1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,399
I finished my 30-day iPhone challenge months ago so why am I still dailying

2
00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:10,440
this thing it's not cuz I love it it's cuz I've been waiting for this as

3
00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:14,240
someone who daed the Galaxy Note 9 for over 5 years I've come to appreciate

4
00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:18,720
Samsung's one UI as well as their inclusion of useful features like micro

5
00:00:16,359 --> 00:00:23,359
SD expansion a headphone jack and of course an integrated stylist now some of

6
00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:29,720
those features have been courageously lost on the latest spiritual successor

7
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:31,920
to my beloved note 9 but I do still find

8
00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:35,800
that Stylus is incredibly useful day to-day when marking up documents or

9
00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:41,079
screenshots and there are some new things that I have come to love about

10
00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,160
Samsung's latest best starting of course

11
00:00:41,079 --> 00:00:48,559
with the screen just like last gen we get a whopping rated 2600 nits of peak

12
00:00:46,199 --> 00:00:53,680
brightness which our Lads testers found it was able to exceed in a 10% window

13
00:00:51,280 --> 00:01:00,239
and we get a second generation of corning's incredible glare reducing

14
00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:02,879
coating look at this this is a studio

15
00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:07,640
light okay let's grab my iPhone by comparison that is flipping incredible

16
00:01:06,119 --> 00:01:10,880
and of course it's not you know just that the iPhone is bad or whatever you

17
00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:16,920
take an old Android device and do the same thing and you're going to have a pretty bad time wow gamechanging how

18
00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,799
does it compare to last gen though here's an s24 ultra for comparison yeah

19
00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:25,040
I don't know if I'm convinced it's changed that much and honestly from our

20
00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:29,479
measurements it really doesn't look like it has both of these within what we'd

21
00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,680
consider to be device to device variants hit a about the same brightness and

22
00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,799
about the same overall performance which isn't to say that Samsung didn't change

23
00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:42,560
anything about the performance on the inside it uses the latest Snapdragon 8

24
00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:45,079
Elite processor a 3 nanometer chip that

25
00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:48,520
delivers markedly better performance compared to last gen this might be the

26
00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:54,759
biggest generation overgeneration Improvement that we've seen in quite some time I'm talking a 10% Improvement

27
00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:58,680
in single-threaded performance and a 30% Improvement in multi-thread performance

28
00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:03,159
even in light performance mode which goes up to more like 30 36 and 38%

29
00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:07,399
performance Improvement if you're running in the standard performance mode

30
00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:11,959
that's really impressive it's got 12 gigs of RAM up to a terabyte of storage

31
00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:17,680
and feels just butter smooth with a variable refresh rate display that can

32
00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:20,720
do anywhere from 1 to 120 HZ man it

33
00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:24,160
feels smooth it's a 1440p class screen

34
00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,599
specifically 3120 by 1440 so even the

35
00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:29,000
very eagle-eyed among you will appreciate its sharpness but it should

36
00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:34,560
be noted that you might not be appreciating it for as long compared to

37
00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:39,080
the last generation s24 Ultra we actually measured about an hour less

38
00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:43,159
battery life NVIDIA playback at the same screen brightness running the same

39
00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,920
video under the same conditions it's still 20 plus hours but it is something

40
00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:52,200
for you to watch out for and our best guess is that this comes down to the

41
00:02:49,959 --> 00:02:57,400
more powerful processor on board while Samsung still hasn't adopted any of the

42
00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,080
just wild High wattage charging rates that some of the Chinese phone

43
00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:04,200
manufacturers have we found found that it only takes a little over 70 minutes

44
00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,799
to go from zero to a full charge unfortunately the wireless charging is a

45
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:12,640
bit more of a downer it supports what Samsung calls their fast wireless

46
00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:15,040
charging 2.0 which is limited to 15

47
00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:20,440
watts and while it's ready for G charging 2.1 which allows magnetic

48
00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:24,400
alignment just like Apple's mag safe it doesn't have the magnets for the

49
00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:28,760
standard so you have to get a case with the magnets in order to align with the

50
00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:32,640
magnetic charging thing let's try the camera the preview is definitely

51
00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:39,760
oversharpened let's see how the final image looks damn that's a lot of

52
00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:42,599
resolution 50 megapixel Ultra wide 200

53
00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:49,000
megapixel wide 50 megapixels on the Tet 2 lens and 10 megapixels on the Tet 1

54
00:03:44,959 --> 00:03:51,439
lens that is flipping wild that is

55
00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:55,879
definitely a more pleasing Zoom even on the

56
00:03:52,959 --> 00:04:01,439
plus whoops yeah that color way better yeah skin tone too but hold on hold on

57
00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:06,799
if you're coming from an old note huh yeah okay okay there's some generation

58
00:04:03,879 --> 00:04:11,400
overgeneration Improvement there HH dude those skin tones though that is not what

59
00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:14,239
this man looks like I don't know we can play around with the telephoto let's

60
00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:18,239
play around with the telephoto all right how does it nail the skin tones now

61
00:04:16,799 --> 00:04:23,320
sorry the top down doesn't look very good I've got the brightness up too high for you right now hold on hold on too

62
00:04:21,359 --> 00:04:28,120
bright you shine too bright Mr bellance that's way better what the crap it's

63
00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:31,720
almost like there's tradeoffs for everything look at this

64
00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:38,759
hot actual garbage so your mileage may

65
00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:42,880
vary ladies and gentlemen I am not a fan of how every phone is just like a

66
00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:47,080
squared off brick these days I picked up my old iPhone 6s the other day cuz I was

67
00:04:45,479 --> 00:04:51,960
thinking of taking it with me on a trip just like loading some media on it having like a beater phone with a

68
00:04:49,919 --> 00:04:57,600
headphone jack that I don't care about and I picked it up and I was like damn

69
00:04:54,440 --> 00:05:00,320
phones used to be so light and thin and

70
00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:04,759
pocketable and it's like like you can you can hear it like you can hear the

71
00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:08,800
sound when this thing falls down uh on the right we've got the volume rocker as

72
00:05:06,759 --> 00:05:12,919
well as our lock button on the left we got nothing as it should be so you have

73
00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:17,160
a surface to brace yourself against on the top we've got I don't know noise

74
00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:24,160
cancelling microphones and then on the bottom we've got our USBC Port SIM tray

75
00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:26,560
as well as our stylus that like what a

76
00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:30,759
weird cost-saving measure no longer includes bluetooth support I used the

77
00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:35,840
remote shutter feature on this thing all the flipping time it is awesome because

78
00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:39,960
what it allows you to do is if you're you know able to get good instead of

79
00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:44,319
using your selfie camera which is particularly bad on a phone this old I

80
00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:48,800
can use my rear camera and take a little picture it's freaking awesome that's the

81
00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,960
only thing that I cared about Bluetooth for but I don't know what because

82
00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:57,360
Samsung doesn't advertise the feature enough and not that many people use it they just rip it out of the phone by

83
00:05:54,639 --> 00:06:02,720
default is it at least generation over generation compatible I don't think so

84
00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,440
no look at this they are ever so

85
00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:09,560
slightly a different length there's a bunch of AI stuff you can hold the power

86
00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:12,280
button to have Gemini do stuff open the camera and take a

87
00:06:13,599 --> 00:06:18,639
selfie oh I actually was not expecting

88
00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:22,440
that to do anything open up a note taking

89
00:06:20,479 --> 00:06:26,280
app what if I don't know what my note taking app is called Samsung Notes oh we

90
00:06:24,599 --> 00:06:29,880
haven't talked about gaming performance this thing performs like a hot Dam even

91
00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:34,479
once it reaches steady state it absolutely crushes the last generation

92
00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:37,000
as well as the pixel 9 Pro we did find a weird issue by the way I probably should

93
00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:41,400
have mentioned this when we were talking about the screen if you like auto

94
00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,680
brightness no problem this thing will do over 2,000 nits and it'll just adjust to

95
00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:50,440
whatever is going on in your daily life if you don't like auto brightness though

96
00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:55,800
in SDR it'll only go as high as around 450 nits they do have like an extra

97
00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:59,919
brightness toggle that you can put on but that still only gets up to around

98
00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:05,560
850 so you're not really taking advantage of the entire capability of

99
00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:09,800
this display I have waited so patiently Samsung for you to give me a successor

100
00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,800
to this something with handsfree unlocking this one had an iris scanner

101
00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,160
gone so now I just get the unders screen fingerprint scanner or I have to use the

102
00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,560
camera no Bullet Hole or notch in the

103
00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:25,960
display expandable storage headphone jack like what I really want is for Sony

104
00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:29,680
to fix the ability to swap the multitask and the back button I would just use an

105
00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:33,400
xeria so that I could have my headphone Jack but as it is they don't do that and

106
00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:38,160
as a right-handed person who likes to press back here and not across and risk

107
00:07:35,919 --> 00:07:42,400
dropping my phone it's just simply not an option and yes I'm aware that

108
00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:47,240
gestures exist I just daed a phone with gesture control for like 3 months I

109
00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:50,960
don't prefer it so yeah sure I'm going to go s25 Ultra and I don't know maybe

110
00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:54,360
I'll do an LTT review if I have any more thoughts but honestly these things have

111
00:07:52,919 --> 00:07:58,840
gotten to the point where it's just like yeah when you need a new one you kind of

112
00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:03,759
get the new one but I think the days of you know up upgrading the last gen one

113
00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,840
to the latest one are long behind us and

114
00:08:03,759 --> 00:08:10,520
you see that reflected in people's sort of disappointment as new generation

115
00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:15,039
after new generation comes out oh God they rounded the corners on the screen

116
00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:21,199
whatever subscribe to ShortCircuit oh wait no check out our sponsor dbrand oh

117
00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:27,159
sick they've got their new ghost 2.0 case for the s25 ultra which yeah I will

118
00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:32,279
be immediately using this was the result of some pretty spectacular draw over on

119
00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:36,959
dbrand side the lengths that these guys will go to to maintain their integrity

120
00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:43,200
and fix their mistakes is damn admirable they launched the original ghost case

121
00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:45,640
back in 2023 with one promise zero

122
00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:50,160
yellowing Unfortunately they missed out on the other major thing that is

123
00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:56,200
important for a clear case and that is scratch resistance it scratched like

124
00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:58,120
crazy so after taking a long hard look

125
00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:03,600
at the negative feedback they went back to the drawing board spend spent over a

126
00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:06,079
year developing ghost 2.0 a

127
00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:12,000
non-yellowing very scratch resistant case and they went out and at the cost

128
00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:14,720
of millions of dollars replaced every

129
00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:21,000
single first generation ghost case for every one of their customers that is

130
00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:26,120
commitment now it's here it's better than ever it is incredibly scratch

131
00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:32,839
resistant it is incredibly clear and they offer a forever it will not yellow

132
00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:38,040
guarantee that is some serious trust me bro energy I freaking love to see it so

133
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:41,800
if you've ever wondered why I take their why I keep taking their

134
00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:45,000
sponsorships it's because that's the kind of attitude that I want to see our

135
00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,079
sponsors have towards their customers yeah you might not get it right the

136
00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:52,120
first time but damn it you get it right eventually so go check them out at the

137
00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:58,320
link below and oh look they don't even have a meme vanity URL so you know what

138
00:09:54,880 --> 00:10:00,839
I'll humor them go to I amsh short.com

139
00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:03,160
and subscribe to ShortCircuit see you later