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Samsung Galaxy S24 Family Thread
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Why do Samsung always have to complicate things ffs?
I know 'historically' the SnapDragon chips have always out-performed the Exynos versions, so WHY do Samsung seem to think it's OK to offer the same phone...at the same price - with a supposedly inferior chipset, WORLDWIDE?
If they were THAT confident it can match up to the SD chipset...why not install it in EVERY region???
I know 'historically' the SnapDragon chips have always out-performed the Exynos versions, so WHY do Samsung seem to think it's OK to offer the same phone...at the same price - with a supposedly inferior chipset, WORLDWIDE?
If they were THAT confident it can match up to the SD chipset...why not install it in EVERY region???
Because it's Samsung who are well known for consistently annoying their customers with stupid decisions..... In this case it's cheaper for them to put their own chipset into their phones than pay for SDs and they know they can get away with it as their average customer won't know the difference.
Money and profit as always, it's cheaper for them to use their own chips in their phones so they're giving it to the regions that don't really matter to them like Europe. The US gets SD in all the s24 phones.
Genuine question, and please don't see this as excusing the behaviour because it isn't.
How many people in here could probably tell the difference based on your usage? I've got an S21U, its plenty fast, I often put it into battery saving mode which caps the CPU to 75% (I think) All my apps run fine, browsing is fast.
I don't play games, and that's the main thing I can think of where you *might* see a difference, maybe image processing too but is the jump THAT noticeable? This applies to all phones in the last few years, there was once a time when it mattered and apps were overtaking the CPU resource available, but now? I don't see it myself and e're still just chasing bigger numbers.
How many people in here could probably tell the difference based on your usage? I've got an S21U, its plenty fast, I often put it into battery saving mode which caps the CPU to 75% (I think) All my apps run fine, browsing is fast.
I don't play games, and that's the main thing I can think of where you *might* see a difference, maybe image processing too but is the jump THAT noticeable? This applies to all phones in the last few years, there was once a time when it mattered and apps were overtaking the CPU resource available, but now? I don't see it myself and e're still just chasing bigger numbers.
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Soldato
I'm not a fan of that case, I used to have it and it cracked after 1 drop. Thankfully the phone was fine so it did it's job.Samsung Galaxy Official S24 Ultra, Plus and Standard Smart View Wallet Case (all colours) plus free Official Tempered Glass Screen Protector
£22.50
I've went for this one, seems like a good offer, if only for the screen protector.
Soldato
I have that case on the s22 ultra and it served me well. Its not available until 7th of Feb from Amazon but Samsung you can get it on release. I'd rather have a case and screen protector from day 1. It not like I have ever needed one yet but you never know.
I noticed it being slightly snappier and smoother but that's about it. But I mainly use my phone for Reddit, music and web browsing. I don't use the camera or play games.
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I think the S21 Ultra and Exynos 2100 was probably the exception when you compared it with the Snapdragon that year, after the launch and a few updates I think battery life was actually better than the Snapdragon 888.
The S21 Ultra is plenty powerful enough for everyday tasks and photography and the only downside i see would probably be the security updates and how frequent and for how long you would receive them.
Of course if you put it against a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 on paper it would get blown out of the water and updates are guaranteed for another 7 years but if that's not important to you then stick with the S21U.
I didn't 'need' to upgrade this year from the S23U as I'm sure most here didn't it's a great phone but if you're in a position to get the latest and greatest then why not, it depends on your circumstances.
Same, but after realising it's effectively ~£250 to upgrade, it was hard not to put the order in.
Soldato
There’s other optimisations often like power consumption, new features (ai etc) new image processors etc. benchmarks are meaningless and to be honest this thread is for phone enthusiasts who probably upgrade each year even if their current device is absolutely fine simply because they like new toys. I do that all the time. It makes no sense but I like to play with new toys. I do the same with cars, I had 4 different cars in a year.
The battery life on all three S24 models looks stellar...with the S24+ the king.
Going through that decision making process right now in my head.... got an old Galaxy Active watch and had already been looking at the Watch 6 anyways. I've access through perksatwork for extra 15% on top of what they're offering £600 for my S23U. It's a struggle
Live chat will also give you a code for the case, screen protector and another £50 off.Going through that decision making process right now in my head.... got an old Galaxy Active watch and had already been looking at the Watch 6 anyways. I've access through perksatwork for extra 15% on top of what they're offering £600 for my S23U. It's a struggle
Soldato
it’s all over the place.. because ownership is often short the only cost is the hassle of selling or buying a car that fails after 3 days like the current one and requires thousands spentCar thing sounds a lot more expensive than the phone thing to be fair
Man of Honour
It's to do with licensing.
Anyway, this time round Exynos<>Snapdragon, doesn't really matter.
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