Samsung has unveiled its latest Galaxy flagship cellphone, the S24 Extremely, and as at all times it’s designed to tackle the iPhone 15 Professional Max. However when you’ll hear lots of the identical advertising factors, while you dive into the AI buzzword-loaded spec sheet, one thing in regards to the Galaxy S24 Extremely appears… off. Listed below are 4 similarities between the Galaxy S24 Extremely and the iPhone 15 Professional Max which have us scratching our heads:
It’s made from titanium—however nonetheless heavy
Just like the iPhone 15 Professional Max, the Galaxy S24 Extremely is its maker’s greatest cellphone, clocking in at a whopping 6.8 inches, only a smidgen greater than the 6.7-inch iPhone. This 12 months’s mannequin ditches the curved edges for flatter ones, although the squared-off silhouette remains to be unmistakably Galaxy. The large change this 12 months is the usage of titanium, however not like the iPhone 15 Professional, there isn’t as away from a cause. Whereas the usage of titanium over stainless-steel makes the iPhone 15 Professional Max considerably lighter than the iPhone 14 Professional Max (221 grams vs 240 grams), the Galaxy S24 Extremely is barely a gram lighter than the S23 Extremely (233 grams vs 234 grams)–and considerably heavier than its iPhone counterpart.
So why use titanium? Samsung claims it’s for sturdiness, however with many of the cellphone nonetheless constructed from glass, we’re not so positive. Moderately, it looks like Samsung simply needs to match the iPhone’s greatest promoting level–proper all the way down to the assortment of colours, that are extraordinarily much like Apple’s choices.
The Zoom digital camera has gotten a downgrade
The Galaxy Extremely has had a superior telephoto zoom digital camera than the iPhone for years. Apple might need closed the hole significantly with the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s 5X telephoto digital camera, however it nonetheless lagged behind the S23 Extremely, which has a 10X optical zoom. However Samsung has modified the {hardware} with the S24, swapping the S23 Extremely’s 10MP 10x digital camera for a 50MP 5x lens. Samsung says the upper decision lets it get to the identical focal size because of lossless crop zoom, however the downgrade in optical zoom remains to be a head-scratcher. Worry not, although, the pointless and gimmicky 100X Area Zoom stays.
It has the next price ticket than the iPhone 15 Professional Max
Apple raised some eyebrows when it bumped the worth of the iPhone 15 Professional Max from $1,099 to $1,199, however it cushioned the blow by bumping the storage to 256GB together with it. That meant it had the identical value because the Samsung Galaxy S23 Extremely, which additionally began at $1,199 with 256GB of storage. Nonetheless, as an alternative of rolling with it for just a few generations and even decreasing the worth to undercut the iPhone, Samsung inexplicably raised the worth of the S24 Extremely to $1,299 with the identical 256GB of storage, which simply arms Apple a simple win.
It doesn’t have Qi2 charging
That is probably the most puzzling of all: the Galaxy S24 Extremely doesn’t help the new Qi2 customary for the brand new batch of magnetic chargers and stands that have been simply introduced at CES. Samsung is often fairly fast to undertake new expertise—and isn’t shy about chasing well-liked iPhone options—however sadly, Galaxy S24 Extremely customers are going to should precariously place their telephones on an outdated Qi charger and hope they’re aligned correctly.
