Like the S24 Ultra, the S24 and S24+ are powered by Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor \u2014 but only in the US, South Korea and China. If you\u2019re buying one in the UK, then you\u2019ll have to make do with the Samsung Exynos 2400, though benchmarks have indicated that its performance isn\u2019t far off from Qualcomm\u2019s counterpart and, on paper, it actually has a faster 5G modem. As for options, the S24 starts with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for its $800 base model, whereas the S24+ starts with 12GB of RAM and twice the storage at $1,000.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve yet to run into any hiccups on either device, and the slick Android 14 animations made switching from one app to another feel effortless. On Geekbench 6, the S24 and S24+ saw notable improvements in CPU multi-core performance scores, reaching 7,049 and 6,641, respectively. Both models saw a bigger boost in GPU scores, up to 15,082 and 14,982, respectively.<\/p>\n

The S23+ already impressed us with its 25-hour result on our video rundown battery test last year. This time, the S24+ lasted for 25 hours and 50 minutes, beating its predecessor by almost an hour. The smaller S24 didn\u2019t disappoint, either, clocking in at about 24.5 hours, so battery life isn\u2019t an issue if single-handed operation matters to you. The S24+\u2019s battery life is even more generous in the real world: With the occasional Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube and camera testing throughout the day, I still often ended up with 50 to 60 percent of power by the time I got home in the evening. If I forgot to charge the phone overnight, it could still last another day.<\/p>\n

Wrap-up<\/h2>\n

I began my review of the S24 and S24+ with low expectations. After all, they weren't very different (visibly) than their predecessors. But as I spent more time with these devices, their minimalist design and slick UX grew on me. Then came the built-in generative AI features, which are more convenient and intuitive than most other third-party bots. There\u2019s even greater potential with the live translation tools, especially with international travel basically back to pre-pandemic levels. The new software aids, combined with subtle design tweaks, help the S24 and S24+ make a more compelling case for upgrading from an S22 or earlier models. Or switching over from other brands, for that matter.<\/p>\n

Even though OpenAI and Google are already well ahead in the generative AI game, Samsung still deserves some credit for simplifying these functions \u2014 at least while it keeps offering Galaxy AI for free until the end of 2025. For now, though, Samsung needs to find a way to polish the whole package, and make some of the AI features more easily accessible. More importantly, users should be offered an option to save the transcripts after each translated phone call or in-person chat. I\u2019m sure Samsung would rather not have Galaxy AI be reduced to a channel for venting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For its first phones of 2024, Samsung focused so much on its \u201cGalaxy AI\u201d features that, physically, the Galaxy S24 series doesn\u2019t appear to be much different than the S23. Once again, the company's phones aren\u2019t different enough to justify upgrading from their predecessors, especially knowing that the S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2153,1628,2154,48,330,663,239],"tags":[2155,1630,2156,59,333,665,241],"yoast_head":"\n