The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra embraces what it means to be Ultra, a phone that transcends the smartphone category. It offers more than any other phone, and somehow manages to improve upon last year’s Ultra in every way.

Better performance and battery life than ever before, Great cameras improve the photo quality over last year, Titanium frame and durable Gorilla Armor glass

Big and heavy – titanium didn’t help with that, Many new and great features are hidden beneath terrible menus, AI features are often useless and cause performance delays

Replacing the S23 Ultra, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is the flagship camera phone from Samsung, and adds a vast array of AI photography features, which is likely to make it one of the best phones for photography ever released! But how does it perform?

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Battery And Charging Samsung's smaller S24 variants got a bit of a battery boost this year, but the S24 Ultra remains at a healthy 5,000mAh. Samsung has also kept the same 45W charging speed. Sadly, the phone doesn't come with a charger, but few do in 2024.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is yet another killer Android phone in the S series. Arguably, the device is the best Android phone you can get right now — thanks to its excellent camera, top-tier performance, handy S Pen, and stunning display.

Great build, Excellent camera, Top-tier performance, Stunning display, AI features are cool

Expensive

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The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's finish is more durable than ever before thanks to a new titanium finish, its cameras even more capable thanks to the new 5x optical zoom, its flat-panel display now means the integrated S Pen stylus is just much more practical, and despite strong competition this...

Titanium finish brings distinctive style, Flat screen makes more sense for S Pen stylus, More logical camera arrangement with fantastic new zoom

Charging remains slower than the flagship competition, High price (but no year-on-year increase is positive), S Pen stylus won't be for everyone

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is the best phone Samsung has ever made, though the over reliance on AI features is troubling.

Good battery life, Brilliant screen, Excellent cameras

Over reliance on generative AI features, Not a substantial upgrade over the Galaxy S23 Ultra

I'll still be working with the Galaxy S24 Ultra over the coming days and updating this hands-on with new information as soon as it becomes available, so if you want to stay up-to-date on the latest bookmark this page and check back for the latest including our final score.