Should I upgrade my Galaxy S24 Ultra?
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra went on sale on 24 January 2024, launched at £1,249 (Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy S24 series). It has a 6.8-inch display, a weight of 232 g, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform for Galaxy chip, a 200 MP main camera and 256 GB of storage to start. Samsung claims up to 30 hours of video playback. Security updates are committed until 24 January 2031. Every figure in the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
2.7 years oldPatched until 2031-01-24Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Samsung has committed to security updates for the Galaxy S24 Ultra until 2031-01-24. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.endoflife.date — Samsung mobile, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Galaxy S25 Ultra changes
The newest Samsung phone in this line is the Galaxy S25 Ultra at £1,249, released 3 February 2025. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Galaxy S24 Ultra.
On the named third-party sources, the Galaxy S25 Ultra wins on Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) (8,869 against 6,170, both from Geekbench Browser). One gap is borderline, a difference most people would not notice: 3DMark Wild Life Extreme (5,827 against 4,531, both from 3DMark) for the Galaxy S25 Ultra. The differences in weight, display size and claimed video playback are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, peak brightness, storage (base), RAM, battery capacity, fast charging and wireless charging. The other 35 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core): 6,170 → 8,869
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 4,531 → 5,827 borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Galaxy S25 Ultra and priced within a quarter of its £1,249, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Galaxy S24 Ultra — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Galaxy S24 Ultra is committed to security updates until 24 January 2031, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra clears our noticeable threshold on one row: Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core). One more gap is borderline, which most people would not notice. Nothing goes backwards.
At £1,249 new, less the £390 CeX was paying for a grade A Galaxy S24 Ultra on 2026-09-11, the move costs about £859.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.