Earlier this year, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S24 Ultra with new technologies, design, and features. While Samsung is preparing to launch the S25 Ultra, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is still the best flagship in the market, and below you can check 10 reasons to buy this smartphone if you don’t want to wait for the successor.

Sales data from a market researcher revealed that the Galaxy S24 series has exceeded 31 million units following its launch in January this year. It surpassed the S23 Ultra by 17 percent in sales within the same period. This sales figure accounts for 14 million units for Galaxy S24 Ultra, 6 million S24 Plus, and 10 million for S24.

A few numbers cannot justify the S24 Ultra’s capabilities, therefore, we’ve prepared this guide to help you decide whether you should wait for the upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra or just go for this existing flagship.

• Design
• Display
• Battery
• Camera
• Performance
• AI
• 7 Year OS Upgrade
• One UI 7
• S Pen
• Price

Design

The Galaxy S24 Ultra uses a titanium frame, it is the first Samsung flagship to blend this new material for increased stability and protection. Titanium also improves the phone’s look and feel in the hand.

This phone offers fancy looks in different colors – violet, yellow, black, gray, green, blue, and orange. Each of these variants brings various appearances to this flagship.

Compared to the S24U, the next Ultra model will launch a flat frame and round corners. So, this will be the last Galaxy Ultra with sharp corners and a slightly curved frame.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (Credit – Samsung)

Display

The S24 Ultra comes with a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, it is by far the brightest display that Samsung has produced for a flagship phone.

The phone also has the first-ever anti-reflection glass that helps you to see on-screen content in direct light. Galaxy S25 Ultra may not differ too much from the S24 Ultra including the size the brightness.

Battery

It packs a 5000mAh battery, which is the largest among the three S24 smartphones. It can last through a day and with a full charge, the phone can stream up to 30 hours of video content and up to 95 hours of music playback.

S25 Ultra on the other hand may have a slight improvement in this section. However, both of these support a 45W fast charger to refill battery levels.

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra uses a 200MP main camera for high-quality images and videography up to 8K resolution. This lens fuses sharp pixels and vivid colors. The camera also includes a 12MP ultra wide angle lens capable of compounding all subjects into one shot.

The two other are Telephoto lenses including a 50MP periscope camera with 5x zoom and a 10MP telephoto with 3x zoom. The front side has a 12MP selfie camera.

With an improved algorithm, the camera can enhance light in the scene and capture better photographs at night.
In terms of the main lens, the upcoming S25 Ultra will also use a 200MP camera and the same Telephoto cameras, while it could improve the Ultra wide angle.

Samsung Camera App (Credit – Samsung)

Performance

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset to conduct all tasks inside the device. That includes intensive gaming and multitasking. It also has a dedicated NPU for Galaxy AI features. However, the successor will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.

Galaxy AI

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is promoted with Galaxy AI features, which means you will get some of these out of the box including the following.

• Note Assist
• Generative Edit
• Chat Assist
• Live Translate
• AI HDR Preview
• AI Zoom

These will enable you to summarize a note text, edit a photograph, or remove objects. It will also suggest some words for chat apps. You can translate calls from a different language to your native language for conversation.

Samsung Note Assist (Credit – Samsung)

7 years of OS upgrade

Samsung provides seven years of OS upgrades and security updates with new flagship devices and the Galaxy S24 Ultra is no exception to this promise.

The phone was launched with One UI 6.1 (Android 14) and it will soon upgrade to One UI 7 (Android 15). It means the phone will also receive subsequent updates including:

• One UI 8 (Android 16)
• One UI 9 (Android 17)
• One UI 10 (Android 18)
• One UI 11 (Android 19)
• One UI 12 (Android 20)
• One UI 13 (Android 21)

One UI 7

This new One UI version will first land on Galaxy S24 Ultra with a new user interface overhaul including a redesigned quick setting and notifications panel. The Korean phone maker has made some upgrades in animations and smoothened them compared to One UI 6.1 and prior.

One UI 7 will introduce new UX elements that will improve interactiveness elements including a charging indicator, music playback, and more. This new software will boost customizations for the home and lock screen providing you with all-round personalization capabilities.

Not only that, Galaxy S24 will get all of the upcoming generative AI features alongside Galaxy S25 Ultra, which includes text editing tools, AI image generation, and more.

S pen

The Galaxy S24 Ultra has this special tool onboard to jot down all of your creative ideas on the go. Facilitate features such as a circle to search and even paint a sketch.

(Credit – Samsung)

Current price and trade-in

Price is the most important part of any smartphone purchase. Samsung launched Galaxy S24 Ultra at $1,299 (256GB) in early January but it’s currently available for about $950 with $350 off.

You can also credit up to $800 by trading in a device. The 512GB version costs $949.99 down from $1,419.99 with $470 off.

These special sales offers are available in different markets allowing users to get the flagship at a lower price compared to the launch tag.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Price (Credit – Samsung)

Conclusion:

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra offers a high-quality camera, 7 years of software upgrades, generative AI features, Samsung’s best display, long-running battery life, robust performance, stylish looks, and strong build quality.

This phone brings great value for the current price but if you opt for Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra then you will have to overlook the following the following Galaxy S25 Ultra specifications:

• Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset
• Flat frame and round corner design
• Improved ultra-wide-angle camera

That’s it. There isn’t much that you’ll miss between the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and the S25 Ultra when the difference also falls into the price.

Eventually, it’s up to you to decide whether you want to wait for an upcoming S24 Ultra flagship or jump right into the S24U.

Samsung Indonesia has teamed up with Bali-based artist Yessi Nur Mulianawati, also known as Yessiow, for a special campaign titled Nusantara x Hangul. This collaboration brings together the beauty of Indonesian culture (Nusantara) and South Korean culture in a unique design wraps for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24 Plus, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones.

Galaxy Wrap is one of the unique and innovative accessories that Samsung has created in collaboration with one of the artists, Yessiow. The work on the wraps presents a touch of art that combines Nusantara and Korean culture in an exclusive design. These cases allow users to personalize their devices with a unique style.

Yessiow created two main themes for the collaboration – Culinary and Travel. In the Culinary theme, she combined two famous foods, Indonesian chicken noodles and Korean ramyeon. The design features fun elements like soy sauce bottles, making the artwork more playful and colorful.

For the Travel theme, Yessiow illustrated characters wearing traditional clothing from both countries, such as the Indonesian Kebaya and Balinese pagodas, alongside Korean Hanbok and Hanok houses. These designs showcase the rich cultures of both nations.

Moreover, Samsung’s Galaxy AI tools, like Circle to Search and Sketch to Image, helped Yessiow find inspiration and bring her ideas to life on the Galaxy Wraps.

The special Galaxy Wrap is available for free with the purchase of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, Z Flip 6, Galaxy S24 Series, or Galaxy S24 FE at selected Samsung stores in Indonesia. So, purchase these latest Galaxy smartphones along with elegant Galaxy Wrap in Indonesia now. You can visit Samsung.com

One UI 7 is likely to debut new generative AI features but its rollout may be trickier than expected, it seems that Samsung could follow the Apple Intelligence strategy for this one instance.

A recent rumor suggests that Samsung may choose One UI 7.1 to bundle new generative AI capabilities instead of One UI 7. It raises some questions about Samsung’s approach to its AI offerings and we might have a few answers.

In August, Samsung launched Galaxy AI at Unpacked event for fold and latest flagship devices. Galaxy AI brought Circle to Search to make search efficient for on-screen content.

Foldable phones also have FlexCam for better frames by tracking where you are in the shot. The Note Assist feature transcribes recordings and organizes them into notes. The AI interpreter translates the audio into the selected language.

The real-time translation feature helps users to translate the incoming voice transmission. The AI Photo Assist feature lets users edit images to move objects, zoom in, reframe, and remaster photos.

However, Samsung has some additions in the generative AI features tank planned for One UI 7 including a system-wide transcription expansion.

That should also reference the new generative AI image. These are just a few key capabilities for the upcoming Galaxy AI suit and more might be heading to Galaxy devices soon.

Below you can check Galaxy AI-eligible devices:

• S24 Series
• S23 Series
• S22 Series
• Flip 6
• Flip 5
• Tablet Tab S10 Ultra
• Tablet Tab S10+4

One UI 7

Samsung has a pending major software update and the beta program continues to be delayed. December might be the month for the test season but it already stretched far too long. Meanwhile, Google has entered the Android 16 test phase and Samsung is nowhere to be seen for Android 15.

A recent screenshot leak revealed that the Galaxy S25 Ultra is running One UI 7. Samsung has many devices to cover with One UI 7 and the S25 lineup could launch featuring One UI 7 without AI features.

There are two reasons behind this scenario. First is that all One UI 7 devices aren’t eligible for Galaxy AI and the second is that all Galaxy AI phones can run One UI 7.

So, the first One UI 7 build will be available for all phones including the flagship models. On the other hand, One UI 7.1 could drop in with a specialized build to run large language models (LLMs) but it may also be available for all One UI 7 devices.

If rumors are true, we could see this happening, otherwise, Samsung will go simply with the One UI 7 to unravel all new generative AI features.

Apple Intelligence

It’s not the first time, we’ve witnessed such a rumor because Apple has already implied such a strategy with its AI feature rollout. It released iOS 18 for all eligible iPhones and packed the latest iPhone 16 lineup with the same version.

It happened after Apple promoted the iPhone 16 series with Apple Intelligence. The company seeded a separate build – iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence for six devices.

After the upgrade, of these iOS 18.1 iPhones, the company blended both Apple Intelligence-eligible and non-eligible devices firmware for future unified rollout.

Samsung

The Korean phone maker can follow this path and blend the software branch in order to provide these features to users once the AI rollout is completed.

For now, Samsung has not spilled a bean on One UI 7 beta but its launch will clear all doubts about the AI features and their status for eligible models.