Whether you "agree" or not, the 2022 Android King is here as scheduled!
On the evening of February 9, 2022, the Samsung Galaxy S22 series was officially released, still containing S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra three models, of which S22 and S22+ are still the traditional S series design styles in recent years, and the appearance design is not much different from the previous generation; and the S22 Ultra is actually a rebirth for note 22 Ultra, officially built Samsung S Pen.
Since then, after two years, the Samsung S series has finally completed the integration of the Note series: S21 Ultra supports S Pen but is not built-in, and now S22 Ultra is officially built into S Pen, and Samsung flagship series mobile phones have finally evolved from the original S+Note series dual flagship to the current S+Z folding screen series dual flagship.
Detailed upgrade for the S22 Ultra
If you put aside the S22 Ultra's first built-in stylus, the upgrade of the Samsung S22 series at the hardware level is not large compared to the previous generation, and it can even be described as "squeezing toothpaste".
But if you pay attention to details, you will find that Samsung has further improved the S series flagship this time, and the details are upgraded to full. Perhaps, at the moment when the hardware parameters of smart phones tend to be "saturated", such a detail upgrade is the best way for Samsung to polish the top flagship.
S22 Ultra is still equipped with a 6.8-inch 2K+ resolution micro-curved screen, supporting 120Hz LTPO adaptive refresh rate, refresh rate support from 1Hz to 120Hz, but the screen brightness is brighter than the previous generation, up to 1750 nits, this brightness ignores any dazzling light, the official call this screen the use of Vision Booster technology of the second generation of dynamic AMOLED display.
In terms of rear camera module, first of all, the Samsung S22 Ultra has been upgraded in appearance compared to the previous generation, castrating off the slightly prominent design style of the S20 and S21 series, returning to the flat design of the Note 10 series, and the sense of integration with the whole machine is stronger, so that the camera does not look abrupt, and the fat individual prefers this design style.
Interestingly, although the Samsung S22 Ultra castrated the bulge of the rear camera module, it weighs 1g more than the previous generation. At the same time, from the perspective of size, the Samsung S22 Ultra has slightly become slender (the thickness does not change) while ensuring that the basic size of the screen remains unchanged.
S22 Series size comparison
S21 Series size comparison
In terms of camera parameters, the S22 Ultra is almost the same as the previous generation, including a 108 million pixel F1.8 standard wide-angle main camera, a 12mp F2.2 ultra-wide-angle lens (supporting macro), a 10-megapixel F2.4 3x optical zoom telephoto lens, and a 10-megapixel F4.9 10x optical zoom telephoto lens, and the front camera is still 40mp F2.2.
From the parameters alone to see the camera module, Samsung seems to be unwilling to squeeze even toothpaste, but "shake a clever", based on the behavior logic of other brand flagships to cut the telephoto lens, Samsung remains unchanged Is it also seen as an upgrade?
Talking about this, Fat Fat mentioned his opinion on telephoto lenses by the way. Whether a telephoto lens is useful or not, it can be said that it varies from person to person.
Fat usually use telephoto basically three things, one is to participate in the technology conference when recording some information from a distance; the other is to shoot a telephoto video during travel, Samsung's 10 times zoom is the strongest at the moment, especially the camera, which is beyond doubt; the third is some information seen daily, if the distance is far, I will use the zoom to take a picture to watch, without deliberately running over. Therefore, telephoto can be said to be just needed for fat.
Back to the S22 Ultra, Samsung is more of a soft upgrade on the camera module this time, such as the multi-camera system OIS correction angle increased by 58% over the previous generation, and with a faster motion sampling speed to stabilize the shooting, so that the video recording is more stable and clear; or 100 times zoom in the picture quality and stability of further optimization.
In short, the upgrade of the Samsung S22 Ultra imaging system is mainly at the software optimization level.
In terms of storage, Samsung S22 Ultra comes standard with 12G memory, storage specifications include 256G, 512GB, and 1TB three gears, the current fat use of Samsung S21 Ultra top version of 16G + 512G, from the memory point of view, Samsung S22 Ultra has declined. However, judging from the slight differences between the international version and the Bank of China edition in previous years, this year's S22 Ultra version of the Bank of China may still have fine-tuning, and the specific configuration is detailed in the Bank of China conference in a few days.
As for ultrasonic fingerprint recognition, IP68 level dust and water release are the standard of Samsung flagship, fat here will not be repeated, S Pen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the same, detailed parameter configuration see Samsung official website.
The S22 small screen flagship goes one step further
Compared with the S22 Ultra, the appearance upgrade of the middle cup and the large cup of the Samsung S22 series is more conservative, and even the rear camera module has not changed at all, the main change is in the color matching, "technology is mainly based on shell change" The sentence is not bad at all.
Samsung S22 and S22+ provide users with 8 color matching, in addition to the four standard colors of e-commerce platforms such as JD.com and offline stores, Samsung online mall channels also provide an additional four exclusive colors.
In terms of screen size, Samsung S22 and S22+ have been further reduced to 6.1 inches and 6.6 inches, respectively, 0.1 inches smaller than the previous generation, aiming to further create a small screen flagship with a more comfortable hand-holding feel for users, especially the S22.
The weight of the Samsung S22 and S22+ fuselages is further reduced compared with the previous generation, light to 167g and 195g, which are 2g and 5g lighter than the previous generation, respectively; at the same time, the thickness of the fuselage of both is also thinner, both 7.6mm, which are 0.3mm and 0.2mm thinner than the previous generation, respectively, and the overall feel is more comfortable.
In terms of camera module, compared to S22 Ultra, S22 and S22+ changes are obviously greater, the main camera is upgraded to its own 50 million pixel F1.8 standard wide-angle main camera, supporting full-pixel dual-core focus technology; ultra-wide angle remains unchanged compared with the previous generation, 12 million pixels F2.2; telephoto lens this time is synchronized with S22 Ultra to 10 million pixels F2.4 3 times optical zoom, supporting 30 times zoom; the front camera is still 10 million pixels F2.2.
In terms of battery capacity, the S22 Ultra is still 5000 mAh, but both the S22 and S22+ have decreased, down to 3700 mAh and 4500 mAh. S22 Ultra and S22+ upgraded to 45W fast charge, S22 is still the previous generation of 25W fast charge, in the face of domestic brands often 120W fast charge, Samsung's fast charge is still a short board.
Write at the end
The Samsung S22 series is still the Android king of the smartphone market in the first half of the year, which is beyond doubt.
S22 Ultra in the S20 Ultra and S21 Ultra comprehensive stacking on the basis of further optimization in the details, although the surface hardware upgrade is not large, but still sitting firmly in the first seat of Android; as for the Note series S Pen integration is Samsung's flagship product strategy in the past two years to adjust the direction of the S series + Note series packaging upgrade of the new S series will form a new dual flagship with the Z folding screen series in the future, continue to build Android benchmark.
S22 is Samsung's small screen flagship to further polish and upgrade, the feel is more compact and comfortable, the hardware experience is more powerful, S22 is still the first choice for the small screen flagship in 2022, just like the S21 in 2021.
By the way, Fat Fat learned in the official Samsung live broadcast room that the Samsung S22 National Bank conference was February 22 when writing, so please look forward to the price of the National Bank.