28 January 2024

Which telephone is the shining star of the Galaxy S sequence? Last week’s poll reveals that it’s nonetheless the Ultra, but plus mannequin is gaining floor – particularly in the case of folks trying to improve from an older mannequin.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a average improve over the S23 Ultra, itself not an enormous enchancment over the S22 Ultra. So, in the case of the S24 Ultra (and the vanilla S24, which we are going to have a look at in a minute), round 15% are sticking with their present Galaxy S telephone. Around as many are different flagships as a substitute.

Why? An enormous cause to not get the S24 Ultra is simply how costly it is – the bottom mannequin prices greater than the 2023 model in nearly all markets and that one was expensive already.

Samsung received some issues proper, just like the flat show. The new Gorilla Glass Armor is nicely acquired too. And sticking with Snapdragon solely was most likely a good suggestion, although the Exynos appears to be like like it would impress this yr.

The Samsung Galaxy S24+ went up in value in some areas too, so the fee is nonetheless a priority for a lot of. Though the financial savings of going for plus as a substitute of Ultra are fairly notable. Other than the cameras and S Pen, this is nearer to the Ultra than any S Plus mannequin has been because the S20 technology. Some received’t be satisfied till they see the evaluations – that Exynos 2400 being of explicit curiosity. That stated, folks with older S+ fashions see this as a great improve path.

Like we talked about above, the Samsung Galaxy S24 is not seen as a worthwhile improve from an older vanilla S telephone. Seven years of help and an LTPO show positive are good, but at this level chances are you’ll as nicely stick it out and get the S25 or S26. The vanilla mannequin went down in value in most locations, but the 8/128GB base configuration actually looks like Samsung is nickel-and-diming you – how are seven years of updates, apps and information supposed to slot in 128GB? And whereas the plus received an improve to 12GB of RAM, this one didn’t, which once more hurts its longevity.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 sequence is already a scorching commodity in South Korea and India (and possibly different markets, but we must wait to see these stats). One Korean service confirmed {that a} whopping 60% of pre-orders are for the S24 Ultra, so the plus received’t usurp the throne simply but.