The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra may very well be the best camera phone you can buy when it launches on January 17. After all, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra currently tops our list of the best camera phones, and logic dictates that the S24 Ultra will be it. It's probably an improvement.
However, we have more than logic to continue, because the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has also been widely leaked, so we have a good idea of all the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, including its cameras.
Below we detail the most likely hardware and camera features, based on leaks and rumors. Just keep in mind that until Samsung confirms the specs on January 17, there's a chance some of this is wrong.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra cameras: Rumored specs at a glance
Before we delve into the likely camera specs of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, here's an overview of what we expect. These details have mostly been taken from a massive Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra specs leak (which largely matches previous leaks).
| Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (rumored) | |
|---|---|
| Main chamber: | 200MP wide (f/1.7, Super Quad Pixel autofocus, OIS, super clear lens) |
| Ultra wide: | 12MP (f/2.2, 120° field of view) |
| Telephoto: | 10MP (f/2.4, 3x optical zoom, dual-pixel autofocus, OIS) |
| Periscope: | 50MP (f/3.4, 5x optical zoom, quad-pixel autofocus, OIS) |
| Frontal camera: | 12MP (f/2.2, dual pixel autofocus) |
| Video recording: | Up to 8K at up to 30 fps |
What cameras will the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra likely have?
While early leaks disagreed on what cameras the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra would have, all the recent camera leaks point in the same direction. So it's in this direction that we're going to focus here (and in the chart above), as these are almost certainly the camera specs this phone will have, more or less anyway.
We expect a set of quad rear cameras, like on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, but with some differences. Most sources point to a 200MP main camera, like the one on the S23 Ultra, and it will likely use the same sensor and lens as that phone.
It will reportedly be joined by a 12MP f/2.2 ultra-wide, which again will likely be the same hardware as the Galaxy S23 Ultra, complete with a 120-degree field of view.
For telephoto shots, you'll likely have two lenses, one of which is said to be a 10MP f/2.4 with 3x optical zoom. This again sounds the same as the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.
The main hardware difference from the Galaxy S23 Ultra is the final rear camera, which for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a 50MP f/3.4 periscope camera with 5x optical zoom. This replaces the 10MP f/4.9 periscope with 10x optical zoom on the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
So you're likely to get more megapixels but a shorter zoom distance here on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. However, despite reportedly hitting 5x optical zoom, a leaked specs list suggests the Galaxy S24 Ultra will also be capable of 10x optical quality cropping.
In fact, according to the leaker @IceUniverse, the 10x zoom of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is actually better than the Galaxy S23 Ultra. So there's probably not much to worry about. The S24 Ultra will also reportedly be capable of '100x Space Zoom', which is in line with the current model, and will presumably be digital and therefore theoretically have a noticeable drop in quality.
Other leaked camera hardware includes optical image stabilization for all of these lenses except the ultra-wide angle, a 12MP front camera (like last year), and the ability to record video in up to 8K quality at up to 30fps.
Aside from the 50MP periscope camera, this general camera layout appears to be the same as the Galaxy S23 Ultra. But another possible difference is the strong presence of AI in the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. Samsung has substantially teased AI as a major feature of the Galaxy S24 line, and the leaks have given us an idea of what to expect.
In particular, a major Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra AI leak points to the phone allowing you to move people, pets and objects from one position to another in photos, as well as being able to expand a photo beyond its limits and move a subject. from one image to another. This sounds very similar to the Google Pixel 8's Magic Editor.
Another AI leak added that the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra could use AI to improve the quality of recorded videos by reducing grain and improving stabilization, and that it could even delete unwanted objects from clips.
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