Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Its price in India starts from Rs 1,09,999. Is this the ultimate Android flagship at this price? I spent some time with this phone, based on which I am telling you my first impressions.
Samsung Galaxy S22 And Galaxy S22+ Almost the entire design has been given like the S21 series. But Galaxy S22 Ultra It is a little different from these. Its design reflects the Galaxy Note 20 series. However, Samsung did not launch any successor to it.
The Galaxy S22 Ultra looks like a shadow of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The curved metal frame has a larger display curve. The phone is comfortable to hold and its curves don’t give away the width of its large display. The top and bottom part of the phone is completely flat.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has a silo (a place to hold the pen) for its S Pen. This has been done for the first time in the Galaxy S series. The phone has a 5,000mAh battery with support for 45W fast charging. But for this you will have to buy the charger separately. The weight of the phone is 229 grams which feels heavy in the hand but still the weight is well balanced. Both the handset and the S Pen come with IP68 rating which is capable of protecting against dust and water.
The rear panel of the phone has a quad camera setup but instead of a single module, five separate circles for the lenses come out of the panel. The primary camera is 108 megapixels with phase detection autofocus (PDAF). There is a 12 megapixel ultrawide angle camera with 120 degree field of view. The third sensor is a 10-megapixel telephoto camera with 10X optical zoom. The fourth sensor is a 10-megapixel telephoto lens with 3X optical zoom. A 40-megapixel selfie camera is provided in the front. Samsung claims that better low-light photography can be done in the phone and the company has called it Nightography. I will test it in the full review.
Talking about the display, it has a 6.8-inch QuadHD Plus panel which comes with HDR10+ certification. Its maximum refresh rate is 120 Hz. Depending on what you’re doing on the phone, it can even drop the refresh rate down to 1Hz. The display shows deep black which I really liked. The peak brightness of the display is said to be 1750 nits, making it easily readable even in direct sunlight. Stereo speakers add to the overall experience of the phone.
In India, we have been seeing Exynos processor in Samsung phones but this time the company is changing the trend and has given Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in the phone. The phone has 12 GB RAM and from the storage you can choose the option of 256 GB and 512 GB. The price of 256 GB storage variant is Rs 1,09,999 while its 512 GB variant is priced at Rs 1,18,999. It can be purchased at a lower price under pre-booking offers. If you pre-book the phone, you can get Galaxy Watch 4 with a huge discount. S22 Ultra has been launched in Phantom White, Phantom Black and Burgundy color variants.
This flagship of Samsung comes with Android 12 with OneUI 4.1. The February 2022 Android security patch was installed on my unit. The company has promised to provide operating system upgrades for four years and security updates for five years. According to the short time I used the phone, the phone is quite fast. If you are a Samsung user for a long time then you will also like the user interface.
The build quality of the Galaxy S22 Ultra is quite impressive and its camera specifications are also attractive. It seems that Samsung has combined the features of Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series in a single phone with the aim of providing the best flagship. The phone comes with the features of both the series. Compared to Galaxy S21 Ultra, the price has been increased slightly. But, the phone also has many features and it is affordable compared to Apple iPhone 13 Pro. I will reserve my judgment on its performance, camera, battery life and other features until I finish testing the phone. Full review of the device will be given soon, for that stay with Gadgets 360.