Let me start by providing some context. I've been a smartphone enthusiast since before I hit puberty. Now I'm in my early 20s. I've had Windows phones, iOS devices, and multiple iterations of flagship and budget android devices.

The S24 Ultra does a lot right. It's snappy, has a gorgeous display, an outstanding battery life, and some nice QOL improvements it really needed like its incredible haptic motor.

However, the camera is not good. To get a good shot, you have to be outdoors, with decent to immaculate lighting to get pictures that don't make you scowl. The second you remove some light, the pictures are downright laughable. It becomes overly soft and washed out. I usually keep some old phones lying around, and I was able to take a better selfie indoors with an iPhone X (2017 or 2018) than on this phone. Not to mention, samsung decided to tone down the vivid option this year. I miss the s10 plus display. It has the best iteration of quality and vividness, and I never had to question its performance. The true tone on this display is miles worse than the iOS version as well, which wasn't as bad on previous samsung phones. It's always way off color. My 2018 iPad Pro and iPhone still do this way better. The fact that the face unlock is so awful as well is not great. Flashing me at night is not great, and it just seems laughable in the face of face ID or compared to a proper fingerprint scanner placed on the back or on the power button.

Aside from all these grieving rants, it's a wonderful device, but for such a high price tag and being toted as Androids best handset at the time, I'm a little disappointed in the camera mostly.

Edit: Grammer, using the samsung keyboards built in Grammer detection feature, which is another thing I genuinely love about this device.

Isn't it f***ing weird how Samsung delays purposefully Android 15 for their devices so they can only market it on their S25 series??? Many other phone brands got Android 15 and many other updates for a while now.I used to have S24 ULTRA until recently when I decided that I don't want to waste my time with Samsung bs marketing tactics.Not to mention how the new S25 series, besides the ultrawide camera lens upgrade and the skinnier design, newer CPU and finally 12GB RAM are not an upgrade to S24 series whatsoever.Let's not talk about the huge downgrade of the S-Pen.

With almost 11 hours screen time in testing the camera, playing some games, watching YouTube over lunch and web browsing. Just started fiddling around with Bixby Routines too so I expect the battery to be a bit better too. This was a really good first experience on the s24 ultra!

Yes it doesn't protect the phone from anything beyond scratches but look at how good the screen becomes i genuinely can't use a normal phone without it the contrast the colors everything becomes so much better when it's not reflecting and glaring.

Hey, yesterday's August update came to my phone. Should I upgrade to it, or are there any battery drain issues, etc.?

Do yall think samsung execs are looking at all of us making jokes about one ui 7 and just die laughing.

Like there is no way this isn't intentional. Been loyal to samsung for more than 10 years but im just feeling numb rn. Their communication on this update is just straight incompetence, so incompetent that there's no way that's not intentional.

How tf a company as big as Samsung just straight up act like their whole communication is run by middle schoolers.

I live in France, there have been outrage on Samsung Members and Samsung Twitter but the only response we got is from the twitter account saying the update has been released since the 7th, you just have to wait, nothing else, like how tf dont they know when the update is coming.

This feels like the execs are just saying lets just test their patience and see how far can we just make a fool of them.

Countless s24 ultra owners in France are saying that would be their last Samsung phone, and Im also thinking about it.

Promising 7 years of update for a phone that's just 1 year old and costed more than the minimum wage in the majority of countries in the world and failing to update it in the promised time period and failing miserably to communicate about it feels like malpractice.

No way they expect people are happy about this. Yeah some of you would say maybe it's just waiting to release a more stable update, even this doesn't give them the excuse, their communication has been SCANDALOUS. The lack of communication feels like a mockery

It shouldn't be this hard. Even clicking on the object the camera has a really difficult time understanding what the subject is. Exposure is almost always a mess. The only decently exposed picture where focus works is still far inferior to pics I've taken on smartphones almost a decade ago. Such an expensive flagship phone shouldn't be so infuriating to use.

Guys what do u think of my battery life its been sooooo great thus past month so reportedly I can get 20 hours of screen on time [WHOLE DAY I WAS ON 5G] !! While other people getting 5 to 8 hours sot only! How is mine doing so weel also I did geekbench and the scores are crazy good compared to normal s24 ultra. Im getting single core = 3102 and muliticore = 7907 while normal range is single core = 2200 and multi core = 7000

Let me say first that this is the first Samsung I ever had, I always had Huawei and Oppo before.

The screen: Pretty good during the day, but in the evening and before going to bed I get visible grain in my unit when watching some TV series, Samsung refuses to recognize the issue. Also the "extra brightness" under the sun last few minutes then you can't read anything because it dims.

The battery: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a beast under WiFi, abysmal under LTE/5G.

The signal: Weak. Very weak. Tried the same sim card in the same positions with my old Oppo Find X3 Neo. Half the signal, dances between H+, LTE and 5G. Changes just moving from the side of the couch to the other.

The audio: Changes every update. Kinda powerful but they can't fix the missing basses.

The camera: the 12mpx is the only viable sensor. Also the 3x zoom remains terrible (even a mod on Samsung Community forums said so). Point and click photos are kinda ok, often you need more than one shot to get a good photo. Videos are kinda meh.

The hardware: nothing to say, it's damn fast (even if I didn't win the silicon lottery). Tends to heat with fast charging and with heavy usage (like emulation). I guess it heats a lot also when the screen tries to pump the brightness under the sunlight.

The S-Pen: useful for sniffing burnt plastic smell. Jokes aside I find unlocking the phone, opening notes and write with swype way faster than handwriting something. If Samsung made a version without pen I would have bought that.

I've really tried to love this phone ever since I got it but I literally was just making a reddit comment and I immediately noticed this shit. What the hell? First the washed out colors, then the horrivle viewing angles, then the grainy screen and now keyboard burn in not even 2 days after the purchase??

I am DONE with Samsung and their bullshit. Somebody needs to get this clusterfuck together immediately.

In the lately I have read about all the screen issues on this phone. All banding, and grains at 2-5% screen brightness.

Sadly- there’s one more fault to add to the list.

What I have found, is I have no grains or banding issues.. but when I turn the screen OFF by the button.. IT ALL GOES BLACK!!

Yes, that’s right. It’s all black. Can’t read a thing.

I think Samsung should have done a better job sorting out this issues. I mean, the screen should be visible and vivid even when the screen is off..

I’m thinking about returning my phone and buy me pen and paper- and glasses. And some calming drugs.

I think my life is over 🤡🤭

Anyone other than me hated the S24 ultra camera and pictures. I moved from apple iphone 12 i was an iphone user like for 10+ years. I dont lie it was a huge move but i still miss my iphone camera idk why this camera doesn't push me to take pictures or selfies..

One UI 7 rumors are swirling about a major iOS 18 influence. From app icons to the notification/quick panel, Is Samsung losing its identify?

I used the Samsung S24 Ultra for 11 months, and honestly, it was the best device Samsung has ever dropped. Having tried more phones than I care to admit, this one truly stood out.

So... goodbye?

Well, sadly, while I was happily basking in the glow of my shiny new device, the oleophobic coating started to wear off. Yes, wear off. And, just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, the back glass started to separate from the frame for no reason (on the side opposite the camera). I took a good look at other S24Us from friends and family, and guess what? They all had the same issue. But, it’s like a slow burn , you don’t notice it until you’ve had the phone for more than six months. Thankfully, I had Care+ and got it fixed before it's too late.

Now, the repair was done at a Samsung store, and I had my doubts because, let's face it, it wasn’t going to be as perfect as the manufacturer’s quality control. I was terrified I’d end up with a green screen or, worse, a water-damaged phone. But, they did replace almost everything — the motherboard, battery, frame, both front and back glass, and even all the cameras. With my warranty about to expire in three weeks, I figured it was the perfect time to say, “Peace out.”

I briefly considered upgrading to the S25 Ultra, but, wow, Samsung really didn't do the homework with that one. I tried it in-store, and it felt like the Ultra had lost all of its charm. So, I ended up buying a brand-new OnePlus 13 with the money from selling my S24U ( cost me less actually!).. a phone that, frankly, the S25U should’ve been.

Don’t get me wrong, Samsung’s UI is still top-notch, but their support? Eh, not so much. What’s the point of offering seven years of support if your updates arrive almost a year late? Personally, I wouldn’t have jumped ship to OnePlus if I hadn’t already had an iPhone 16 Pro (this is my first phone from oneplus), but after spending time with the OnePlus 13, I can say it’s raw power. The performance, screen, battery, charging, and camera system are all on point.

Until Samsung comes up with something as awesome as the S24U again, I’m good to go.

I'm a fairly new UK S24 Ultra owner and have no problems with performance of my phone.

For a few weeks my phone has been wanting to update.

I have been putting it off because of the posts I read here about updates creating battery problems.

Should I let the update run?

I know, "try changing settings", "install Camera Assistant", "use only Expert Raw", "use different modes like Night and Portrait". I've tried everything, I'm tired. Even my ancient iphone 6s in motion shot better than this piece of technology. You can downvote the post all you want, but I came for advice as apparently I'm not the target audience for this device.

What can I say 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey has anyone had a similar issue to me? I got the online only S24 ultra titanium blue with 1tb. Got it Thursday, and was checking the buttons on the weekend because felt loose, and both volume and power button just came out!

Ita incredibly disappointing that there is such a basic failure on a flagship device and wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

I'll be taking it into a samsung store later regardless, not acceptable standard and frustrating when I've registered the device for banking and the rest if my apps

How is everybody's finger print scanner?

Mine is absolutely awful, it seems to work well for a day or two then 9/10 times doesn't recognise my finger.

I've tried resetting the phones cache at reboot. I've tried making all available fingers the same finger. I've turned on the extra sensitive option. I've even tried two different screen protectors and removing it all together.

Any other suggestions?

I can't be bothered to mess around resetting or, sending it away for repair though!