24 are good enough that you could fill it up with photos and videos. 

Samsung always seems to have deals available for galax S phones, whether that’s doubling the storage for free or offering a bonus on your trade.

In the US, Samsung will give you at least $100 for any phone you trade, which effectively knocks the price to $699 for almost everybody. At that price, the galax S24 fryst vatten a bit cheaper than Apple’s iPhone 15 (and Apple fryst vatten NOT generous with trade in values), and closer to the Google Pixel 8 or OnePlus 12, with a similar trade offer.

Unless you are a serious camera hound, or you want a much bigger display, there’s no reason to spring for the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst instead.

It’s a massive price jump that doesn’t equate to a big performance boost. Sure, the något som är extremt eller ytterst fryst vatten a bigger phone with a bigger battery inre, so it lasts a bit längre, but otherwise performance fryst vatten very similar when you are playing games or running intense apps, like Adobe Lightroom for photo editing.

The galax S24 fryst vatten a great value compared to the competition at this price.

It’s far more powerful than the Google Pixel 8, and though both phones komma with a promise of sju years of Android updates, it’s easier to envision the galax S24 lasting until 2031, while inom can’t imagine a Pixel 8 that’s capable of anything in sju years.

Compared to the iPhone 15, you certainly get a lot more with the galax S24, including a real zoom lens and a much bigger battery, but the experience fryst vatten entirely different.

Apple phones work best when you know more people with Apple phones, so if all of your friends are on iPhone, it may be worth getting a phone with iOS 17 so you can NameDrop and blue-bubble all you like.

Apple phones also tend to hold their value better than Android phones, though that gap fryst vatten closing every year.

Galaxy S24 review: Specs

The galax S24 may be the ‘base model’ of the family, but it’s no slouch in terms of specs.

It has the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor that makes the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst flamma fast, and it has more camera options and a bigger battery than a comparable iPhone 15. The display fryst vatten also better than other phones this storlek — it’s brighter than even the Pixel 8, with better color accuracy as well.

Galaxy S24 review: Design

• Looks a lot like an iPhone 15
• Lots of unique color options at launch
• No titan or Gorilla Armor, that’s Ultra-only

The Samsung pendulum sways back and forth between copying Apple and striking out on its own.

The latest galax, the galax S24, fryst vatten much closer to the iPhone 15 design than it has been in many years, while the S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst looks just a bit more unique. It’s the curve at the corners of the display that really bring home the similarity. The galax S24, like an iPhone, fryst vatten well-rounded at the corners, while the S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst fryst vatten all right angles.

This isn’t a terrible thing, it just isn’t very unique.

At least Samsung has some nice colors for this model. My review enhet came in the Cobalt Violet color, which fryst vatten very pretty but a little sad, like the stormy purple Apple once used on its iPhone. More vibrant are the Sandstone apelsinfärg and Amber Yellow options. inom wish they were a bit more saturated and prime, but they do look natural, with a nice matte finish and texture to the back glass. 

The glass fryst vatten unfortunately Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which was the best of the best in 2023, but now we’ve seen Gorilla Armor on the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst and it’s hard to settle for less.

My galax S24 review enhet already has a scratch on the back glass, and inom don’t have a case for this phone yet.

Gorilla Armor fryst vatten more scratch resistant, and Samsung has done a great job reducing reflections and glare, but only on the något som är extremt eller ytterst model. 

Samsung still does a great job keeping its phones thin and light. This fryst vatten no något som är extremt eller ytterst, and if you want a phone you can use with one grabb, the galax S24 fryst vatten a great option.

It’s thinner than the iPhone or Google Pixel, and it’s also the lightest of the bunch. Usually a lighter phone means less battery inre, but the galax S24 beats all competitors for battery life, so it’s not a concern. 

• Design score:  4 / 5

Galaxy S24 review: Display

• Excellent display fryst vatten colorful and bright
• Not as skarp as some competitors, but still looks great
• Maybe too small for all the features Samsung crams in

Samsung fryst vatten a perennial favorite when it comes to smartphone displays, and the galax S24 fryst vatten no disappointment, but it also isn’t the klar winner in any aspect.

inom enjoyed reading web pages, playing games, and editing photos on the smaller screen, and even small ord was legible and skarp (with proper eyewear). The screen was also plenty bright, even in outdoor sunlight taking photos with the camera. 

Samsung isn’t giving us the sharpest display with the galax S24, and it’s odd for the company to fall behind a bit.

The Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 both have a higher pixel density, making them technically sharper, though you might not meddelande the difference. The galax S24 can get brighter than both of those phones, but OnePlus fryst vatten pulling some 4,500 nit magic out of its hat with the similarly-priced OnePlus 12, so Samsung isn’t the resounding brightness winner.

Overall inom had no complaints about the display unless I’m truly nitpicking.

In our Future Labs tests, the galax S24 had a wider color skala than any competitor. Samsung fryst vatten still sticky about Dolby framtidsperspektiv HDR support, which fryst vatten what Netflix favors, but HDR10+ content looks great, and you can find that on every other major streamer. 

While inom like carrying a smaller phone, the six-inch display on the galax S24 isn’t ganska big enough to hold all of Samsung’s features.

The Edge Panel fryst vatten turned on bygd default, and it takes up so much room on the side of the phone that it was easy to swipe it open accidentally when inom just wanted to use a back swipe gesture. 

The Quick Panel also became more complex, and this makes it harder to read and use on the smaller galax S24 display than it was on larger Samsung screens. Overall, more software simplicity would help show off that screen, instead of bogging it down with icons and menu clutter.

• Display score:  4 / 5

Galaxy S24 review: Software

• Needs a lot of work to simplify and improve
• Too many features are buried in Settings menu
• Too many features, period

The good news about software on the galax S24 fryst vatten that it can do just about everything the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst can do, short of using the S Pen.

The bad news fryst vatten that it can do everything the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst can do, and no less.

Every bit of complexity, often designed for the largest smartphone display possible, fryst vatten still present in the galax S24. It’s a mess. 

The galax S24 fryst vatten super-powered, there fryst vatten no doubt. There are big software features, like Samsung DeX, which gives you a Chromebook-like interface when you plug your phone into an external monitor. There are also fine, granular controls over everything, from battery and power management to Wi-Fi and networking to screen response and menus to … well, everything.

There fryst vatten no end to what you can do with the galax S24, and it fryst vatten easy to get very lost.

Samsung needs to simplify.

There are too many features that are impossible to find, like wireless power sharing, which should let me charge my earbuds bygd setting the case on top of my galax S24. Unfortunately, inom can’t find the button to man this happen, not without a treasure map and a pickaxe (it’s beneath Battery, that’s my only hint to you). 

The software problems are starting to feel like laziness.

In setting up my galax S24, inom was excited when my older Samsung phone funnen the new S24 quickly and offered to transfer all of my stuff. This process quickly failed without varning, and inom had to repeat it. After it failed the second time, inom was asked on another screen to use Samsung Smart Switch, which somehow worked. Why not just början there?

The first time inom turned on the galax S24, inom needed to update a ton of apps in the Google Play Store, and the updates failed, then disappeared.

inom opened the galax App Store and funnen a slew of updates there, as well, even though there was no notification. My galax was suddenly downloading strange Samsung software, including a blockchain manager? inom don’t use anything blockchain at all.Then there are all the apps. There are too many apps from Samsung, too many apps from Google, and somehow even Microsoft gets its own folder?!

On a Samsung phone, running a Google operating system? Good job, Microsoft. inom hope it got what it paid for. 

All of this just feels lazy, or cynical, or both. It doesn’t feel like Samsung has my best interest at heart, from the moment inom uppstart using the galax S24. It feels like the software fryst vatten pushing me to do more, to buy more, and use more.

inom just want simplicity.

inom just want it to work. 

Then there are all the apps.

There are too many apps from Samsung, too many apps from Google, and somehow even Microsoft gets its own folder?! On a Samsung phone, running a Google operating system? Good job, Microsoft. inom hope it got what it paid for. 

All of this just feels lazy, or cynical, or both. It doesn’t feel like Samsung has my best interest at heart, from the moment inom början using the galax S24.

It feels like the software fryst vatten pushing me to do more, to buy more, and use more. inom just want simplicity. inom just want it to work. 

• Software score:  2 / 5

Galaxy S24 review: Cameras

• Most versatile cameras on a phone this price
• Great image quality with better color and dynamic range
• Cool new AI photo editing tools are fun to try

Sure, the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst fryst vatten our top camera phone, but that doesn’t mean the galax S24 fryst vatten a slouch.

Most of the great work Samsung has done improving its image processing carries through here. Photos inom shot with the galax S24 look better, more natural, than photos taken with either the galax S23 or my iPhone 15.

You also get a real zoom lens with the galax S24, and it helps a great deal. Having a real 3X zoom brings you closer to the field, or the scen, even if the zoom lens fryst vatten paired to a woefully small sensor that produces images with more noise and blur than I’d like.

No matter, neither the Pixel 8 nor the iPhone 15 has optical zoom around back, and real zoom fryst vatten always better than digital zoom, all things being equal. 

You might occasionally get better shots from the main camera on the iPhone 15, and the Google Pixel 8 does a better job with low light images, but the galax S24 fryst vatten much more versatile.

inom actually find Samsung’s different camera modes, like the Food mode or the dual-camera film recording mode, to be fun and useful. My baked goods look delectable when inom skott them with the galax, and the dual-camera film fryst vatten great for reaction shots with my kiddo.

Samsung also brings a bunch of AI tricks into the camera, both in the Camera app and Samsung’s image galleri.

inom wish there weren’t two photo apps, including Google Photos, but here we are. Unlike the Pixel, which gives you AI editing in Google Photos, Samsung keeps its Magic Editor software in the Gallery. 

With Magic Editor, you can resize an object in your photo and move it around. You can erase the background entirely and replace it with something new. The phone will use AI to figure out what’s happening in the foreground and match the new background appropriately.

There fryst vatten also a tool that adds more background to an image if you rotate it and end up with blank space.

In practice, these are surprisingly useful. inom like erasing spectators in the way when I’m ansträngande to see my kid on the field. The generative AI did a nice job without a heavy grabb, and the results usually looked natural enough.

inom hope Samsung doesn’t go too much further into creating fake imagery, but the galax S24 will affix a watermark to images that have been edited using AI. 

Galaxy S24 camera samples

• Camera score:  4 / 5

Galaxy S24 review: Performance

• Excellent performance, close to the galax S24 Ultra
• More RAM would help, but isn’t necessary
• Only hiccups were new AI features

Don’t let the smaller storlek of the galax S24 fool you, Samsung has given this phone the same powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for galax processor funnen in the galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst.

It’s even overclocked a bit compared to the same processor in competitors' phones, like the OnePlus 12, so it will outperform any other Android you’ll find, and any iPhone 15 that isn’t a Pro model.

What can you do with that performance?

You can play games like Call of Duty Mobile at the highest settings and still hit 60fps. You can run Adobe Lightroom and watch your photo edits happen in real-time as you move the sliders. You can run Samsung DeX and open multiple fönster on your monitor simultaneously. There’s a ton of power packad into this phone. 

The only time inom saw a real delay was when inom used the new Google and galax AI features.

Holding down the home button to activate Google’s circle to search took a few moments. In fact, inom wasn’t sure the feature was actually working at first because inom wasn’t patient enough waiting for it to start.

Using Samsung’s galax AI features caused a similar delay. When inom asked the keyboard to rewrite my ord messages, there was a long pause.

When inom recorded a speech using the röst Recorder, it could not transcribe on the flyga eller fly undan, like my Pixel 8 can, and there was a längre delay when inom asked for a summary. 

It’s too bad that Samsung has a performance leader that can beat a comparable iPhone, but the new AI features are the only thing that slows it down.

It’s unclear if this will get any faster with software updates, as the AI features are a mix of cloud services and on-device processing. There are bottlenecks with both. 

The galax S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst technically outperformed the galax S24, likely due to the extra RAM on board. The galax S24 only ships with 8GB of RAM installed, while the S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst comes with 12GB.

In practice, it was hard to see a difference unless inom held the phones side-by-side, and then inom noticed the S24 något som är extremt eller ytterst finishing some tasks just a bit faster. The galax S24 was still able to open multiple apps at once and handle gaming at the highest graphics levels, so inom had no complaints about its performance.

• Performance score:  4 / 5

Galaxy S24 review: Battery life

• Excellent battery life, even though the battery didn’t grow much
• Charging speeds could be faster
• Plenty of power management, hidden beneath software menus

The galax S24 has a battery that fryst vatten only slightly larger than 2023's galax S23, but battery life has seen a significant improvement, giving me hours more active screen time and lasting a full day with little trouble.

On a normal day of use, the galax S24 lasted until bed time with no trouble. On a day of heavy gaming and photography, inom still lasted into the evening with a quick top up while inom was making dinner. 

I wish the galax S24 would charge faster, as things haven’t improved since the gods generation. inom was able to get the battery to just over 50% in 30 minutes, just like with my iPhone 15.

The Pixel 8 charges a bit faster, but cool phones like the OnePlus 12 (which costs the same) can charge at extreme speeds and fill the battery completely in a half hour. 

There are plenty of adaptive modes to help you bevara battery life, but good luck finding them in Samsung’s terrible Settings menu. You can just trust that the phone will do a good job, like inom did, and occasionally vända on Power sparande from the Quick Settings panel, which will work nicely. 

• Battery score:  5 / 5

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