Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24+ upgraded speakers tested

Like last year’s models, the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ feature stereo speakers – well, a bottom-firing speaker plus the earpiece. While Samsung didn’t say much about it, the 2024 models bring tangibly upgraded speakers.

The output quality hasn't changed dramatically actually - Samsung marginally improved the mids in the S24 series at the cost of some bass, but the differences are tiny and very hard for the ears to perceive. However, the speakers are notably louder than their predecessors (with a smaller difference between the vanilla and plus models this year). And increasing the volume without increasing the size of the drivers or compromising the output is certainly a commendable achievement.

Here, have a listen.

We record our tests in a controlled acoustic environment, playing through a selection of different music genres that you can listen to. There is also a sweep of the whole frequency range, so that we can draw the frequency response curves you see below.

Samsung Galaxy S24+

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If you put on a pair of headphones, you will hear that the improvement is bigger than it may seem at first. There’s better stereo separation too.

Note that you can add more phones to the comparison – we have an ever-growing list, so there is a good chance that you can compare how your current phone sounds versus the new Galaxy S24 series.

Samsung Galaxy S24

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As you can tell, we’re hard at work to finish the full review. While you wait, you can check out our post on the Galaxy S24 battery life test (note: it’s the Exynos variant).