When last years phone has a better camera:
Do you remember what the 100x zoom was like at S23 launch vs S22 Ultras? I do, I owned them, and in following months after launch it steadily got better with updates. Also, the new 5x camera is higher resolution with better optics than the old 10x optical so will resolve better detail and dynamic range, especially after updates.
This has always been the case since the S10 series which is why I pay no mind to comparisons that get posted at each launch of a new flagship Galaxy phone, as they are largely pointless. Need to compare when both have had 6 months of camera updates. But no it's more important to hit the views on social media with skewed testing.
Also take for example all the videos coming out showing the low light video recording, happened before and still now with the S24 Ultra, reviewers are leaving on Video Stabilisation in the camera settings, this is EIS and this had and still does have shuttering when panning left/right even slowly in low light, it's less obvious in daylight but is there and exhibits as frame pacing judder. Turning this setting off means the camera is only using OIS which is what you want, and the video is no longer cropped in either which is how EIS works so you get a wider FOV, but it's like reviewers don't even care about this and then go to show high quality 4K footage lashed with juddering.
Leave Video Stabilisation off, OIS is higher specced on the S24 than the 23 too, so camera shake is even better this time round without having to turn on EIS.
. No promises though - all on the assumption that it's still valid because I didn't follow through with the purchase.
- checking Amex.......