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the s7 is supposed to have shorter battery life than the s7e, but most such comparisons are done using the same chips. does anyone have experience with how these two fare, when you compare a exynos-driven s7 (which should be more power efficient?) vs a SD-driven s7e? is the difference in battery life less noticeable?
i have a s7e (sd820) that has pretty good battery life, but after a few months with fat-palming the "edge" repeatedly and finding the phablet size a bit too clumsy, i'm thinking about hopping "down" to a s7 instead. local retailers stock exynos-powered s7 vs sd820-powered s7e's
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the s7 is supposed to have shorter battery life than the s7e, but most such comparisons are done using the same chips. does anyone have experience with how these two fare, when you compare a exynos-driven s7 (which should be more power efficient?) vs a SD-driven s7e? is the difference in battery life less noticeable?
i have a s7e (sd820) that has pretty good battery life, but after a few months with fat-palming the "edge" repeatedly and finding the phablet size a bit too clumsy, i'm thinking about hopping "down" to a s7 instead. local retailers stock exynos-powered s7 vs sd820-powered s7e's
will repost this in the s7e forum as well - mods, pls let me know if this is not permitted
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Well, there is little difference between the Snapdragon and Exynos but both have their advantages and disadvantages. For example the Exynos has better cpu, has a better battery life, runs cooler, is not locked to a carrier meaning that you can use it anywhere in the world basically, hasn't got a locked bootloader which means that you can root it and install custom roms. But on the other hand the snapdragon has more radio bands so it should have better LTE and stuff like that and has a better gpu. So ultimately the choice is yours because the differences aren't that big either.
custom roms for exynos?
does that mean there will be kernel source code available for it?
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custom roms for exynos?
does that mean there will be kernel source code available for it?
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Not exactly, that's the problem. Samsung doesn't want to release the source code, so the devs have to figure it out by their own, but it is not possible with the snapdragon one because their bootloaders are locked down.
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Well, there is little difference between the Snapdragon and Exynos but both have their advantages and disadvantages. For example the Exynos has better cpu, has a better battery life, runs cooler, is not locked to a carrier meaning that you can use it anywhere in the world basically, hasn't got a locked bootloader which means that you can root it and install custom roms. But on the other hand the snapdragon has more radio bands so it should have better LTE and stuff like that and has a better gpu. So ultimately the choice is yours because the differences aren't that big either.
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thanks mate. i was looking at this more from the perspective of real life battery life - if a exynos s7 has the same real life battery life as a sd820 s7e, then i'm inclined to take the former
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thanks mate. i was looking at this more from the perspective of real life battery life - if a exynos s7 has the same real life battery life as a sd820 s7e, then i'm inclined to take the former
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Well, the choice is yours.
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thanks mate. i was looking at this more from the perspective of real life battery life - if a exynos s7 has the same real life battery life as a sd820 s7e, then i'm inclined to take the former
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It's a myth that Exynos S7 has better battery life than SD820 S7. They are both comparable barring any software bugs. If you read all the battery threads, you'll see that depending on software build, people will either complain that their Exynos/SD820 S7 has terrible battery drain, or fantasic SoT. Initially, SD820 looked worse because of a pretty bad software bug. Lately, it seems like Samsung may have inadvertently included that bug in the Exynos builds by mistake and fixed the SD820 as all the complains about poor battery life I see are for Exynos and no longer SD820
I have an SD820 S7 on T-Mobile, and on the PC8 update, Android System and Android OS battery drain is fixed and my SoT, standby drain rates, usage times, etc are as good as any of the best reported Exynos numbers I've seen. I've heard the Android System drain is back in the latest update, so I'm holding off on that.
As mentioned, battery life is a non-issue and shouldn't be a deciding factor. The choice should be based on if you want unlocked bootloader vs. better GPU, wifi calling, etc.
Hello.
So i have a chance to trade my used s7 edge for a used mate 9. I'm a bit bored with my s7 edge and looking for a new experience.
Will I regret it?? Anyone did this move?! Any recommendations?! Real life experiences?!
Thx.
I'm coming from S7, so I can share a bit of experience. Battery life not much an improvement ~4-6 hours SOT, depending on your usage scenario, games and videos tend to suck more battery than other phones (this is specific to Kirin SOC's). Speed and smoothness are still the same since the beginning , maybe improved through updates, it's not stellar but still one of the bests, in top 5 for speed for sure. Definitely better than S7 for speed matters. Dual camera is a nice feature to have, overall camera is good, but not execellent (much better than Oneplus 3T, which I've experienced). Coming from an S7 the low light will disappoint you a little particularly on moving subjects. One thing that should make you think twice is that updates come-out very slow on Huawei. Other than that everything is fine, maybe less errors and glitches that I've experienced on Samsung and the big screen experience is not matched by any other phone.
Hello, there's few apps that aren't optimized yet, or will never be, but especially for Twitter it's annoying, it was perfectly smooth on my S20+.
How to fix this ?
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Hello, there's few apps that aren't optimized yet, or will never be, but especially for Twitter it's annoying, it was perfectly smooth on my S20+.
How to fix this ?
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Contact Twitter and give your feedback. When it comes to apps, Samsung has no control over that.
I have noticed a slight lag also in Twitter but I've now gotten used to it and don't notice it as much.
I'm not noticing any lag or delay scrolling around in Twitter at all, it is smooth smooth scrolling fast or slow and Twitter is my most used app. Maybe I just don't see it? Try closing your background apps for a bit to see it one of them is sucking your cycles? I'm using FHD+ and adaptive scrolling and vivid. I have S22U1 SD version.
I have the same problem (Exynos version), most social network apps (official apps) with long lists have this problem.
Not sure if I should wait for an hypothetical fix from an update or go back to my previous phone (if it can't be fixed), it really feels like I'm using a cheap $300 device...
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I have the same problem (Exynos version), most social network apps (official apps) with long lists have this problem.
Not sure if I should wait for an hypothetical fix from an update or go back to my previous phone (if it can't be fixed), it really feels like I'm using a cheap $300 device...
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Exactly, I have the same feeling, so I guess it's only on Exynos version, feel like a very cheap device. No good experience, but I've already sent back my S20+ which was super smooth. So anyone have a solution or I should switch to iPhone for real...
I installed the new u1 update today. I immediately noticed that Twitter had no more lag. I am glad to see that. I have an AT&t branded s22 ultra that is on the u1 firmware.
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I installed the new u1 update today. I immediately noticed that Twitter had no more lag. I am glad to see that. I have an AT&t branded s22 ultra that is on the u1 firmware.
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Twitter lag still here on U firmware after the update
Twitter has never been really smooth but on the S22 Ultra it’s hopeless. With S21 it’s okay but not great either.
Tried different versions of twitter and disabled/enable Android webview but without luck. Best way is to use it in the webbrowser.
S22’s overall smoothness isn’t great and it’s not on par with S21. It really needs some fixing.
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Twitter has never been really smooth but on the S22 Ultra it’s hopeless. With S21 it’s okay but not great either.
Tried different versions of twitter and disabled/enable Android webview but without luck. Best way is to use it in the webbrowser.
S22’s overall smoothness isn’t great and it’s not on par with S21. It really needs some fixing.
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Try factory reset. It was laggy for me as well (Smart Switch?) but now the experience, benchmarks and battery got so much better)
I tried to factory reset, but nothing changed (I've only installed Twitter to check). I tried a lot of things recommended in this forum about performances, but nothing worked.
I spent a lot of time disabling things to get a smoother experience, but I shouldn't have to that with a high-end device. I haven't used an Android device as a daily driver since a long time, but from what I remember even middle-end devices didn't have these problems.
I really like the Note experience but it seems like I'm using an old phone lacking in term of performances due to being an old phone.
I believe Twitter lag is connected with exynos soc somehow. I have a pixel 6 pro (tensor chip is based on exynos) with oppo find x3 pro (Snapdragon 888) pixel have a huge lag while oppo flies. Before pixel I have s22 ultra exynos version which I did send it back because of performance issues. I will upload a video side by side comparison today with 1080p60hz to show it.
Edit: Here is the video SD 888 vs exynos Twitter lag
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I believe Twitter lag is connected with exynos soc somehow. I have a pixel 6 pro (tensor chip is based on exynos) with oppo find x3 pro (Snapdragon 888) pixel have a huge lag while oppo flies. Before pixel I have s22 ultra exynos version which I did send it back because of performance issues. I will upload a video side by side comparison today with 1080p60hz to show it.
Edit: Here is the video SD 888 vs exynos Twitter lag
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Yeah, I think it's something to do with the Exynos. My Sd888 Zfold3 scrolls fine on Twitter but my s22u and P6P were both a mess and stuttering etc.
Installed Twitter app on my new Galaxy A73 5G it's super laggy. Work perfectly on OnePlus 7T but laggy while scrolling on A73.
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Yeah, I think it's something to do with the Exynos. My Sd888 Zfold3 scrolls fine on Twitter but my s22u and P6P were both a mess and stuttering etc.
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My SD S22U lags a lot when I'm scrolling twitter.
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I believe Twitter lag is connected with exynos soc somehow. I have a pixel 6 pro (tensor chip is based on exynos) with oppo find x3 pro (Snapdragon 888) pixel have a huge lag while oppo flies. Before pixel I have s22 ultra exynos version which I did send it back because of performance issues. I will upload a video side by side comparison today with 1080p60hz to show it.
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I purchased my S22 Ultra yesterday and the twitter scrolling lag has really given me bad first impressions. Literally my Pixel 2 XL ran twitter smoother.
PS: I am using the Snapdragon model, not even Exynos model here.
Samsung must really hate Twitter? LoL!
I have the same problem on my SD version. However, it's happening on Facebook not Twitter!
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dont use twitter ))
It has fixed finally
do you guys having problems have your screen set to standard or adaptive ???
I don't mean this to be as incendiary as the title might suggest, but I bought a S22U last week and was shocked by just how starkly different my experience with it was compared to all of the reviews.
Like the screen and camera are nice, sure, and it charges relatively fast...but the UI is slow and stuttery. Even when it's technically not stuttering, it still feels way more jerky and abrupt than phones like the Pixel, OnePlus, and the iPhone.
The battery life has also not been good at all. It's far worse than the S21U, and accubattery is saying I should only get 6.5 hours of SOT vs. the Pixel's 7 hours (for the Pro) and 7.5 hours (for the standard 6). If I recall, accubattery clocked the S21U at like 8 or 9 hours.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with this phone?
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I don't mean this to be as incendiary as the title might suggest, but I bought a S22U last week and was shocked by just how starkly different my experience with it was compared to all of the reviews.
Like the screen and camera are nice, sure, and it charges relatively fast...but the UI is slow and stuttery. Even when it's technically not stuttering, it still feels way more jerky and abrupt than phones like the Pixel, OnePlus, and the iPhone.
The battery life has also not been good at all. It's far worse than the S21U, and accubattery is saying I should only get 6.5 hours of SOT vs. the Pixel's 7 hours (for the Pro) and 7.5 hours (for the standard 6). If I recall, accubattery clocked the S21U at like 8 or 9 hours.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with this phone?
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Battery life could be better, but if your UI is slow and stuttery it usually means some background task is running at high priority constantly. That would also explain your terrible battery life.
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Battery life could be better, but if your UI is slow and stuttery it usually means some background task is running at high priority constantly. That would also explain your terrible battery life.
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Oh trust me, I checked all of that, and set practically everything to not run in the background.
I've also had the S21U before and didn't have that issue (despite not even bothering to change the background allowances).
Something else that's really strange to me;
I bought a Tab S8 too. Same processor, same RAM as the Ultra, and I've had no issues with the UI. It's great. Completely fluid and smooth.
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I don't mean this to be as incendiary as the title might suggest, but I bought a S22U last week and was shocked by just how starkly different my experience with it was compared to all of the reviews.
Like the screen and camera are nice, sure, and it charges relatively fast...but the UI is slow and stuttery. Even when it's technically not stuttering, it still feels way more jerky and abrupt than phones like the Pixel, OnePlus, and the iPhone.
The battery life has also not been good at all. It's far worse than the S21U, and accubattery is saying I should only get 6.5 hours of SOT vs. the Pixel's 7 hours (for the Pro) and 7.5 hours (for the standard 6). If I recall, accubattery clocked the S21U at like 8 or 9 hours.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with this phone?
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Battery life is nothing to write home about...but for my uses it lasts me a the whole day not a problem...but not much more than that. As for the slowness, jerkiness and stuttering, I do not experience that and I have mine set to wqhd+ mode. Performance is one thing I have been very happy with (I have the 12GB/512GB version).
I think it's a masterful device. No issues at all on my end.
What an odd question? If it were a bad phone, how come you bought it?
Call the S22 Ultra bad, disappointing or whatever adjectives fit. Bottom line it has more reported defects than any Samsung device in many years. If you're happy good for you but as we can see many users aren't thrilled with the performance of this very expensive device. It is what it is.
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Call the S22 Ultra bad, disappointing or whatever adjectives fit. Bottom line it has more reported defects than any Samsung device in many years. If you're happy good for you but as we can see many users aren't thrilled with the performance this very expensive device. It is what it is.
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While I tend to agree, do you have any sources for that tidbit? So I can use it in the future
S21 Ultra has come a long way in terms of updates/bug fixes and I strongly feel S22 Ultra needs major updates to be on par with S21 Ultra as far as as UI/smoothness is concerned.
Unless both S21U and S22U are used side by side(with latest firmwares installed), probably one will not be able to feel the difference and might end up saying "no UI/lag issues with S22 Ultra".
As for batterylife, I did several tests using same mobile operators, on same location, over same Wi-Fi network - on similar settings+usage pattern(mostly) and the batterylife of S22 Ultra(Snapdragon) turned out to be way less than S21 Ultra(Exynos). Going further, I did factory reset both, waited for over a week to settle down and ended up having the same experience.
The overall experience with 22U isn't the best yet considering its potential and I hope to see a lot of these issues getting fixed through future updates.
I have had no issues with lag or stutter. I suspect that you may have a defective device perhaps?
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S21 Ultra has come a long way in terms of updates/bug fixes and I strongly feel S22 Ultra needs major updates to be on par with S21 Ultra as far as as UI/smoothness is concerned.
Unless both S21U and S22U are used side by side(with latest firmwares installed), probably one will not be able to feel the difference and might end up saying "no UI/lag issues with S22 Ultra".
As for batterylife, I did several tests using same mobile operators, on same location, over same Wi-Fi network - on similar settings+usage pattern(mostly) and the batterylife of S22 Ultra(Snapdragon) turned out to be way less than S21 Ultra(Exynos). Going further, I did factory reset both, waited for over a week to settle down and ended up having the same experience.
The overall experience with 22U isn't the best yet considering its potential and I hope to see a lot of these issues getting fixed through future updates.
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The s21u (Exynos) wasn't great when I first got it after release. It really improved with the big update it got last August which was supposed to be OneUI 3.1 but wasn't actually called that. I'm hoping the S22u gets a similar update this year. The April update improved the S22u (Exynos) for me but I think it still has a way to go before is can really be called "flagship".
S22 Ultra EXYNOS 512/12GB is the worst Samsung's flagship what I owned and I almost had all of them from S series before.
So poor UI and lagging performance I really starting to hate it. Battery performance I have to charge twice during working day! I'm not a mobile gamer at all. Hopefully Samsung will finally fix it with May update as already delayed as too many problems overall with crappy Exynos this year. On top of it 45W charging it is a joke
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..... On top of it 45W charging it is a joke
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100% agreed.
For better experience i suggest change animation length from x1 for 0,5 in developer option. I do it in every samsung device and i feel a lot of better running UI than before.
But i agree with above users that S22U still need updates for better running.
Comparing side by side my Fold 2 (yes android 11 is the best opton for fold, most stable and fast) to S22U.
Fold 2 with snapdragon 865+ is noticeably faster in opening for example default apps like phone dialer, messages, web browser etc and scrolling same webs fold 2 is smoother than S22U.
At this moment in my opinion S22U is only little better in day performance from Note 20U Exynos but skipping battery life which is a lot of better than Note.
But overall i like my S22U like previous Note series except Note 20 U
as _grizzly_ stated, ive not had animations turned on since they were first implemented back in gb days, not only does it save battery it makes the ui faster, we dont need it to look fancy switching between screens, we need it to do it quickly, that wont be a fix to all your issues but all journeys start with a single step
I'm fully updated. No issues at all. It does everything it's supposed to do. Battery life is sh1te though / no getting round that point! But it's really no worse than any other leading Samsung device I've had in the past few years. They all drop at about 10% per hour.
I have the absolutely worst version of the S22U I guess. 8/128gb, Exynos.
No issues whatsoever. Fast, smooth, good battery. No lag or crashes for the two weeks I've had it.
So FWIW I have no complaints.
Camera setup is mindblowingly good for a phone, quite frankly ridiculously good.
The only minor minus would be the lack of proper native 960fps slomo (very niche thing anyway) but that's about it. S22U does some AI interpolation stuff there, and that's okay with me I guess. I'd rather have a better overall sensor there than one tailored for Tiktokers.
I've upgraded from an 8GB/512GB Exynos Note9 to a Snapdragon 12GB/512GB S22Ultra (S9080) and I couldn't be happier. Battery life is quite frankly amazing. The UI is buttery smooth. I don't like the in-display fingerprint sensor as much as the rear one from the Note9 and the form factor is a fair bit bulkier, but on the whole I'm personally very happy. Maybe I've just been very lucky.
A good Android phone has fastboot mode...
Hi everyone, please I plan to buy a galaxy s22 ultra, but most videos or youtubers talk about heating or overheating, advice before buying, exynos or snapdragon or which version, thank you in advance
I don't have any issues with overheating, never have.
Just look for your best deal between Samsung or your carrier with trade-ins.
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I don't have any issues with overheating, never have.
Just look for your best deal between Samsung or your carrier with trade-ins.
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thank you, look at the comments please
First week with this phone.
I don't have any kind of overheating.
On the other hand, battery is sort of dissapointing, it lasts the same as my older phones (mi 10, mi 9, honor 8, nexus 5). Around 6 hours of SOT give or take. And the charging is slower than mi 10/9.
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First week with this phone.
I don't have any kind of overheating.
On the other hand, battery is sort of dissapointing, it lasts the same as my older phones (mi 10, mi 9, honor 8, nexus 5). Around 6 hours of SOT give or take. And the charging is slower than mi 10/9.
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Does that mean other than that everything is fine? I hesitate between honor magic4 pro and realme gt 2 pro because I like samsung but I don't really know
whait for s23 ultra with sd 8 gen 2
Wait for the S23u with 8gen2, the 8gen1 and exy2200 are both inefficient.
I've got around 7 of these phones and out of them 3 had severe lag.
128gb seems to be the worst, higher memory seem to perform better.
Unless you are getting a bargain I'd wait for s23 ultra
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Hi everyone, please I plan to buy a galaxy s22 ultra, but most videos or youtubers talk about heating or overheating, advice before buying, exynos or snapdragon or which version, thank you in advance
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Why? S23 is around the corner. From the leaks it will be much better in power efficiency, specially if you are in EU and stuck with the Exynos chip which i think sucks. I read Snapdragon takes better images and is more efficient (even if i read they get overheated also)....but much of that is fixed in the S23 that uses a updated gen2 chip.
S22U is a great phone but i'm dissapointed with battery and image quality still.
Compared to my iPhone images are a hit and miss. Sometimes they are awesome but sometimes they are grainy or colors are off or just blurry.
And as said battery drain is pretty bad. Like overnight dropping 7-8% compared to 2-3% on iphone.
Same when i use it, i can literally see the battery go down...
1. Notification bar is looking like it is a theme made 10 years ago.
2. Lagging and stutters is very possible, depends on unit to unit.
3. Phone does overheat if you planning to use an app that is a heavy resources consuption or badly optimized.
4. Samsung's devices are overfilled with bloat-ware.
5. Battery efficiency is pretty bad.
6. A lot of S22U were sent back for a replacement due to multiple hardware issues, for example mine is restarting by it self when a phone call starts (not every time) but at least few times a month.
7. Edges are not usefull at all but rather annoying.
8. Stylus has terrible grip, very uncountable to hold.
9. Speaker is terrible too, if you planning to listen to a music at full volume, stop.
10. It has very annoying notifications that are not important at all and unable to deactivate, for example (Messenger is using your mobile data).
11. Fingerprint scanner is ok but could be better, sometimes I have to touch it 3 - 5 times to get it registered (depends on angle).
I've been struggling with stutters, lags as well as audio stutters for several months until a big update came up. Scrolling through UI was extremly jerky.
Personally I would never buy a samsung's device ever again but that is just me and I understand other may be completely satisfied.
For older devices Samsung is releasing updates that are slowing the devices down so people have to buy newer products regularly. For me this is just unacceptable. This is a verified info that you can search for too.
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1. Notification bar is looking like it is a theme made 10 years ago.
2. Lagging and stutters is very possible, depends on unit to unit.
3. Phone does overheat if you planning to use an app that is a heavy resources consuption or badly optimized.
4. Samsung's devices are overfilled with bloat-ware.
5. Battery efficiency is pretty bad.
6. A lot of S22U were sent back for a replacement due to multiple hardware issues, for example mine is restarting by it self when a phone call starts (not every time) but at least few times a month.
7. Edges are not usefull at all but rather annoying.
8. Stylus has terrible grip, very uncountable to hold.
9. Speaker is terrible too, if you planning to listen to a music at full volume, stop.
10. It has very annoying notifications that are not important at all and unable to deactivate, for example (Messenger is using your mobile data).
11. Fingerprint scanner is ok but could be better, sometimes I have to touch it 3 - 5 times to get it registered (depends on angle).
I've been struggling with stutters, lags as well as audio stutters for several months until a big update came up. Scrolling through UI was extremly jerky.
Personally I would never buy a samsung's device ever again but that is just me and I understand other may be completely satisfied.
For older devices Samsung is releasing updates that are slowing the devices down so people have to buy newer products regularly. For me this is just unacceptable. This is a verified info that you can search for too.
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I think it's an SOC issue on the s22u both the 8gen1 and Exy2200 are fabbed by Samsung foundries and are poor(Samsung foundries 4nm node was awful with low yields). The zfold4 with TSMC 8+Gen1 is one of the smoothest and fastest phones I've used recently, even much better than the Pixel. I don't think the issue is OneUI. I expect the S23u with the TSMC 8gen2 will be blazing fast and buttery smooth.
Might not be relevant to you, but I by now *regrett* buying the Samsung S22 Ultra.
The reason being that (depending on where you buy your phone) the firmware for your region will disable a lot of features. E.g. for me it is impossible to somehow activate the eSIM support.
And I really tried all the tweaks that are out there.
But you only notice these things after you've purchased the phone, because nothing about this is written in the manuals.
So my advice: Stay away from Samung phones.
Honestly, the s22 Ultra was a trash offering, regardless of the chipset, of course Exynos is worse. I'm trading it in for the s23 Ultra (I'm stuck with Samsung due to the purchase of a Samsung watch) and hopefully it won't be disappointing this time around. But to what I said earlier do be careful of what wearables you buy and from what brand, Samsung has great wearables, but half the features and functions usually get limited to their phones/devices. Unfortunately I didn't realise this when I bought my Galaxy Watch 4, and so now I'm stuck for at least a few years till I swap out the wearable and then the phone brand itself, probably back to Xiaomi.
I have the S22 Ultra snapdragon, great phone but some minor annoyances
. Battery it's not poor but could be better for 5000mah
. Speakers could be a bit louder
. And camera is rubbish at capturing moving subjects it always comes out blurry
I am in the same bought boat as you and bit the bullet and bought the s22 ultra 256GB. It's been 3 days since I bought it and honestly I am really satisfied. I had the z fold4 before but I found it impractical, the s22 ultra has almost the same level of performance with no noticeable downgrade. I have the snapdragon variant and it does not overheat. Battery life is OK, but it's too early to judge as it is still learning my usage patterns.
Overall I recommend buying the s22 ultra even though s23 ultra is right around the corner. Yes, it will have an effecient CPU, but I do not expect much from a single generation leap. A real upgrade would be s24 ultra as it is expected that the entire design will change
Don't plan on upgrading my S22U to the S23U. However if I were in the market for a new phone I'd wait another month and get the S23U. No brainer IMHO.
i agree with most of the reviews here. this device does not worth it.
can't believe it's actually rated as a Ultra/premium device
For all of you counting the S23U to be the perfect phone...did they not told us that the S22U was the best of the best?
Like the SD8Gen2 will solve all your problems...
I have both the S21U and S22U with the Exynos chip and both are running fine, no overheating, no lags or stutters.
From what I have read so far is that Android 13 with One UI 5.0 has improved a lot on both the S21 and S22. I had no complaints on Android 12 and have no complaints on the latest software.
Battery life...I can't complain but then I don't have any of the social media apps on my phone which seems to be using a lot of battery.
We have little to no bloatware on the EU versions and even then this is a one time solution, delete the bloatware.
At the end of the day its ONLY a phone. There are far more important things in life than this.
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For all of you counting the S23U to be the perfect phone...did they not told us that the S22U was the best of the best?
Like the SD8Gen2 will solve all your problems...
I have both the S21U and S22U with the Exynos chip and both are running fine, no overheating, no lags or stutters.
From what I have read so far is that Android 13 with One UI 5.0 has improved a lot on both the S21 and S22. I had no complaints on Android 12 and have no complaints on the latest software.
Battery life...I can't complain but then I don't have any of the social media apps on my phone which seems to be using a lot of battery.
We have little to no bloatware on the EU versions and even then this is a one time solution, delete the bloatware.
At the end of the day its ONLY a phone. There are far more important things in life than this.
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Yes, year to year I read about unveiled best and a lot of better from year old flagship.
And after few months opinion/ reviews about disadvantages and even features which previous model had better. For example low durability frame S22 series, worse speaker quality compare to S20 series.
cfds said:
For all of you counting the S23U to be the perfect phone...did they not told us that the S22U was the best of the best?
Like the SD8Gen2 will solve all your problems...
I have both the S21U and S22U with the Exynos chip and both are running fine, no overheating, no lags or stutters.
From what I have read so far is that Android 13 with One UI 5.0 has improved a lot on both the S21 and S22. I had no complaints on Android 12 and have no complaints on the latest software.
Battery life...I can't complain but then I don't have any of the social media apps on my phone which seems to be using a lot of battery.
We have little to no bloatware on the EU versions and even then this is a one time solution, delete the bloatware.
At the end of the day its ONLY a phone. There are far more important things in life than this.
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Actually yeah, it will solve a lot, the performance will actually be worth the price tag itself, which as a heavy user I actually do need, it'll solve a lot of battery drain thanks to not being an absolute power munching ****show chipset like the current exynos, oh and I'll actually be able to get decent and stable fps with graphics maxed without the phone turning into an oven. Now lets not forget other things like photography and other stuff like that s22 ultra was a flop either way, but exynos took the cherry on the top.