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00:00Samsung's new phones are here and here's a first look at what these new phones can do.
00:05Hint, it's a lot of great AI stuff for camera, photo editing, and even productivity.
00:10This is all about the new Samsung S24 Ultra.
00:13Good day, you beautiful people.
00:18Welcome to Issa Does Tech where we do tech in your life in style.
00:21Friends, AI is the name of the game this year for Samsung's freshly announced lineup.
00:26The S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra was just announced and we got some time with the devices before launch.
00:33In this video, we're gonna be talking about the phone with the best cameras of the lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
00:40Of course, I also will have videos on the S24 and S24 Plus. I'll link it up here and down below.
00:45But right now, let's take a closer look at the Samsung S24 Ultra.
00:56So, what exactly is new with this year's Ultra device?
01:15Well, first off, this new phone now rocks a flat screen.
01:19Which I'm sure makes a lot of people happy because a lot of people aren't really happy with curved screen devices.
01:26Though personally, and I've said this before, I've always been team curved screen.
01:30Especially for bigger phones like this.
01:32This phone now wraps titanium like another phone we know.
01:36This means it's gonna be more durable but more importantly, this means that this will be a lighter device.
01:41Which is a big deal because this isn't exactly a tiny phone.
01:45This also means new titanium-themed colors. We have titanium black, titanium gray, titanium yellow.
01:50And of course, it's gonna be the one I like in the absence of a pink Ultra, a titanium violet.
01:56Actually, I take it back. In person, I'm liking that titanium and gray more.
02:00Who would've thought?
02:01Another big thing, the Ultra is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
02:04Which is powering the new other big feature of this phone, all the AI baked in.
02:09And we'll talk more about those AI features later on in this video.
02:12Now, let's take a closer look at these phones.
02:16So I have the Samsung S24 Ultra here in titanium which is looking very good.
02:21That back is really nice. It's not a fingerprint magnet and we like that.
02:25From the back, it looks very similar to the previous Ultra.
02:28But it's the front here that'll allow you to tell the difference.
02:31Look at that flat screen.
02:33So obviously, one of the big things, the screen is not curved at all.
02:38Although you still get curves on the sides of the phone.
02:41And that makes it more comfortable for you to hold this thing.
02:44Specifically because it is a big phone and I have tiny hands.
02:47This change according to Samsung is because they take feedback very seriously.
02:50And they did get a lot of comments about how the curved screen worked with the S Pen.
02:55And how it didn't work well with the curved edges.
02:58Again, I am team curved screen but I guess people didn't really like that.
03:02So obviously, at the bottom, you have your S Pen.
03:05It pretty much matches the phone.
03:08You have that same clicker situation that really isn't the button.
03:11The button is over here.
03:13At the bottom, that's also your USB-C port.
03:15You have your SIM tray.
03:17Again, that is a curved side.
03:19And up top, you have your volume rockers and your unlock button.
03:23Top and the other side is clean.
03:25One big thing I will say for someone who finds the Samsung Ultra phones a little bit too big for her taste.
03:31It is way lighter now because it's made out of titanium.
03:35So the big thing this year is AI.
03:37And there's so many cool new features we got to see.
03:40First up is AI slow-mo which means that any normal video you've taken, you can now post-shooting.
03:46Bring it to your Samsung gallery and edit so that it'll be slow-mo.
03:49It's pretty cool.
03:50This means you don't even have to shoot in slow-mo to get really nice slow-mo shots.
03:53And you can even pick specific portions of the video that you can slow-mo.
03:57You then have AI photo assist options which allows you to enhance photos you've already taken.
04:02For example, you can take out the glare in a photo just like what she's doing.
04:06Or you can even take out the shadows.
04:08This is gonna be so great for Instagram girlies, honestly.
04:13What's super impressive to me is this next feature.
04:15This is the generative AI feature which allows you to one, cut out things on the photos and move it around.
04:23Or you can cut out things that you don't like in the photo and completely delete them.
04:27You can even rotate and crop the photos.
04:30But then generative AI will fill out the holes in that edit you just did.
04:34That's actually pretty amazing.
04:36I've seen this similar feature on Photoshop but now it's on your smartphone and anyone can do it.
04:42Again, Instagram is gonna be so fun.
04:45These AI features are not just on your camera.
04:47You also have AI features on your notes app, for example.
04:50This means you can auto-format, summarize, or even translate notes on your phone.
04:56There are even like 13 language options.
04:58And all of this on your smartphone in the palm of your hands.
05:01Speaking of translate, you can also live translate on a call or even translate while texting.
05:07And as you text, if you're a little lazy, you can even get AI to change your writing style.
05:13So if you write down something, you can get AI to switch it to something that sounds a little more casual or professional or social.
05:19I mean that's definitely gonna improve my social skills.
05:22I just don't know how I feel about receiving a text knowing it could be AI that crafted this message versus the person I was talking to.
05:29You know what I mean?
05:30Either way, all really cool features.
05:32Now one final AI thing that I did get to see was circle to search.
05:36This means that you can just encircle things on your phone and it'll automatically get AI to look up that thing.
05:42So for example, this quick search of New York brought us photos of the skyline.
05:46If you encircle a random building, you'll get info on that.
05:49If you see something in real life that you're curious about, you can go on your camera, circle to search that thing and you get results.
05:56This was mind-blowing to me so I tried it myself.
05:58I circled to search this camera I'm using and dude, it pulled up the right one.
06:04So that is just a few samples of how AI is gonna work on this phone and how AI is baked into this device.
06:11According to Samsung, this is a mixture of on-device and cloud-based AI.
06:15Which means you have AI built into the Samsung keyboard or AI built into Samsung gallery.
06:19But then you have other cloud-based AI features like circle to search or generative edits.
06:26Now in terms of camera, this phone reps a 200MP main shooter with OIS.
06:32There's a 50MP shooter with 5x optical zoom.
06:36There's a 10MP shooter with 3x optical zoom and this is perfect for portrait shots.
06:41And then there's a 12MP wide.
06:43Now first off, and this is not the first time we're hearing of this when it comes to Samsung devices.
06:47They are using AI to make sure that you get better photos when shooting with this phone.
06:52According to Samsung, they're now using this cognitive AI across all lenses versus only the selfie camera on the Samsung S23 Ultra.
06:59And they're also processing these photos that you take on a pixel level.
07:04Basically what they're saying is that even if there is no hardware upgrade, you're getting better quality photos.
07:11Now one controversial thing that I know people are going to ask about when it comes to the S24 Ultra versus the S23 Ultra.
07:17Is the fact that the S24 Ultra has a 5x optical zoom versus the 10x optical zoom we saw on the previous generation Ultra.
07:26Of course I asked about this and according to Samsung, one, they looked at user behavior.
07:30And most people really do use 3x to 5x mostly.
07:33I know we've all seen those moon shots but that's not something everyone does all the time.
07:37So yes they did switch out that 10 megapixel camera that does a 10x optical zoom for a 50 megapixel camera that does 5x.
07:45So that 50 megapixel camera actually means that you can zoom into 10x and get optical quality pics.
07:52That also means you can do 50 megapixel 5x zoom photos or shoot 8K 5x zoom too.
07:57Like I don't know why you would need that but you can.
08:01Right, let's do a quick camera tour.
08:03You guys know I'm a do it. Let's do a quick camera tour.
08:06Check out that 5x optical zoom.
08:08This is photos under wide, 1x, 3x.
08:12So we also get a 3x optical zoom.
08:15That is my bag over there.
08:17You get a 5x.
08:19Again this is an optical zoom.
08:21You get a 10x and you can zoom up until 100x.
08:26And then back to wide.
08:29Up here you get settings.
08:30You get your timer.
08:31You get your size settings.
08:33And then here you can pick out the megapixel size of your photo.
08:37So you get 12 megapixels, 50 megapixels.
08:39And you also get 200 megapixels full use of that main camera right there.
08:44You have your motion photo on and off.
08:47And here you have your own filters.
08:49And then you have beauty filters on the rear camera as well.
08:55Now on the side you get wide, 1x, 3x, 5x.
09:01Wait. Let's do that again.
09:033x, 5x, 10x.
09:06And you can zoom up until 20x.
09:09And that's the most it will do.
09:11And then a wide.
09:14And then you also have your super steady mode here.
09:18Size you can shoot in.
09:20This is crazy.
09:218K 30fps, 4K 60 or 30fps.
09:25And of course we did that full zoom test on full HD 30fps.
09:30Under more you get all the different extra features.
09:33You get a raw mode, a pro mode, a pro video mode.
09:36You have AI mode for food, portrait video, dual recording, and single take mode.
09:41Let's check out the other side.
09:43We have portrait that can zoom 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x.
09:50Up until 5x.
09:52And here you get your different blur type.
09:55Now in terms of selfies, the S24 Ultra is repping a 12MP selfie shooter in that punch hole.
10:01Of course I asked about this because we have seen, was it the S22 or the S21 Ultra
10:08that had a 32MP selfie shooter that I was pretty happy about.
10:12But then on the S23 Ultra, we get a 12MP shooter and same on the S24 Ultra.
10:17So I'm like, why?
10:19But then the argument is that with cognitive AI on all the lenses on this phone,
10:23again you're getting better photos despite not having hardware upgraded.
10:27Oh and also that camera cutout, it's smaller now.
10:31Anyway, time for a quick selfie camera tour.
10:33Now on selfie, hi, you can do wide and then you can do 1x.
10:39It's the same for photos, for videos, you can not zoom in or out
10:45but you can shoot up until Ultra HD 30 or 60fps.
10:50That's cool.
10:51Now I will say that we have the S Pen which means you get all those fun features like remote selfies
10:58or you can switch the cameras for example.
11:01You can zoom in, you can zoom out.
11:04This does all the selfie stuff that we know and love from the Ultra line.
11:10The S24 Ultra is also social media optimized which is great for people like me
11:14who like being online and creating content online for social media.
11:18This comes as no surprise because we've seen previous Samsung flagships
11:22that are social media optimized as well.
11:24This is worth it to note.
11:25Samsung says that they're now allowing social media companies to utilize hardware.
11:29Yes, camera hardware on their phones.
11:31So this means you're gonna get to see features on your social media apps while shooting
11:36that you previously only saw when shooting with a native camera app.
11:39This optimization is supposedly coming to top social media platforms
11:43and specifically Samsung partnered with Instagram.
11:46So say hello to better looking stories.
11:48Samsung also offers, get this, 7 years of Android and security updates
11:52which is, that's actually quite good.
11:55In fact, that's actually amazing.
11:56In terms of sustainability for this particular phone,
11:59Samsung uses at least 50% recycled cobalt from recycled old batteries
12:04and 100% recycled rare earth elements.
12:07Also with regard to Samsung AI, this is gonna be a family-wide thing according to Samsung.
12:13Expect it in more devices in the later first half of the year.
12:19And that was our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
12:23Exciting times.
12:25I will have more videos on this phone so let me know what type of videos you'd wanna see.
12:29If you wanna see a camera vlog test or a social media test, let me know.
12:32This is just the first of many because I did have a limited time with this specific device.
12:37I also did join Samsung Unpacked in San Jose Live
12:41so stay tuned for content on what went on at the event itself.
12:45That being said though, just a few thoughts to wrap up this video.
12:48The Samsung S24 Ultra to me is a phone that feels so familiar and yet is different.
12:54You get familiar features you love like the S Pen or the top-of-the-line cameras
12:59and then some tiny tweaks like that AI or that screen
13:02but it's exactly those tiny tweaks that may just have a big impact
13:06when it comes to performance and user experience.
13:09We all know that the Ultra is the phone to get
13:11if we want the best of the best specs from the Samsung lineup
13:15and maybe it's these little tweaks year after year
13:18that makes this lineup the powerhouse that it is.
13:22I guess we'll see when I get my review unit and test it out.
13:24My last point, AI is everywhere.
13:27Of course, it's not our first time seeing AI integrated in a smartphone like this
13:31but I'm personally curious to see just how it'll all work out on the Ultra.
13:36That's it for today. Let me know what you think.
13:37All details on pricing and availability, I will link in the description box below.
13:42If you wanna see how I use my tech on a daily basis, find me online.
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13:47Until next time.
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