Samsung Galaxy S23+ 5G Dual SIM Android Mobile Phone, 512GB
Samsung Galaxy S23+ 5G Dual SIM Android Mobile Phone, 512GB, SIM Free Smartphone, Black 3Y Extended Manufacturer Warranty
Nightography Camera
More light for your night
Get ready for a Gallery full of epic night shots everyone will want. Nightography’s enhanced AI keeps details clear, so low light photos and videos will be bright and colourful from dusk to dawn and back again.
Performance
More power to you
When stopping’s not an option, this revolutionary chip powers your phone to deliver better gaming and video streaming, with extended battery life to carry you through the most epic of days.
Eco-Conscious
Designed with the planet in mind
Unbox the change you want to see in the world. Crafted with recycled glass and PET film and coloured with natural dyes, each phone is tucked into a box made of recycled paper and paper-based protective film.¹ ² ³ ⁴
Expert Raw Astrophoto
Now you’re a shooting star
When it comes to epic photos, the sky’s the limit. Open Expert RAW to capture in hi-res RAW format, delivering bright and detailed shots⁵. Then look to the stars as the camera pulls in light to snap constellations and planets with breath-taking clarity.
Display
Glare be gone
Game or stream anywhere with adaptive outdoor visibility delivering optimal color and brightness, in any light⁶. Adaptive 120Hz smooths the scroll, while Eye Comfort Shield keeps your eyes from getting tired, even as you view in the dark.
Battery
Unlock even longer gameplay
Call it a night? Nah. Game on and binge-watch your favourite shows with a long-lasting and fast-charging battery.
PC Continuity
Multi control makes multitasking easier
When the ideas are flowing, team up your phone and PC for a 2-for-1 experience. Without switching your mouse, keyboard, or touchpad, you can drag and drop, copy and paste and type on both devices for your most efficient screentime yet.⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
ONE UI
Your Galaxy, the way you like it
Now it’s easier than ever to set your phone up just for you. One UI maximizes customisation, allowing you to pick almost every detail, from lock screens and themes to widgets and notifications.
Smart Switch
We made keeping your data easy
In just a simple Wi-Fi transfer or quick log in to your Samsung Account, you’re all set. In even fewer steps, carry over your apps, photos, messages and more from any OS to your new phone. ¹¹ ¹²
Wow what a great phone
Just love the S23 Ultra. It’s screen is ultra responsive, so bright and clear. I can’t recommend this phone enough. Coming with a 3 year warranty was the icing on the cake.
Simply outstanding.
It rather reminds be of an old note 4 I still have and works but I don’t use. The screen quality is remarkable and a distinct improvement over my S20 plus, the sound and camera are even better too. Very happy I made this investment and did not stray to a cheaper brand.
The phone is incredible and definitely lives up to the hype. Camera is incredible and its very responsive. Highly recommend this phone to anyone that is considering it. The colour is also really nice it is a slightly lighter pink colour than the images show though.
Great phone
S23
I didn’t want a big phone but I wanted one that was powerful with a v. good screen and a decent camera. Had a Samsung before so was used to their UI. Their latest (6.1) is great. Seems to do everything v. well. Slick phone. V. happy with it.
Samsung Galaxy S23 5G dual sim
Just getting familiar with it, definitely an upgrade from my S7 (which I couldn’t even trade in, that old ) Not feeling the no earphone jack and the 2 button simultaneously press to switch off phone. Also didn’t see the dual sim? And the ‘free earpods’ weren’t really free? Extra +100 with phone.
Waited to write a review until I’d used for an extended period of time. I have been using this daily for 4 months now. Camera is UNBELIEVABLE, photo quality is amazing and the zoom for night/moon shots is absolutely fantastic! Super easy to use even if your not a big tech person. The S pen is super handy for notes or just doodling. Great size, keys don’t feel to hard to reach when typing two handed. Phone is a good weight, doesn’t feel to heavy in your hands even when using for a.long time. Screen quality is fantastic, clear video and game quality.
For those Type 1 diabetics, Dexcom G6 app works perfectly with no issues (on current software) alerts all work and sound as they should.
Highly recommended.
So for some context I used to use Samsung up until the S8 because the quality of the silicon running Samsung’s phones took a nosedive for many generations Which caused me to switch to iPhone.
Samsung have absolutely nailed this year with the S23 Ultra using the Snapdragon 8Gen 2 globally! The battery life is absolutely phenomenal even with heavy use I’m getting between 7 to 10 hours of screen on time per day depending on how much of the day is on 4G and how much of the day is on Wi-Fi but even with a whole day of 4G I’m getting 7 to 8 hours of screen on time.
Doing any kind of task on this phone is a breeze no matter how light or heavy the workload is the 8th gen 2 from Qualcomm at absolute best gets a little warm and thats it. This phone runs so smoothly and stays cool at all times. For example usually the first day during setup phones get very toasty due to all of the downloading however setting up this device over 4G barely made the phone noticeably warm to the touch !
The software is very stable and functional as always from Samsung, updates have come regularly and continue to improve the device.
The S pen is fantastic however sometimes I do have a slight problem with it getting disconnected and needing to be put back in the phone to be reconnected. That’s literally the only issue I’ve encountered with this device.
Just bought the S23 ULTRA 512gb, Paid 1099 with discount. After watching many of the major YT reviewers wax lyrical, it was a toss up between this and the Sony Xperia 1 V, I went with the S23 Ultra, as it has a better battery life, and longer software support. And, I think One UI is quite a polished OS now.
Super nice to hold in the hand, very repsonsive, doesnt lag, or ever feel like it is slow. Battery life is superb, Screen is great I only use it on about 30% brightness. Fingerprint reader is very quick and accurate. Camera is good im not really a camera enthusiast but it looks good to me.
Ive had a fair few Samsungs over the years which Ive tried to like but I think this is there best.
So my trusted S21 ultra that had served me well for years decided to suddenly die on me in early May. I looked at lots of video reviews on current handsets on the market and after many hours I decided to choose the s23 ultra. I am so impressed with how Samsung have improved this phone over last years S22 ultra. I have a friend who got an s22 ultra and he was always moaning about poor battery life.
This phone is a stunning piece of kit. The camera is awesome and the battery life is brilliant.
Yes its a lot of money but realistically it is what we use everyday to communicate with friends and family.
Buy it you won’t be disapointed.
I’m happy with my new phone, the camera is really good. One thing I would say though is that you should check if the size is good for you as its quite large. You do get used to it but if I have a really small bag it won’t fit in.
The delivery was a little behind the schedule but all right. My only disappointment is that this is the 8GB RAM model instead of 12GB, it’s not a deal breaker but still …basically it’s like my old Note 10+ with a new processor, less RAM and a bit bigger battery.
Great phone
Great choice for every Note series fan. Very good photos. One of the best display. Great speakers. And the extra stuff you cand do with spe
Great quality just hold it in your hand and ye feel it. Hold on the kids are complaining their toys are overheating and malfunctioning!!
Great phone
Bigger, thicker and heavier than the S22 ultra, for who loves big screen and great battery.
I use it a lot, whole day long for games, youtube, social media, pictures & videos, and other apps and need to charge once a day only or even next day. If you use it moderately, will need to charge every 2 days.
Super cameras make great pictures & videos.
It is a Note series with S series merged together, a powerful processor with fast response.
Yeap. It’s a lovely phone.
I have had this phone for a couple of days now,and the video is fantastic,the camera is very good as well.It let’s lots of light in in low light mode,I could even see a car parked car through the window,parked on the street when I was videoing inside a pub.On maximum zoom with the camera in photo mode though,the images become a little grainy,but over-all,
I am pleased with my S23.
Firstly, I change my phones 6-10 times a year,(it’s an obsession) this year I don’t think I will.
I’ve just come from the Honor magic 4 pro, which is a brilliant phone and I do miss some features that, that phone has (3d face unlock etc) but this Galaxy feels different. The snapdragon 8gen 2 is brilliant, the battery life is phenomenal, no need for the fast charging that I had with my honor, it lasts all day. I usually wake up between 5-6 and go to bed about 22:00 and I go to bed with about 30/40 % still left, it’s just brilliant.
I use Nova launcher and I’ve seen some stutter/lag, I.e the phone not responding to my fingerprint/face, but I put this down to Nova launcher, and hopefully this can be resolved in an update.
Camera is superb, phone cases are abundant, unlike the Chinese phones I usually go for. Overall, very pleased and I’ll be keeping this one.
Amazing smoothness in the screen thanks to the refresh rate, super fast finger print reader which I literally just tap to unlock my phone, feels like I’ll never run out of storage, games run fast and smoothly.
Finally: the camera and the S Pen. Was able to take two separate photos of an “automatic door” sign far away from my accommodation flat with the 12MP camera and it was still blurry. But once I put the 100X zoom in action I could clearly read out “Automatic door”. I’ll post the pictures for you to see. With the S Pen I can literally take notes as if I was holding a book and my favourite feature is the off screen air commands that make me look like a wizard while controlling my phone’s media.
After reading tonnes of reviews, I decided to go for it. Got a deal with headphones and a cover. Three packages arrived at different times but everything is good.
Now, the phone: I am a long term of user of P30 Pro. I’m not a fan of Huawei’s UI but P30 pro is still awesome after nearly 4 years and is more than capable of taking stunning pictures, very good battery and still handles all kinds of software. The point I’m trying to make is that it is hard to beat.
However, I think S23 Ultra made it. The camera is definitely next level, and if you know what you’re doing with photography, is a serious contender for the foreseeable future. I’m also impressed by the quality of sound on the videos too. Some friends sent me private messages on the back of my latest social media posts to ask if I have a new phone and comment on quality of content. This was adding to a “Wow” effect.
120hz display is definitely awesome, even not at highest resolution.
Battery is very good but real measure for this can be done after a year. Slightly annoying that it doesn’t really charge nearly as quick as the old Huawei. However, this could be a good thing for battery life, who knows.
It is the first phone I have with an S-pen and I think in some situations it is great! Certainly works like nothing ever so accurate. And is great tool to remote control your camera shutter – great!
The overall feel of the phone is very nice, even though 225 gramms is a substantial amount of weight.
Now the “not so great” sides:
Firstly, it is a shame that a flagship of a phone costs so much money these days. However, this is across all manufacturers so I guess it is partially inflation and shortage of microchips – we need to get used to this. On the bright side, I can say it looks like there is no compromise on quality of materials used on the S23 Ultra – you get what you pay for – best technology available today.
Secondly, the phone is pretty big. Not unmanageable big, just an “XL” phone. I’m a bit annoyed that the cutting edge technology has to be of this size. Quality of the screen and overall experience make you feel you can live with this though. One advice – when getting a protector bumber, might be a good idea to take a ring at the back of the case too – for better grip.
Thirdly, same as all manufacturers, Samsung is trying really hard to pre-install their ecosystem of apps that may not be suitable for everyone. This is a problem with all manufacturers, to be fair. I just spent half a day cutting down apps and permissions.
In conclusion, having used various manufacturers through the last 10 years, including Sony, Samsung, Huawei and Apple, every one of these manufacturers has some features that are awesome and others that aren’t so great. You cannot buy “a best phone ever”, just depends on what you like.
I like the S23 Ultra and think it’s worth the money and the upgrade. Time will show but my first impression is that this phone can breeze through the next 5 years with no issues.
Hope you find this useful!
it’s a bit heavy but actually it feels good in the hands. A great upgrade for buyers like me, who has a 3 years old Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. But I guess for potential buyers, who has the last year’s phone. I think the upgrade is not for you. I’d be testing this device particularly for its Battery Life, which was according to GSMarena it has a great battery life comparable to iPhone 13 and 14 pro max. Whish was one of the reasons why I bought this phone. Besides the Camera unit is awesome.
Of course I’m at awe cause I’m from a 3 years old phone. Hopefully same as my Samsung Note 10, this S23 Ultra would last me 3 years or even more.
I’ll post an update after a month or two.
Update 18/02/23
Battery is great.
No regrets at all. fully charged within an hour and it usually last me 7 to 8 hours continuous use or its screen time. Camera is far superior to my previous note 10+, which is expected of course. the front camera and it’s night shots are part to an iPhone, and might even a bit greater than an iPhone. Sound is awesome. No problems with NFC, was able to use my GooglePay without any hassle at all.