This week’s unpacked occasion introduced Samsung’s newest flagships – the Galaxy S24 trio. You can take a look at our hands-on evaluate for an introduction to the new options and {hardware} upgrades. And for those who’re curious what all these AI options are all about, watch these movies.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a rethink on how the lengthy telephoto lens ought to work – as an alternative of a hard and fast 10x lens, Samsung went for 5x magnification and a excessive decision 50MP sensor that gives top quality zoom between 5x and 10x. And extra, it allows 8K video recording and 4K @ 120fps from the tele digicam.
Then there’s the Samsung Galaxy S24+ at £250 lower than the Ultra. Except this 12 months it has the similar RAM (12GB) and boasts a flat 6.7” LTPO show with QHD+ decision and 1-120Hz refresh charge, similar as the Ultra. The battery capability is simply 100mAh shy of the Ultra too. This is the finest S+ that we’ve seen in years and (until you care about the S Pen), the solely actual draw back of going Plus as an alternative of Ultra is that the cameras are principally the similar as on the S23+ and people already felt outdated.
You can go down £200 and get the small Galaxy S23 – it’s not tiny, however it’s the smallest new cellphone that Samsung sells. However, you solely get 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage (vs. 512GB on the S23+ and S23 Ultra) and the show is caught at FHD+ decision (4 years after the S20 introduced the final QHD+ show in the line). Also, charging occurs at simply 25W, not 45W like the two bigger fashions.
We ought to word that Samsung will ship 7 generations of OS updates and seven years of safety patches. Even for those who personally don’t hold it for that lengthy, you’ll be able to promote it off or hand it off to a relative and they’re going to nonetheless stand up to this point software program. Also word that the present storage capacities are doubled on account of the pre-order bonus.
Amazon is promoting official silicone circumstances for the Galaxy S24 trio at half worth, they are accessible in a a number of colours.
There are vegan leather-based circumstances too, although these are full worth for now.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE prices £600, however that’s with solely 128GB storage. This one additionally has an FHD+ show (although it isn’t LTPO) and 25W battery charging (for a 4,500mAh battery). However, it makes use of the previous Exynos 2200 chipset and can get extra restricted software program assist (3 OS updates certainly one of which already occurred, plus 5 years of patches).
Less glamorous however nonetheless very talked-about are the cheaper entries into the A-series. The Samsung Galaxy A25 has a 6.5” FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED show, an Exynos 1280 chipset (with a microSD slot) and a 5,000mAh battery with 25W charging. Besides the chipset, it additionally has a weaker digicam setup in comparison with the S23 FE (50MP fundamental with OIS, 8MP extremely broad, no tele), however that’s fairly okay given the sizable worth distinction between the two.
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