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All the awesome camera shots are great, but still, the big thing for me is if my dogs will be blurry in every pick or not.
That is my biggest gripe with Samsung phones. The hardware is top notch but even so I end up with crappy photos.

That is what I like about the Pixel 7 Pro so much is that my photos turn out great. Google and Apple have shown time and again that sensors are just half of the picture, no pun intended. You can have the best hardware and still end up with bad shots.

Samsung has improved a lot and there is a lot of adjustments you can make but for me it is when you take a photo because you are trying to capture a moment quickly that matters most.

I am still debating if I want to try the s23 ultra or plus? I think it kind of sucks that they don't offer the same camera set up on the plus. Maybe this year it will be ultra or s23 no plus?
 
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Samsung is bragging about the cameras and its overclocked chipset but really everyone just wants the battery life to atleast somewhat remotely match the iPhone and fix the animation stutters in OneUI. The iphone 14 Pro Max is in just another class in battery life and 120hz on the iPhone is significantly smoother than the S22U
I used to have issues with animation stutters before oneUI 5 but afterwards it is pretty smooth? I have an s22 plus and the UI is pretty fluid. It doesn't compare as well to my Pixel but it is at least smooth now. Samsung has so many Android devices I think it makes it hard for to focus on optimization. Hopefully they will do better this year.
 
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What if your dog is moving when you take the pic?
I will take one today and see, ill then compare it to my iPhone 14 Pro Max. I did try and upload a picture of our dog, but the image was too large to upload :oops:
 
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Ouch. While I’d really like to get an SD unit to replace my Exynos S22+, it’ll take some sweet preorder deals for me to pull the trigger with those prices.
The prices are indeed painful. I’m really hoping the s23 Ultra will not give me blurry or noisy low light cat and people photos anymore. But it’s not a deal killer since my 14 Pro Max does all right for that. I use a Samsung to get good zoomed photos. Both phones do great with bright outdoor photos.

What my iPhone can NOT do is take a photo through a window that has beads or a curtain framing it. It insists on taking photos of the curtain or beads and not the view beyond even when I tap to select the subject.

My 12 Pro Max had an issue once at an awards ceremony where it refused to focus on the kids onstage and only would focus on people sitting in front of me. I hadn’t brought my Samsung that time. I had to rely on photos taken by a friend on a much older iPhone!

I’ve had my iPhone focus on a bird and then as I was actually taking the picture refocus on a small smudge on the window.

Both my iPhone and my Samsung failed me when I was trying to take a photo of the moon over the ocean. The iPhone turned night into day. The Samsung was a noisy mess. But my Pixel 6 Pro reproduced the scene beautifully. But then the software glitches and the photos disappeared. I couldn’t find them in Google Photos nor through my photo app. I forget how I found them but it wasn’t easy or direct. I ended up emailing them to myself so I could get them onto my iPhone.

Really, is it that hard to make a phone that can embody the best of the three major flagships? They all manage to successfully copy all the irritating stuff from each other!
 
For those who are planning to buy or thinking seriously about it, what colors are you thinking of getting? There are actually unboxing videos out there now of the white one and the lilac one and one video of the green one. I haven’t seen anything for the black one yet. I’m talking about S23 Ultra videos. I’m honestly not paying close attention to the smaller phones.
 
Really, is it that hard to make a phone that can embody the best of the three major flagships? They all manage to successfully copy all the irritating stuff from each other!

I just wish that Pixels would become a serious option here in Finland as well. So far 5G and features such as VoLTE and VoWiFi have not been available as there hasn't been any official device availability, but now there's at least couple of consumer electronics chains selling Pixels also here and one carrier got 5G support in the latest update. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the 8 series would come with a full support so I'd have one more viable option to already overpriced iPhones and Samsung flagships. For after all, the cameras have been great on all Pixels I've had so far, but the last two I've skipped thanks to the missing support.
 
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For those who are planning to buy or thinking seriously about it, what colors are you thinking of getting? There are actually unboxing videos out there now of the white one and the lilac one and one video of the green one. I haven’t seen anything for the black one yet. I’m talking about S23 Ultra videos. I’m honestly not paying close attention to the smaller phones.
I'm thinking the white one, or if there is a nice red one as part of Samsungs exclusive colours online. It will depend on prices here in the UK and Samsungs trade in deals.
 
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I'm thinking the white one, or if there is a nice red one as part of Samsungs exclusive colours online. It will depend on prices here in the UK and Samsungs trade in deals.
I read conjecture that the exclusive colors would require a wait of a few weeks. I've been shunted to weeks long waits for regular Samsung offerings before, so I'm not sure I want to go that route even for an exceptionally attractive color like red.

I will probably get the lilac one. But I keep waffling among the green, white and lilac. I really enjoyed my Starlight iphone SE. It went well with everything, all my clothes and cases and clothing accessories.
 
I think I'm leaning towards the cream 'white' version. I'll need to see more videos of the lilac version when it's announced but it's definitely between those two.
 
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For those who are planning to buy or thinking seriously about it, what colors are you thinking of getting? There are actually unboxing videos out there now of the white one and the lilac one and one video of the green one. I haven’t seen anything for the black one yet. I’m talking about S23 Ultra videos. I’m honestly not paying close attention to the smaller phones.
To be honest I am a little disappointed by the color options. I think the hues of the colors they chose are just kind of washed out and boring. No blue. And the lilac is not my favorite shade of purple.

I am not sure. I generally like purple or blue. Off white and black are boring to me and the green looks less green than last year.

I am still trying to decide.
 
To be honest I am a little disappointed by the color options. I think the hues of the colors they chose are just kind of washed out and boring. No blue. And the lilac is not my favorite shade of purple.

I am not sure. I generally like purple or blue. Off white and black are boring to me and the green looks less green than last year.

I am still trying to decide.
Lilac looks so pink in most lights so I can see why purple fans wouldn’t care for it. Blue is a rumored exclusive color. Keep your fingers crossed!

It took me awhile to come around to liking the new green as much as my current green. I can see the appeal now. I got a sweater in that color last month. 😆
 
Lilac looks so pink in most lights so I can see why purple fans wouldn’t care for it. Blue is a rumored exclusive color. Keep your fingers crossed!

It took me awhile to come around to liking the new green as much as my current green. I can see the appeal now. I got a sweater in that color last month. 😆
A nice blue colour would be awesome, so would a proper red (not the one from last years ultra online exclusive).

With Samsung having an in person event, will there be hands on reviews dropping shortly after the event? Be interesting to see what tech people think of the new phones.

Personally I’m just hoping they increase the battery life. iPhone spoilt me with battery, especially the iPhone 13 Pro Max I had. Even my iPhone 14 Pro Max, outlasts my S22 Ultra.
 
A nice blue colour would be awesome, so would a proper red (not the one from last years ultra online exclusive).

With Samsung having an in person event, will there be hands on reviews dropping shortly after the event? Be interesting to see what tech people think of the new phones.

Personally I’m just hoping they increase the battery life. iPhone spoilt me with battery, especially the iPhone 13 Pro Max I had. Even my iPhone 14 Pro Max, outlasts my S22 Ultra.
The other thing that kind of bothers me is 8gb ram on a $1200 phone. We will see how much it costs to upgrade to 512gb but it is seeming like the ultra might still be out of reach for my budget depending of course on trade in value. If Samsung does us a solid and gives higher than resale value on trade in then I will be happy but I am disappointed the plus didn't at least get a higher resolution screen.

If Samsung brought the plus model more in line with the ultra in terms of screen and cameras I bet it would be a best seller but no one wants to pay $200 just for a larger screen and no other upgrades.

The only model that I think I would want to buy is the 512gb ultra and depending on trade in value is a lot of money. But if the price is right it might just be an awesome upgrade for me.
 
The other thing that kind of bothers me is 8gb ram on a $1200 phone. We will see how much it costs to upgrade to 512gb but it is seeming like the ultra might still be out of reach for my budget depending of course on trade in value. If Samsung does us a solid and gives higher than resale value on trade in then I will be happy but I am disappointed the plus didn't at least get a higher resolution screen.

If Samsung brought the plus model more in line with the ultra in terms of screen and cameras I bet it would be a best seller but no one wants to pay $200 just for a larger screen and no other upgrades.

The only model that I think I would want to buy is the 512gb ultra and depending on trade in value is a lot of money. But if the price is right it might just be an awesome upgrade for me.
The S23 Plus is a good looking phone. I think it's a bit of a comedown from past S series phones because of the display, though. I don't know why they stopped using the WQHD+ displays for the regular S series phones. They have a budget series after all, and the S series isn't it.

The Ultra is simply the Note. It took Samsung awhile to get there and put the S Pen back inside where it belongs, but they did it and now it's once again undeniably a Note.

I would like a 1 TB Ultra but I'm sure the pricing strategy will favor the 512 GB model. I've never yet been able to resist their discount offers. 😆
 
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Its worth it if you going to shoot long 8k videos
The sad fact of my life that I realized last night, after looking at crappy quality home movies I shot on old Kodak cameras and my earlier iPhones, is that now that I can shoot amazing quality videos, the people in my life that I would want to be the subjects are largely unavailable. And I swear it all happened so fast. I keep buying new tech like I've still got small kids. When I joined this forum the kids actually were still in elementary school.

Just since the pandemic began, "the kids" have grown enough that they take their own funny home videos (that they don't share with me) and shoo me away like a paparazzi. The elders are largely gone.

That just leaves me and my husband and our siblings and friends and we're now old and wrinkled and jowly enough to wish the cameras were crappy again! 😆

So that leaves...taking 8k videos of cats. As it turns out, I do have 28 year old videos of cats, dogs and even an epic 2 hour drama of a hamster and a gerbil exploring my childhood home. Alas, nobody but me and my husband wants to watch any of it, because everyone else has no idea who the animals are.

I've got countless hours of sports games and awards ceremonies and graduations and birthdays that nobody wants to see. Most of the people I made them for have no interest at all. Unless... perhaps... I put clips of this stuff on TikTok to catchy music.🤔

So I think I'll find a way to get by on 512 GB after all.
 
What if your dog is moving when you take the pic?
I took a couple of pics of our dog, unfortunately she didn't want to move at the time 🤣 I've tried uploading at I get a message saying the file is too big. I've compressed the file tho, so I hope that helps.
 

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The other thing that kind of bothers me is 8gb ram on a $1200 phone. We will see how much it costs to upgrade to 512gb but it is seeming like the ultra might still be out of reach for my budget depending of course on trade in value. If Samsung does us a solid and gives higher than resale value on trade in then I will be happy but I am disappointed the plus didn't at least get a higher resolution screen.

If Samsung brought the plus model more in line with the ultra in terms of screen and cameras I bet it would be a best seller but no one wants to pay $200 just for a larger screen and no other upgrades.

The only model that I think I would want to buy is the 512gb ultra and depending on trade in value is a lot of money. But if the price is right it might just be an awesome upgrade for me.

The S23 Plus is a good looking phone. I think it's a bit of a comedown from past S series phones because of the display, though. I don't know why they stopped using the WQHD+ displays for the regular S series phones. They have a budget series after all, and the S series isn't it.

The Ultra is simply the Note. It took Samsung awhile to get there and put the S Pen back inside where it belongs, but they did it and now it's once again undeniably a Note.

I would like a 1 TB Ultra but I'm sure the pricing strategy will favor the 512 GB model. I've never yet been able to resist their discount offers. 😆

To be honest the main thing I want Samsung to focus on is battery life. Just give me the same or close to the iPhone 13 Pro Max Samsung. I love the design of my S22 Ultra, I love the camera and the zoom is awesome, way better than the iPhones zoom. But it falls short on the battery life!!

I wonder if Samsung will be giving away a free year of Disney+ again with pre-orders? I just had the email from them to say my year is almost up.
 
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To be honest the main thing I want Samsung to focus on is battery life. Just give me the same or close to the iPhone 13 Pro Max Samsung. I love the design of my S22 Ultra, I love the camera and the zoom is awesome, way better than the iPhones zoom. But it falls short on the battery life!!

I wonder if Samsung will be giving away a free year of Disney+ again with pre-orders? I just had the email from them to say my year is almost up.
Yeah my battery life was actually rather alarming for a long time, but I do better now. However, I made a focused effort to drastically reduce screen time for the sake of my health and I switch between other devices. If this were my only phone and I were using it like before, I would probably still be frustrated with the battery life, even though I can see that some optimization has taken place.
 
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Yeah my battery life was actually rather alarming for a long time, but I do better now. However, I made a focused effort to drastically reduce screen time for the sake of my health and I switch between other devices. If this were my only phone and I were using it like before, I would probably still be frustrated with the battery life, even though I can see that some optimization has taken place.

The new chipset might help, we are apparently going to get the Snapdragon chip here in the UK. We usually get Exynos. It might be worth me upgrading just for that.
 
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