Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review
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- Shui8
- XM7
- 26 Feb 2022
Sk khangwal , 26 Feb 2022Best phone 2022 all features available this phone
Superb ... moreAre u reading this review regarding its camera lol? No where near superb quality. Not even close.
Still typical overprocessed Samsung messed. As camera are my main needs in smartphone, this phone are taken off from my wishlist.
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- NLS
- S7U
- 26 Feb 2022
I am getting this, but it is easily my most underwhelming phone switch ever.
I'm a Note fan since the first Note, although using the pen accounts for less than 10% of my device use, but for that time that I pop the pen to write something quick and some other scenarios, plus that I used PDAs since the Dawn of Time (which where stylus based), makes me love it.
So, my take:
- ^%&# ^&* Samsung for not having the b*lls to call this a Note. It is a Note.
- ^%&# ^&* Samsung (esp. in Europe) for giving us a device that is 2 gens back in terms of CPU speed ("blah blah you won't notice"... you miss that in those price ranges, bragging rights ARE a factor), but worse even GPU speed and AI speed. Who cares about ray-tracing if you manage to not improve rendering speed even WITHOUT ray-tracing?
- They downgraded the screen resolution ("blah blah you won't notice" again...).
- They left the same camera hardware (and with bad macro).
- The entry model has less RAM than last generation (!!!).
- 1Hz for Ultra is fake (it is not 1Hz) as 10Hz for non-Ultra is also fake (!!!). I EXPECTED that sites like gsmarena would ask for official Samsung comment on this.
- 45W (i.e. extra money) charge, does not really charge faster than 25W charger. WTF? See what Xiaomi is doing in this field.
- You still cannot make a phone that stands properly on a table, ESPECIALLY being a stylus phone. (that said, I like the look of the back although it is a dust magnet)
- Less tough (seems Victous+ or what they call it, is worse than older versions and Corning is becoming a "marketing" company more and more).
- Still no proper speakers.
- Underwhelming (real) battery life.
I actually wanted to get Mi 11 Ultra this summer, but it vanished from the face of the Earth, even though I ordered it (I want official import), it never came (plus Xiaomi needs to fix their own issues on various things, but this is another subject).
Friends kept telling me "1300 for a Chinese phone?", but I had no issue, since Mi 11 Ultra hardware really deserved it.
I wanted to wait for 12 Ultra, but Xiaomi doesn't give us any hints, except some rumours that this will be underwhelming compared to 11U.
If I didn't have to upgrade soon, I would not move to S22U.
That said, the "4 major OS upgrades" is very attractive (and remains to be seen) and hope they will update the microcode of 2200 to become a bit better in time.
One last thing: Why everybody abandoned the idea of "behind the screen" front cam? I mean I have no problem with that tiny circle having less pixels or a tiny bit of color variation, it is better than having a constant black hole.
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- NLS
- S7U
- 26 Feb 2022
I am getting this, but it is easily my most underwhelming phone switch ever.
I'm a Note fan since the first Note, although using the pen accounts for
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- ALPHABOY17
- 0U3
- 26 Feb 2022
"Isn't called a Note and that makes us sad."
Best con ever xD
Oh you forgot about no micro sd in this gigantic brick, AND 128gb base version, it should've been 256gb, Christ...
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- Kiflom
- 0xQ
- 26 Feb 2022
That is a non pocket device. You need a shoulder bag.
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- walkman8
- 3q5
- 26 Feb 2022
AngryLithuanian, 26 Feb 2022They searched high and low to find anything wrong with the ... moreWell, I can give it a shot:
-Note design is a downgrade to s21u in terms of ergonomics, dust collecting and accidental falls
-unusual s-pen placement keeps the speaker muffled while consuming media horizontally
-average speaker quality
-no 8k@30fps after 3 years and 3 generations of chipsets, 8k footage is unusable
But even with these flaws it's heads above the competition in regards to encompassing every possible feature in one package, and they did it quite well.
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- solaris
- gLr
- 26 Feb 2022
For my eyes after pixel peeping u21 looks sharper than u22 in most cases. More details on bricks
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- Sk khangwal
- s8e
- 26 Feb 2022
Best phone 2022 all features available this phone
Superb camera 📸
Superb design
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- Dee
- Lhw
- 26 Feb 2022
Hate Pro and Con. Should be standard, same pro and Con on every Brands and Models.
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- Ansegiz
- Nug
- 26 Feb 2022
Bodygard, 26 Feb 2022This smartphone is almost perfect...it's a shame for m... moreMy thoughts exactly
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- Rkm
- DkP
- 26 Feb 2022
So, it seems that all the s22 series have very noticeable corner softness on their primary lenses. I thought it would be a unit specific issue on the s22 plus review, but even this one has the same.
The s21 ultra and note 20 has way better defined edges/ corners (especially on the left side) which makes me think it might be a design / coating issue.
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- K1F
- 26 Feb 2022
After a much closer inspection of the camera performance between the S22 Ultra and the S21 Ultra, I must say that I much prefer the latter's photo quality. I really can't understand the former's oversharpening effect, especially in daylight. It feels as if Samsung is copying Apple's oversharpening effect.
As for the Xclipse GPU, man... that is an impressive score. It really does pay off to have AMD onboard.
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- P C M
- XSy
- 26 Feb 2022
Einnor Diecast, 26 Feb 2022The S22 Ultra's battery life is 10 hours less than the... moreThere is also test where it shows S22 ultra lasts double the time of S21 ultra while gaming.(both exynos version)
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- SUSU
- IVW
- 26 Feb 2022
108mp photo sample with
detail enhancer?
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- Hemedans
- f0J
- 26 Feb 2022
Einnor Diecast, 26 Feb 2022The S22 Ultra's battery life is 10 hours less than the... moreThat's standby look at Video and Browsing data, s22 is much better.
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- Hemedans
- f0J
- 26 Feb 2022
P C M, 26 Feb 2022Samsung update their Exynos variant very well. If you can f... moreTrue, Even now Exynos 2100 is much better soc than when it was released, and More stable than Exynos 2200, SD 888 and SD 8 Gen 1
- GAMIR3DH
- 8AK
- 26 Feb 2022
Neutrino, 25 Feb 2022Why there is no Iphone 13 Max pro for comparison in the per... moreNormal consumers really don't care or won't notice a difference.
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- P C M
- XSy
- 26 Feb 2022
John, 25 Feb 2022I dont get it. Pretty much every other review out there poi... moreSamsung update their Exynos variant very well. If you can find any new or close to new Exynos 990 SoC flagship you will find that it provides very good battery life unlike when it was released even though it was a crap SoC. For some test S20 ultra even bested the S21 ultra later when S21 ultra was released.
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- P C M
- XSy
- 26 Feb 2022
So, the speaker is crap. Can't believe Samsung did that. The loudness score is okay, which is a good thing but why there is no base frequency !!
I hope it's just a firmware issue. Apple still rocks though..
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- zillion
- u7V
- 26 Feb 2022
Can't wait for xiaomi 12 Ultra to comparing this S22 Ultra and P50 Pro, especially for camera prowess.