I briefly had an S22 Ultra because there were Pixel shortages at the time, and I hated that piece of shit. Not only was it way too large, extremely heavy, and loaded to the gills with far more unremovable bloatware than the common Google variety, but the camera for which it was touted for being “the best on the market” was absolute dogshit. The white balance was awful, and the shutter speed was slower than a hot turd sliding down the onramp. I returned it after only a week and settled for a budget 4A that actually captured clear photos of my daughter in motion.
TL;DR Don’t bother. The only reason to stick with Samsung was the smart stylus and they killed it in favor of bad AI.
Personally I’m now thinking Pixel plus GrapheneOS after a decade of Samsung loyalty due to the stylus.
First they took the swappable battery, then the IR emmiter, then the magnetic card swipe, then the SD card, then the headphone jack, then added Bixby… They have zero value proposition anymore. Everything else I do is on apple hardware, and so will be my next phone.
Woo! Took them just a decade to realize the smart stuff in the stylus is bullshit and go back to passive inductives? I’m so happy it happened.
Passive inductive styluses: have touch force, angle, button(s) Active inductive styluses: have touch force, angle, button(s), the selfie button, extra thickness, extra weight and an extra battery to manage.
I haven’t bought a new phone because I refuse to give up my S10’s removable storage. Won’t do it. Runnin this fucker til the wheels come off.
Same here, my Note9 just doesn’t want to give up after 5 years and 2 screen replacements. No wonder it’s LTT’s daily driver – the best Galaxy ever created. I would’ve moved to Sony a while ago… if not for the damn stylus!
Are you not worried about the phone no longer receiving security updates?
Not really, I’m rocking it as long as it works
So the S23 was the final phone with all features upgraded from the previous phone, whereas this one removes features in favor of AI bullshit
