Same things every time - longer battery - faster chip - better camera
No. You didn't open the web page. The pen also now fits inside the phone.
Like it did on my Galaxy Note ten years ago! Consumer tech is now just like fashion - moving in circles.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#32The scrolling on the page is so bad. Not only it is highjacked and much slower than my normal schrolling, but halfway through the page the scrolling changes speed and accelerates... Seriously wtf
It's so bad that I'm almost expecting them to do it on purpose. "This web page is so slow and buggy, it would probably work perfectly on a new phone"
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#33Smartphones are so boring in 2022. Even iPhones. I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the battery stays alive
I found buying my Fairphone 3+ and installing /e/ OS (a de-Googled Android clone) anything but boring. Without over egging the pudding I found it somewhat liberating.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#34Finally a new "Note"! I just wish it wouldnt be so huge - a more compact 5-6" version with pen support would be the sweetspot for me.
I've kept my Note 8 around despite having a new iPhone just for the S-Pen. It is really nice to write on the qwerty keyboard with the stylus, using the swipe functionality. My finger gets tired on the iPhone after a few minutes of usage.
The second reason is probably one of the (my opinion) greatest features that any phone has had: The translation feature of the S-Pen. If you interact with foreign languages (on your phone) which you aren't familiar with - the translate feature of the S-Pen is fantastic.
How it works is you hover the stylus over the foreign word, a little bubble appears on the screen with the original text and translated text. This feature is application independent and the text can be formatted in almost any way - for example exist within a photograph.
On iOS you would need to highlight and copy the next, switch to a translation application, paste it in, then go back to the original application. And this is assuming you can even copy the text, if you can't you need to take a screenshot of the picture, then use the new iOS OCR features - it's a real pain if you want to translate more then once screen.
I am happy to see the S-Pen back and I will consider the Samsung Galaxy again in the future.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#36Desktop Safari browsers flickers a lot while browsing the page. Not a smooth experience at all. Very hard to read. I hope the phone is much better.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#37Are there any flagship-level phones with a headphone jack these days? I'm thinking to replace my S10+ soon (just because the battery is wearing out); I'd get the same model if I could but it's not on sale any more.
Sony Xperia models have that.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#38The scrolling on the page is so bad. Not only it is highjacked and much slower than my normal schrolling, but halfway through the page the scrolling changes speed and accelerates... Seriously wtf
Yeah, ironically I thought the same as I tried to read it - on my S22 Ultra 512/16. I can't stand the website.
(Polestar's website is the same - overly complicated with folding animations and really busy elements that load belatedly, it really put me off the car.)
The phone is interesting, but I'm struggling to see the value proposition for myself. The S21U is a solid unit, so I'll hang on to it for another year at least.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#39Desktop Safari browsers flickers a lot while browsing the page. Not a smooth experience at all. Very hard to read. I hope the phone is much better.
Everyone copied Apple's scrolly presentation, unfortunately. Except Samsung didn't get the hint that putting a cookie notice and an uncanny valley chat head avatar on the page just makes the page even worse than it already is…
Re: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
#40I am pleased the Note is back, but at least the prices being asked in New Zealand are just crazy. It is selling for 14% more than a M1 MacBook Air.
It's got 12GB of memory; my own S21 Ultra has 16. It's powerful enough to perform as an laptop of kinds with DeX, in a much tighter form factor, with far better cameras - also a high resolution display, so it's not a completely unfair pricing.