Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra - A Long Term User Review

Is the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra the Best Smartphone? After living with it for 4 months, I'm here to share everything about some common issues, performance, cameras, battery life, and the software experience after the updates. Let's see if it still holds up as a top choice in the smartphone market in 2024.

Huge Thanks to @nicklovinit for helping out with this shoot.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
1:23 - A BIG glass slab
2:29 - I miss MagSafe BUT…
2:54 - A Very Different Display!
5:42 - Performance peaked
6:58 - GPS Issue
7:52 - S-Pen
8:46 - Battery Life
10:05 - Sponsor Spot
10:36 - Cameras
15:19 - Software Experience
18:05 - Samsung Dex
18:50 - Final Thoughts

Review unit provided free of charge by Samsung. This video is sponsored by Arctic. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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[madhurjo.karmaker]

That sharp edges, reminiscent of a notebook, makes this phone unique. If Samsung made it round, then it wouldn't stand out from the crowd.

[PPLRRN]

Ive been using it for 4 months too.

No screen protector with 0 scratches.
I dont agree on rounded edges, I like it squared.

[DisturbedM]

I'm 2 minutes in and already STRONGLY disagree with the comments about form. I hope Samsung DOESN'T take notice at all. I prefer rectangular slabs. Not everything needs to looks the same.

[kabirsnet]

Hey, I switched from the iPhone 14 Pro Max to the S24 Ultra, and I'm so glad I did! The flat display is a huge improvement, and the battery life, build quality, display, haptics, and sound quality are all better. The stylus is really cool too, it makes the phone feel like a professional business tool.

[SilvioBritto]

About the Spen: one major advantage that's rarely mentioned is the superb accuracy for editing videos and photos. Unmatched.

[evaone]

"Affordable Phones" and "S24 Ultra" are two things that dont go together

[viveks]

I think people missed what you mean by affordable here. What is presented here will be then available standard in future with affordable phones. This is the r&d early access type stage. And soon you will have similar screen, the revolutionary "Scratches at level 7 and deeper grooves at level 8" glass. Fun.

[ksh]

If you have s24 ultra, get the "Samsung Standing Grip Case" or similar case where you can slide your finger behind the phone. I got this for free in an offer. This single thing is big improvement to how you hold the phone. You can now use it with one hand without worrying about it falling. This solves the "Corner" problem you have as it is no longer resting on your palm.

[saurabhshrivastav]

Watching this on my S24 ultra ❤❤ a beast in the pocket.. simply love it

[marquisbush]

The amount of people who didnt watch the video but commented as soon as they saw the title is astounding. Critical thinking is dead.

[mjhieusuper]

The S Pen is an invaluable tool for me in my work. I use it to translate and play Chinese games such as Sword of Justice Ray Tracing. It is also useful for editing videos and photos on my phone, and it is very precise.

[JacquesDupuis]

Nice take on the S24U. As you said the state of smart phones is pretty advanced, so what more is needed is no longer necessary. My wish would be for the manufacturers replace their phone on a two years cycle versus the one year that they presently submits us all to.

[kristensmith]

I just switched from iPhone to the s24 Ultra and love the new phone. I even have to give it credit. The s24 Ultra even charged my iPhone during the transfer process. It has taken a while to dig in. But I'm definitely all in now. I also got the S8 Ultra Tablet. I am a photographer as well and the android filing system and instant connectivity has been refreshing. I don't believe any phone is perfect and obviously not as good as a dedicated camera. But for travel photographers the phone could still shine. I've noticed turning the exposure down a touch before taking the picture helps with the bit too bright processing.

[MHWGamer]

I bought a A14 for my grandma for 150€ and while using it for a bit, I really questioned myself if my next device will be expensive.
I am a super long-term user (still use my note9, before that note1 lol) and a sucker for the pen but if the premium phone costs close to 10x more and does basically the same for 90% of the time, it really doesn't make sense.
Kinda waiting that the s24ultra gets to the 600-700€ realm at the end of next year

[didydota]

its not about fighting you could disable them, we can choose what assistant we want or comfortable with, bixy, google assistant, or Gemini. its all about giving the user option and choices that suite them

[BenyaminLorit]

Sometimes I forget just how much functionality is baked inside these devices now. Granted, I don't see myself using a lot of them but it's still amazing to see. It also highlights the fact that a lot of these capabilities are what you actually pay extra for in these flagship+ devices yet most of the people who buy these either aren't actually creative enough or knowledgeable about their devices enough to take advantage of them and just end up wasting money.

[syed_yahya]

turning off "scene optimiser" may help in taking natural looking photos.

[akor]

The sharp corners if the function over form… with rounded edges you’re loosing a lot of screen just because “ouch my hand hurty”

[kashyapchonekar]

they added electronic ND filters and never even talked about it in presentations😭 videographers kill for nd filters but they didn't even discuss them

[MarsVlogSoon]

I totally agree with you on this aggressive post processing issue without an option to keep original photos.