Samsung lastly unveiled its subsequent era of flagship Android telephones, the Galaxy S24 sequence, in the course of the January Unpacked occasion in San Jose, California. The brand new Galaxy S24 lineup consists of the bottom mannequin S24, S24 Plus, and the top-of-the-line Galaxy S24 Extremely.
There’s quite a bit to like about these new telephones. They’re powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip that’s blazing quick and a prime performer, particularly when mixed with a minimum of 8GB or 12GB RAM. The S24 Extremely goes a step additional with a brand new 50MP telephoto digicam for 5x optical zoom. And all the S24 sequence comes full of model new Galaxy AI options — together with Stay Translate, Chat Help, Transcript Help, and extra.
However there’s one factor that bothers me in regards to the Galaxy S24, particularly the bottom mannequin S24 and S24 Plus: they’re larger than their predecessors.
The Galaxy S23 was the proper dimension
I reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S23 final 12 months, and although I’m not a fan of Samsung’s tendency to supply overly vibrant images, I loved the telephone total. It was quick, the battery life was nice, and the images had been good when you didn’t thoughts the eye-popping colours the digicam produces more often than not.
However one in all my favourite options of the S23 was the dimensions. It was completely small, compact, and moveable. It was extremely light-weight, too, because of the aluminum body. Whenever you put all the things collectively, that meant a telephone that was very snug to carry and use. And regardless of utilizing an iPhone 14 Professional on the time, which can also be 6.1 inches just like the Galaxy S23, the S23 simply had a greater in-hand really feel.
As somebody with smaller fingers, I want extra compact telephones, and the S23 match that invoice properly. It was manageable with one hand, simply match into my luggage or pockets (girls’s clothes tends to lack large pockets, sadly), and by no means felt too heavy.
When you may get a flip telephone just like the Motorola Razr Plus and even the Samsung Z Flip 5 for the last word compact type issue, the issue with flip telephones is that they normally lack nice cameras. At the least with the S23, you continue to have a 50MP digicam in a small package deal.
Not everybody needs large telephones
As I discussed, the Galaxy S23 was 6.1 inches, and the S23 Plus was 6.6 inches. Nonetheless, the newly introduced Galaxy S24 has a 6.2-inch display, and the S24 Plus is 6.7 inches. The S24 Extremely has stayed the identical dimension at 6.8 inches as its predecessor.
Should you take a look at the listed product dimensions, it additionally seems that the S24 is barely taller and narrower (147 by 70.6 by 7.6 mm) than the S23 (146.3 by 70.9 by 7.6 mm), and the identical applies to the S24/23 Plus as nicely.
I don’t but have the Galaxy S24 in hand, so perhaps the slight distinction in dimension is negligible. However I’m additionally not a fan of the bodily sizes of gadgets simply creeping up every year, both. If telephones proceed to get barely larger every year, there’ll finally be no small, compact telephones.
Personally, I miss even smaller telephones. Just like the iPhone XS with its 5.8-inch dimension, it was one in all my favourite issues in regards to the telephone — I may simply use it one-handed with out doing finger gymnastics making an attempt to achieve the higher corners to return a display. It was an amazing dimension for an iPhone, and I’m not a fan that Apple has caught with the 6.1-inch customary, eliminating the 5.4-inch iPhone mini dimension as nicely.
I’ll have to attend and see once I get my Galaxy S24 unit in hand to see how the adjustments in top and width have an effect on me. Once more, it might not be sufficient to make a distinction, however it’s additionally a slippery slope — can we cease making each telephone gigantic with out compromising options?
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