Replacing the S23 Ultra, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is the flagship camera phone from Samsung. This smartphone adds a vast array of AI photography features, which is likely to make it one of the best phones for photography ever released. But how does it perform?
New AI features
When introducing the new S24 series, Samsung was very keen to explain that we are now entering the ‘Era of AI’ – with AI becoming a part of every new smartphone announced. In fact, it’s been in many phones for a while, for example subject detection AI has featured on Samsung phones for years.
The new generation of AI, introduced with the S24 series, is being used for both photography when you take the photo, and when you edit the photos. It employs both on-phone AI technology when shooting, and a mix of on-device and cloud-based AI features when editing.
Photography features are now improved with an ‘AI ProVisual engine’ which is said to improve night photography, noise performance, zoom quality, colour reproduction, as well as HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging.
On this note, Samsung’s latest SuperHDR feature now includes a real-time preview so you can see what it’ll look like before you take the photo. There’s also support for HDR shooting in third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat, as well as
