February 1 Samsung announced the S23, S23+ and S23 Ultra. S23 Ultra will be available at $1200, S23+ for $1000 while S23 for $800. For these prices what can you get on S23 Ultra. Let’s see by one by one,
1. Camera
2. Performance
3. Battery and Charging
4. Design and display
5. Buy or Skip
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1. Camera
S23 Ultra has a quad camera setup 200 MP primary camera, 10 MP periscope telephoto lens,
10 MP telephoto lens and 12 MP ultrawide lens. This can record videos 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps ,1080p@30/60/240fps and1080p@960fps. Selfie camera has 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm wide camera that can record videos 4K@30/60fps and 1080p@30fps. You can see main camera picture comparison with its competitors by going to this link. https://youtu.be/qdjASN3mHIE.
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2. Performance
S23 Ultra has a Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) chipset and Andreno 740 GPU, therefore it is obviously fast. Also it can export videos faster which is a important feature for people who shoot and edit video projects on this phone. Ram comes with 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM and 1TB 12GB RAM. With Android 13 and samsung’s One UI 5.1 you can feel the smoothness. Samsung’s Dex also works faster on this phone when connected to a external monitor. You can see the performance of this with S22 Ultra here https://youtu.be/cApuvGrrR_Q.
3. Battery and Charging
This phone has a Li-Ion 5000 mAh, non-removable battery just like S22 Ultra while offering better battery management thanks to its new processor. S23 Ultra can lasts for a day even for a heavy user. Also this has a top wired charging speed of 45 watts by a official adapter which have to purchase separately. You can watch battery comparison here https://youtu.be/tC-o1DMsj9o.
4. Design and display
S23 Ultra almost looks identical to last year S22 Ultra. But this year it available in Phantom Black, Green, Cream, Lavender, Graphite, Sky Blue, Lime, Red, BMW M Edition. It has a 6.8 inches , 89.9% screen-to-body ratio display and in super brightness it can reach up to 1,750 nits. Also you will get an S pen stylus.
5. Buy or Skip
If you have a S22 Ultra you can skip as performance and all other things are slightly improves in S23 Ultra. If you want almost same specifications for cheaper go for a Pixel 7 Pro. But if you like one ui experience, S pen, larger display, better zoom lens and more beautiful colors then go for it.
