2023 Winners and losers: Samsung

25 December 2023
A steady year with small but meaningful updates but no real innovation.

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  • Anonymous
  • y6V
  • 26 Dec 2023

I beg to disagree about the s23 being a loser. It had notable improvements from the s22 and no downgrades. Its a Winner especially for someone who wants a compact flagship experience or first time flagship owners.

    Winner S23 FE, loser S23? Oh GSMarena, what's happening to you...

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      • dcdev
      • JGb
      • 25 Dec 2023

      Engr Al Amin , 25 Dec 2023Yes. Samsung s23 ultra is not only Samsung's best phon... moreI've started using gcam and can agree. That's better than default cam.

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        • Kieumai
        • 4mX
        • 25 Dec 2023

        Anonymous, 25 Dec 2023A54 & S23 ultra were the best in 2023Samsung was the best choice for me

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          • Anonymous
          • 8sj
          • 25 Dec 2023

          S23 fe real looser.. yes s23 Fe all time looser.
          S23 snapdragon really good phone.

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            • Miskin
            • 8sj
            • 25 Dec 2023

            S23 is not a looser, its very good phone.

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              • Amanuel bekele
              • NgV
              • 25 Dec 2023

              Only my favorite brand i love it Samsung it's unique company 😍

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                • Anonymous
                • ajx
                • 25 Dec 2023

                A54 & S23 ultra were the best in 2023

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                  • Nadeem
                  • CBd
                  • 25 Dec 2023

                  My dream this mobile

                    S23 FE is a loser. Bad battery life and throttling chipset. It's also heavier thanks to glass.
                    A54 is a US winner with E1380 and alright cameras.
                    I wouldn't say S23/S23+ isn't a loser but small updates are a bad thing but not worth the title.
                    Z Fold 5 is worse compared to One+ Open for 1500 dollars.

                    Everything else, I agree with

                      Ocramavaf, 25 Dec 2023Calling the S23FE a winner is a bit of an over reach imho, ... moreExynos have been good

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 05e
                        • 25 Dec 2023

                        It's a bit repetitive to see tech writers being deliberately(?) ignorant.

                        "The Galaxy Watch6 Classic brought back the rotating bezel and made the display slightly bigger by reducing the bezels. But otherwise, the Watch6 Classic looks and feels like the Watch4 Classic from two years ago. And we didn't get any follow-up to the Galaxy Watch5 Pro of 2022, which was disappointing."

                        It is obvious to anyone with a functional brain to see why there was no Galaxy Watch 5 Classic and no Galaxy Watch 6 Pro. Those two models are released on an biannual cycle, because it's pointless to release them every year, with the minute changes smartwatches offer. This is something Samsung should be commended for, for a lot of reasons, instead of this nonsensical whinging.

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                          • Shahryaran
                          • 4Hm
                          • 25 Dec 2023

                          YUKI93, 25 Dec 2023I won't put the S23 and S23+ in the Loser category bec... moreF4 has metal on metal hinge. F5 has a gear hinge.
                          Most people make a mistake of judging a phone by how it looks or how much it is different than last year.
                          That's because tech reviewers like MKBHD ruin the industry.

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                            • CbD
                            • 25 Dec 2023

                            Ivanm, 25 Dec 2023Samsung i carring about battety safety. Slower charging is ... moreNote 7!!

                              The all around, rock solid S23 and S23+ losers and S23 FE a winner, sure. lol

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IbI
                                • 25 Dec 2023

                                LosEstupido, 25 Dec 2023The Z Fold 5 is literally the Fold 4 but in a different chassisAnd given that only competition in my market comes from the Pixel Fold (lol) and the OnePlus folding phone (double lol) that makes it an easy winner.

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                                  • Engr Al Amin
                                  • XN4
                                  • 25 Dec 2023

                                  Yes. Samsung s23 ultra is not only Samsung's best phone of the year I think it is the best of others phone also.

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                                    • JonnyNexu5
                                    • kpW
                                    • 25 Dec 2023

                                    Ivanm, 25 Dec 2023Samsung i carring about battety safety. Slower charging is ... moreNote 7*. That was the infamous portable M80.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • AVw
                                      • 25 Dec 2023

                                      The Android Freak, 25 Dec 2023S23 FE was at 399 and S23+ at 599-649 during sales and offe... moreAmericans always get good sales because Samsung sees Apple as a rival, in EU we don't have that.

                                      Also you guys always get S series with a Snapdragon and pay less, and I do count the whole tax situation, in EU not counting S23 series we always get Exynos chip while we pay more than americans.

                                      Of course we will complain when Samsung does release a exynos based phone and ask MORE than the real deal like the S23.

                                      Because we don't get such fancy sales, welcome to Europe.

                                      (Last snapdragon before the S23 in S series was the S5)

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                                        • Flexo
                                        • njE
                                        • 25 Dec 2023

                                        How is S23 FE a winner and S23 is a loser. With S23 all the world got snapdragon and very good phone. FE is more expensive then S23 and its worse phone.