Is it time to upgrade? All I care about is the camera. (from S21Ultra)

[413x]

So I've had my S21Ultra from second hand refurb for a while now.

Phones have gotten to the point where I don't need anything else.

But. I'm always interested in camera performance deltas from my phone.

I mainly use the 0.6, 1 and sometimes 3x modes.

10x is used mainly as a tool (is that person really naked in their window?...) because the photos are terrible.

Ideally I wouldn't move away from Samsung as it's just easier not to.

Opinions?

 

[radderfire]

Seeing that we're now on the S24 Ultra, which is 3 years of technology advancement, I expect the cameras will have improved quite substantially.

 

[413x]

Seeing that we're now on the S24 Ultra, which is 3 years of technology advancement, I expect the cameras will have improved quite substantially.

On paper not much. (ie tech specs) obviously I know there's a hell of a lot in post processing. But really.. I'm not sure it's worth the cost.

I looked at a refurb s23 ultra. But with the trade in on s24 ultra, it's barely any different for the 1TB s24 ultra brand new vs s23 ultra refurb!

Looks like you get..
1350 (phone cost)
310 off for trade in
150 cashback
5 percent cashback

Basically brings it down to 850.
I paid 500 for my s21 ultra today refurb.