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Sustainability
The under-display fingerprint sensor is fast and responsive, making unlocking the device or authenticating (to prove that something is genuine) payments easy. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian
Samsung does not provide an expected lifespan for the battery. Those in similar devices typically maintain at least 80% of their original capacity for at least 500 full charge cycles.
The phone is generally repairable. Screen repairs cost £229, while the battery is replaceable by authorised service centres. But the phone only scores a three out of 10 on iFixit’s repairability ranking.
Several internal components are made from 20% recycled nylon or plastic. Samsung offers trade-in and recycling schemes for old devices. The company publishes annual sustainability reports but not impact assessments for individual products.
OneUI 4.1
OneUI has various added features on top of regular Android to support the S Pen, including helpful tips on how to use its more advanced features.
The S22 Ultra ships with OneUI 4.1, which is based on the latest version of Android 12 and receives prompt (done without delay) updates unlike some competitors. The Ultra has several customisations (changes) to the software to accommodate (to provide enough space) the S Pen stylus.
These include handwriting recognition, various screen-writing and screenshot tools, translation and gesture support, including using the S Pen as a remote or magic wand (straight thin thick) to perform actions. For quickly jotting down (to write something quickly) notes, marking up documents or screenshots, or doodles, (drawning for fun) the S Pen is unrivalled.
The S22 Ultra will receive at least five years of software updates from release, including four major Android version updates and monthly security patches, making it one of the longest-lasting Android devices available and just behind Apple’s six-year-plus support for its iPhones.
Camera
The camera app offers point-and-shoot simplicity with various automatic modes but also has full manual control and the ability to save RAW files as well as Jpegs. The S Pen can be used as a remote shutter button, too.
The S22 Ultra has the same quad-camera set up as 2021’s S21 Ultra with not one but two optical zoom cameras producing equally impressive results.
The main 108MP camera produces 12MP images by default and is one of the best available, shooting highly detailed, well-balanced images, with improved low light performance over last year’s model, although sometimes faces can be overly brightened at night. The 12MP ultra-wide is good, too, with better low light performance and generally improved image clarity. (see very clearly)
The 3x and 10x 12MP cameras are still the stars of the show. They are both better on detail, producing clearer and sharper images with less obvious image processing than last year. The 3x zoom is great for shooting people or nearby objects, while the 10x zoom provides meaningful magnification (the degree to which something ismade to look larger) for closing the distance on things you can’t physically move toward. Planes in the sky, boats at sea or distant landmarks are now all within reach.
Unlike most smartphones, the five modules of the camera system simply poke out (smth you can see a part of it that is no longer coveredby a smth else) of the frosted glass back without a surrounding lump or bulge.
You can continue with digital zoom on top of the 10x optical zoom. Shots up to 30x are very good with less grain and better colour than last year, while up to 100x zoom has improved detail and more accurate outlines of objects. It still looks like an oil painting but you’d be able to make out a car numberplate (metal that shows registration number) at maximum zoom during the day if you’re steady enough.
The macro mode for closeup photography works well, while the selfie camera is one of the best in the business, producing excellent shots in a range of light levels.
Some rival cameras are better at individual things but as a package there’s no other phone that can beat the adaptability and killer zoom of the S22 Ultra’s camera system.
Price
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra costs from £1,149 ($1,199.99/A$1,849) with 128GB of storage.
For comparison, the Galaxy S22 costs £769, the S22+ costs £949, the Z Flip 3 costs £949, the Z Fold 3 costs £1,599, the Google Pixel 6 Pro costs £849 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max costs £1,049
Verdict
The S22 Ultra should really be called a Galaxy Note. It’s a giant phone for power users, offering unrivalled features, from the fantastic camera with more optical zoom than any other to the long battery life, stunning display and powerful built-in S Pen stylus.
However, it is the stylus that may render (cause) the phone a bit of a niche (opportunity to sell) product. Samsung’s most devoted fans were Note buyers who will be very happy, as the S22 Ultra provides a best-in-class writing and drawing experience. But many people will probably never remove the stylus from its dock.
It is really good to see Samsung using recycled material in a phone for the first time, and providing at least five years of software updates from release, making it the longest-lasting Android available.
It is not quite as exciting as some of the new breed of folding phones. But the S22 Ultra is the best Android superphone money can buy and will take some beating this year.
Pros: huge 120Hz screen, fantastic and flexible camera with 3x and 10x optical zoom, One UI, S Pen stylus, good performance, long battery, five years of software support, contains recycled materials.
Cons: huge, heavy, very expensive, S Pen may be superfluous( More than u need)feature for many, gaming performance variable for EU model.
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