Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Galaxy S23 Ultra: Which Should You Buy?

🌮Subscribe to Taco Tech Talk for tech reviews, unboxings, and gadget recommendations. Join me as we explore the latest tech trends and help you make informed purchasing decisions.

🔔 Hit that notification bell to stay updated on my latest videos!

🎥 In this video, I compare the Galaxy S24 Ultra vs last year's Galaxy S23 Ultra. I talk about my experience with the S24 Ultra after a week and if it's worth purchasing or if you should just get last years device.

🌄 Wallpaper:
S23 Ultra: Viral Vista by and from Backdrops
S24 Ultra: GRAY GOOSE by and from Backdrops

📱 Products in the Video (Amazon Affiliate):

📌 Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Hardware & Design
1:40 - Display
6:24 - Mobile Service & Connections
8:08 - Buttons, Ports, Speakers
8:37 - S-Pen
10:06 - IP Rating
10:12 - Biometrics
10:36 - Haptics
11:05 - Performance
12:13 - Software/AI Features
20:31 - Cameras
28:40 - Battery Life
30:35 - Conclusion

🙏 Thank you for watching! If you found this video helpful or entertaining, don't forget to hit the like button, share it with your friends, and hit the subscribe button for more in-depth tech reviews and gadget recommendations.

Disclosure: This description contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you make a purchase through these links. However, this does not influence my reviews or recommendations. I only promote products and services I genuinely believe in and think will benefit you the viewer. Your support is greatly appreciated and helps me continue to create valuable content. Thank you!

[CoachD]

If you have a S23 Ultra, no need to update to the S24 Ultra, just hold out because the 23 is still a beast and the AI features are coming with the next OS update. Amything less than the S23 Ultra, yes you will actually be upgrading. Of course unless you want to just splurge and have the latest and greatest, go for it.

[tracybrovan]

I upgraded to the S24 Ultra from my 2017 *NOTE 8* and it's CRAZY the improvements!!!!

[Brenda-Burd]

I dont regret it, because i am giving my sister my s23 ultra, its a big upgrade for her, i am giving it too her today.

[JamesJonesTech]

Been waiting on this comparison 🔥 I think notifications aren’t working I have them turned on for when you upload. I’ve been impressed with SOT and total use.

[otepdotnet]

not much of an upgrade feature wise, but the design and the screen of s24u is amazing! its day and night difference if you compare it side by side

[ezradanger]

The 3x telephoto on the S24 is basically useless. In anything other than perfect lighting, the main sensor will produce the same, or better, image quality from 3x-5x as the 3x lens. The reason the 3x was useful before was that once you get to about 6x the 3x starts to pull ahead, so between 6x-10x is when it was really useful, but now the 5x is obviously much better for that range.
They should have left the focal lengths the same and just used the new sensor on the 3x. That would have made the lens very useful all the way up to the 10x with significantly better quality in suboptimal lighting to the S23. And then from 10x on it would have been the same, which, the S24 doesn't really seem to have any noticeable advantages over the S23 over 10x anyways except for in very bad lighting.

[shoottosave]

After AI update s23 ultra is the best value for money android of all time

[nikolajovicic]

The black rails (sides of the phone) on the S24 Ultra killed the whole look!

[anonymous-ydxr]

They should have implemented the satellite connectivity S 24 U

[nikolajovicic]

Did the grainy/sandy screen disappeared by itself after the latest update, or it's still there .. Really nervous to order the S24 Ultra and deal with the returns and all that ..

[alexander_sinclair]

I have the s22u and don't really care about the new features on s24u. But I would like better performance. It'd be $550 to upgrade to s24u. Is there a way to sell my phone and get a good s23u for only a couple hundred?

[MegaAluchi]

😅how the S24 ultra or 23 holds up when going live on social media (Instagram, Tik, ...etc)?

[katinasoutherland]

Idk if you have the S22U but if so would you consider making content on s22 versus s24? Thank you i appreciate your content.

[donna-mariechambers]

Thank you for clearing up some information about s23 abd s23. 😊🇨🇦

[demetriccauthen-nojy]

Should I upgrade since I have s22 ultra to s24 ultra question or Waite for s25 ultra

[PetePuebla]

I'm with you on the keyboard. I've been using SwiftKey for years, now owned by microsoft. I tried using this Samsung keyboard for the added features that are included with this new s24 Galaxy. But I just couldn't get used to this Samsung keyboard and I prefer the Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard over the Samsung keyboard

[AngryCanine]

You failed to talk about the custom CPU in the S23 Ultra. It is not a normal Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU, It is specially customized for the S23 Series, or just the Ultra, not sure at the moment, but that is why you see "For Galaxy" in the name. It is specially tuned for the S23 Ultra to were it gives you much better performance then the stock CPU, and it does that without sacrificing battery life, but actually extends it, where the newer Gen 3 CPU is pretty much entirely stock, and I have seen the S23 Ultra last longer then the S24 Ultra. I don't doubt the Gen 3 is a bit faster, but the custom tuned Gen 2 For Galaxy is arguably just as good, if not slightly better in every day use. They also use the same battery, no upgrade in size, same size screen as well, but being dull and the fuzziness I heard is a hardware issue, where the dull screen may not be able to be fixed completely without forcing the screen to operate at 110%, which could harm the screen over time.

The cameras are no different minus the worse setup on the S24, losing that 10X for no reason at all, as it is a feature a lot of people I know love, specially when taking really close up pictures of things. The only differences is software, with the S24 Series able to process images in some situations, better, but that software is coming to the S23 Series, as well as pretty much everything else software related, meaning at the moment, the S24 series phones are slightly better, until the update for the S23 series is released in a few days, or few weeks, and then there will be little to no difference at all, other then cosmetics, and some AI features built into the Gen 3 CPU that you will still have on the S23 series but be processed on the main CPU, being slightly slower while processing because of that, but with how good the Gen 2 For Galaxy CPU is, I don't think you would even notice. On top of that, those AI features are going to be blocked by a pay wall in 2025 anyways, so you really got to think, is spending $1950 CAD base price for a new S24 Ultra worth it for the features that are not going to stay unique to the phone as well as software, over $1600 CAD or lower for a new S23 Ultra, or $1300 or less for a used but like new S23 Ultra? The flat screen, and dull display with fuzziness that may be more hardware related, a CPU that is newer but doesn't perform any better and in a lot of cases I have seen uses more battery... Just isn't worth it unless you can't buy an S23 Ultra anywhere and you only can find S24 Ultra's.

My S23 Ultra that I bought used but like new less then a month ago, so far the battery life is crazy good. I took it off the charger 16 hours ago from typing this. Currently after about 3 hours 55 minutes of screen on time, browsing facebook, taking pictures, texting friends, and watching some youtube videos, so basically not letting the adaptive refresh rate to really kick in, and using slightly less then half brightness which is plenty bright for this display in almost any situation, 78% battery remaining. My S10+ I had before this, would be under 50%, probably under 40% with the same usage. I will say I went in and enabled background limits, so no more then 2 background apps can operate at the same time, as well as going through all my apps and putting ones I hardly use into deep sleep status, and apps I do use but only here and there into normal sleep, and apps I use all the time never sleep. I also disabled RAM Plus, so it stops using part of your internal storage as virtual RAM, it is slower, and wears down the memory module a lot, and I recommend everyone doing those 3 things, 1 of which involves enabling developer mode to access those settings (background limits). I do not use battery saving mode, I refuse to go back to 60hz display, and I have done those methods minus disabling RAM Plus on my S10+ because you can't in One UI 4, only possible in One UI 5 and higher. You can do more battery saving stuff to your phone that wont effect the performance of the device other then possibly speed it up a little more as well as save more on battery, which I plan to do more of so I can max out the battery life on this phone, which is also healthy for the battery in the long run, without giving up things we, or at least I want, like a decent screen brightness, no performance limits, no 60hz cap, or anything that effects app functions. I have done all that on my S10+ and when I said how long it would have lasted so far, is with all that stuff done to it. Without that, easily would hit around 35% or lower, and sure, part of that is the battery itself, but taking that into account, still wouldn't be nearly as good.

Simply put, this S23 Ultra which was bought used but like new, saved me $300 or so from a new S23 Ultra, and $700 from a new S24 Ultra, and I couldn't be happier. Not a single scratch on the screen, battery health is close to new as this phone was hardly used by the previous owner, it is also a Canadian model which matters on Canadian networks, I know because my S10+ is a US model, and only way to get updates was through manually putting updates on it through the PC using sketchy 3rd party apps as Smart Switch on PC was entirely unhelpful, and can easily brick a phone while it is in download mode during these updates, I know because I did brick the S10+, but by pure button spamming and nearly giving up, it somehow recovered and I don't know how. I consider myself a loyal Samsung mobile user, I will recommend anyone getting a new phone, to come grab a Samsung that best suits them, but I can not recommend the S24 series, unless the screen issue is fixed, then maybe, but still wouldn't with the S24 Ultra because the S23 Ultra is just way too similar, like when the S23 series gets the One UI 6.1 update, it will be at least 95% similar, and that is just not enough to justify getting the newer S24 Ultra, over a cheaper and new S23 Ultra, or even cheaper used like new S23 Ultra. Anyone is free to do what they want, buy what they want, but I personally will not recommend the S24 Ultra, period, it just isn't better then the S23 Ultra. That 5% just isn't worth spending $450-$700 more on, it really isn't, and I wish Samsung focused less on AI and more on hardware improvements... maybe next year, but even then I wont be giving up my S23 Ultra unless Solid State batteries enter the smartphone market, then maybe since those last so much longer, and don't wear out over time anywhere near as quickly as current batteries do, like lasting 10 times longer, so like a standard battery may get 4 or 5 years before showing its wear, a solid state would go 50 years before showing wear, they are crazy good, but still not yet left the testing phase, but they are close to, sometime in the next few years we could see them finally enter the market.

[amrmohamed]

How many years of software updates is s23 ultra eligible 4 ?

[EphemeralReverie]

S23 ultra at $680 without AI features! SOLD! 👍

[bigdogfromnj]

I'm watching this on my s24 ultra🎉