The Official Samsung Galaxy S22 Family Thread

n30_mkii · 18 Nov 2021 at 20:45

So it's getting close to what is believed to be a February release date for the S22 line. This time around the ultra model will essentially become the Note series replacement, with a built in spen and different more square design.

The UK looks to be getting the Exynos in collaboration with AMD, which was rumoured to be a real challenge to the Apple A15, and SD898 but the early benchmarks are not looking promising on the processing side, but time will tell. That said the GPU performance does seem to be ahead at this point.

https://wccftech.com/galaxy-s22-ultra-with-exynos-2200-poor-benchmark-results/

General news to date
https://www.sammobile.com/news/everything-we-know-so-far-about-galaxy-s22-flagship-lineup/

I'm looking forward to seeing what the final reviews look like, but at this point I'm not blown away by the probable designs based on early prototypes seen in the field.

https://bgr.com/tech/see-the-galaxy-s22-ultras-new-design-in-the-first-leaked-live-images/

n30_mkii · 19 Nov 2021 at 07:25

DataVampire said:
Well, i am looking forward to pre-ordering my Note 222 ultra i mean my s22 ultra. I hope the rumours are not true and that the new Samsung/AMD chipset is crapy. The trouble it is just rumoured atm some are saying everyone is getting snapdragon and the Samsung one is not going to be ready and it is vastly underperforming. i also noticed some new regions have been added to the snapdragon. I wonder what preorder goodies we will get this time.

Yes I'm hoping that the scores improve closer to Christmas for the exynos 2200, especially if we are one of a few countries getting it. As you say most countries have been swapped over to the SD898 for reasons unknown, I guess it could be to do with global shortages perhaps

n30_mkii · 22 Nov 2021 at 08:15

pinkpound said:
Samsung better not trick me into buying this then release a Note 22 later in the year .

It is Samsung, so never say never. That said I think this makes sense, the other launches later in the year would be the foldables

n30_mkii · 1 Dec 2021 at 22:03

I'm a little concerned still about 70% of the world are getting the new SD 898 now called the SD 8 Gen1 and that we will be in the 30% getting the new Exynos 2200, it doesn't instil me with faith that it's going to be on par with the SD, initial benchmarks are all over the place, so too early to tell. I have a feeling I'll wait to see the performance and battery life reviews before buying.

n30_mkii · 9 Dec 2021 at 08:19

Some more reports coming in of benchmarks for the new sd matching gpu performance of the a15 but not close in terms of cpu. I really hope the exynos isn't miles behind! We should get some benchmarks by end of month

n30_mkii · 10 Jan 2022 at 19:36

Not looking good for the Exynos 2200, apparently Samsung have started to pull all of their marketing materials for it, as pre launch its looking worse than all its counterparts in this space. Ih dear, if it is true I really don't like the idea of them palming them off in the UK. I'll most certainly just do an import.

n30_mkii · 12 Jan 2022 at 08:30

I may also jumpt to the iphone this year depending on how this pans out

n30_mkii · 7 Feb 2022 at 19:42

DataVampire said:
The more I'm thinking about the new s22 ultra the more I'm not liking what i am reading. I am going to skip this release. I am not prepared to gamble on the new chipset. sucks we don't get a choice. So I'm off to apple for at least a year.

pre-order goodies have been leaked. That was the main thing i liked about Samsung. But if the leaks are correct it is going to be either buds pro(which are amazing bar the allergic reaction some people get me included) buds 2 or a galaxy watch 4.

The resale of each of them is not the greatest.
Hope the phone is good for those who are getting it.

I'm in a similar position, but going to wait for full reviews side by side, drain tests etc compared with the S21 ultra and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Not going to bother with pre-order

n30_mkii · 9 Feb 2022 at 20:39

Does anyone know when the full reviews are likely to appear. I really want to see what the performance, cameras and battery life are like. Is it generally a couple of weeks

n30_mkii · 9 Feb 2022 at 21:24

Can anyone confirm if the s22 ultra is a dual sim or single sim from sammy direct?

n30_mkii · 11 Feb 2022 at 21:08

Bit the bullet and ordered the black S22 Ultra 512GB, looking back at the promo deals last year it seemed to be the sweet spot with code stacking. Used a 10% discount code, £310 for a trade in on my old phone, quidco £50 offer (hopefully), and will see the freebies. Still going to wait for the battery life and camera performance reviews, but may just cancel or return depending what pans out. Hoping the E2200 isn't complete trash compared to the SD

n30_mkii · 12 Feb 2022 at 09:50

Has anyone stumped out for the 1tb version? The price jump just wasn't worth it, so I went with the 512gb as that seemed to be the sweet spot

n30_mkii · 12 Feb 2022 at 20:34

Good comparison of the cameras vs iphone 13 pro. Takeaway for me is the camera look really good for photography, but the dynamic range and quality of video is still quite a bit better on the iphone. Caveats I guess are this isn't the exynos and there will likely be software updates to improve the s22 further.

https://youtu.be/L7cAdjzOk9E

n30_mkii · 14 Feb 2022 at 22:32

Odd we haven't seen a battery life test as yet, hopefully it will appear tonight/tommorow as I feel its the only bit missing from all the reviews. Expect it to be better than the s21 ultra, but not as good as the iphone 13 pro max. But I think thats ok, would be fantastic if it is close to the iPhone

n30_mkii · 15 Feb 2022 at 13:36

J-FRO said:
Why is everyone so concerned about the battery life? I get that obviously it's a PITA to have to charge regularly, but in reality, don't we all just charge our phones when we notice the battery getting low and get an opportunity? And aren't these new chipsets supposed to be more efficient anyway?

I'm switching from an S10 to an S22, so expecting to see a nice jump in user experience etc, but the battery life really isn't that much of a concern for me.

I appreciate however that perhaps some of you will be using your phones more often than me, and perhaps even for work etc. Maybe even a few of you are keen photographers and like to use your phone for that hobby/profession too. So I get that. But are any of you just annoyed purely because it's not a significant upgrade on last years model?

Not looking to wind anyone up by asking this, I'm just genuinely a little unsure why it seems to be such a big issue for so many people.

Only because my current note 8 now has a terrible battery life and I have to charge at least once a day. As long as it lasts the day with moderate to high usage I'll be happy, but would really like to see some comparisons as it looks to be a step down in terms of battery life compared to last years models from what i've seen so far. That's not ideal as it's supposed to be more optimised, but the chips don't seem great this year on that front. Each to their own I guess, but my preference is to charge overnight only, and not to have to worry about taking a power bank with me if I'm out for the entire day

n30_mkii · 15 Feb 2022 at 14:20

Ok so slightly behind the s21 ultra which isn't a great outcome. I'm struggling with why it isn't better and somewhere inbetween the s21 and iphone 13. But hey ho, doubt it will improve further, so I guess it will do

n30_mkii · 15 Feb 2022 at 19:15

Sounds like people have been picking up the cheaper spigen charger which looks good (shame no black). How about screen protection, ive had a whitestone tempered glass on my old note, but seemed to get very poor reviews for the s21 ultra. Any thoughts? Assuming the UK ones won't have a protector fitted?

n30_mkii · 16 Feb 2022 at 17:17

smokedog said:
And here's some more bad battery life from the S22U

Full video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvp7oAHuNDI

Wow 3hrs of screen on time in a real world day of usage. Seemed to be 8hrs in the recent comparison video against the S21 & iPhone, so this real world usage of 3hrs SoT is not good at all. I'm quite concerned to see if others validate this.

n30_mkii · 16 Feb 2022 at 18:41

Another battery test which is useful, but confirms the s22 ultra is pretty poor compared to the s21 ultra and other phones. This is the exynos version of both too!

n30_mkii · 17 Feb 2022 at 13:57

RobK said:
I'll probably get the Spigen Liquid Air case as I like it on my current S10. I'm going to stick with my existing Quick Charge 3.0 chargers initially and see how I get on with those.

This is what I was thinking of getting, but not tried one before. Looks pretty slim, but smart

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