The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has been released in Malaysia for almost a month, boasting significant upgrades from its predecessor such as the 200MP Wide Camera, a bespoke chipset for S23 Ultra, and the One UI 5.1 OS. Thus, the S23 Ultra might be a worthwhile upgrade for S22 Ultra users. With that being said, let’s dive into the improvements of The New Galaxy S23 Ultra.
⭐ Double Resolution with the 200MP Wide Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra sports a quad-camera setup with a 200MP Wide-angle Camera, a 12MP AF Ultra Wide Camera, and two 10MP Telephoto Camera with 10x Optical Zoom followed by the other 3x Optical Zoom Camera. That’s a huge leap from its predecessor as the S22 Ultra only gets a 108MP Wide-angle Camera.
Nonetheless, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra’s 200MP Main Camera retains most of the details in the picture, allowing users to crop the picture for a better composition.
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⭐ Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
This is clearly a victory for Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra compared to its previous generation, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is just slightly better than the regular ones.
As a result, the S23 Ultra beats the HONOR Magic5 Pro in both single-core (1965 vs 1942) and multi-core (5106 vs 4924) This means that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra benefits from its bespoke chipset to allows itself to outperform the competitors in the market, taking away the crown of the best flagship of 2023.
(Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra) (HONOR Magic5 Pro)
⭐ Comes with One UI 5.1 firmware
The S23 Ultra comes with the One UI 5.1 which brings in new features like a quick shortcut to Expert RAW inside the camera app, customizable wallpapers, as well as new widgets such as a dynamic weather widget, smart suggestion widget, and new battery widgets.
It also provides one of the handiest features on the gallery app, the Image Clipper which allows users to automatically extract the subject from one to another picture using its machine learning AI.
⭐ S Pen Functionality
The S Pen offers a lot of amazing features to make things easier on the S23 Ultra. As said the S Pen Translate function helps you to translate any words to any supported language without the hassle of throwing the paragraphs and stuff to Google Translate, it comes with a built-in translation tool that you can use even offline.
Aside from the Translate function, there is still more time-saving and multitasking feature such as Glance and Air View for a better multitasking experience on the S23 Ultra. Check out our article on S Pen if you wanted to learn more about it.
⭐ Pause USB Power Delivery
The Pause USB Power Delivery feature allows you to bypass battery charging by distributing power directly to the CPU, reducing the amount of overheating while gaming by having the S23 Ultra plugged in. It also helps to enhance performance and slow down battery life degeneration.
To use the Pause USB Power Delivery feature, you will need a USB PD charger for the S23 Ultra, then open a game and launch the Game Booster and you shall see the settings below the Game optimization.
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As shown above, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is certainly the best flagship smartphone you can get in 2023. If you still need more time to decide whether you should get the device, you may check out our review on the S23 Ultra here.
