Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Simply justifies the ‘Plus’

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: When it comes to dominating the sphere of premium smartphones, Samsung has always been at the forefront. Having set the smartphone market on the move with its latest launch Galaxy S24 Ultra, smartphone lovers are braced to cherish the Galaxy S24 Plus, which is available at a more accessible price than the top variant. With a bigger screen size and slightly more bumped resolution, this offering from Samsung has many 'Pluses' to offer. In this review, we’ll skim through the key features and highlights of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Display

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus exudes a sleek look and feels like a premium device, despite its modest appearance. The enhanced screen size is the most remarkable upgrade in the latest offering from Samsung, which has seen a boost to a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. Accompanying this upgrade is the bumped 1440x 3120 resolution, ensuring sharp and vibrant visuals.

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With a peak brightness of 2600 nits and a variable refresh rate of 1-120 Hz, Galaxy S24 Plus offers a top-tier experience reflected in smoothness in daily usage with better power efficiency. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Performance

Improving upon its predecessors, the Galaxy S24 Plus is powered by the latest chip from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. With 12 GB of RAM, the device is available in two storage segments: 256 GB and 512 GB (UFS- 4.0). Along with stunning performance for everyday operation, this device keeps a lot of apps ready to jump back in a blitz, making it one of the better-performing smartphones currently available in this segment. From high-quality photos to 4K/60 FPS videos, all of them play instantaneously without any buffer, adjudging it a value-for-money device status. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Gaming Experience

The gaming experience is also smooth at a consistent 60 fps. Not to be missed is the fact that the brand claims to have a handy tool in the Samsung Game Booster app, which ensures a wired PD power supply, bypassing the battery, directly to the chipset while playing games. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Battery and Charging

The Galaxy S24 Plus is powered by a 4900mAh battery, boasting a considerably increased uptime. It supports 45W wired charging and 25W wireless charging. Since the box does not have the charger inside, get ready to loosen your purse strings a bit more. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Review: Camera

Along with a 12MP selfie, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus comes with 50MP wide, f/1.8, OIS, 12MP ultrawide, f/2.2, 120-degree FOV, and 10MP telephoto, f/2.4, 3x optical, OIS cameras. The camera set-up performs brilliantly as it captures a wide field of view with fair clarity and lively colours. In case of low light, you don’t need to depend on a very long shutter as it captures photos quickly. Nonetheless, the 3x optical zoom might not turn out to be magical for users, expecting it to zoom in on small texts across long distances and make them very clear. In a nutshell, the S24 Plus has an impressive camera set-up but falls short of Galaxy S24 Ultra in meeting the users’ expectations.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus: Galaxy AI

One of the most enticing features that Samsung boasts of is Samsung’s suite of AI features, known as Galaxy AI. To users’ advantage, the brand has narrowed the gap between the devices available across the Galaxy S24 line, making the feature available to the Galaxy S24 brethren. 

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus: Verdict

Despite falling shy of its Ultra comrade, the Galaxy S24 Plus is worth considering. Doing away with the spinning wheels, denoting prolonged “processing”, the makers, quite understandably, seem to have traded off the camera performance with better OS support. Nevertheless, on par with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Galaxy S24 Plus also comes with the latest hardware, seamless software, and seven-year software update support. Conclusively, the point to drive back home is that the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus presents a better all-rounded package with less stress on the pocket.