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The $800 (£849, AU$1,349) Samsung Galaxy S23 made its debut Wednesday arsenic portion of nan company's Unpacked event, but Samsung is besides keeping past year's Galaxy S22 astir pinch a value cut. That 2022 telephone now costs $700, and it still has fantabulous specs for illustration a 50-megapixel main camera. It's been updated to Android 13 and past year's speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Moreover, nan Galaxy S23 and nan Galaxy S22 person astir identical designs, including a 6.1-inch AMOLED show pinch a 120Hz refresh rate.
However, location are a number of improvements pinch nan Galaxy S23 that are decidedly worthy considering erstwhile weighing if you should walk an other $100 for nan newer phone. While we haven't yet had nan chance to reappraisal nan Galaxy S23, nan telephone is shipping pinch a somewhat bigger artillery than nan Galaxy S22. This could beryllium rather meaningful, arsenic CNET's Lisa Eadicicco recovered artillery life to beryllium a anemic constituent successful her Galaxy S22 review. The telephone besides includes a "Galaxy-optimized" type of nan caller Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip. Though we don't cognize really large of a quality that optimization will make, it seems to beryllium astatine slightest faster than past year's chip.
If you want a speedy look astatine nan differences betwixt nan Galaxy S23 and nan Galaxy S22, we put nan specs for each into nan beneath chart. Other notable differences see nan front-facing camera -- 12-megapixel connected nan S23 vs. 10-megapixel connected nan S22 -- and video seizure settings.
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Samsung Galaxy S23 vs. Samsung Galaxy S22
| 6.1-inch AMOLED; 2,340x1,080 pixels; 120Hz Adaptive Refresh Rate; 1,750 nits | 6.1-inch AMOLED; FHD+ (1080x2340); 120 Hz |
| 425 ppi | 425 ppi |
| 5.76 x 2.79 x 0.3 in | 5.7 x 2.77 x 0.29 in. |
| 146.3 x 70.9 x 7.6 mm | 146 x 70.6 x 7.6 mm |
| 168 g (5.93 oz) | 167g (168g for mmWave model) |
| Android 13 | Android 13 |
| 50-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultrawide), 10-megapixel (telephoto) | 50-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultra-wide), 10-megapixel (telephoto) |
| 12-megapixel | 10-megapixel |
| 8K astatine 30fps | 8K astatine 24 fps |
| Galaxy-optimized Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| 128GB, 256GB | 128GB, 256GB |
| 8GB | 8GB |
| No | No |
| 3,900 mAh (25W wired charging) | 3,700 mAh (25W wired charging) |
| In-display | In-display |
| USB-C | USB-C |
| None | None |
| 5G (mmw/Sub6), IP68 rating, faster wired charging, wireless PowerShare to complaint different devices | 5G (mmw/Sub6), 120Hz display, IP68 rating, 25W wired charging, 15W wireless charging |
| $800 (8GB/128GB) | $700 (8GB/128GB) |
| £849 (8GB/128GB) | £769 (8GB/128GB) |
| AU$1,349 (8GB/128GB) | AU$1,149 (8GB/128GB) |
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