Samsung turned the highest canine when it got here to smartphones with AI options proper firstly of the yr with the Galaxy S24 sequence. Whereas Google shortly adopted swimsuit and Apple Intelligence is ready within the wings, Xiaomi is now the subsequent large identify to affix the AI race.
Technical information: Xiaomi 14T Professional and Samsung Galaxy S24+ in direct comparability
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Worth and availability
You should buy the Xiaomi 14 Professional since October 26 in Europe and Asia. You may have three storage choices (256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB) and three colours (Titan Grey, Titan Blue, and Titan Black) to select from. Beginning at €799 (MSRP, roughly $900).
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| 256 GB | €800 | $1000 |
| 512 GB | €900 | $1120 |
| 1 TB | €1000 | – |
The Galaxy S24+ was launched with an MSRP of $1000 for the 256 GB mannequin.
The Korean flagship has seen its share of offers for the reason that launch, however as of publishing this comparability is again to MSRP.
Design and show
Design
Each Xiaomi and Samsung have merely remained true to their design languages this yr. Which means Samsung continues to depend on the three free-standing cameras organized one under the opposite—and Xiaomi continues to depend on a sq. digital camera island, as we all know it from the Xiaomi 13T sequence or the Xiaomi 14 (take a look at).
Samsung’s Galaxy S23+ makes use of Armour aluminum for the body and depends on Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ at the back and front. Xiaomi additionally depends on the mixture of metallic body with aluminum alloy and glass again, whereby the Xiaomi 14T Professional ensures a particular grip due to its textured floor on the again and on the similar time avoids fingerprints. Each smartphones include IP68 certification, which guarantees you mud and water resistance.
The Samsung cellphone is the marginally wider of the 2 units, whereas the Xiaomi 14T Professional is barely longer, thicker and considerably heavier. Nonetheless, if you happen to maintain each units in your hand, these variations ought to hardly matter. You’ll find the precise dimensions within the comparability desk above.
Show
Samsung is a show king of types and delivers with its 6.7-inch “Dynamic AMOLED 2X” panel with a decision of three,088 x 1,440 px and a refresh charge of 120 Hz. However Xiaomi does not have to cover both: Right here, too, there may be AMOLED expertise with a decision of two,712 x 1,220 px. Nonetheless, the show is even smoother at 144 Hz and considerably brighter with a peak brightness of 4,000 nits (Galaxy S24+: 2,600 nits).
Nonetheless, it must be famous that the screen-to-body ratio of Xiaomi (93.3 p.c) is even barely higher than that of the Samsung system (round 90.7 p.c).
Efficiency and connectivity
Efficiency is usually a difficult challenge for Samsung. The Galaxy S24+ is an effective instance of this, because it comes with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in some areas, whereas we are able to purchase the variant with the sadly weaker Exynos 2400 outdoors North America. Xiaomi, alternatively, depends on MediaTek and offers the Xiaomi 14T Professional an actual powerhouse with the Dimensity 9300+.
The benchmark checks will not be significantly significant on this case, as we carried out totally different checks in some circumstances. For instance, we would not have an AnTuTu rating for the S24+, which was effectively under two million factors in different checks, whereas the Xiaomi 14T Professional reaches the 2 million mark. General, you shouldn’t discover any enormous variations in efficiency in on a regular basis use or when enjoying video games.
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| AnTuTu | 2.013.101 (Perf. mode: 2,077,622) |
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| 3DMark Wild Life Excessive Stress Check | Greatest loop: 2983 (2958) Worst loop: 2633 (2641) Stability: 88.3 % (88.4 %) |
Greatest loop: 4242 Worst loop: 2637 |
| 3DMark Metal Nomad Mild stress take a look at | Greatest loop: 1132 (1142) Worst loop: 1086 (1089) Stability: 95.4 % |
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| Geekbench 6 | Single: 2188 (2243) Multi: 7158 (7304) |
Single: 2131 Multi: 6676 |
Nonetheless, we noticed noticeable warmth improvement within the Exynos 2400 throughout longer gaming periods, which resulted within the efficiency being throttled. The warmth administration of the Xiaomi 14T Professional, alternatively, is spectacular. Nonetheless, the GPU prevents us from giving the Xiaomi cellphone a fats gaming cellphone stamp.
When it comes to reminiscence, each fashions largely march in step: 12 GB LPDDR5X, UFS 4.0 reminiscence with 256 or 512 GB—solely the Xiaomi 14T Professional additionally provides a 1 TB possibility. The Chinese language smartphone can also be one step forward when it comes to connectivity: as compared, we’re supplied Wi-Fi 7 as a substitute of 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 as a substitute of 5.3. Each fashions permit you to use eSIM playing cards and the 5G community, however each units additionally lack the choice to develop the reminiscence.
If we needed to identify a winner on this class, I feel it will be the Xiaomi 14T Professional with a really slight lead.
Digicam
For a lot of of you who determine on a brand new (and above all costly) smartphone, the digital camera is a key criterion. Samsung delivers an honest efficiency with its flagship fashions, however Xiaomi is definitely no digital camera light-weight both—as is the case when a legend like Leica comes on board.
On paper, now we have related line-ups right here: Triple cams consisting of fifty MP foremost cameras and an ultra-wide-angle and telephoto sensor every. Each units have 12 MP for the ultra-wide angle, however the 2.6x telephoto digital camera on the Xiaomi mannequin is forward right here with 50 MP vs. 10 MP (3x telephoto on the S24+). After all, I haven’t got to inform any of you that the sheer variety of megapixels says nothing concerning the high quality of the digital camera.
Nonetheless, each digital camera programs carried out rather well in our checks. The Leica partnership signifies that Xiaomi’s foremost digital camera and the telephoto digital camera ship actually pure colours. The ultra-wide-angle sensor isn’t actually according to its brighter, stronger colours. Nonetheless, our blind checks repeatedly present that a lot of you truly desire this coloration scheme.
The images that you just take throughout the day with the S24+ are additionally typically improbable! This additionally applies to the telephoto and ultra-wide-angle pictures. Each units are additionally spectacular at evening, though the S24+ can’t preserve the excessive degree of element within the ultra-wide-angle photographs.
The underside line right here is: Neither Xiaomi nor Samsung attain the extent that the 2 obtain on their flagships Xiaomi 14 Extremely (take a look at) and Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely (take a look at). However, each telephones ship actually, actually good digital camera programs that do (virtually) the whole lot proper when it comes to each {hardware} and software program. A draw! However why am I speaking a lot? Simply check out our photographs your self – listed here are the galleries:
Check photographs of the Xiaomi 14T Professional
Check photographs of the Samsung Galaxy S24+
Software program: Superior AI vs. Galaxy AI
With the Xiaomi 14T Professional, you get precisely what you’d anticipate: HyperOS based mostly on Android 14, bloatware included. Plus 5 years of assist for safety updates and 4 years of Android updates. What Samsung can supply is equally anticipated: Additionally the nonetheless present Android 14 on prime of the One UI 6. Even when Xiaomi has improved considerably on this self-discipline: On the subject of updates, you possibly can’t come near Samsung, which grants each safety updates and Android updates for a fats seven years.
We’re coping with two actually fashionable overlays, so the query of whether or not you want One UI or HyperOS extra is merely a query of style.
… or a query of who can dock with the higher AI suite of their software program. Samsung amazed us proper at the start of the yr with Galaxy AI. A number of great things is already coming collectively. I actually like utilizing some options like Circle to Search or the photograph features myself, however some issues are (at the least for now) extra of a gimmick.
This brings me on to Xiaomi, who additionally wish to make an enormous splash with their “Superior AI”. We’ll should see what occurs there straight, as a result of numerous issues are nonetheless within the works or ought to solely work after we revealed our take a look at of the Xiaomi 14T Professional yesterday. Particularly, the aforementioned Circle to Search and Google Gemini will discover their means onto the Xiaomi cellphone, however after all that is not all: There would be the normal instruments to summarize texts, translation instruments, you possibly can edit movies and photographs and far more.
As with the Samsung Galaxy S24+, the AI abilities can even lengthen to all different areas of the smartphone: pictures will profit from AI, the show can robotically modify its coloration temperature and brightness to the exterior situations and extra.
So far as the software program is anxious, I’d say Samsung is presently forward: As a result of the AI features have merely already confirmed what they will do and since Samsung’s software program assist is healthier/longer. However there isn’t any query: Xiaomi is making nice progress in each areas and we’re slowly getting the sensation that HyperOS is more and more emancipating itself from MIUI.
Battery: No chargers far and vast
On the subject of quick charging requirements, corporations like Samsung and Apple ought to actually duck away in embarrassment. At the least for the Chinese language manufacturers, 45 W “quick charging” is not sufficient. I am going to present you what Xiaomi means by quick charging: You may absolutely cost the 5,000 mAh battery with a whopping 120 W in simply 25 minutes if you happen to activate the “Prime velocity” possibility.
Wi-fi charging? Sure, that is additionally potential—with 50 W. This not solely means you can cost the system with a cable sooner than you possibly can say “The place the hell is the charger?”, but in addition you can cost the Xiaomi 14T Professional wirelessly sooner than the Samsung cellphone with a cable. In line with our take a look at, Samsung takes round 77 minutes to flash the 100% indicator on the prime of the show.
By the way, Xiaomi is adapting to Samsung’s dangerous habits and not features a charger within the field. Sadly, there may be extra dangerous information for the Samsung faction: Though a cable is included, you possibly can solely cost with a most of 25 W with that, even if you happen to deal with your self to the non-compulsory 45 W charger.
However hey, the 4,900 mAh battery lasts longer than Xiaomi’s 14T Professional: Whereas the PCMark battery take a look at reveals that it dies after round 13.5 hours, the battery within the S24+ lasts over 15 hours!
Conclusion
Let’s examine which of the units—Xiaomi 14T Professional or Galaxy S24+—earned extra factors in our comparability. When it comes to construct high quality and design, I feel each units are just about on a par. I additionally see it the identical means when it comes to efficiency, as a result of the small benefit that Xiaomi’s MediaTek alternative provides is hardly noticeable. Maybe Xiaomi is even barely forward when it comes to show due to its 93.3 p.c screen-to-body ratio and better refresh charge—though Samsung scores when it comes to decision.
The scenario may be very related with the digital camera, the place each units ship very related outcomes at a excessive degree. On the subject of software program, alternatively, I’d undoubtedly go for the cellphone from Korea if long-term assist is especially necessary to me. As now we have not but been capable of take a look at most of Xiaomi’s AI features, I do not wish to charge them right here. Lastly, on the subject of the battery, now we have a tool that lasts longer and a tool that expenses a lot sooner. As with many different factors on this comparability, that is most likely additionally a query of non-public desire.
Sadly, this ends in precisely what I wished to keep away from: A verdict that claims one thing like “purchase what you need, you possibly can’t go mistaken”. The worth would truly tip the scales, however right here too, each are on an analogous degree, as road costs take the Samsung under the MSRP very often.
However what do you assume after studying this comparability and, at greatest, the take a look at stories? Which is your favourite?
