First of all, I apologize to my friends, for some unspeakable reasons, this Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra start-up review came a little late...
However, poor friends should have heard various news about it during this time, such as taking over the Note series, excellent image performance, ancestral S Pen stylus and so on.
Saddled with the names of the Ultra and Note series, many people are curious about its performance, including Tony himself.
Without further ado, let's take a look at this Samsung super cup flagship, can you still keep the title of Android flagship.
>/ déjà vu look
The S22 Ultra features a completely different design from the S22/S22+, and instead of a stunning four-sided narrow bezel, it's a 6.8-inch micro-curved screen with a slightly larger chin.
At the same time, the entire fuselage side is also integrated with the curved screen, and the two sides are completely composed of curves, but the upper and lower sides are completely flattened.
Such a design does have a very strong Note flavor in it.
The quality of the screen itself is not to be said, the 2K resolution Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen, support 1 to 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 1750 nits of peak brightness, but also equipped with a new technology called Vision Booster.
This technology can control individual pixels in different environments to adjust their color and brightness according to the ambient light, so as to provide better display results.
After all, it is the flagship of its own flagship, as a screen factory, Samsung will naturally use the best screen, and you basically can't pick out the problems of this screen.
But the back of the S22 Ultra is somewhat controversial, some people think the design of the camera is a bit ugly, and some people like this design of the camera to be cut out for you alone.
Tony personally feels that this design is ok, there is no superfluous thing, the glass texture of the frosted material is also very good, and the workmanship is absolutely the first echelon level.
At the bottom of the fuselage, there is an absolutely soul-level design, that is, the S Pen.
And according to Tony's shallow knowledge, this should be the only flagship phone on the market that still has a built-in stylus.
Don't underestimate this pen, the gameplay about it will be described in detail later.
Overall, the S22 Ultra has a very simple appearance, with rounded sides and toughness, and the workmanship and screen are also top-notch.
But the large volume and 228 grams of weight also make it a heavyweight player without compromise, daily one-handed operation is more difficult, and the blessing of the S Pen also makes it obviously a model recommended for two-handed use.
>/ Full-focal length dominant camera
After talking about the appearance, let's look directly at the camera!
The image performance of Samsung's S-series flagship phones has always been close to the top of the line.
However, with the serious internal roll of domestic manufacturers, Samsung's image advantage is much smaller than before, which also makes consumers have very high requirements for the performance of the S series cameras.
From the hardware parameters alone, the S22 Ultra is completely unobtrusive, with a 100 million pixel main camera and a 12 million pixel ultra-wide angle lens, as well as 10 million pixel 3x and 10x optical zoom lenses, which can achieve up to 100x zoom.
And the S22 Ultra's imaging technology this time is really a bit much, such as the further expansion of the night scene solution, the advanced OIS+VDIS dual-track image stabilization solution, Super HDR and the Adaptive Pixel, which can multi-frame composite 100 million pixel main camera and ultra-wide-angle lens images, and so on...
But it is useless to just say that you don't practice, let's directly sample it, and it is clear what it looks like.
First of all, the ancestral outdoor sample, S22 Ultra photos of different focal lengths are good, neither color nor detail can be faulted, and even a 10x telephoto sample can give people a little sharp feeling.
0.6x, 1x, 3x, 10x, and 100x▼, respectively
Even at 100x zoom, the tiles on the house can be seen clearly, but it can only be seen, and it is still quite mushy by the standard of photos.
But Tony always felt that this photo seemed to be less than something, thinking about it, and the colleague next to me suddenly woke me up - it was not colorful enough!
One of the most important reasons why Samsung photos are particularly pleasing is that they are particularly bright, maybe this is not the color of the actual scene, but I have to admit that such photos are really eye-catching.
Photos taken from the previous Samsung Galaxy S20▼
In terms of color, the S22 Ultra generation has converged a lot, finding a balance between realism and brilliance, but in Tony's eyes, the S22 Ultra's photos are more realistic.
However, when shooting some scenes that are already bright, you can still find a little bit of the former three-star flavor.
Indoor samples are also small for the S22 Ultra, even if it is 10 times not mushy, and 100 times zoom can also see the details in the distance.
When shooting night scenes, if there is no open night mode, in addition to the main camera, the samples of other focal lengths are a bit reluctant...
It doesn't matter, open the night mode, directly carry out a night scene shooting, the result is naturally immediate. The highlight energy is pressed down, and the details are much more.
Especially the 10x zoom, its imaging effect has been greatly unexpected by Tony, and it has not become mushy because the multiplier is relatively high.
In the extreme dark scene with almost no light source, poor friends can feel the difference between the open night scene and the open night scene mode.
Left: Does not open night mode
Right: Open Night Mode ▼
This is not what night vision goggles are...
After a few days of photography, Tony found that in addition to the big change in color, the S22 Ultra camera is still at the top level.
Although its night vision goggles can no longer open up too much gap with domestic brands, the high-quality output performance of the full focal length is still very good.
>/ S Pen
Many people think that 2202, to the mobile phone with a stylus is not a bit outdated, if you have this idea, it is a little too underestimated Samsung's stylus skills...
The S Pen is basically the same as before, as long as you press the button at the bottom of the fuselage, accompanied by a slight vibration, you can pull out the entire pen.
And the most direct feeling of this generation of S Pen is that its delay is too small...
How small is it? The latency of 2.8 milliseconds is 3 times lower than that of the previous generation, which should be the highest in the current stylus.
And because the delay was so low, Tony even felt that his reaction could not keep up with the speed of the pen...
This kind of speed of following has surpassed the traditional paper and pen experience, and can only be described as faster than fast, too silky.
However, some colleagues said that they did not like S Pen with a little soft nib, always felt that the feedback was not clear enough, and some colleagues especially liked this feeling, which will vary from person to person.
In addition to this, the S Pen has many features related to recording, painting and taking screenshots, such as Tony's favorite screen writing function.
As long as the S Pen is drawn out in the screen state, the screen will enter the screen writing mode, which has the feeling of writing on the blackboard, but it is much smoother than the blackboard.
After recording the inspiration, click Save to store the content in the notes, which is quite convenient and fast.
If you draw the S Pen in the bright screen state, a window will automatically pop up, which has a lot of functions to choose from, almost picking a fancy eye for Tony.
Among them, Tony's personal favorite function is screenshot writing, the system will immediately take a screenshot and enter the writing state, I can create or annotate the current screenshot, the accuracy is much higher than poking with my finger.
The S Pen also has a button on the pen that you can hold to wake up a custom function, or you can dangle it while holding it down, like waving a wand.
The suspension operation is highly accurate, the response is also very sensitive, and it is easy to get started.
In addition, the S Pen also has two full screen functions to set, and the functions are much more than I thought, which is not shown here.
Overall, the S Pen is both the soul of the Note series (now the S Ultra) series and the iconic design that sets it apart from all other phones.
But that doesn't mean it's just a vase, whether it's top-notch technical power or everyday experience, S Pen won't hold you back and can take on your daily record-keeping work.
>/Performance
It is reasonable to say that the Snapdragon 8 processor mobile phone does not need to talk about any performance, because everyone has a good idea of it.
But some time ago, there was no news, saying that Samsung limited the performance of the mobile phone, and later updated a version of the firmware to lift this restriction.
This also makes Tony more curious, what will happen to the S22 Ultra, which has lifted the performance limit?
Well... In fact, there is no change, after the picture quality is full for 30 minutes of "Original God", Samsung does not make any restrictions on this processor, but the frame rate is also like a roller coaster.
When it is good, it can go up 50 frames, and when it is bad, it is only about 30 frames, and the average is 42.3 frames, which can only be said to be decent.
But the average number of frames measured by other media when limiting performance is only about 30 frames, so to some extent, lifting the performance limit does make the gaming experience better...
What surprised Tony the most was actually the body temperature, because Tony didn't find the heat of the S22 Ultra to make me feel difficult to hold.
In terms of performance, S22 Ultra can meet the needs of the vast majority of people, if you want to play the game is not impossible, but the experience is certainly not as comfortable as the domestic manufacturers who specialize in adaptation.
>/ One UI
Finally, Tony would like to say something about the One UI.
Today, when the domestic customization system is popular, many people have almost forgotten the existence of One UI, in fact, it has evolved to 4.1 One UI, which is not worse than domestic brands in daily use.
Even to a certain extent, the degree of customization of One UI is higher than that of domestic brands...
But the problem is that many features are not built with the system, and users need to go to the app store to download, such as Good Lock.
You can think of Good Lock as an official collection of small software, which contains more than a dozen pieces of software, as long as you download and install it according to your preferences.
There are some software that Tony highly recommends for Samsung users to install, such as One Hand Operation+, which can customize the area and function of the return gesture on both sides.
NotiStar that can save or filter notifications for you.
You can even use LockStar to fully customize the lock screen, where the clock can be placed wherever you want.
But the premise of the above software is to install it manually, and this will significantly increase the cost of learning, many users do not even know that there are so many useful features, such as Tony himself who just started using Samsung...
>/ Final
Such a long list of reviews to see, everyone should have a number in mind, S22 Ultra is a flagship phone with excellent workmanship and performance, it is difficult for you to pick out faults from it.
Of course, not everyone can accept the operation of the S Pen and the starting price of 9699 yuan, so the S22 Ultra is not for everyone.
Tony feels that its main audience is still business people or digital enthusiasts who like to pursue technology, which is powerful to use and has a face to take out.
And there's no doubt that the S22 Ultra is one of the best hardware-equipped phones you'll ever get in 2022.
The position of this Android machine emperor is still quite stable.