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- We love our big phones here at Gizmoto,

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but sometimes some phones are so big.

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You have to wonder why.

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Why is this device so big in my hand?

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What is the purpose of so much chassis?

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The Samsung Galaxy S 24 Ultra aims

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to be the ultimate Android
smartphone you can buy,

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and it is, it's quite a
big ultimate smartphone.

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It has lots to offer, and I
will tell you what I love.

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I'll also tell you what I don't.

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Contrary to how I made it seem,

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there are great things about
the ginormous Galaxy S 24 Ultra

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For one, there are so many
cameras on this device.

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The upside to carrying a bigger
phone is that there is room

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for more lenses and camera
sensors to capture the moment.

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Plus three of the four
cameras on the S 24 Ultra have

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optical image stabilization.

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The display on Samsung's
smartphones remains unparalleled.

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They are bright and saturated,

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but also go low enough to read in the dark

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with little blue light
blaring at your face.

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There are also Basey stereo speakers

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to accompany the Ultra's 6.8
inch dynamic amela display.

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It's like carrying a
Samsung TV in your hand

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from room to room.

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Most of the time, AI is a gimmick,

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but with a little help from
Google, it can be rebranded

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as another way to use your phone circle

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to search is the easiest way

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to look something up on Android.

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It's too bad. It's only
available on a limited number

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of phones for now.

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Samsung also has some worthy
AI offerings of its own,

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including a few ways

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to translate a language you
don't understand in real time,

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and a way to edit photos
without using Google Photos.

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Okay, now let's talk about

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where the Galaxy S 24 Ultra
could be a little bit better

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first, sorry, big phone fans,

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but the Galaxy S 24 Ultra is such a big

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phone for comparison.

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The one plus 12 has the
same 6.8 inch display size,

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but it's not as wide since it's not

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accommodating for an S pen.

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Now, I like big phones, I cannot lie,

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but as a daily carry, the
Galaxy S 24 Ultra is too much

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of a phone to always have on me.

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Last year's Galaxy S 23 Ultra
had a 10 megapixel camera

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with up to 10 X optical zoom.

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It's been replaced with a
higher resolution 50 megapixel

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camera in the Galaxy S 24 Ultra,

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but it's coupled with
only five x optical zoom.

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Now it puts it to parody with
Apple and Google at least,

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but as reviews have been trickling in

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and out, it's becoming more apparent

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that the telephoto isn't
as much of an improvement

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as the numbers might make it seem.

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Last but not least, Samsung's
keyboard still hasn't given me

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a reason to ditch Google's
keyboard in this latest version

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that's shipping with
the Galaxy S 24 Ultra,

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the swipe mechanism is off,
especially with predictive text.

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It's a bummer because you
need the Samsung keyboard app

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to enable some of the Ultra's
generative text capabilities.

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Now, if you wanna hear
more about what we like

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and don't like about today's smartphones

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and other gadgets, be sure
to find us over@gizmoto.com.