The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is here, bringing a number of updates, while maintaining the formula of its predecessor.
Visually, the Galaxy S24 Ultra looks very similar to the S23 Ultra but there are notable changes. The frame is now made of titanium alloy instead of aluminum. Titanium is more durable and scratch-resistant than aluminum without increasing weight – the Galaxy S24 Ultra is actually a gram lighter than the S23 Ultra. The new Ultra is slightly thinner (0.3mm) and shorter (1.1mm), thanks largely to thinner bezels. As for glass, the S24 Ultra uses a new Gorilla Glass armor on the front and back that is 4x more shatter-resistant and 75% less reflective.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra made the screen less curved, now the Galaxy S24 Ultra has made it completely flat – rejoice, glass screen protector lovers!
The centerpiece is once again a 6.8-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a variable refresh rate ranging from 1Hz up to 120Hz. But Samsung has brought a much brighter 2,600 nit panel with an improved Vision Booster.
Unlike the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+, the Ultra uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in each market. This is once again a “for Galaxy” variant with, presumably, a higher clocked Prime core. Samsung has placed a vapor chamber nearly twice as large inside the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which will improve thermal performance in all tasks.
The new chip has enabled a whole host of AI features on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Live translation, interpreter and chat assistance enable two-way translation of voice and text in real time. Live translation resides in the phone’s native app, Interpreter is a split-screen app that transcribes live conversations between two people in two different languages. Chat support helps make translated conversations feel natural and alive within the Samsung keyboard. These features work in 13 languages at launch.
Android Auto it will summarize incoming messages and suggest replies, such as sending someone your ETA.
Inside Samsung Note, Note Assist it will summarize notes, create templates and covers, and simplify notes with predefined formats.
Transcription assistance will transcribe, summarize and translate recordings using artificial intelligence and text-to-speech.
Circle to search is a gesture-based feature created in collaboration with Google. Long-press the Home button and you can circle, highlight, doodle, or tap anything on the screen to get search results, like the name of the landmark in the background of someone’s Instagram photo.
All the AI you could want
AI is also an important part of the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s camera system, but let’s talk about the hardware first. The Galaxy S24 Ultra features a new 50MP 5x (115mm) telephoto lens with optical stabilization and an f/3.4 lens. The sensor is a 1/2.52-inch unit (possibly the IMX854), which is a marked improvement over the 10MP, 1/3.52-inch imager behind the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s 10x camera. Samsung says the new 5x camera is capable of 10x better shots than the old camera.
The rest of the cameras are seemingly the same: 200MP 23mm f/1.7 wide-angle unit, 12MP 13mm f/2.2 ultrawide camera with AF, and a 10MP 69mm f/2.4 short telephoto camera. There is a 12MP 26mm f/2.2 selfie camera up front.
Let’s go back to artificial intelligence. New this year is the ProVisual Engine and a dedicated ISP block for noise reduction. ProVision Engine is a collection of AI-powered tools: you can erase objects and let AI fill the empty space with Generative Edit. It can also fill the empty space created by straightening a crooked shot. Instant Slow-mo can generate additional frames to gradually slow down moments in a video.
Night photography has been improved thanks to improved optical image stabilization angle and improved hand-shake compensation. Dedicated ISP block for both front and rear cameras will handle noise.
Finally, Super HDR will show an HDR preview in the camera app’s viewfinder before taking the photo, and will show HDR photos and videos in the Gallery.
The new camera features of the Galaxy S24 Ultra
The Galaxy S24 Ultra has a 5,000mAh battery with 45W wired and 15W wireless charging. The phone comes with 12GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of storage. Software-wise, the S24 Ultra runs Android 14 with One UI 6.1 and will receive 7 years of successful software support.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra is available for pre-order today in Titanium Grey, Titanium Black, Titanium Violet and Titanium Yellow. Like last year, Samsung will offer a free storage upgrade for those who pre-order so you can get the 512GB model for the same price as the 256GB one and so on, but make sure you order the larger version. high: will be priced like the lower one while pre-orders are open.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra starts at $1,300/£1,250 for the 12GB/256GB model, or €1,450 in Europe, but there for some reason you only get 8GB of RAM with 256GB of storage.
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