Samsung galaxy S23 and S23 ultra

[mjschabow]

That was a good review explaining the new features and showing the shutter speed with it enabled. 👍

Yeah, after seeing that video I think I actually change my tune on the shutter leg. Seems like that fixes it. I guess the only worry is if you’re prioritizing speed over quality, how much of a quality dip is there?

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Yeah, after seeing that video I think I actually change my tune on the shutter leg. Seems like that fixes it. I guess the only worry is if you’re prioritizing speed over quality, how much of a quality dip is there?

I think it's all in how much time is allowed for post processing. Honestly, I'm not worried much. Being that using burst on my S22U doesn't seem to noticeably affect quality. I might try the balance settings first on the S23U, and a week later see how much of a degrade (if noticeable) happens on the fastest shutter setting.

 

[yui4]

Pre order gone in 👍

 

[keithop]

That was a good review explaining the new features and showing the shutter speed with it enabled. 👍

ahhhhh yeah that's REALLY good ! shows that the camera assistant is now in the camera settings which is where I'd expect it! and shows quick tap shutter menu options.

Really good that he shows the actual menus. top review.

 

[majkom]

Back from store, too big Phone, but nice quick one.. but maaan, fold 4 is gr8.. apple bring it!

 

[Supersonicc]

ahhhhh yeah that's REALLY good ! shows that the camera assistant is now in the camera settings which is where I'd expect it! and shows quick tap shutter menu options.

Really good that he shows the actual menus. top review.

After seeing this video, I tested the S23 Ultra camera in store today using Quick Tap Shutter enabled on in the Camera Assistant menu. I can confirm this makes any potential shutter lag non-existent and I pressed the camera button a lot! Really quick compared to my Z Fold4 & an S22 Ultra they had in store. Not sure if picture quality is affected when enabled but I can't wait to test out low-light photography.

Most difficult decision is colour. Green looked better / more rich in person than in YT videos. Black is just beautiful & stunning. I didn't see Graphite being an exclusive colour. Mind not made up yet!

 

[lyunmac]

I preordered the 512GB blue S23U. Really curious about the camera and will test it for a week if I want to keep it. I have the Fold 4 it's the most fun phone I've ever had but sometimes I don't want to use it (hiking and other rough trips). Also have the 13 mini for jogging, cycling or when I go out at night and need small, light phone (those summer nights with no jackets or going to NY Redbull games). Also happy it'll match my work sierra blue 13 pro.

 

[SteveJUAE]

not convinced he really knows what shutter lag is!

Shutter lag for us photo-heads is when you press the shutter and the image is captured a short time (hopefully) later. There's always a lag and the only question is how long that lag is.

That lag is usually tested on the first shot with no other shots waiting to be written to the drive from memory.

Then you have time to next shot which is how long the camera/phone takes to empty the data from the last shot onto the drive and make itself ready for the next shot. You can nearly always produce a larger delay here depending how many times you press the shutter and how much data each photo represents.

What he's shown there is a blurry photo of a constantly moving item and that's not really shutter lag in my book, that's shutter speed. Simply the shutter speed hasn't been set fast enough to grab an image without getting motion blur. Of course, you can say THAT'S a negative, but that's not shutter lag to me!

in the dslr world, if we're going to be looking for a great shot of something constantly moving, with 4k and wow 8k video, I'd be swapping it to video mode and grabbing a frame out of that, there should be easily enough data... or just going pro raw and setting a higher shutter speed.

100% with you on this, they do not know what shutter lag is LOL and confusing it with focus on moving object and/or different surface types

I think madame GM alluded to this with her IRL experiences

 

[Bkdodger]

My first impressions is the phone feels even lighter to me than previous though prob just me and the screen is getting almost to flat.. it did feel a little weird around the back edges if you're going to carry the phone naked felt like it grabbed a little bit.. The sides of the phone are more squared..

 

[Bkdodger]

S23+ and S23 I'm not a fan they look like a toy to me lol just my preference and a case would solve it ..man these phones feel light ..

 

[three]

My first impressions is the phone feels even lighter to me than previous though prob just me and the screen is getting almost to flat.. it did feel a little weird around the back edges if you're going to carry the phone naked felt like it grabbed a little bit.. The sides of the phone are more squared..

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the S23 Ultra! My Best Buy doesn't have any S23 models out on display yet (we're always dead last) but I did handle the S22 Ultra, I liked the rounded corners, but the slightly more squared sides might make the S23 Ultra a little more comfortable to hold in the hands? That being said, I'm rarely going to use my S23 Ultra without a case, but I'm interested to see how it feels anyways.

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

 

[keithop]

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

oo now that's a good and timely question, I was thinking exactly the same thing!

 

[Motionblurrr]

S23+ and S23 I'm not a fan they look like a toy to me lol just my preference and a case would solve it ..man these phones feel light ..

They look like iPhone 11s with a third camera lens lol

 

[Technerd108]

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the S23 Ultra! My Best Buy doesn't have any S23 models out on display yet (we're always dead last) but I did handle the S22 Ultra, I liked the rounded corners, but the slightly more squared sides might make the S23 Ultra a little more comfortable to hold in the hands? That being said, I'm rarely going to use my S23 Ultra without a case, but I'm interested to see how it feels anyways.

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

I have an tab s8 11" model and I love it.

The display despite not being AMOLED is beautiful. It also has 120hz display. The sound of the quad speakers is great and surround effect is good. They are light on the bass but overall excellent.

The tablet lasts a long time on battery, slightly longer than my iPad air 5. It is very well built and solid feeling. Although just a tad heavy.

The phone and tablet integrate very well. If you have a Galaxy phone it works very similar to iPhone and iPad.

The UI is fluid and fast.

Really makes an excellent addition.

 

[three]

I have an tab s8 11" model and I love it.

The display despite not being AMOLED is beautiful. It also has 120hz display. The sound of the quad speakers is great and surround effect is good. They are light on the bass but overall excellent.

The tablet lasts a long time on battery, slightly longer than my iPad air 5. It is very well built and solid feeling. Although just a tad heavy.

The phone and tablet integrate very well. If you have a Galaxy phone it works very similar to iPhone and iPad.

The UI is fluid and fast.

Really makes an excellent addition.

Thank you for the little review! You've sold me... I found a brand-new in box Tab S8 11" on eBay for $519 shipped from a larger seller. I just grabbed that. Great price! I'm excited to try it out.

 

[lyunmac]

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the S23 Ultra! My Best Buy doesn't have any S23 models out on display yet (we're always dead last) but I did handle the S22 Ultra, I liked the rounded corners, but the slightly more squared sides might make the S23 Ultra a little more comfortable to hold in the hands? That being said, I'm rarely going to use my S23 Ultra without a case, but I'm interested to see how it feels anyways.

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

I have the Tab S8U. I got used to the large size and it's great for video entertainment, photo editing, casual browsing and emulating N64 and GameCube games. It's so thin which is amazing too. Also fun to have Samsung's version of airdrop to share photos in between. If you have OneDrive you can sync photos between both devices similar to Apple devices having the same photos in the library across phones and tablets.

 

[Ludatyk]

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

Not trying to deter you from choosing a Samsung tablet.

But just offering my advice... when I was looking into getting a Samsung tablet, I went in a different approach and looked toward DeX instead. I was thinking of getting one of those laptop-like devices where I can plug in my smartphone, but I wanted a standalone monitor instead.

And DeX is capability of pushing out 4K now... I plan on getting a portable 4K monitor in the future, as of now... I have a 1080p UPerfect Y (have owned it for 10 months).

 

[Supersonicc]

FYI, the Quick Tap shutter changes the behavior of the shutter button to be like the iPhone, ie taking the picture when you first tap on the shutter button instead of when you release it. That doesn’t affect quality.

But of course, these “tech” YouTubers would probably never even bother to check this even in their “reviews.”

Your correct with this. In his latest video today, comparing the S23 Ultra vs 14 Pro Max, somebody states in comments section about changing the camera settings to avoid shutter lag. He actually then asks the question himself in the comments where and how to enable this function!

He's clearly only got his video out for clickbait and view numbers instead of either properly prior using the S23 Ultra camera or not updating to the latest software before releasing to YT. Pretty annoying. With nearly 2M subscribers it is this exact kind of misleading information to the wider general viewing public that give the supposed heavyweight tech YT crew a bad name.

Best to wait for proper reviews.

 

[airbusking]

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the S23 Ultra! My Best Buy doesn't have any S23 models out on display yet (we're always dead last) but I did handle the S22 Ultra, I liked the rounded corners, but the slightly more squared sides might make the S23 Ultra a little more comfortable to hold in the hands? That being said, I'm rarely going to use my S23 Ultra without a case, but I'm interested to see how it feels anyways.

Unrelated question, I'm considering going "all in" with Samsung and the S23 Ultra. Does anyone here use a Samsung tablet? If so, which one and why do you like it?

I have an S8 and 7FE. The 8 is snappy fast with an excellent screen. I use the FE for reading. The quality is there, it really comes to whether you are in the Apple ecosystem or Android. IMO Samsung tablets are a worthy choice.

 

[kkh786]

I can get the S23 Ultra 512gb for £840 direct from Samsung with promo codes etc.

I’m tempted. What do you UK folk think? Should I go for it?!

 

[Supersonicc]

I can get the S23 Ultra 512gb for £840 direct from Samsung with promo codes etc.

I’m tempted. What do you UK folk think? Should I go for it?!

That price is very low for a 512GB version. Can I ask what promo codes you received from Samsung?

 

[kkh786]

Sorry. I’ll expand. I have a 15% birthday code and the 10% accessories code combined. I also have a very old broken android phone that’s worth £150. All in all £840 for the S23 Ultra.

I will still keep my iPhone as a secondary device only to use the Apple Watch with the S23 Ultra.

This arrangement should keep me going until the iPhone 15 Ultra.

 

[ian87w]

Your correct with this. In his latest video today, comparing the S23 Ultra vs 14 Pro Max, somebody states in comments section about changing the camera settings to avoid shutter lag. He actually then asks the question himself in the comments where and how to enable this function!

He's clearly only got his video out for clickbait and view numbers instead of either properly prior using the S23 Ultra camera or not updating to the latest software before releasing to YT. Pretty annoying. With nearly 2M subscribers it is this exact kind of misleading information to the wider general viewing public that give the supposed heavyweight tech YT crew a bad name.

Best to wait for proper reviews.

That shows you the guy is not a techie. An actual techie will automatically be curious and deep dive into the setting. Seriously, someone who supposed to be tech reviewers not even bother playing around with the settings? Like I said, he’s on my no watch list together with MrOppoShill.

 

[ian87w]

That was a good review explaining the new features and showing the shutter speed with it enabled. 👍

Now that’s a tech YouTubers. See, simply playing around with a demo unit can expose these things. Kudos to that guy. Meanwhile those other loudmouths YouTubers are showing off with review units given to them yet nothing useful coming out from their mouth and fancy videos.

 

[ian87w]

ahhhhh yeah that's REALLY good ! shows that the camera assistant is now in the camera settings which is where I'd expect it! and shows quick tap shutter menu options.

Really good that he shows the actual menus. top review.

Now you have an idea what kind of YouTubers actually worth your time