Galaxy S24 Ultra in its current state.
Pros:
✅ Improved colour accuracy and highly reduced saturation in some situations.
✅ Hot take: The new 5x lens is very useful for medium-range zoom, 10x is still usable and even more usable in low light compared to S23U's 10x lens, thanks to the bigger sensor.
✅ The new 5x lens is also useful for zoomed in portraits, again, thanks to the bigger sensor.
✅ Improved detail level.
✅ Much better noise handling, especially in the darker areas.
✅ Less "overprocessed dynamic range look" when shooting a scene with bright light sources/neon signs.
✅ An ability to record 4K videos at 60 fps using all of the lenses while recording.
✅ Long-range zoom videos look more stable.
✅ 8K Video Recording using the main camera and 5x lens is possible now.
✅ Smoother lens-switching transition, with highly reduced "jump".
Cons:
🚫 Due to the replacement of the 10x lens with the new 5x lens, super long-range zoom is not as good or as natural-looking as the S23 Ultra in most situations (30x-100x).
🚫 Colour accuracy and white balance for long-range zoom levels and indoor scenes with an artificial lighting should be improved.
🚫 In some scenes, the highlight control is not as good as the S23 Ultra.
🚫 Basically, most low-light and extreme low-light shots **bleep** when using night mode, even at 5x with the new 5x sensor. Bright but no detail.
🚫 Noisy low-light videos.
Cons from the S23 Ultra that are still on the S24 Ultra:
🚫 Neon signs still don't look as good as most of the competition.
🚫 Banding and overprocessing issues are still noticeable when using night mode.
🚫 The presence of noise is still noticeable sometimes. This might be due to hardware limitation, but let's see how they're going to improve this.
Positive things that are unchanged:
✅ Stabilisation is still excellent when using all of the lenses.
✅ Portraits still look great in most scenes, with great edge detection
Source: @sondesix
