Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra - Things will never be the same...

Galaxy S24 Ultra Titanium! Apple did it first and I don't care who imitates them because titanium is the law. It is used on spaceships, inside the body and in wheelchairs. It is very light, very strong and very legal. And I'm very interested in these high-tech

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. Samsung did not say what grade of titanium they use for the S24 Ultra. Apple immediately said its iPhone 15 is grade five titanium, and it turns out it is... At least this remaining part of it. Let us know in the comments if you think we should remove the titanium from the S24 Ultra.

We'll talk more about titanium in a minute. Samsung also said, during the announcement, that they are using a new glass called Corning Gorilla Armor. It can reportedly reduce screen brightness by 75%, which apparently helps optical clarity. Everything they have done seems to be working. When we compare the S24 Ultra with the Note 10 Plus, a big difference in reflection is clearly seen. The S24 Ultra eliminates reflections so much that we can count the light diodes, while on the Note 10 Plus with five-year-old Gorilla Glass we only see a white rectangle. So far I haven't noticed any of my LEDs burning out.

Well done, Corning. Thumbs up for that. Glare reduction is very important for people going out in daylight, if it is daylight. Although Samsung has not changed the design too much, it has changed the material with which it is made. At first touch or glance, the average person probably wouldn't notice the difference. Just a slight color difference and a significant price difference. The aluminum rod on the left cost me $10 and the titanium second stage rod on the right cost me $170. It really is a premium product. We'll see if the titanium makes the Ultra more durable or not.

With the new Gorilla Armor on the 120 Hz AMOLED display, which Corning calls the toughest Gorilla Glass ever and claims it is four times more resistant than other glasses when it comes to micro-scratches... What you can get with dust, keys or coins in your pocket. And maybe they are right. When I get to Mohs hardness levels six and seven, lines start appearing on the phone. But I feel them differently. Otherwise, I can feel the tip of the tool scratching the glass as it passes through the surface. But this time, I see lines that cannot be erased, but I don't feel the

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scratches, catches or deeper cuts that I feel on other phones, from level seven to level eight in this case.

This time I think Gorilla Armor gives us level seven scratches with deeper level eight nicks. But I'm not sure what's up with the level six features. I thought it might be because of the oleophobic layer, but that layer would evaporate under the flame of the lighter and these lines still remain. I'm guessing since I didn't feel the tool scratch the glass, it's probably a material transfer. The tool is scraped and attached to the surface like a marker or chalk. If only we had a microscope for more detailed analysis of the scratches. Oh wait... We've done it.

I'm trying to see the markings at level six, it's a little harder to focus on the surface of the glass than through the glass to the pixel. But the marks on the glass appear very smooth, indicating that there is no damage to the surface. At level seven we can see several indentations where the tool has pierced the surface of the glass. And on level eight we can see the pieces of glass that Mohs' tool destroyed. Then yes. That is my conclusion. Level six is ​​really good. The scratches only begin at level seven, with deeper cuts at level eight.

That changes

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. Reducing microscratches is very important because small irregularities can form real cracks. The 12-megapixel front camera is also protected by Gorilla Armor. That camera is located below the thin speaker opening. As for scratches on the titanium, it has a level 6 resistance... And the aluminum is level 3. To reiterate, we still don't know what grade of titanium Samsung uses, but we can assume from the fine print on the bottom of their website, which is probably just that the outer frame is titanium, and the button material is definitely not titanium. The buttons are probably aluminum inserts. Of course, titanium can be scratched.

It's not vibranium or anything like that. It

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be interesting to run XRF scans during disassembly to see exactly what the rating is. Subscribe so you don't miss it. At the bottom we find a 45W charging port, a SIM card slot with IP68 water resistance and our little friend, the S Pen. It's been about 120 days since I stopped using the Note 10 Plus and I already miss it. I didn't use the S Pen very often, but when I did, it was extremely useful. At the top is a capacitor that charges wirelessly from a coil inside the phone, and when it's outside the phone, it uses that energy from the capacitor to... "The S Pen is not inside the phone.

Make sure it is sure". Oh yes, of course, it's completely safe. There is no need to worry. Anyway, it uses the power from that capacitor to take remote photos, watch presentations, control music... Then we have copper coils around the top that create their own magnetic field that the screen can recognize to take precise notes. The Note series has been a professional powerhouse and I'm glad to see the S24 Ultra take on that role. The back is also glass. The small Samsung logo at the bottom is smooth, while the rest has a matte texture. The cameras look the

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as last year and the year before that and the year before that...

We have a 12-megapixel

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-wide-angle camera on top, a 200-megapixel main camera in the middle, and a 50 megapixels. 5x megapixel telephoto camera at the bottom. And another 10-megapixel 3x telephoto camera on the right. All the elements for laser focusing are located at the top right and the five cameras are protected by glass. Aside from the titanium, I also really like the flat screen. Not only are they more functional, more usable, more visible and less prone to damage, but they are also probably easier to manufacture. Samsung uses a 6.8-inch, 1440p, 120Hz LTPO AMOLED display that lasts about 30 seconds under my cigarette lighter before turning white and not recovering.

Personally, I hope the flat screen trend lasts forever. The S24 Ultra has an

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sonic fingerprint sensor under the glass, and when we do level seven scratches and try to read my fingerprint... It still manages to scan my thumb every time through those scratches. Titanium is harder, less flexible, and less forgiving than aluminum, but if there is enough tolerance between the glass and the frame, it should survive. With an extremely strong curvature in the back, it flexes a little. And when folding it from the front, we see the same thing, but without any cracks or major damage.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 survived my endurance test. I'm a little jealous. I've been using the Flip 5 for about a week now and it's getting a little annoying having to open it every time I want to use the phone. But the Flip 5 is certainly an improvement over the iPhone. As you can see, I always use protection on my device, and the only skin that matches my Teardown or X-ray Dark skin from dbrand is the Grip skin from my sponsor 'dbrand'. They still have a buy one get both promotion for the X-Ray models. This year they outdid themselves by making the MagSafe compatible S24 Ultra Grip mask.

The link is in the description. Although I usually always wear a mask, on this occasion I

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use the Flip 5 without protection. Because it's thicker and because I want to give it a true real-world endurance test. Of course, it's not because I secretly want it to break in a few months so I can replace it with an S24 Ultra. I would not do that. We'll see how long it lasts. Thanks so much for looking. See you!