Samsung Galaxy S23 review

8 February 2023


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im sure S24 will also be hardly an upgrade unless the battery goes 4500 mah in same form factor or they offer a headphone jack or an SD card slot. flop!

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    • 17 Feb 2023

    MrGrumpy, 13 Feb 2023The S23 is NOT a compact phone. Since when has a 6.1 screen... more6 inches with a 16:9 ratio wouldn't be compact. But a skinny tall display with the same diagonal is

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      • 17 Feb 2023

      Alex, 16 Feb 2023As an S21 owner I find the new S23 as an old solution. Same... moreSo I wasn't wrong when I said that Samsung flagships haven't improved significantly since the note 7

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        • 16 Feb 2023

        As an S21 owner I find the new S23 as an old solution. Same so-so OLED with distorted on the sun colors, smaller battery, strange lenses would be scratched in a month, ... absolutely nothing interesting.
        Speaking of S21, it was another tweaked product deruved from S20.
        So, frankly, Samsung has already brought THREE wasted generations, S21-S23.

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          • 15 Feb 2023

          aa, 14 Feb 2023well, MKBHD gave best small phone to the Asus one... but ye... moreFor me its an eye sore just because of uneven bezels and camera hole not centered. And all that motos printed at the back. So sammy won here.

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            • 14 Feb 2023

            Anonymous, 11 Feb 2023 Pre-ordered in US to retire my pixel 5. This is by far the... morewell, MKBHD gave best small phone to the Asus one... but yeah, the Samsung is more widely available

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              • 14 Feb 2023

              Totally agreed with the contour-cut camera housing been removed,it doesnt serve much to protect the camera lens but with a bulky shape out of proportionate to the overall outlook.
              After reading the spec it was good that they using snapdragon Gen 2 for the S23 series

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                • 13 Feb 2023

                MrGrumpy, 13 Feb 2023The S23 is NOT a compact phone. Since when has a 6.1 screen... moreUsername checks out.

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                  • 13 Feb 2023

                  The S23 is NOT a compact phone. Since when has a 6.1 screen been compact? Since when has anything over 69mm wide let alone 70mm been compact enough to use one handed unless you're a gorilla? And WTF is it with pricing of these phones? Who do Samsung think they are? Apple Plus Plus?

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                    • 12 Feb 2023

                    Anonymous, 10 Feb 2023They are obsessed with Chinese phone. I've had a P20 P... moreI like your mature realistic view of yours.. some of the comments are like die-hard Chinese Phone Fan Club. Don't get me wrong, I am used to be Xiaomi K20 and Note series user.

                      It's a fantastic phone, but I loved last year design so much more. I think it was an absolute banger and it looked way better than the Ultra variant even though it missed some features (no deal breakers though).

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                        • 11 Feb 2023

                        Anonymous, 11 Feb 2023 Pre-ordered in US to retire my pixel 5. This is by far the... moreAh, the Pixel 5. What a great little phone. Same here.

                        Needless to say you'll miss the rounded out sides. The hand feel between the two is a night and day difference despite being off by just a few millimeters. Not that the S22 was any better, frankly all phones with a flat back and (almost flat) sides suffer the same problem. Then again, a case should solve this dilemma.

                          Anonymous, 09 Feb 2023Just preordered mine! I'm coming from the s10e and thi... morethere are great true wireless headphones for really good price nowadays

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                            • 11 Feb 2023

                            got it yesterday. it is WONDERFUL.
                            at last a great compact phone I can use with one hand flawlessly.

                            it is too soon to say something definite about the battery, but it seems great for my usage (i also disabled 5G and 120hz refresh, i couldn't care less for both, and selected light mode).

                            i love light mode, you don't realise cpu are limited with normal usage (not like some power saving modes i tried in other phones that made the phone sluggish) and i hope it'll increase battery life further

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                              • 11 Feb 2023

                              What a generic, boring and little aspiring design.
                              I Really miss the futuristic S10 design.

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                                • 11 Feb 2023

                                Anonymous, 09 Feb 2023S23 is downgrade from S22. S22 has OIS for telephoto lens.... moreFalse. The S23 has a 12MP ultra-wide camera at f/2.2, a 10MP 3x telephoto with OIS at f/2.4, a periscopic 10MP 10x telephoto at f/4.9, and a 12MP selfie camera with phase-detect autofocus at f/2.2. GSMarena lists all cameras with OIS. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

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                                  • 11 Feb 2023

                                  UltraHD, 09 Feb 2023What's wrong with people???? Acting like this is the w... more Pre-ordered in US to retire my pixel 5. This is by far the most compact smartphone.

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                                    • 11 Feb 2023

                                    Anonymous, 10 Feb 2023They are obsessed with Chinese phone. I've had a P20 P... moreYou did miss on Nokia though, but they don't career to the flagship sector

                                      What is now missing is the analysis of what is exposed via the Camera2 API.
                                      I would like to see the output of ProShot Evaluator like here for the S23 Ultra
                                      https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra.4146/diskussion-um-die-kamera-des-galaxy-s23-ultra.1053421-page-18.html#post-13355310

                                      From tha you can derive which camera modules are visible for 3rd party apps and what resolutions, export formats and bitrates are available.

                                        Happy to see that you mention now that downscales from hig resolution images can result in much better results than the 12MP images right out of the device.
                                        It would be even better to present a side by side example especially for the 200MP images from the S23 Ultra version.

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