But the body material is different—the Note 20 Ultra's S Pen was hard and shiny, while this one uses a matte, more rubbery material. exhibits all the hallmark features of the Note lineup, with a big build, powerful hardware, long battery life, and, of course, a built-in S Pen stylus. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra comes in four of the same colors as the rest of the range, along with one similar shade but with a twist, and two completely different ones.

Enhanced AI takes 5000mAh (typical) of power from one day into the next, intelligently adapting to the way you use your phone. I didn't notice too much of an improvement with the highly accelerated charging rate that Samsung promises.

Knox Vault: a combination of secure processor, secure memory and secure protocol to protect user’s sensitive data.

The 4nm processor (in our test phone it’s the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset – UK or Australia will get Samsung’s own Exynos 2200 chipset. Obviously, the 3x and 10x optical zoom are not only solid but offer clear images of distant objects with enough clarity that you can crop in on details without seeing much pixelation. The Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with Vision Booster is glare's worst nightmare, hitting 1750 nits at its peak. com exclusive shade,and this is a pale yellow color which we'd argue might be the most unusual of all the options for any of these three phones.The auto-framing capability, which literally zooms the camera in and out to keep people in frame, doesn’t seem all that useful – we suspect it needs more refinement. Pro Video mode provides useful manual options such as volume control, recording direction and MIC device selection. You can also get these two phones in Phantom Black, which is no surprise, since along with white this is one of the most popular and common smartphone colors, so this shade is sure to sell well.

The phone reconfigures itself every time you insert a SIM, and shows only the bands each carrier wants to support. Bixby Routines requires access to Samsung Account input and customized service prior to using the usage pattern analysis based service.To my non-photographer eyes, all of these changes are relatively subtle, and don't push imaging capabilities as far forward as new phone generations did in the past. Being a dark shade it looks smart, but it will stand out more than the options above for being a less common smartphone color.

The phone charged fully in 75 minutes on a Samsung 45W charger and in 84 minutes on a Samsung 22W charger. GalaxyS22 Ultra's Pro-grade Camera corrects shake at a 58% wider angle and delivers fast motion sampling to detect movements quickly and precisely, for steady-state clarity in each frame. Hidden under the screen, roughly a third of the way up from the bottom edge, is the effective ultrasonic fingerprint reader. An Asian "E" model uses the Qualcomm chipset and supports a much broader range of 5G bands, just no millimeter-wave. All specifications and descriptions provided herein may be different from the actual specifications and descriptions for the product.The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of PCMag.