Meet two equally priced compact flagships of utterly completely different worlds – the Galaxy S24 and the iPhone 15. In case your funds is round €800 and also you need a light-weight flagship smartphone, it would be best to study extra about these two.
For starters, you possibly can evaluate the entire specs sheets or straight proceed with our editor’s evaluation within the textual content additional down beneath.
The Galaxy S24 has a clear, no-nonsense design with twin Gorilla Glass Victus 2 panels, an aluminum body and the standard IP68 ingress safety. We’re keen on the clear digital camera housing of simply three easy rings.
The iPhone 15 additionally has Corning-made Ceramic Defend glass panels and an aluminum body. The clear design has been the identical for a number of years now. The iPhone 15 is IP68-rated, too, however for as much as 6m deep water safety as an alternative of the standard 1.5m.
Each handsets are nearly an identical in measurement and weight, with the iPhone 15 being simply 4 grams heavier.
Total, the design is a matter of non-public selection, however we are able to safely say each smartphones have equally spectacular construct high quality.
The Galaxy S24 has a barely bigger show – 6.2″ vs. 6.1″ – however it’s of the decrease decision – 416ppi vs 461ppi on the iPhone 15.
The iPhone display screen has wider HDR video assist – it could possibly play again each HDR10 and Dolby Imaginative and prescient capabilities.
The Galaxy S24 panel presents a 120Hz refresh fee, whereas the iPhone 15 remains to be caught at 60Hz! And worse, its Face ID expertise, whereas fairly handy, makes for this large cutout (by in the present day’s requirements). Apple did discover a method so as to add some intelligent performance across the notch with the Dynamic Island, however it’s nonetheless an eyesore.
The iPhone 15 has a barely brighter show – the Apple’s panel presents 806nits of guide and 1,643nits of auto-brightness, whereas the S24 OLED has 785nits of guide and 1,401nits of auto brightness. Aside from that, each telephones have a peak brightness of two,000nits.
Even when the iPhone’s show is brighter and sharper, the Galaxy S24 has a 120Hz panel with a a lot smaller cutout. There isn’t any doubt about which display screen we might decide immediately.
The Galaxy S24 has a 4,000mAh battery, whereas the iPhone 15 has a smaller 3,349mAh. And opposite to expectations, the iPhone has an extended battery life.
The Galaxy S24 scored an Lively Use Score of 12:06 h, whereas the iPhone 15’s score is 13:20 h. The iPhone is healthier in all exams apart from calls, which is unsurprising as we’re used to seeing iPhones put up common or below-average name instances.
There was no improve within the charging pace on both cellphone, so don’t count on fierce competitors. The Galaxy S24 helps 25W quick charging over the Energy Supply customary, whereas the iPhone 15 – 20W over USB-PD. This implies each gadgets cost slowly in comparison with a few of their opponents. At the least they each assist 15W quick wi-fi charging. The Galaxy S24 additionally presents reversed wi-fi charging, which no iPhone presents.
The 25W Samsung charger takes the Galaxy S24 battery (4,000mAh) from 0% to 29% in 15mins, 59% in 30mins and as much as 100% in 75mins.
Apple’s 20W Energy Adapter recharges the lifeless iPhone 15 battery (3,349mAh) from 0% to 32% in quarter-hour, 58% in half-hour and it takes 110mins for a full charging cycle to finish.
The Galaxy S24 recharges its bigger battery sooner and presents reverse wi-fi charging, which is why it wins right here.
Each the Galaxy S24 and the iPhone 15 have hybrid stereo speaker setups.
The Galaxy S24 audio output is a bit louder. However the iPhone 15 audio system supply richer sound, deeper bass, and higher vocals. The high-frequency vary is stable, too, so it’s the cellphone with the higher sound high quality.
The Galaxy S24 is powered by the newest Exynos 2400 chipset by Samsung, whereas the iPhone 15 runs on the 2022’s A16 Bionic.
Having a more recent chip goes to safe the win right here for the Galaxy S24, even earlier than we begin evaluating AI capabilities.
So, concerning multi-core CPU efficiency and GPU energy, the Exynos platform is superior.
Geekbench 6
2,177 single-core
Geekbench 6
6,747 multi-core
3D Mark W.Life
14,351
The worldwide Galaxy S24 is accessible in two reminiscence configurations – 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. The iPhone 15 has 6GB of RAM and the storage choices go as much as 512GB.
So far as throttling is anxious – the iPhone 15 is a little more steady, with 84% CPU and 51% GPU stability versus 60% CPU and 50% GPU stability for the Galaxy S24.
Samsung guarantees 7 years of main OS updates for the S24, which definitely seems to be higher than Apple’s unwritten coverage of providing its telephones 5-6 years of main iOS updates.
The extra prolonged software program assist means higher worth preservation total. Nonetheless, the massive query is how nicely the {hardware} in a 7-year Android cellphone would sustain with the software program by way of efficiency. No person wants an up to date cellphone which may be borderline unusable on account of lag, whereas iPhones have already confirmed usable gadgets for years after launch with out colossal efficiency degradation. So, for now, we’ll name this one a tie.
Samsung has the higher hand in software program due to Google’s newest cellular AI options. You’ll be able to learn extra about these in our devoted One UI 6.1 evaluate however the record contains:
The Galaxy S24 has the identical digital camera {hardware} because the Galaxy S23 – a 50MP OIS main, a 10MP OIS 3x telephoto, a 12MP ultrawide digital camera (fastened focus), and a 12MP selfie digital camera with PDAF. Samsung guarantees higher processing due to the improved ISP and the ability of AI.
The iPhone 15 has one digital camera much less – it solely has a 48MP OIS main and a 12MP ultrawide. The selfie digital camera on the iPhone is a 12MP with PDAF.
The iPhone’s main digital camera presents 2x lossless zoom and might even shoot in 24MP. We selected 12MP photographs for this comparability. The high-quality 2x zoom is not going to be sufficient to make up for the omission of an actual zoom digital camera for this comparability, nevertheless it might not be a giant deal for many individuals.
The ultrawide cameras on each smartphones produce pleasing photographs. They provide an exceptionally broad area of view, nice element, low noise, broad dynamic vary and good distinction. We are able to say that each UW cameras save over-processed photographs, even when they’re overprocessed in a different way. The Galaxy’s photograph is cleaner, and we expect its rendition has the sting right here.
We have now comparable observations for the principle cameras. The 2 telephones seize nice photographs, are detailed and sharp, noise-free, and have a large dynamic vary. The Galaxy digital camera captures considerably extra pure photographs however might not be as processed because the iPhone’s, which is why we like them extra. The iPhone presents a extra pure coloration rendition, although.
The 2x lossless zoom delivers an identical outcomes throughout each gadgets – some stable efficiency with fairly good photographs.
Solely the Galaxy S24 has an actual telephoto digital camera, which it makes use of to take photographs with 3x optical zoom.
Galaxy S24: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 3x
Galaxy S24: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 3x
The Galaxy S24 and the iPhone 15 seize equally nice selfies.
The nighttime photographs are good. The ultrawide digital camera on the Galaxy S24 saves higher photographs, clear of noise and has a wider dynamic vary.
Then we’ve the principle iPhone digital camera, which presents barely higher photographs with more adept noise discount and generally – wider dynamic vary.
The iPhone has no zoom digital camera, however its 2x zoom photographs are fairly good nonetheless.
Video recording high quality
The video capturing on each smartphones is nice, with varied choices obtainable. The Galaxy S24 can do 8K movies, one thing the iPhone cannot do. Nonetheless, Apple presents a greater implementation of its Cinematic mode, which creates a blurred background behind your topic to imitate knowledgeable digital camera.
The ultrawide digital camera on the Galaxy S24 shoots higher daylight movies with extra element, greater sharpness and extra pure rendition. However the iPhone’s predominant digital camera beats the Galaxy’s with extra pure processing, resolved element, and pure colours.
The iPhone’s 2x zoomed video is sort of good, even when it does not match the element, sharpness and area of view of the Galaxy’s 3x zoom.
Lastly, the 2 cameras save good nighttime movies with the first digital camera and their zoomed ranges, however the ultrawide digital camera on the Galaxy S24 captures higher video with a decrease noise degree.
Selecting between the Galaxy S24 and the iPhone 15 isn’t as straightforward. We all know our readers will contemplate the shortage of a 120Hz show refresh fee as an immediate turn-off, however consider it or not, lots of patrons don’t care about that as a result of they can not understand the distinction or simply don’t care.
The iPhone has by no means been in regards to the newest expertise however the entire package deal, and the iPhone 15 is a superb all-around compact smartphone with top-quality design, show, speaker, efficiency, cameras, and even battery life! The facility of iOS can’t be ignored both, because it is without doubt one of the causes many individuals are getting iPhones.
The Galaxy S24 can be a wonderful smartphone, with an arguably cleaner design, extra fluid show, extra highly effective {hardware}, sooner charging, extra cameras, and longer software program assist with loads of AI tips. It’s simply likable from the get-go.
We can’t ignore the a number of elements the place the Galaxy S24 is solely the higher cellphone – extra highly effective chipset, an optical zoom cameras, a sooner show, and faster charging. It is also cheaper in lots of markets. And for that, it scores an trustworthy win right here. However nonetheless, the iPhone 15 isn’t that far behind.
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