My Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has arrived! – First impressions and unboxing

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra first impressions
(Image credit: Beth Nicholls / Creative Bloq)

My Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra arrived this morning and it feels like Christmas day. I've been waiting three years now for a worthy smartphone upgrade – and this is it. The free Galaxy Watch 6 pre-order offer with a student discount helped to sweeten the deal too, and I can't wait to try everything out!

I chose the S24 Ultra because camera quality is a key, if not the most important, feature for me as a photographer. Especially as I use a lot of social media like Instagram for photo sharing. During its unpacked event, Samsung announced that it had partnered with Instagram to allow for HDR uploads with the S24 series, and this alone was enough for me to pre-order instantly, let alone all of the amazing new AI features on offer. 

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Beth Nicholls
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Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly. 

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