Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review

25 February 2022


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John, 25 Feb 2022I dont get it. Pretty much every other review out there poi... moreThe S22 Ultra's battery life is 10 hours less than the S21 Ultra, which matches what other reviewers say.

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    • 26 Feb 2022

    AlexF, 26 Feb 2022There's a good reason why Samsung is practically givin... moreSee ya!
    This has been the case for more Samsung releases than just this one but this is the one you notice??

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      • AlexF
      • C5K
      • 26 Feb 2022

      There's a good reason why Samsung is practically giving a $1,200 phone away (75% off with trade-in at Samsung's website). Fewer takers than expected, Samsung? Could it because there is NO SD SLOT and NO AUDIO JACK? You gotta be kidding me. Good luck with that. Android users aren't obedient Apple fanatics. Bye-bye, Samsung, if this is the way it's going to be from now on.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 26 Feb 2022

        [deleted post]But Samsung been talking endlessly about the S22 Ultra having advanced cooling system. Looks like the end result is negligible, and Samsung still had to downclock to avoid throttling.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 26 Feb 2022

          JLC, 25 Feb 2022There is a simple reason: because people do not take "... moreTrue

            This smartphone is almost perfect...it's a shame for me that it's too big of a brick in my hands. It's huge and usability suffers. Can't buy it...
            S22 vanilla is perfect in hand, perfect size but lacks versatility in the cameras, lacks battery life too...

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              • 26 Feb 2022

              AngryLithuanian, 26 Feb 2022They searched high and low to find anything wrong with the ... moreEasy to point cons ...

              - Exynos version has weak gpu
              - Camera is worse than previous with soft corners
              - Screen is far from calibration levels of other
              - Sharp corners damage pockets
              - Fake 45W
              - Low quality 8k video
              - portrait with 23mm has poor edges around subject compared to the 69mm.
              - Display issues are being reported by clients

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                • 26 Feb 2022

                walkman8, 25 Feb 2022The con list is absolutely hilarious 😂 They searched high and low to find anything wrong with the phone. Glad they failed. Kudos to Samsung!

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 26 Feb 2022

                  pen alone has higher price than crap redmi k50 series.
                  one reason this phone is expensive

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                    • 25 Feb 2022

                    @ Gsmarena

                    Any chance you can try and compare the snapdragon version vs. the Exynox one in regards to battery life?

                      JLC, 25 Feb 2022There is a simple reason: because people do not take "... moreWell said.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • pQr
                        • 25 Feb 2022

                        Where are the full resolution 108 megapixel sample images?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • LkB
                          • 25 Feb 2022

                          Main camera has worse corners than super wide.

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                            • 25 Feb 2022

                            Neutrino, 25 Feb 2022Why there is no Iphone 13 Max pro for comparison in the per... moreThere is a simple reason: because people do not take "conscious decisions" based on fancy performance results. Users buy functionality and not Geekbench results.

                            Let us assume the iPhone had even 10x better performance than S22 Ultra, it still would remain an overpriced piece of hardware. Just a few examples:
                            - That fantastic performance would not compensate the lack of the S Pen and all related features
                            - That fantastic performance would not compensate the lack of 10x optical zoom and all other camera features
                            - That fantastic performance would not compensate the lack of a DeX equivalence
                            - That fantastic performance would not compensate the lack of world's best integration with your notebook which is Link to Windows: can you stream 5 applications from an iPhone simultaneously on a MacBook and still open multiple other apps on your phone while copying with drag and drop files in both direction in any arbitrary folder on both devices? Oh of course, you have at least one part of it: the shared clipboard!
                            - There is a lot more you would not be able to do on your iPhone with that fantastic performance.

                            That lower performance of S22 Ultra is enough to do all of the above fluently. But whatever performance an iPhone offered, it would not be able to do those things. So the performance is not the limiting factor here. It is just bragging with specs and trying to distract users.

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                              T-doffus, 25 Feb 2022Loving the idea that this year we have added S pen, and sam... moreit costs 100 more

                                i0S.- Never.- Again, 25 Feb 2022That's 3 years in a row, I'd be skipping a Samsun... moreThese alternative phones are so bad that you get bored in less than 2 years.
                                Samsung meanwhile is giving 4 full OS updates now, and their update speed is only a dream for your alternatives. Samsung phones are guaranteed to stay fresh and capable for at least 3 full years, like if you see the performance of the Note 20U in this review.
                                I myself with S10 plus running Android 12 don't feel an urge yet to change phone.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 25 Feb 2022

                                  i0S.- Never.- Again, 25 Feb 2022That's 3 years in a row, I'd be skipping a Samsun... moreSee reviews on gizmochina. Have same heat issues, mainly xiaomi 12 pro.
                                  Realme gt2 pro is the one that deals better among chinese phones.

                                    Loving the idea that this year we have added S pen, and same size battery, at same cost as last year, but a bit disappointed on the reduced RAM and lack of expandable storage

                                      Neutrino, 25 Feb 2022Why there is no Iphone 13 Max pro for comparison in the per... moreAnd how that translates to real life scenarios, really? Opening an app 0.0001 seconds faster or what? People buy these phone not for the scores in Antutu or Geekbench or any other benchmark.

                                        Neutrino, 25 Feb 2022Why there is no Iphone 13 Max pro for comparison in the per... moreWell, it doesnt make sense to compare geekbench scores between iphone and Android, and btw, the bugs on ios or lack of basic android features make more impact than some Geekbench numbers. On the other hand, if you want to compare, you can also compare Antutu, and I believe the difference between Flagship androids and iphones is not much.

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