Samsung S24 Ultra

Smartphones have become truly ubiquitous in every aspect of our lives and as we step into a new era of AI-powered tech, we're going to see phones that try to use AI to further enhance the things we do with our devices every day. Samsung is hoping to get an early start on that trend with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. However, while this phone does add some seemingly useful AI use cases, like having a glorified Grammarly for your text messages, the S24 Ultra really just excels in being a great smartphone, but at a starting price of $1299, it kind of has to.

It's a gorgeous device, cased in Titanium with a beautiful AMOLED display. You just have to hold the phone for a couple seconds to see what kind of difference this makes: it's a premium device that feels a step above pretty much everything on the market right now. It's the same reason the iPhone 15 Pro Max feels like it's in a class of its own, and now Apple's flagship finally has a companion.