Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review

11 February 2023


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  • 12 Feb 2023

I used to be a Samsung fan and user during the golden age of galaxy S1, note 2, Galaxy s6 edge and S7 edge.

After that, Samsung has always been good but not excellent compared to the competition..

I'm back with this device, I think it will be rememberer as one of the best android ever.
It's almost perfect. Super camera, super screen, super audio, super performance, unbelievable battery life. Great software and updates.

What else do you need?

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    • Anonymous
    • Lkg
    • 12 Feb 2023

    [deleted post]Go cry like those that complain phones are expensive and nothing different from previous but get them as soon carrier or trade-in offers $250-300 discount.

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      • Anonymous
      • Lkg
      • 12 Feb 2023

      RicardoG, 12 Feb 2023if you see the RAW photos in the usual gallery you can'... moreBecause iphone does not provide true raw. It is processed and some info from sensor is lost.

      Dont understand why is so hard to some brands give raw instead of "processed raw".

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        • Anonymous
        • Lkg
        • 12 Feb 2023

        SShock, 12 Feb 2023That's rubbish. Only reason you're harping about ... moreGalaxy S /Note used to have:

        - better screen calibration (s7 was very good)
        - earphone jack, micro sd slot, non-hybrid slot
        - IR blast
        - flat screen on Note (until note 5)
        - less sharpening/noise reduction for photos
        - better grip
        - better design
        - no screen cutout

        S3 and S7 were best S so far.

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          • Anonymous
          • Lkg
          • 12 Feb 2023

          Nick Tegrataker, 12 Feb 2023Good point, I should've noticed that this review didn&... moreSamsung knows their clients want warm/saturated.
          This way, makes impossible to fix this.
          Even colder profile cant solve, nor RGB sliders.

          RGB control: another things other UIs have and android stock still lacks. 😒

            Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023This has many downgrades compared to note 9. S23 has many... moreThat's rubbish. Only reason you're harping about it is headphone jack and SD card slot. There is no way S23 is "not big enough upgrade" compared to S7. That just wouldn't make any sense at all.

              SirArtur, 12 Feb 2023They are impressive, but not the best. Have S23 Ultra from ... moreif you see the RAW photos in the usual gallery you can't see good results. But if you see that photos in lightroom o photoshop is a different history. I have compared both and S23U photos have clearly very very much more information than the Iphone 14 pro max does... and to be honest it's the first time in a long time that samsung tie and win to iphone

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                • Anonymous
                • 7X9
                • 12 Feb 2023

                Got the Red Magic 8 Pro instead of this. It's a better buy!

                  Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023I thought only on reddit ppl liked to use this dumb expression. I appreciate your extremely valuable comment.

                    Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023Since when samsung has well calibrated screen? They did ... moreGood point, I should've noticed that this review didn't contain any deltaE value.

                    Now I'm rereading the screen section, "The Natural mode, on the other hand, is spot-on for sRGB content and it comes with no further tweaking possibilities" seems like a warning sign as it doesn't say how much deviation from the standard GSMArena considers to be negligible before the colours are no longer "spot-on" for them. I'll wait for Notebookcheck to release their detailed review on this phone, I'm expecting a reasonable but not superb colour accuracy from this phone's display.

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                      • 12 Feb 2023

                      jiyen235, 12 Feb 2023imagine not nitpicking on a phone that costs as much as a n... moreWhat world are you living in where you can buy a good PC for just 1399 USD? My PC costs more than double than that and it still didn't come with RTX 3090.

                        gos, 12 Feb 2023Hello, Seems like some people here find something to compl... moreQuote from provided link by you:
                        "Looking at the 12-megapixel photos in auto mode, I have the impression that Samsung has been competing for years only against itself in the category of the WORST and DISGUSTONG photos that can be taken with a smartphone. I think the S23 is the real king of this category."
                        Hard to disagree. :)
                        Photos in default 12 for me are unusable. Oveprocessed, oversharpened, over-everything. But 50 Mpix has potential. I see a few problems with them. First of all, preview in the ExpertRAW - it is just bad. Secondly, I have found that quiet often, I see some processing artifacts from HDR on the generated jpg (when I have selected RAW + JPG) and previews of the RAW, like halos around branches, and big dark blotches in the sky, while they are not there in the RAW opened in Lightroom.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 12 Feb 2023

                          Nameless, 12 Feb 2023Finally Samsung made 'S'eries worth upgrading from S10.This has many downgrades compared to note 9.
                          S23 has many downgrades compared to s7.

                          Do not buy them unless you have S6 or older ...

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                            • 12 Feb 2023

                            Finally Samsung made 'S'eries worth upgrading from S10.

                              SirArtur, 11 Feb 2023Well... I hate new processing. Too extensive sharpening. Agree.

                              If someone doesn't, just check the photo compare tool, and take a look at how all the plain surfaces are oversharpened as hell compared to other phones.

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                                • Inedian
                                • L2r
                                • 12 Feb 2023

                                I pick the phone because of camera, espcially main. 12S Ultra, Vivo X90 Pro Plus beats S23 Ultra there. Actually, also Mi 11 Ultra has better main cam.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nyR
                                  • 12 Feb 2023

                                  I have never once - not ONE single time - seen someone using an S-pen in public.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 12 Feb 2023

                                    rRadD, 12 Feb 2023can't help but feel it's a Samsung paid review (o... moreIt's pretty much perfect phone, people who buy Galaxy Ultra phones usually don't care much about price. Can't help it but it feels like majority of the people seething in these comments are people with 200 usd Xiaomis... I'm Sony owner myself but it's not hard to realize this is simply the best android phone right now, simple as.

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                                      • gos
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                                      • 12 Feb 2023

                                      Hello,
                                      Seems like some people here find something to complain over however good the technology gets.
                                      1) 8 Bit (16 million) and not 10 bit (1.07 billion )
                                      - Is it practical to review Images at this detail level on a Phone?
                                      - I would prefer to do this on a large computer monitor..
                                      etc etc etc

                                      Take a look at the following links to get more ideas of what the S23 Ultra indeed can do...

                                      https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66853955
                                      https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66829816

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 12 Feb 2023

                                        YUKI93, 12 Feb 2023I don't see anything wrong with that. The only time I ... moreFor me, phones should have Adaptive 60Hz where you run 60Hz all the time and let the app goes higher than 60Hz if it has high refresh rate support. That way, you the flexibility of long battery life while still enjoy the smooth animation when gaming. Constantly changing the refresh rate in Settings can be a down right nuisance.

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