The Samsung Galaxy S24 is an unremarkable phone at first glance. Its 6.2 inch AMOLED slots neatly within the expectations for an average consumer in 2024, whilst its 256 Gigabytes of base storage is perfectly ample for all but the most demanding of mobile photographers, gamers or videographers. The 4000 mAh battery is dependable, and the colored Aluminium frame and Gorilla Glass back bears what can only be described by as a tired design, adorned by every member of Samsung's line up at every price range. However, look beyond the first glance, and there is absolutely no denying the brilliance of this year's flagship compact phone from Samsung. That display that at first glance seems to just meet expectations? It's a brilliantly bright AMOLED that renders colors with a punch that is almost overwhelming at first glance, and which refreshes at a silken-smooth 120Hz. The panel is bordered with bezels that are so razor-thin that they give the phone an air of refinement and subtle class from the very first glance—the entirety of the gorgeous screen remains completely unadorned with any obnoxious obstructions, save for a tiny hole-punch selfie camera. And whilst the back panel does indeed resemble every single member of Samsung's lineup from the past year, its smooth, satin-touch back exudes a reassuring feel of quality whilst still maintaining a sleek and minimalist profile that renders the device instantly recognisable as a Samsung. Moreover, you can color that back panel in a number of distinctive hues and tones that range from understated and clean to just outright fun—I chose to split the difference with my model with the Cobal Violet finish, which I found to be just the right balance between unique and dressy in every lighting condition. All in all, the phone feels built like a tank, but with all of the grace and composure of a Porche 911—every surface feels meticulously engineered and crafted whilst still being light and dainty enough for me to easily wield the phone with just one hand. Wins for the Samsung come to be far more than just skin deep though—the S24 on Samsung’s OneUI 6.1 is the smoothest I can remember a Galaxy phone being, and it brings all of Samsung’s trademark software customizability and tidy visual design to a platform that feels smooth and fluid at every swipe. The last version of OneUI I had the pleasure of using was OneUI 4 based on Android 12, and whilst OneUI 6.1 still very evidently maintains a distinctive and coherent Galaxy character, the entirety of the experience feels so much more refined—much is made online of the improvements Samsung have brought to the animations, but in my mind the sheer brilliance of OneUI goes much further than just the nice few frames that play when you swipe to close an app. Almost every substantial action you take is rewarded by a reassuring vibration from the phone’s excellent haptic feedback system, whilst the new quick panel and fonts look distinctive without being obnoxious in its branding—everything just feels well-considered, almost articulate. In short, the software just feel deliberate—the entire experience exudes confidence in its identity, and it is executed in a manner so refined and intuitive that it has honestly become my favorite skew of Android. Beyond this, however, it is impossible to ignore the real headline feature of the S24 series this year—Galaxy AI. If, like me, you’ve come to find yourself tired of the word ‘AI’ being plastered on every product you’ve come across over the past few years, I get it—at this point, AI is a somewhat tired trope that has lost its meaning in a sea of marketing buzz and mediocre products. The S24s, however, aren’t quite at that point, though—Circle to Search, for example, is a legitimately well-thought out tool that pairs brilliantly with the replacement of Google Assistant for the ChatGPT-slaying Gemini chatbot on Android phones, and the summarization features on Samsung Internet have legitimately caused me to consciously chose Internet over Google Chrome. Live translation over phone is also a fantastic idea, although it is curtailed by being finnicky to set up and requiring you to select a language in the settings menu of the dialer before initiating a call. I found many features to be like this—they aren’t clearly advertised to the user, and I only found out about them later, when making a conscious effort to find out more about Galaxy AI on the internet. In my mind, in order to appeal to a more general audience, Samsung needs to very clearly advertise the presence and utility of Galaxy AI within its own apps, and make them more accessible to users simply using the phone in daily life, rather than hiding them behind menus that makes taking full advantage of your phone a conscious effort rather than a natural part of a daily workflow.

Driving all of these efforts is the Exynos 2400 processor, a truly mighty ten core ARM based beast that performs brilliantly in day-to-day performance and a spot of gaming. Whilst I don’t have a phone equipped with this year’s very latest Qualcomm chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, to compare the 2400 with, the handset’s performance, much like the rest of the phone, has been dependable, reliable, and honestly somewhat unremarkable in that I never once had to think about it. I never was left wanting more power, and throughout my entire experience of the phone, including setup, the chip never heated beyond the slightest of warming, and even then, the heat dissipated very quickly once I stopped pushing the device. This seems to speak of a fairly efficient system, then, which was verified easily by my experience—only a few days after setup, I went for a road trip in which the S24 lasted me the entire day away from the plug after I left the house with just over 50% battery. Granted, I didn’t use the phone particularly much—music playback, navigation and the occasional text messages and videos were just about the extent of the device’s hardship, but for my use case, the S24 delivers absolutely outstanding battery life within that petite frame and can just about last me two days of fairly regular use.

Finally, then, the cameras—how are they? In my experience, Samsung has made very sensible decisions when it comes to the hardware. The S24 is equipped with a 50 MP Wide camera, a 10 MP 3x telephoto and a 12 MP ultra-wide angle camera. This setup always delivers very pleasing, fairly vibrant photos in good lighting, with appealing if not quite natural colors in almost all lighting conditions—I did occasionally find myself missing the contrastier, more striking colors of some competitors, but the regardless was far more consistent, offering the same tasteful profiles and overall ‘look’ amongst almost S24 all zoom ranges and scenarios. The main camera produces in good lighting photos with well-considered and balanced color tone, although I found that it often tended towards warmer photos, as well as plenty of detail. The ultrawide is precisely what you would expect and produces photos in much the same grain as the main camera, whilst the telephoto offers a distinctive edge over other phones in its price bracket through sheer range—the S24 far outpaces any other phone in its category in Australia through simple distance. I do find the 3X portraits to be a little lacking in detail and stabilization, though, meaning that most of my portraits ended up just being either from the main camera or the selfie. At night, however, I found the cameras to be somewhat lacking in processing—the S24 sharpened photos to the point that they were blatantly artificial, and faces looked altered, whilst the scene was brightened in a manner that appeared overly unnatural. I understand that Samsung here is trying to extract as much detail as possible from the scene, but in moments like this I strongly preferred handsets that maintained the dramatic shadows and obscured colors present in real life even at the expense of some sharpness and detail. Otherwise? The S24’s setup is simple, reliable, and easy to use, and it boasts a versatility that no other phone in its price bracket can match here in Australia. It really is a well-considered setup that delivers everything you could possibly want from a smartphone camera, and would be my first pick for its price just for the flexibility of it. The selfie camera, too, is a proper unit, capable of 4K recording and which produces flattering photos in just about all passable lighting—it is genuinely refreshing to see a handset that pays proper attention to the selfie camera.

So, all in all, the S24 is a contradiction in beautiful cobalt purple—it’s the most unremarkable phone you can imagine, yet this in itself is a brilliant achievement. With the S24, Samsung absolutely nailed everything the average consumer could come to ask for, and contained it within a handset that is light, elegant and immaculately constructed. It takes beautiful photos, has a screen that outpaces everything else in its class (not a very high bar to clear, though), shoots great photos in almost every condition, lasts all day and then some and keeps its cool all day, every day. It’s not hard to like, even love the S24—on the surface, it has almost no personality, no fun quirks or gimmicks other than ‘AI’ to sell you at the carrier store or the local JB. But, as we all have come to know, gimmicks soon grow old, new toys wear with age and there always comes a new one next year. The S24 however, remains a delight to use even when the elation of a new phone well wears off, or when the gimmicks grow old—it is slick, well-considered and tasteful in a graceful, minimalist fashion both inside and out. Yes, the phone has very little personality to speak of—but that is its personality—it is one that is elegant, deliberate, and reliable—that is to say, nothing short of brilliant.

Well done, Samsung.

Volvamos a empezar con un nanoreview, la verdad tiene muchas cosas interesantes, y en lo personal, lo que me gustó fue la pantalla externa, tiene un super AMOLED y Dynamic AMOLED 2X para la interna, con 3,4 pulgadas la externa y la interna es de 6,7 pulgadas. ¿Y por qué me interesó esta pantalla externa? Me gustó que puedas navegar en el sistema sin abrir el teléfono, se agradecen mucho este tipo de funciones porque como mencioné la vez anterior, es más práctico usarlo con una sola mano. Puedes tomarte selfies con las cámaras externas para que salga de mayor resolución. Y hablando de cámaras, este dispositivo tiene una cámara de 50MPX con estabilización óptica, esto se agradece porque si eres como yo y se te mueve mucho el teléfono cuando tomas una foto o video, pues esto te va a ayudar a que se quede lo más quieto posible y la cámara salga de mejor calidad. Tenemos otra cámara ultrawide de 12MPX que para ser una cámara ultrawide, tiene buena cantidad de megapixeles, y otra que es una cámara selfie de 10MPX, se encuentra en el interior de la pantalla y tiene muy buena resolución y video hasta 4K 60fps en la cámara principal y en la selfie.

Contamos con sonido estéreo como el Z Fold 6, con optimización de sonido.

Tenemos un procesador, de la gama alta de Samsung tenemos el Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 gen 3 for Galaxy, ósea que está optimizado para este celular, para que vaya mejor en la batería, en el sistema, etc. 256GB y 512 GB de almacenamiento para almacenar muchos archivos en el celular, y contamos con 8GB de memoria RAM, muy buenos para que se no se cierren las aplicaciones al momento de usar la multitarea, por ejemplo.

Este teléfono, al igual que el Z Fold 6 cuenta con la función de Live translate ¿Eso no está en todos los teléfonos?, en parte sí, pero no como éstos, con su pantalla externa pueden mostrarle a la otra persona la traducción sin tener que estar viendo el teléfono entre los dos, algo que es muy útil en esta nueva serie Z. Este teléfono tiene una cámara de vapor para que no se sobrecaliente y darle más vida útil al celular. Tenemos funciones como la de anclar un recorte de la pantalla y ponerla en una esquina de la pantalla para que ahí se quede anclada, una de mis funciones favoritas. Cuando está la pantalla cerrada puedes usar aplicaciones y con la ayuda de Good lock, más todavía. Tiene la función de Transcription Assist y Note Assist, que transcribe los audios grabados en el celular, hace resúmenes. También tenemos circle to search de Google, para buscar rápidamente algo en pantalla, o para buscar en Google. Y podemos crear objetos con la IA haciendo dibujos como en el Z Fold 6 también.

Rápidamente tenemos: 4000mAh de batería, 5G y LTE (4G), carga de 25W e inalámbrica de 15W, carga inversa, bluetooth 5.3, IP48 resistencia al agua, NFC.

En cuanto al diseño, me gusta bastante, se me hacen colores muy bonitos, me gusta que al módulo de cámaras les hayan puesto aros del mismo color que el teléfono. Los colores, otra vez, me gustaron porque el diseño del teléfono y los acabados hacen que se vea muy elegante y muy llamativo a la vista. Y terminó este análisis de este teléfono, me gustó que sea compacto, puede caber en cualquier bolsillo de pantalón, en cualquier bolso por lo compacto que es. Me agradó que tuviera más batería, que tenga un procesador muy potente y optimizado para también, cuidar la duración de la batería. Y su diseño es otra cosa, en mi opinión es uno de los diseños más bonitos que he visto de un celular para este año. Samsung mejora mucho sus series año tras año, y se agradece bastante que mejore bastante sus productos.

Comprei o Galaxy S24+ em substituição a um S10+ (após 4 anos de uso). Os ganhos de usabilidade e tecnologia em relação ao anterior são visíveis. O design da traseira em vidro fosco e bordas em alumínio reto tornam o aparelho muito bonito, "clean" e com aparência "premium". Como é normal, a Samsung implementa em seus topos de linha as melhores telas possíveis, a frequência adaptativa de 120 Hz funciona muito bem e deixa a tela visivelmente mais fluída, a resolução QHD+ implementada no Plus é um ganho que vale muito a pena na tela de 6.8 polegadas, sendo aparente o ganho em relacão a resolucao FHD+ quando ativada, o uso em ambientes muito claros, inclusive ao ar livre é otimo, com o brilho de ate 2800 nits. A memória de 12 Gb é mais que suficiente para fazer o celular funcionar em todo tipo de tarefa, desde as mais leves até as mais pesadas, como jogos (dos mais exigentes de hardware) e multitarefas. Em jogos que pedem muito DP hardware (posso falar de COD Mobile e Diablo Immortal, que jogo) o desempenho se mantém alto, sem quedas perceptíveis, mesmo depois de um bom tempo de uso, porém ainda assim, o aparelho esquenta bastante, porém nada insuportável também, sendo compreensível diante dessas aplicações. As câmeras são muito boas, sendo a principal com bons tons e cores, adequando-se às mais diferentes condições de luminosidade na captura, o zoom óptico de 3x é bom também, mantendo uma boa qualidade até o zoom digital de 5x, a câmera frontal é boa, porém neste quesito poderia ser melhor. Especificamente nesse sensor sinto que a Samsung não fez avanços perceptíveis nos últimos anos (tendo uma experiência muito semelhante ao S10+ que tinha e foi lançado há 5 anos) - a câmera frontal merece uma melhora sensível na próxima geração. A função nativa de auto foco seria interessante na linha Plus, de igual forma. Agora vem o único ponto que não sinto estar satisfeito e que poderia ser um pouco melhor neste celular: a bateria. Ela não dura o tanto que deveria em um celular topo de linha, não que seja ruim, mas uma carga completa chega ao final do dia com dificuldades em um uso relativamente comum. Fazendo-se algumas otimizações de uso esse quesito melhora - a Samsung deveria implementar em todos os seus topos de linha maiores capacidades de bateria, seria um ganho bastante interessante. Em resumo, é um excelente aparelho, dos melhores que se pode encontrar no mercado em quase todos os quesitos, uma compra que vale a pena, parabéns a Samsung por desenvolver um produto com esse nível. Compra mais que recomendada.

El Samsung Galaxy S24 FE se presenta como una opción interesante dentro de la familia Galaxy, destacando por ofrecer una experiencia fluida y potente, con algunos compromisos en otros apartados. Este modelo, diseñado para quienes buscan un smartphone de gama media-alta, cumple en varios aspectos, aunque sin llegar a la excelencia de los Galaxy S24 y S24 Ultra.

Rendimiento y Fluidez

Una de las características más atractivas del Galaxy S24 FE es su fluidez. Equipado con un procesador de última generación y 8 GB de RAM, el teléfono se desempeña sin esfuerzo en multitarea, juegos y aplicaciones exigentes. Samsung ha optimizado la capa de software One UI, lo que se traduce en una experiencia de usuario rápida y sin interrupciones. La tasa de refresco de 120 Hz añade un extra de suavidad a la navegación y al desplazamiento, haciéndolo sentir tan fluido como los modelos de gama alta.

Pantalla: Cumple, pero No Impresiona

Aunque la pantalla de 6.4 pulgadas del Galaxy S24 FE es Super AMOLED, no alcanza la misma calidad que la de sus hermanos mayores. La resolución FHD+ y el brillo, si bien son adecuados para la mayoría de los escenarios, no tienen el mismo impacto que la pantalla QHD+ de los modelos superiores. Aun así, el nivel de detalle y la reproducción de colores siguen siendo buenos, y la tecnología AMOLED asegura negros profundos y buenos ángulos de visión. Sin embargo, si vienes de un dispositivo de gama alta, notarás que no es tan vibrante ni tan nítida como las pantallas de los modelos premium.

Fotografía: Buena, pero No Sorprendente

En cuanto al apartado fotográfico, el Galaxy S24 FE cumple con lo esperado en un dispositivo de su rango de precio. El sistema de cámara triple, con un sensor principal de 50 MP, un ultra gran angular de 12 MP y un teleobjetivo de 8 MP, proporciona resultados decentes en condiciones de buena iluminación, con colores precisos y detalles bien definidos. No obstante, en situaciones de baja luz, el rendimiento cae ligeramente y el procesamiento de imagen tiende a suavizar los detalles, algo común en la gama media-alta.

Los modos de cámara son variados y útiles, con opciones de modo noche y retrato que producen resultados satisfactorios. En general, la cámara es adecuada para el día a día y cumple con creces para redes sociales y fotografía casual, pero no está diseñada para fotógrafos exigentes que buscan un rendimiento excepcional en todas las condiciones.

Veredicto Final

El Samsung Galaxy S24 FE es un teléfono sólido, ideal para quienes buscan un dispositivo de gran rendimiento y buena fluidez sin gastar en los modelos más caros de la serie Galaxy S. Su pantalla y cámaras cumplen, aunque no llegan a sorprender. Es una buena opción para usuarios que valoran una experiencia de uso ágil y un diseño elegante, pero que pueden sacrificar un poco en otros aspectos como la calidad de la pantalla y el rendimiento fotográfico avanzado.