- The Samsung Galaxy S23 Series is finally official.
I've had some early hands-on time
and here's everything you need to know.
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and as always we're going to be breaking down
all of the differences between these devices,
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So to start off with, as expected,
we do have three new Samsung Galaxy S23 devices.
There's the S23, the S23 Plus, as well as the S23 Ultra.
Now, the S23 Ultra does have a very similar design
to the S22 Ultra that we saw last year,
with the biggest design difference on the S23 Ultra
being that we have a new curvature on the edges,
which gives you more flat surface area
so it's not as curved as the S22 Ultra.
The S23 and the S23 Plus are flat on the front and back,
but they now do have a new design compared to last year
and they've adopted the triple ring design
that we initially saw on the S22 Ultra.
Four colors across the board, Phantom Black, Cream,
Green, and Lavender.
Now, there are likely to also be
some additional exclusive colors
available from samsung.com,
and if you are thinking of buying
one of the new S23 devices,
then you can use my affiliate link
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which will also give you some credit.
Now, the S23 and the S23 Plus
do have more rounded-off corners,
whereas the S23 Ultra has more squared-off corners,
in line with Note devices that we've seen previously.
Now, that is because the S23 Ultra, like the S22 Ultra,
does have an enclosed S Pen.
Now, we'll talk about the S Pen a little bit later.
But all devices do have
an IP 68 water and dust resistant rating,
and they now do have Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
I believe these are some of the first devices
with Gorilla Glass Victus 2
and this means improved drop performance
on rougher surfaces like concrete.
Now, I'm not somebody who does drop tests
so I'm not going to be testing this out myself.
Samsung is also using more recycle components
compared to last year, so we've got 12 instead of 6.
Right, now, let's look at the displays.
So the display sizes are pretty much the same
as what we had last year.
6.1 inches for the S23, 6.6 inches for the S23 Plus,
and 6.8 inches for the S23 Ultra.
Now, we do have the Infinity-O cutout
in the middle of all devices with small bezels
so you do get a very high screen-to-body ratio,
dynamic AMOLED 2X
with up to 120 hertz for the refresh rate,
and now all of the devices
have a peak brightness of 1750 nits.
Now, that isn't an improvement
in a peak brightness for the S23 Ultra,
but it is for the S23 and the S23 Plus.
And there are devices
that have a higher peak brightness out there,
but Samsung seems to be concentrating
more on their advanced Vision Booster technology,
which automatically adjusts based on lighting.
Right, so those are the similarities.
Now, in terms of the display differences,
the S23 Ultra has a quad HD plus resolution
versus the full HD plus resolution
on the S23 and the S23 Plus,
so details are going to be a little bit sharper.
And the S23 Ultra also has LTPO 3.0 technology,
which means it can go all the way down to just 1 hertz,
making it more efficient.
The S23 and the S23 Plus only go down to around 48 hertz,
which is still good, but the S23 Ultra does get that edge,
and it is going to be helpful
with that higher screen resolution,
which is going to be pushing out more pixels.
So overall, excellent displays across the board
from Samsung as expected.
And all devices do have an in-display fingerprint scanner.
Now, this is the same as what we had last year
so it is the Gen 2 Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor,
which in my experience
is the best in-display fingerprint scanner out there.
Right, now, let's move on to the cameras.
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Right, so the cameras.
Let's start off with the S23 and the S23 Plus.
So the camera hardware seems to be pretty similar.
So we do have a triple rear-facing camera setup,
a 12 megapixel ultra-wide camera,
a 50 megapixel primary camera,
and a 10 megapixel telephoto camera,
which is going to give you three times optical zoom
and 30 times digital zoom.
The S23 Ultra, however,
does firstly have a 12 megapixel ultra-wide camera,
which has auto-focus,
which means you'll be able to get macro shots
as well from that ultra-wide camera.
It has similar telephoto cameras to what we had last year
so we've got three times optical zoom,
as well as 10 times periscope zoom,
which can go all the way up to 100 times digital zoom,
space zoom as they call it,
if you like taking pictures of the moon.
But the primary camera is now new.
It is the new HP2 sensor from Samsung,
which has a 200 megapixel resolution.
Now, as far as I'm aware,
the sensor size is similar to what we had last year,
but it now has new adaptive pixel technology,
which combines 16 pixels into one large pixel
for brighter, more detailed shots in low light.
Now, to really see how good this sensor actually is,
I'm going to be doing lots of SuperSaf Style comparisons
so do stay tuned for those.
We've got a new selfie camera across the board.
This is 12 megapixels and it also has auto-focus.
And what's great is this is also going to work
across lots of apps,
so you'll be able to get all of that processing
and the auto-focus in apps like Instagram
and Snapchat, I'm told.
We've also got improvements for video,
so now we have 8K, up to 30 frames per second.
Traditionally, for the past few years,
although Samsung devices have been able to shoot at 8K,
it's only been up to 24 frames per second.
However, it looks like as far as I can see,
that you can only shoot at 30 frames a second,
not at 24 frames a second, which is the correct frame rate.
I would've liked to have had the option
of shooting it at both.
But anyway, we do have 8K, 30 frames a second
and it's not going to crop in as much
as Samsung devices traditionally tend to do.
Portrait video has now also had an update
so instead of full HD, you will be able to shoot at 4K UHD.
And Super Steady has finally had an update
and you will be able to shoot Super Steady at Quad HD.
Now this does seem like a direct response
to Apple because the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max
have the cinematic mode,
which is the equivalent at 4K, and also action mode,
which is the equivalent to Super Steady
at a high resolution.
So I'm definitely excited to do some comparisons
and test these out.
Now, you might be wondering
that a lot of the camera hardware seems to be the same,
but how can we do have these improvements?
Well, a lot of that
is thanks to the new ISP image signal processor
and that is because we now have a new chip set.
It is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
And the good news is that this is going to be the chip set
across the board.
Traditionally, Samsung devices have an Exynos chip
for certain regions, in particular Europe,
but in other regions they have the Qualcomm chip
and that has always created some inconsistencies.
This year, Samsung has gone fully on the 8 gen 2
and it's also a custom chip for Galaxy devices
so it's called the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy.
Now, this is going to give you a slightly higher clock speed
compared to the standard 8 Gen 2,
and in terms of performance,
I expect these to be absolutely great,
some of the highest-performing Android devices out there.
And that's also going to be thanks to the LPDDR5X RAM
that we've got across the board.
The S23 and the S23 Plus have just 8 gigabytes of RAM.
The S23 Ultra is going to come with
either 8 or 12 gigabytes of RAM.
Now, in terms of storage, both the S23 Plus
and the S23 Ultra start at a base of 256 gigabytes.
The S23 will starts at 128 gigabytes.
And all devices at 256 gigabytes and above
will have UFS 4.0 technology,
which is going to be even faster.
Now, the S23 Ultra does go all the way up to 1 terabyte,
if you're somebody who likes to store a lot
on your smartphone,
especially if you're going to be shooting 8K,
that might be useful.
And I'm surprised that I have to still mention this,
but people keep asking this in the comments,
no, there is no expandable storage.
We haven't had expandable storage
on a Galaxy S device for a few years now.
Now, as expected,
all devices do have stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
so we have one in the ear piece and one bottom firing.
They all do sound really, really good.
We've got wifi 6E across the board now as well
so you can get really fast wifi speeds
if you've got a compatible router.
And the S23 Plus and the S23 Ultra
do have Ultra wideband technology.
The S23 does not.
Now, the S23 Ultra, as mentioned earlier on
does have the enclosed S Pen.
I'm personally somebody
who likes to use the S Pen occasionally,
and it's great for some quick doodles
or editing images or signing documents.
Now, as far as I can see,
there are no improvements to the S Pen
compared to last year.
That's not necessarily a bad thing,
because the S Pen is still,
I would say the best pen on any smartphone out there
with very, very low latency.
Right, now, let's a look at the batteries.
So the S23 Ultra has the same size battery
compared to what we had last year, so it's 5,000 mAh.
The S23 and the S23 Plus, however,
do have slightly larger batteries compared to last year,
200mAh more on each device.
Now, in terms of battery life,
because we do have the new 8 Gen 2 chip,
which is a lot more efficient,
we should be getting better battery life
across the board on all of these devices.
For charging, there are really no changes
in terms of charging.
The S23 does have a maximum of 25 watts of wire charging.
The S23 Plus and the S23 Ultra do have a maximum
of 45 watts of wire charging.
None of the charges are included in the box.
Again, it's something that people
are still a little bit surprised about.
And wireless charging,
we do have 15 watts of wireless charging
on all of these devices
with Samsung's PowerShare reverse wireless charging,
so you'll be able to charge other devices
on the back of these.
Right, for software, we do have one UI 5.1 on all devices.
And Samsung has promised
four generations of Android software updates,
as well as five years of security updates,
which is among the best out there.
Finally, let's talk about pricing.
There's some good news and there's some not so good news.
If you're in the US, there's good news
because the S23 series is starting at the same price
as the S22 series did last year, and on top of that,
you will be getting double the storage on the S23 Plus
and the S23 Ultra for that same price as last year.
However, in other regions, in particular in the UK,
there has been a price increase.
Now, I know that's also down to inflation
and the government completely messing up
the great British pound.
But anyway, you will be paying a little bit more here
in the UK compared to what you did last year.
However, the S23 Plus and the S23 Ultra,
if we do compare the 256 gigabyte versions,
which you now get it as a base, compared that to last year,
then it will be similar in price.
Now, as mentioned earlier on,
if you are thinking of purchasing
one of the new S23 devices,
then you can use my exclusive affiliate link
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which is going to give you some credit,
and there's also some really good trade-in deals
on the Samsung website.
So that is the S23 series.
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Are you going to be picking one up?
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