**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S23 Family Thread ****

[mrk]

Looks like Graphite might be a standard colour now, nice no longer need to wait 4 extra weeks.

 

[superleeds27]

Have the S21 at the mo and skipped the S22, seemed a bit of a backwards step.

Think I'll take a look at the base S23. Hoping we get some half decent trade in/pre-order deals

 

[david25]

For everyone estimating their trade-ins here is the leaked pricing!

New Galaxy S23 price leak ranges from US$799 for entry-level model to right up to US$1,499 for a fully kitted-out S23 Ultra

A new leak sheds light on the Galaxy S23 series' prices, which are now rumoured to start at US$799 for the entry-level device and US$1,499 for the tricked-out Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra will support Wi-Fi 7, while the base Galaxy S23 will be restricted to Wi-Fi 6.

www.notebookcheck.net

£800 for a 8Gb/128Gb S23 to £1500 for your Ultra with everything

 

[superleeds27]

For everyone estimating their trade-ins here is the leaked pricing!

New Galaxy S23 price leak ranges from US$799 for entry-level model to right up to US$1,499 for a fully kitted-out S23 Ultra

A new leak sheds light on the Galaxy S23 series' prices, which are now rumoured to start at US$799 for the entry-level device and US$1,499 for the tricked-out Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra will support Wi-Fi 7, while the base Galaxy S23 will be restricted to Wi-Fi 6.

www.notebookcheck.net

£800 for a 8Gb/128Gb S23 to £1500 for your Ultra with everything

Urgh

 

[Kanpai]

£800 for a 8Gb/128Gb S23 to £1500 for your Ultra with everything

Am I missing something here?

• Galaxy S23 Ultra 12 GB RAM/1 TB storage: US$1,499

That's about £1225.57

 

[DeanT77]

I'm still on the note 9 which has been the perfect phone for me but it's time to upgrade so the S23 is hopefully the replacement

 

[djcj]

Am I missing something here?

• Galaxy S23 Ultra 12 GB RAM/1 TB storage: US$1,499

That's about £1225.57

It never follows the exchange rate, the best estimate of the UK price is to just swap the dollar sign for a pound sign.

 

[neoboy]

Am I missing something here?

• Galaxy S23 Ultra 12 GB RAM/1 TB storage: US$1,499

That's about £1225.57

Plus VAT on top and usual UK pricing extra which is never in our favour.

Lucky if we get parity with the $ price.

 

[david25]

Its needs to be really good for £800, the Pixel 7 is down to £450-£500 (with specific time limited special deals)

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I didn't know that phones could go up to 1TB now.

My S20U is 128GB (all visible) + 128GB SD (117GB visible), so presumably with SD no longer being relevant, a 256GB S23U would be my sweet spot. I'll wait for a couple of months i.e. April after the early birds like I did with the S20U. I can probably get a staff discount.

What are examples of trade-in web sites these days? Music Magpie gave me the best rate for my Note 4, but CEX was best for my S8 Plus a few years later.

 

[marcg868]

No doubt EE will be Charing £99 a month and £600 upfront for a decent 125gb tariff on the Ultra. other networks need pull their finger out and provide decent signal out in the sticks.

 

[rodders]

If it is around £1,500 for the ultra, I'd need a decent trade in for my s21u to buy it and maybe some headphones.
Might be a no go and have to swap manufacturer.

 

[djcj]

If it is around £1,500 for the ultra, I'd need a decent trade in for my s21u to buy it and maybe some headphones.
Might be a no go and have to swap manufacturer.

I'm not sure if you clicked the link or not, but £1,500 is the top 1tb version (if it is indeed a direct dollars to pound conversion):

• Galaxy S23 Ultra: 8 GB RAM/256 GB storage: US$1,249
• Galaxy S23 Ultra: 12 GB RAM/512 GB storage: US$1,349
• Galaxy S23 Ultra 12 GB RAM/1 TB storage: US$1,499

 

[rodders]

No I didn't! But just chatting to a mate and decided it must have been the 1TB model and cheaper versions available.

 

[Diagro]

Meh.

My next phone will be the next FOLD phone.

 

[doodah]

Don't forget in 6-9 months after release, you can probably get pristine refurbs for hundreds less.

 

[XeNoN89]

Meh.

My next phone will be the next FOLD phone.

Looks like the next fold will solve a couple more of the issues with their previous foldables: new hinge that allows the device to close flat, and almost completely removes the screen crease

 

[mrk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1615194095953272832

200MP ISOCELL HP2, f/1.3 lens.

For once, Samsung's in-house sensor is the latest model and only featuring in the S23 Ultra (previously the flagship sensors were put into Chinese brand phones before Samsungs...).

Looking forward to seeing what this thing is capable of.

 

[neoboy]

Looking forward to seeing what you're capable of doing with it

 

[mrk]

And a breakdown of the new sensor:

Samsung launches 200MP ISOCELL HP2 camera with Tetra2pixel technology

After months of rumors and three different 200MP image sensors, Samsung has officially introduced the new 200MP ISOCELL HP2 camera with improved pixel technology. This new ISOCELL image sensor brings full-well capacity for stunning mobile images, and almost confirmed to debut with Galaxy S23...

www.sammyfans.com

Samsung introduces 200MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor for Galaxy S23 Ultra

The sensor is 1/1.3” in size with 0.6 um pixels and is the company's most advanced sensor yet. Samsung Electronics announced its latest 200 MP sensor...

www.gsmarena.com

Super QPD is really interesting, that's mirrorless full frame camera focusing tech where every pixel of the sensor is used as AF points. That explains the previous rumour that the S23 Ultra solves the focusing problem that Samsung phones have had in low light for a while now.