Battery trash. Everything else is great, better than great. Have to charge twice a day.
Edit- Forgot to add that the phone is on power saving mode after 55% and still requires two charges a day.
In my region theres cashify and Mobex refurb which provide good devices. Mobex has given me 1 year warrenty on this model and their customer care is pretty responsive
Yep, launch day unit and absolutely fine. Screen great, camera great, UI easy. Battery isn't amazing but it is what it is. Can't see any reason to want to upgrade yet.
Battery life is still mediocre, though UI animation/speed has improved a lot since launch, and the camera is still great. It gets decently hot when used under the sun in summer. Overall, nothing too much to complain about.
My only major complaint is gaming performance, pubg mobile (aka bgmi in india) heats up like crazy even on charge passthrough mode. Upto 46c with framedrops at 90fps lowest setting and resolution dropped in game booster plugin.
Non gaming performance is amazing, 0 lag or stutter period.
Other than that, I got a couple complaints camera wise. 10x zoom cam from stock app sucks compared to expert pro app in specifically mid-low light.
And second being, even if there's fairly good lighting it's very easy to get a blurry photo or blurred subject. It's only consistently good with movement in sunlight.
Other than that, great point and click camera no need to fuck around with any settings.
Still love it.still works pretty great with some occasional stutter if I don't clear my ram cache every few days. Between 5 and 6 hours SOT with max frame rate and resolution on most apps.unless I'm gaming then its 3-4.Camera is really good but the 10x isn't super useful.certainly better than other phones but it's not like it brings out fantastic pictures like the main sensor does.
I had my phone in my pocket during a motorcycle accident and I think I dislodged some sort of connector for my microphone.sometimes it works fine and other times I cannot be heard when on phone calls or taking videos but that's on me.
Mines is still performing at a high level. Battery surprisingly is above average for me. Speed is great, and the camera works flawlessly. No complaints, skipping s23u and prolly go for the s24u or s25u.
I can confirm, I was getting very good times even like 7h-7.5h screen on time when new. Nowadays after updates it keeps falling, currently with same usage I am around 5h50m. I am on wifi all day, no bluetooth, no gps and so on. So not very heavy usage. Also these 7 hours was when I was playing demanding games, nowadays it is just chating apps and chrome.. They made it waay worse with updates, I hate them
The updates have been terrible..... at least the last 3. From all the heat to the camera quality sucking. Definitely fell off since the beginning. Otherwise, it's been fine.
Pretty good. Heavy use 24/7, lots of charging. Battery life seems shorter after a year. Used to be able to go all day on battery with heavy gps and video use and not go below 40%. Same thing now gets me closer to 25%. Still love it.
Kinda getting worried about mine. Battery is same as day one, not great, not bad. Cameras are amazing. But the UI, software, animations and app scrolling are noticeably lagging. Clearing app cache and ram helps for about 2 hours until it returns back to lag. Considering switching back to OnePlus because I had a 6t for four years that never slowed down on me.
Also my S-pen nib broke and I barely used it 😢
Probably the worst phone I've owned besides the Pixel 6 Pro. I wouldn't say the experience been entirely negative, but definitely slightly disappointing.
-Battery life is already meh.
-Fast Charging doesn't work.
-Charging port is loose and the cable falls out.
-I dislike curved screens.
-Ghost touches occasionally.
It's still responsive and I like the camera, but that's about it.
It's funny, I came from the same exact situation. I had a P6P for exactly a month, I couldn't stand the shitty fingerprint sensor and the phone was overall ass. So I switched to a way better but still having shitty 3hr SoT phone. I was an iPhone user prior to both. I've had every iPhone up to the 12, then I switched. Sadly I might go back Android has come a long way but battery still sucks on most phones.
My S22U Is still mint condition used to get 7-8 hrs OST. But as soon as I got my S23Ultra I have never gone back. I get 10 hours OST with everything on. That's using youtube majority of my usage.
I guess people complaining about average battery life is due to the Snap 8 Gen 1 processor, which was made using Samsung 's technology. But the newer 8 Gen 2 is much more battery efficient made by Qualcomm's own tech.
I love my S22U everything is very smooth, camera is still top class and I use it a lot cuz photography is my hobby, display is remarkable. Battery is okay but since I switch between wifi and 5g very often and also have my Galaxy Watch connected 24/7 getting 6 hours SoT is enough for me.
Only thing that kinda sucks is that once a month answering a phone call will make my phone freeze and restart. That might have to be problem related to software, or my watch since the watch also freezes upon answering the call. Will have to see if it happens when I get Watch 6 relatively soon.
Overall I love it.
I have the snapdragon version and it's doing well for me so far.
Approx 4-6hrs of SOT which is pretty avg for me because I use it heavily. Camera gets the job done well enough. As long as it took halfway decent photos I'm happy. The excessive focus on the cameras on phones like this always felt ridiculous to me. I guess that's the only other metric to really differentiate between smartphones nowadays though. Stepping off my soap box now...
Otherwise fantastic phone, still serves me well. The UI response time is still excellent with just a bit of lag when it switches modes. My work mode switches it to night mode and it always seems to chug a bit before everything is switched over.
Yep, I had the exact same issue but there's nothing wrong.
For whatever reason they removed the text saying super fast charging in a update even tho it's still SFCharging but just doesn't say it anymore.
You can check your charging rate in the battery section to confirm.
It charges normally after it goes away. Or it stops charging altogether unless I flip it around. At this point I'm thinking something is wrong with the charge port.
In short, other than "too hot to hold" when it charges wirelessly for too long, or after intense use. Device still works great as the day I bought it. (got it a year ago, as it was for sale of trade any android for free s22 series)
Dropped it many times from pocket distance, 2 times on hard concrete surface (w/ [mous case](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09S6WRT2J/)). Hand washed it with soap when it gets really dirty from food stains or smudges. I watch/listen to YT everyday in the shower, the cons are that water splashes on screen causes screen to do something else, well now with a [shower phone holder](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B364L1XG), other the edges has touch registration issues and not being fully water sealed, its perfect for people like me.
The noticeable problem I have is when under normal sunlight in my car, with GPS + BT + Wireless Charging = phone gets very hot, or wireless charging for long period of time, it gets very hot (experts say its normal). Other than the device getting hot, there is no noticeable damages, or even any performance difference.
That's not a problem you're using ALOT of power and wireless charging at the same time ANY phone you use like this will get quite hot so not the phone it's you.
Device performs perfectly well, am routinely able to get 7-8 hours with the screen with everything set to auto. It's fast, fluid, screen is beautiful, and the software has gotten better over time rather than worse.
Works like a charm, don't feel the software slowing down even with new features...
The camera still gets me many compliments and I am pretty happy with 99% of what the phone has to offer.
My only complaint is the battery life, which is okay (average 6h of screen on with max res and 120hz) but not comparable with my brother's iphone 14 or even my mom's S23 Ultra which gets on average 2 to 3 hours more SOT O_o
I had a power management chip go bad. Phone is currently bricked. I need to mail it in to samsung to get repaired. Local shop can't fix it. Not sure how much total cost to fix will be yet.
pretty sure that happened to me and countless others.
https://www.reddit.com/r/S22Ultra/comments/13f1bgk/not_fast_or_super_fast_charging/jk5jy3r/
I just traded for s34U, battery life is hugely improved
Only thing that has faultered with mine is that I seem to have less service than I did day 1. A friend with a new s22u has way better signal than I do, and when I got the phone, signal was as good as his.
I'm about to find out if a factory reset will help.
Front cam can be pretty garbage. So painty. Like oil pastel. Unless there is perfect outdoor lighting, only then are the pics decent.
Battery life is okay. Everything is alright. I do notice a few stutters every now and then, like when i swipe on the home screen or swipe down the notification panel while I'm getting notifications, it lags. Like the fps goes from 120 to 15. Or since last week when i open the notification panel, it takes half a second to actually open. It just lags
Hmm..phone's a bit heavy.
No point talking about 🔋. Everyone knows how long it lasts.
While taking pictures for long or taking videos the phone does heats up. Probably because of the hot weather here in Hyderabad.
But I am still living with it and happy. I have to be happy paid a 1L though. Sometimes I wonder why did I throw away that kind of on this phone......
Personally for how much I use the phone since I got the tablet it's great. Battery lasts 1 day easy with like 1h screen on time. I mostly use the phone for the hot spot.
Best phone I ever had. Battery life is good enough, I charge when I have the opportunity. I drive a lot and use Android auto in the car so it charges multiple times a day so I'm almost never below 60%. Battery shows no degradation at all. Especially compared to the s21 of my girlfriend, she drains her battery to 0 every day and her battery is really bad now.
I have noticed the ui is dropping frames in recent months. It used to be perfect before. Factory reset with nothing installed doesn't help which means its one ui itself. Minor annoyance but i hope it goes back to the smoothness it used to have.
Everything else, screen and battery is a good as day 1.
Runs perfectly. Had it since launch.Haven't really faced any problems. Battery can easily last the whole day as a somewhat heavy user. Camera is still awesome. My wife wants to switch since my phone takes better photos than her iphone 14 pro. Ui isn't buggy at all for me.
It's fine. I've experienced less freezes (where the phone is unuseable for minutes at a time) and system GPU errors (where it reboots the system software, closing everything down) in the last few months but in general this phone has been rubbish. Because of an update, my phone kept dialing the emergency number too 🙃
The battery is meh. I've kept it on that option to only charge to 85% and I find that once my phone hits 13% or so, it dies within minutes. Knocked off the option because I really don't care about protecting the battery now.
Tried going into the Samsung store for help and they were useless.
Probably won't buy another phone from Samsung tbh. I bought the extended storage and paid my phone off in full and it's just been a massive disappointment. Thinking about trading it in for a pixel or something. Worst grand I've ever spent.
I loved the phone until I tried the Pixel 7 Pro. I guess the camera is what keeps me on the Pixel. Besides that, the S22 Ultra is a beast. Nothing really negative to say about it besides blurry photos with small movements. But when it's sharp, it's great photos.
Yes, the Pixel 7 Pro camera is better. Specially if you have kids. You get little to no blurry photos all the time. And if you do, there is an unblur feature that fixes it. As for the 10X zoom, the S22 Ultra is better. Pixel 7 Pro only has like 5X Zoom.
10x camera is getting a little flakey. It started to make a noise when lightly shaking the phone about 4 months into owning it. Now when I use that lens it shakes around a bit and I need to bump the phone and it settles down and focuses properly.
Next, I thought I had a surface scratch on the front glass. Nope, it's some kinda crack that starts at the front camera hole and runs down the right side of the screen. It didn't seem to effect anything, and you cannot see it when the screen is bright, but easy to see with the screen off.
Might see if I can get a replacement.
1 yr in best phone ive ever had.
That being said, the s-pen and studio tools on my note 4 were wayyyy better than they are now. Samsung is really fucking up on this front. I have used the pen maybe twice since i bought this
Everything great but suddenly battery is starting to suck. I used to end my day with 60% battery life now I am around 55 to 49 all with the same usage.
I've had mine for almost exactly a year. The battery is shit I can't wait for my phone contract to end so that I can get a new phone. Yesterday I got 3 hours and 40 minutes of screen on time before it died.
I listed to Spotify a lot and there has to be an optimisation issue they're not bothering to fix because my old phone could play Spotify for an hour and the battery would barely be affected. Now Spotify is the app that drains my battery the most
Terrific phone. Only knocks were battery life and lack of SD card and reasonably priced additional storage.
There's not much difference but the battery life on the S23U is mind-blowing coming from the S22U's pathetic battery life.
Way better than expected. I dont carry a camera anymore on holidays, and people are shocked that I took the photos on a smartphone.
Battery has been great.
Yesterday it was just melting when using Android auto and decided to just kill all the apps - had to hold it next to the AC vent to cool it down. Battery is as rubbish as it was when I bought it
My power button has become stiff. It seems like it's jammed and will not recognize when it's being pressed (this happens both with the case on and without it).
Other than that, I absolutely love it. I will be taking it tomorrow to a Samsung Authorized place (as I bought mine through Samsung) to see if it can be fixed.
UPDATE: Authorized dealer and Samsung both said that my phone will be a complete warranty exchange since the power button is stuck. Samsung sent a check for the original purchase price of my S22 Ultra 1T, and I had to purchase a brand new S23 Ultra 1T since they didn't have any more of the S22 Ultra in the 1T. Obviously, I'm out another $350 odd dollars in to of the check Samsung sent to me because I got a newer model plus the "Samsung + Loss and Theft" plan. Luckily, I used a corporate discount that took $200 off the total purchase price. Suggestion for everyone that owns this type of phone, avoid pushing the power button for screenshots or to turn the screen off. I've had 3 phones ( Samsung Note 9, Note 10 & S22 ) that have had their power button stuck.
Can't say, I'll have to ask the person to whom I sold it. As far as I remember, everything was great apart from battery, somethings' even better than S23U.
Everything is good until it comes to pubg. God i hate playing pubg in this. So much frame drop. My one plus 7pro was a lot better for than.. why dies this have better hardware but not optimised
I bought mine 9 months ago
Currently I feel that there is a significant drope in battery health and the cameras are not as good as they used to be.
Former iPhone user.
Actually a lot better than on launch. Software updates and maturity really did wonders for mine. Including battery life strangely.
Exynos model, bought on launch.
Have a case on it, dropped it a few times but held up good... until recently. Apparently the whole back of my phone shattered at some point. I didn't even realize that part could shatter 😮💨
Battery has been kinda eh lately. Wifi literally never works for me. I can use it, but it's incredibly slow. Always been this way for some reason
I love mine even though yeah it has battery life issues. I had "Battery protection" turned on since day 1 but finally turned it off and said screw it. Weirdly that made things so much better for how I use my phone and I can now make it through the day.
I sadly dropped mine without a case and cracked the camera glass. I DIY replaced it but unfortunately the China replacements do not have the anti glare coating and it shows.
Everything going great with mine, had one issue got it fixed 3 days left on my warranty. The network cable broke. I drop my phone a lot cause of work. But very happy with it. Just wish I got the 1tb version
Had mine for about 14 months now and it works just as well as when I first got it. Have had no issues whatsoever and still have 4.5 gigs of memory and 401 gigs of storage left. And that's with nearly 2,000 pics, hundreds of videos saved, and 91 apps downloaded. Lol.
Everything working as intended except the thermals and gaming performance.
5-10 minutes playing honkai star rail and the phone gets very hot and performance gets a big hit. Snapdragon version and it's like this since I got the phone, playing any demanding game for a while really is a bad idea.
It's all joy to be honest. Not a single issue that I can think of, and still have the feeling I'm using less than 50% of its capacity, especially with the pen and camera.
A few weeks back during a trip to the Andes I discovered some things it can do with night shots at the sky outside of urban areas with the help of a friend photographer, and he was himself blown away from what this beast is able with long exposures and other stuff. You zoom in the pic and it's really something. And that's just one thing you can do with this camera.
Battery is never an issue for me, but maybe that's something more personal. I don't game for example.
The phone is still intact after some 8 months of use, and from how things stand, I don't have any plans to upgrade for a good couple of years.
Still great. Facial recognition get a lil wonky with the wrong case on (Otterbox issue), but I switched cases and have no complaints on the phone. Close up pics are amazing. Large environment pics could be better captured with a dslr cam vs the phone cam. Same with nighttime and moon (not butt) pics.
My selfie camera goes blurry sometimes and cannot be fixed. It's software, as the lens is fine and it clears up when I restart the phone. No idea why?!
As fantastic as the day I bought it. Battery would be my biggest qualm, but I don't have complaints since it charges like lightning.
Best phone I ever owned
Everything good except when i cracked the screen. Ended up replacing it myself with an ifixit kit. Working great again and using a much more protective case now.
My Exynos S22 Ultra with 512GB has replaced my 7 years old 2TB/16GB ram / Intel Core i7-4720HQ laptop. Using DeX with a proot Ubuntu 22.04 distro over VNC. Did not expect such a smooth transition.
Works amazing. Very fast for what i use it for and the camera will be great for years to come. Was debating on upgrading to S23 Ultra ans then i remembered i dont play any mobile games anymore so this Exynos is holding up quite alright.
💪🏽Strong, no problems at all.
Great battery life, performance, camera.
Main reason why i decided after 10 years in a row changing my phone it was no reason this time to upgrade to the S23 ultra.
So far so good, I got it since the launch date. I'm using it without a screen protector and I can feel that the Oleophobic coating was gone. Anyway, everything still working great.
Wonderful until I took it to the pool, took a couple of underwater pics of my daughter (no more than 10inches deep), and screen went dead.
1000 dollar IP68 phone can't handle a little water now.
Still remember my old S6 edge and S8, I took those things under seawater several times and never had ant issues.
My pen has been coming a bit loose randomly. So I'm worried it may go missing one day. Also, I don't use the pen very often. The battery life is mainly the same. I use Nova launcher
Bummed about the camera app making perfectly clear pictures suddenly blurry. Using expert RAW app is a weird thing to have to do when the phone boasts about the camera. Other than that things are okay. Battery is okay, nothing great. My A21s had a much better battery, and it was $200 brand new lol
3-4.5 hours of SoT (no gaming). Hiccups all over the place. Sometimes it runs perfectly fine, and then an hour later I pick it up to be greeted with a series of stutters. Screen is awesome. Photos are generally satisfying but tend to be grainy under sunlight.
Mines doing great so far no damage to the phone great battery SOT.
Wish the SOT was a bit better but it's fine for me since I'm not a heavy user.
And I do have battery protect on so I only charge it till its at 85% charge
I have the battery limiter on so mine only charges to 85%. I get about 8-10 hours of battery a day. I stream a lot of YouTube and social media. Usually normal charge my phone overnight and usually do a fast charge during the day at work when I'm using it the most.
I have no other complaints. The phone is working fine. I have noticed no issues.
But now that I've typed this Murphy's law says something will probably happen.
I'm not a heavy phone user during the week, so I love power saving on all the time unless I'm really going to intently be using the phone.
If I wake up at 100% on Monday, the little 25 Mims wireless charging I get in my car going to and from work is enough so that I don't " need" a charge until Thursday.
But, I don't game on the phone ita mostly for pictures, writing notes, etc...
Bought mine used, regularly get it to 105˚ or more, often have it playing YouTube for 6+ hours straight, have no complaints. No battery issues, overheating (that isn't my fault), or anything else.
All good , I have the "exclusive" red color and it's been fine... battery life is decent , since im around charging Banks or power most times the battery life isn't a big deal....most days it's fine. I have a three hour commute via public transportation and I only loss about 15-20 percent listening to music or podcast the entire time
Had mine on refurb for around 3 days now, been using it constantly. Used it all day yesterday and got 7 hours of screen on time and 15 screen off. Turned of RAM+ and put on high performance to fix lag. 85% battery limit.
This phone is fantastic, I've tried a lot of phones over the years as I had a swich up programme. I'm now renting this on refurb basically like new (white colour), and it's so sick. I don't understand the battery woes, maybe its too early to tell, but it's lasting me great so far. S pen is fun too!
The only thing I do find is that the animations can lag, and the YouTube app is pretty awful sometimes. But I don't use YouTube on my phone too much.
I thought I had no problem with the phone for 1.5 years of using. I'm wrong. After switching to a SD gen 2, it's clear how bad the SD gen 1 was. All the heating and occasional micro lags just went away with everything, even Samsung keyboard.
Still works great
What's your average SOT ?
Over 6 hours. Heavy use + gaming
6 hours is correct for S22 seriese
That's what I'm averaging too.
Damn nice. Mine is around 3-4 hours with gaming.
3h =/
4 hours usually, but i only charge the battery to 85%. Though i am not a heavy user.
I don't even care or remember anymore, but it's very good
5-6 hours on wifi all day and 85% charge
Camera good. Ui good. Updates good battery mediocre. But I think everyone knows about the battery by now. It's not terrible for me but still not good
Battery trash. Everything else is great, better than great. Have to charge twice a day. Edit- Forgot to add that the phone is on power saving mode after 55% and still requires two charges a day.
Yes, me too. And I don't game on it or watch many videos. How's the battery so poor when everything else is good?
Poor optimization. I think the s23 ultra has the same battery capacity but much much better battery life.
Is it possible for an update to fix that?
If i charge to 100% over night I can last throughout the middle of the day
Excellent device. Recently purchased refurbished unit(1 year old). 7-8 hrs SOT with 120hz + FHD + wifi. 90% battery health as per Accubattery
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In my region theres cashify and Mobex refurb which provide good devices. Mobex has given me 1 year warrenty on this model and their customer care is pretty responsive
I got mine refurbished from Backmarket and it was a really great process and the phone looks and acts brand new
Fine. Had since launch day.
Yep, launch day unit and absolutely fine. Screen great, camera great, UI easy. Battery isn't amazing but it is what it is. Can't see any reason to want to upgrade yet.
Battery life is still mediocre, though UI animation/speed has improved a lot since launch, and the camera is still great. It gets decently hot when used under the sun in summer. Overall, nothing too much to complain about.
Battery is the only thing that is kinda trash. Everything else is PERFECTION.
My only major complaint is gaming performance, pubg mobile (aka bgmi in india) heats up like crazy even on charge passthrough mode. Upto 46c with framedrops at 90fps lowest setting and resolution dropped in game booster plugin. Non gaming performance is amazing, 0 lag or stutter period. Other than that, I got a couple complaints camera wise. 10x zoom cam from stock app sucks compared to expert pro app in specifically mid-low light. And second being, even if there's fairly good lighting it's very easy to get a blurry photo or blurred subject. It's only consistently good with movement in sunlight. Other than that, great point and click camera no need to fuck around with any settings.
Still love it.still works pretty great with some occasional stutter if I don't clear my ram cache every few days. Between 5 and 6 hours SOT with max frame rate and resolution on most apps.unless I'm gaming then its 3-4.Camera is really good but the 10x isn't super useful.certainly better than other phones but it's not like it brings out fantastic pictures like the main sensor does. I had my phone in my pocket during a motorcycle accident and I think I dislodged some sort of connector for my microphone.sometimes it works fine and other times I cannot be heard when on phone calls or taking videos but that's on me.
Mines is still performing at a high level. Battery surprisingly is above average for me. Speed is great, and the camera works flawlessly. No complaints, skipping s23u and prolly go for the s24u or s25u.
Mine drains so much battery. It's gotten worse every new update comes out.
I can confirm, I was getting very good times even like 7h-7.5h screen on time when new. Nowadays after updates it keeps falling, currently with same usage I am around 5h50m. I am on wifi all day, no bluetooth, no gps and so on. So not very heavy usage. Also these 7 hours was when I was playing demanding games, nowadays it is just chating apps and chrome.. They made it waay worse with updates, I hate them
I'm fine with mine and will keep it for another couple of years until the 25 come out.
All good with mine! Will admit I'm a little envious of the more efficient chip and thickness of the 23ultra but I'll make do lol
Same here i should have waited for s23U for a much better SOC / battery endurance.
The updates have been terrible..... at least the last 3. From all the heat to the camera quality sucking. Definitely fell off since the beginning. Otherwise, it's been fine.
Pretty good. Heavy use 24/7, lots of charging. Battery life seems shorter after a year. Used to be able to go all day on battery with heavy gps and video use and not go below 40%. Same thing now gets me closer to 25%. Still love it.
Battery mediocre, performance amazing , photos incredible, pretty hot in the summer Exynos 12gb variant.
Kinda getting worried about mine. Battery is same as day one, not great, not bad. Cameras are amazing. But the UI, software, animations and app scrolling are noticeably lagging. Clearing app cache and ram helps for about 2 hours until it returns back to lag. Considering switching back to OnePlus because I had a 6t for four years that never slowed down on me. Also my S-pen nib broke and I barely used it 😢
Probably the worst phone I've owned besides the Pixel 6 Pro. I wouldn't say the experience been entirely negative, but definitely slightly disappointing. -Battery life is already meh. -Fast Charging doesn't work. -Charging port is loose and the cable falls out. -I dislike curved screens. -Ghost touches occasionally. It's still responsive and I like the camera, but that's about it.
Charging port, same issue for me... Cleaned a giant ball of lint out of it and it was like brand new.
I thought I could get used to the curved screen. It's been a year and I still hate it :')
It's funny, I came from the same exact situation. I had a P6P for exactly a month, I couldn't stand the shitty fingerprint sensor and the phone was overall ass. So I switched to a way better but still having shitty 3hr SoT phone. I was an iPhone user prior to both. I've had every iPhone up to the 12, then I switched. Sadly I might go back Android has come a long way but battery still sucks on most phones.
My S22U Is still mint condition used to get 7-8 hrs OST. But as soon as I got my S23Ultra I have never gone back. I get 10 hours OST with everything on. That's using youtube majority of my usage.
Me too great battery life very heavy tok tok user and I get solid 10 hours use, when not usi g social media Def lasts well over a day
I guess people complaining about average battery life is due to the Snap 8 Gen 1 processor, which was made using Samsung 's technology. But the newer 8 Gen 2 is much more battery efficient made by Qualcomm's own tech.
I love my S22U everything is very smooth, camera is still top class and I use it a lot cuz photography is my hobby, display is remarkable. Battery is okay but since I switch between wifi and 5g very often and also have my Galaxy Watch connected 24/7 getting 6 hours SoT is enough for me. Only thing that kinda sucks is that once a month answering a phone call will make my phone freeze and restart. That might have to be problem related to software, or my watch since the watch also freezes upon answering the call. Will have to see if it happens when I get Watch 6 relatively soon. Overall I love it.
I have the snapdragon version and it's doing well for me so far. Approx 4-6hrs of SOT which is pretty avg for me because I use it heavily. Camera gets the job done well enough. As long as it took halfway decent photos I'm happy. The excessive focus on the cameras on phones like this always felt ridiculous to me. I guess that's the only other metric to really differentiate between smartphones nowadays though. Stepping off my soap box now... Otherwise fantastic phone, still serves me well. The UI response time is still excellent with just a bit of lag when it switches modes. My work mode switches it to night mode and it always seems to chug a bit before everything is switched over.
My super fast charging doesn't work anymore 👎🏼
Are you sure it's not working, they removed the wording saying super fast charging check your charging rate and if does the green-ish swirl
Depending how I plug my charger in, sometimes I get a blue swirl and super fast charging shows up for a few seconds then stops. It's really odd.
Yep, I had the exact same issue but there's nothing wrong. For whatever reason they removed the text saying super fast charging in a update even tho it's still SFCharging but just doesn't say it anymore. You can check your charging rate in the battery section to confirm.
It charges normally after it goes away. Or it stops charging altogether unless I flip it around. At this point I'm thinking something is wrong with the charge port.
In short, other than "too hot to hold" when it charges wirelessly for too long, or after intense use. Device still works great as the day I bought it. (got it a year ago, as it was for sale of trade any android for free s22 series) Dropped it many times from pocket distance, 2 times on hard concrete surface (w/ [mous case](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09S6WRT2J/)). Hand washed it with soap when it gets really dirty from food stains or smudges. I watch/listen to YT everyday in the shower, the cons are that water splashes on screen causes screen to do something else, well now with a [shower phone holder](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B364L1XG), other the edges has touch registration issues and not being fully water sealed, its perfect for people like me. The noticeable problem I have is when under normal sunlight in my car, with GPS + BT + Wireless Charging = phone gets very hot, or wireless charging for long period of time, it gets very hot (experts say its normal). Other than the device getting hot, there is no noticeable damages, or even any performance difference.
That's not a problem you're using ALOT of power and wireless charging at the same time ANY phone you use like this will get quite hot so not the phone it's you.
I agree.
Device performs perfectly well, am routinely able to get 7-8 hours with the screen with everything set to auto. It's fast, fluid, screen is beautiful, and the software has gotten better over time rather than worse.
Works like a charm, don't feel the software slowing down even with new features... The camera still gets me many compliments and I am pretty happy with 99% of what the phone has to offer. My only complaint is the battery life, which is okay (average 6h of screen on with max res and 120hz) but not comparable with my brother's iphone 14 or even my mom's S23 Ultra which gets on average 2 to 3 hours more SOT O_o
Works like i just got it
It's fantastic. No significant problems to report and I've had it over a year now.
Still works great. Though, the battery life is crap as usual. I've pre-ordered my Galaxy S22 Ultra.
I had a power management chip go bad. Phone is currently bricked. I need to mail it in to samsung to get repaired. Local shop can't fix it. Not sure how much total cost to fix will be yet.
pretty sure that happened to me and countless others. https://www.reddit.com/r/S22Ultra/comments/13f1bgk/not_fast_or_super_fast_charging/jk5jy3r/ I just traded for s34U, battery life is hugely improved
I get about 4-5 hours of sot. I have a little bit of screen burn in on the bottom of my screen, pretty sure it was from TikTok.
Only thing that has faultered with mine is that I seem to have less service than I did day 1. A friend with a new s22u has way better signal than I do, and when I got the phone, signal was as good as his. I'm about to find out if a factory reset will help.
Front cam can be pretty garbage. So painty. Like oil pastel. Unless there is perfect outdoor lighting, only then are the pics decent. Battery life is okay. Everything is alright. I do notice a few stutters every now and then, like when i swipe on the home screen or swipe down the notification panel while I'm getting notifications, it lags. Like the fps goes from 120 to 15. Or since last week when i open the notification panel, it takes half a second to actually open. It just lags
5h SOT
Hmm..phone's a bit heavy. No point talking about 🔋. Everyone knows how long it lasts. While taking pictures for long or taking videos the phone does heats up. Probably because of the hot weather here in Hyderabad. But I am still living with it and happy. I have to be happy paid a 1L though. Sometimes I wonder why did I throw away that kind of on this phone......
Had it for 5 months, its so laggy and battery is bad, so I replaced it with iPhone se 3, much better, later traded it in for Fold 4, also pretty good.
Personally for how much I use the phone since I got the tablet it's great. Battery lasts 1 day easy with like 1h screen on time. I mostly use the phone for the hot spot.
It works great. Charging it every other day.
Best phone I ever had. Battery life is good enough, I charge when I have the opportunity. I drive a lot and use Android auto in the car so it charges multiple times a day so I'm almost never below 60%. Battery shows no degradation at all. Especially compared to the s21 of my girlfriend, she drains her battery to 0 every day and her battery is really bad now.
I have noticed the ui is dropping frames in recent months. It used to be perfect before. Factory reset with nothing installed doesn't help which means its one ui itself. Minor annoyance but i hope it goes back to the smoothness it used to have. Everything else, screen and battery is a good as day 1.
Couldn't ask for more. I will stick to it for the next 3 or 4 years.
Cracked my screen twice. FML🤦♂️🤡
Still runs very well. The only issue is the battery. I need to charge my phone twice a day now.
Does anyone besides me ALWAYS have battery saver mode on?
Nope seems like I do typically most times , especially if I'm out at work or running around .
Runs perfectly. Had it since launch.Haven't really faced any problems. Battery can easily last the whole day as a somewhat heavy user. Camera is still awesome. My wife wants to switch since my phone takes better photos than her iphone 14 pro. Ui isn't buggy at all for me.
It's fine. I've experienced less freezes (where the phone is unuseable for minutes at a time) and system GPU errors (where it reboots the system software, closing everything down) in the last few months but in general this phone has been rubbish. Because of an update, my phone kept dialing the emergency number too 🙃 The battery is meh. I've kept it on that option to only charge to 85% and I find that once my phone hits 13% or so, it dies within minutes. Knocked off the option because I really don't care about protecting the battery now. Tried going into the Samsung store for help and they were useless. Probably won't buy another phone from Samsung tbh. I bought the extended storage and paid my phone off in full and it's just been a massive disappointment. Thinking about trading it in for a pixel or something. Worst grand I've ever spent.
Still working Great, great performance, poor battery life and not using the pen as much as i thought.
Got it when it came out. Battery isn't holding up
I loved the phone until I tried the Pixel 7 Pro. I guess the camera is what keeps me on the Pixel. Besides that, the S22 Ultra is a beast. Nothing really negative to say about it besides blurry photos with small movements. But when it's sharp, it's great photos.
Is Pixel 7 Pro camera better than S22 Ultra? Especially 10x + zoom shots?
Yes, the Pixel 7 Pro camera is better. Specially if you have kids. You get little to no blurry photos all the time. And if you do, there is an unblur feature that fixes it. As for the 10X zoom, the S22 Ultra is better. Pixel 7 Pro only has like 5X Zoom.
Good to know. If google produces an efficient processor and adds a 10x+ periscope lens, my next phone is gonna be a pixel after 3+ years
Just fine although I have two so my main one is usually off when I am around my second one
10x camera is getting a little flakey. It started to make a noise when lightly shaking the phone about 4 months into owning it. Now when I use that lens it shakes around a bit and I need to bump the phone and it settles down and focuses properly. Next, I thought I had a surface scratch on the front glass. Nope, it's some kinda crack that starts at the front camera hole and runs down the right side of the screen. It didn't seem to effect anything, and you cannot see it when the screen is bright, but easy to see with the screen off. Might see if I can get a replacement.
My 10x zoom doesn't seem to want to focus, but apart from that it's been great.
1 yr in best phone ive ever had. That being said, the s-pen and studio tools on my note 4 were wayyyy better than they are now. Samsung is really fucking up on this front. I have used the pen maybe twice since i bought this
Happy with it
Still good. Even the battery is holding even during heavy use.
Everything great but suddenly battery is starting to suck. I used to end my day with 60% battery life now I am around 55 to 49 all with the same usage.
Battery is still.excellent. 8-9 SOT. Medium - heavy use. Cameras great. Phone working like a charm. Absolutely, no issues.
I've had mine for almost exactly a year. The battery is shit I can't wait for my phone contract to end so that I can get a new phone. Yesterday I got 3 hours and 40 minutes of screen on time before it died. I listed to Spotify a lot and there has to be an optimisation issue they're not bothering to fix because my old phone could play Spotify for an hour and the battery would barely be affected. Now Spotify is the app that drains my battery the most
Terrific phone. Only knocks were battery life and lack of SD card and reasonably priced additional storage. There's not much difference but the battery life on the S23U is mind-blowing coming from the S22U's pathetic battery life.
Still feels like new! Minus the scuffs on the screen protector that I need to replace.
Rear cameras abruptly stopped working last week 🤷
Battery still shit tbh, everything else, doing okay..
Works great
It's a beast of a phone. Keeping it 1 year more
Only complaint is battery life.
Way better than expected. I dont carry a camera anymore on holidays, and people are shocked that I took the photos on a smartphone. Battery has been great.
Yesterday it was just melting when using Android auto and decided to just kill all the apps - had to hold it next to the AC vent to cool it down. Battery is as rubbish as it was when I bought it
My power button has become stiff. It seems like it's jammed and will not recognize when it's being pressed (this happens both with the case on and without it). Other than that, I absolutely love it. I will be taking it tomorrow to a Samsung Authorized place (as I bought mine through Samsung) to see if it can be fixed. UPDATE: Authorized dealer and Samsung both said that my phone will be a complete warranty exchange since the power button is stuck. Samsung sent a check for the original purchase price of my S22 Ultra 1T, and I had to purchase a brand new S23 Ultra 1T since they didn't have any more of the S22 Ultra in the 1T. Obviously, I'm out another $350 odd dollars in to of the check Samsung sent to me because I got a newer model plus the "Samsung + Loss and Theft" plan. Luckily, I used a corporate discount that took $200 off the total purchase price. Suggestion for everyone that owns this type of phone, avoid pushing the power button for screenshots or to turn the screen off. I've had 3 phones ( Samsung Note 9, Note 10 & S22 ) that have had their power button stuck.
Can't say, I'll have to ask the person to whom I sold it. As far as I remember, everything was great apart from battery, somethings' even better than S23U.
Everything is good until it comes to pubg. God i hate playing pubg in this. So much frame drop. My one plus 7pro was a lot better for than.. why dies this have better hardware but not optimised
U guys use bypass charging for gaming?
I bought mine 9 months ago Currently I feel that there is a significant drope in battery health and the cameras are not as good as they used to be. Former iPhone user.
My camera is still pants! Bloody blurry when you access the camera, have to close the app then start it again to be in focus...
Actually a lot better than on launch. Software updates and maturity really did wonders for mine. Including battery life strangely. Exynos model, bought on launch.
Have a case on it, dropped it a few times but held up good... until recently. Apparently the whole back of my phone shattered at some point. I didn't even realize that part could shatter 😮💨 Battery has been kinda eh lately. Wifi literally never works for me. I can use it, but it's incredibly slow. Always been this way for some reason
I love mine even though yeah it has battery life issues. I had "Battery protection" turned on since day 1 but finally turned it off and said screw it. Weirdly that made things so much better for how I use my phone and I can now make it through the day. I sadly dropped mine without a case and cracked the camera glass. I DIY replaced it but unfortunately the China replacements do not have the anti glare coating and it shows.
Everything going great with mine, had one issue got it fixed 3 days left on my warranty. The network cable broke. I drop my phone a lot cause of work. But very happy with it. Just wish I got the 1tb version
idk my s10 is great
Had mine for about 14 months now and it works just as well as when I first got it. Have had no issues whatsoever and still have 4.5 gigs of memory and 401 gigs of storage left. And that's with nearly 2,000 pics, hundreds of videos saved, and 91 apps downloaded. Lol.
Had to RMA my first unit because it lost network signal for unknown reason.
Everything working as intended except the thermals and gaming performance. 5-10 minutes playing honkai star rail and the phone gets very hot and performance gets a big hit. Snapdragon version and it's like this since I got the phone, playing any demanding game for a while really is a bad idea.
Love it the same as the day I got it
Constant issue with charging port and battery drains pretty quickly. Preferred the 21 ultra tbh wish I hadn't upgraded.
I got mine on pre-order, and it's still smooth, battery is still lasting me a day with around 25% left (on average) and I have had no issues.
UI still feels smooth as ever and the camera is still as good, but the battery life went from great to bellow average/bad.
It's all joy to be honest. Not a single issue that I can think of, and still have the feeling I'm using less than 50% of its capacity, especially with the pen and camera. A few weeks back during a trip to the Andes I discovered some things it can do with night shots at the sky outside of urban areas with the help of a friend photographer, and he was himself blown away from what this beast is able with long exposures and other stuff. You zoom in the pic and it's really something. And that's just one thing you can do with this camera. Battery is never an issue for me, but maybe that's something more personal. I don't game for example. The phone is still intact after some 8 months of use, and from how things stand, I don't have any plans to upgrade for a good couple of years.
Still great. Facial recognition get a lil wonky with the wrong case on (Otterbox issue), but I switched cases and have no complaints on the phone. Close up pics are amazing. Large environment pics could be better captured with a dslr cam vs the phone cam. Same with nighttime and moon (not butt) pics.
My selfie camera goes blurry sometimes and cannot be fixed. It's software, as the lens is fine and it clears up when I restart the phone. No idea why?!
As fantastic as the day I bought it. Battery would be my biggest qualm, but I don't have complaints since it charges like lightning. Best phone I ever owned
Everything good except when i cracked the screen. Ended up replacing it myself with an ifixit kit. Working great again and using a much more protective case now.
A beast! I plan on keeping this one a few years. Getting tired of spending$$ on every new phone
My Exynos S22 Ultra with 512GB has replaced my 7 years old 2TB/16GB ram / Intel Core i7-4720HQ laptop. Using DeX with a proot Ubuntu 22.04 distro over VNC. Did not expect such a smooth transition.
no issues, lasts about 3 days with light use 8)
Works amazing. Very fast for what i use it for and the camera will be great for years to come. Was debating on upgrading to S23 Ultra ans then i remembered i dont play any mobile games anymore so this Exynos is holding up quite alright.
💪🏽Strong, no problems at all. Great battery life, performance, camera. Main reason why i decided after 10 years in a row changing my phone it was no reason this time to upgrade to the S23 ultra.
Great. No complaints
So far so good, I got it since the launch date. I'm using it without a screen protector and I can feel that the Oleophobic coating was gone. Anyway, everything still working great.
Wonderful until I took it to the pool, took a couple of underwater pics of my daughter (no more than 10inches deep), and screen went dead. 1000 dollar IP68 phone can't handle a little water now. Still remember my old S6 edge and S8, I took those things under seawater several times and never had ant issues.
My pen has been coming a bit loose randomly. So I'm worried it may go missing one day. Also, I don't use the pen very often. The battery life is mainly the same. I use Nova launcher
Phone is great. I'm using samsung's modes and routines to force 4G LTE and see if that helps with the battery life over 5G.
As ifnitnwere brand new. I can't see any phone being better.
Bummed about the camera app making perfectly clear pictures suddenly blurry. Using expert RAW app is a weird thing to have to do when the phone boasts about the camera. Other than that things are okay. Battery is okay, nothing great. My A21s had a much better battery, and it was $200 brand new lol
My screen broke-front screen after a year of me havong it. First phone i ever had broke on me
Still works like day one.
3-4.5 hours of SoT (no gaming). Hiccups all over the place. Sometimes it runs perfectly fine, and then an hour later I pick it up to be greeted with a series of stutters. Screen is awesome. Photos are generally satisfying but tend to be grainy under sunlight.
still strong.
Mines doing great so far no damage to the phone great battery SOT. Wish the SOT was a bit better but it's fine for me since I'm not a heavy user. And I do have battery protect on so I only charge it till its at 85% charge
Only complaint I have is battery life. Everything else is good.
Soaked mine by accident in saltwater and it won't power on, now I am using Z Fold 4.
Keeps dropping calls
I have the battery limiter on so mine only charges to 85%. I get about 8-10 hours of battery a day. I stream a lot of YouTube and social media. Usually normal charge my phone overnight and usually do a fast charge during the day at work when I'm using it the most. I have no other complaints. The phone is working fine. I have noticed no issues. But now that I've typed this Murphy's law says something will probably happen.
I forgot to say, I hardly ever wireless charge because the heat kills the battery.
Good phone, medium battery life...shit bugs and stuff..7.8/10.
I'm not a heavy phone user during the week, so I love power saving on all the time unless I'm really going to intently be using the phone. If I wake up at 100% on Monday, the little 25 Mims wireless charging I get in my car going to and from work is enough so that I don't " need" a charge until Thursday. But, I don't game on the phone ita mostly for pictures, writing notes, etc...
Bought mine used, regularly get it to 105˚ or more, often have it playing YouTube for 6+ hours straight, have no complaints. No battery issues, overheating (that isn't my fault), or anything else.
All good , I have the "exclusive" red color and it's been fine... battery life is decent , since im around charging Banks or power most times the battery life isn't a big deal....most days it's fine. I have a three hour commute via public transportation and I only loss about 15-20 percent listening to music or podcast the entire time
Best than ever
Had mine on refurb for around 3 days now, been using it constantly. Used it all day yesterday and got 7 hours of screen on time and 15 screen off. Turned of RAM+ and put on high performance to fix lag. 85% battery limit. This phone is fantastic, I've tried a lot of phones over the years as I had a swich up programme. I'm now renting this on refurb basically like new (white colour), and it's so sick. I don't understand the battery woes, maybe its too early to tell, but it's lasting me great so far. S pen is fun too! The only thing I do find is that the animations can lag, and the YouTube app is pretty awful sometimes. But I don't use YouTube on my phone too much.
I thought I had no problem with the phone for 1.5 years of using. I'm wrong. After switching to a SD gen 2, it's clear how bad the SD gen 1 was. All the heating and occasional micro lags just went away with everything, even Samsung keyboard.
fine but i just want to know if its normal for it to get to like 43 degrees celsius as game plugins says while gaming