Samsung Galaxy S23 series has launched in 3 weeks and it has become one of the best phones in the year 2023. After trying it out for 2 weeks, here are a few things that we love about the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra:
Premium Design
Just like its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone is still made of high-quality material and it has a pretty good weight too. The Galaxy S23 Ultra really looks and feels premium when held in our hands.
Vibrant, Sharp, and Smooth
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 6.8″ QHD+screen with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus display that comes with an Advanced Vision Booster which makes it more vibrant and sharp. Together with its high refresh rate, it makes the scrolling around the screen smoother too.
The 200MP Sensor
The “adaptive pixel 200MP sensor” in the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra camera has more megapixels than its competitors. More megapixels means more detail captured per shot, larger file sizes, and, ultimately, more creative options for your photos. This includes printing out A4 or larger photos without losing detail, or the ability to re-frame parts of your shot, focusing in on a specific area, and turning it into the perfect crop.
We took photos via the main camera in the 200-megapixel 3:4 mode, we were then able to zoom into the shots, such as faces in the audience or the brick and ironwork. We were surprised by how much detail was retained in an extreme zoom of the photo, and this was a noticeable change compared to its predecessor; the Galaxy S22 Ultra’s 108MP.
Nightography
Nightography’ is a term defined by Samsung for taking great photos in low light conditions. While the dedicated night mode isn’t new, there is an all-new AI-powered image signal processing (ISP) algorithm that helps reduce noise in dark scenes. This is complemented by the S23 Ultra’s ability to take night portraits, thanks to the Dual Pixel AI stereo depth map, which can figure out fore and background objects in low light. Then there’s improved night video, which uses multi-frame processing to clean up noise, thanks to the extra power from its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile chip.
We shot a ‘Bridge’ scene using the Night Photo mode. It certainly does an impressive job of making very low light shots appear as much more visible shots, while not brightening things up to unrealistic levels. While the S22 Ultra did a reasonable job, the S23 is distinctly better, especially when cleaning up noise, and appears to have better light sensitivity overall.
Pro Control and RAW for the Pro
There’s more for experts too with new RAW and Pro modes. You can access 16-bit computational RAW files should you wish, and you can even get RAW data from the selfie camera. The main 200MP camera now supports 50MP RAW output, which has increased from the S22 Ultra.
All in all, while the S23 range may appear similar on the outside to the S22 from last year, there’s a lot of change on the inside, which looks to make the Ultra the best phone of the year and pro photographer’s smartphone of choice.
