1 month ago | By Android Headlines

Samsung's Galaxy S series of smartphones are so mature these days, that the differences from one year to the next are pretty small. This year, if you compare the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy S23 Ultra on a spec sheet, you won't see much that's different. In fact, we've already done a comparison of these two, which you can see here .
There's basically four main differences between the two. The newer processor, the newer camera sensor that's 200MP now, larger starting storage and a 1TB model being available, and the front-facing sensor. Which, in a nutshell, isn't a big reason to upgrade...
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Galaxy S23 Ultra versus iPhone 14 Pro camera comparison: too close to call

1 month ago | By Phandroid

Samsung and Apple have been going head-to-head for years, trying to convince us that their smartphones have the best imaging systems money can buy. With our Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra versus iPhone 14 Pro camera comparison, you'll be able to see for yourself which smartphone takes better photos and videos.
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With each of these phones, the new highlight is the main sensor with a new 200MP camera on the Galaxy S23 Ultra and Apple's first 48MP sensor for the iPhone 14 Pro. While there are quite a few differences in the hardware that...
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IPhone 14 Pro beats Galaxy S23 Ultra as fastest smartphone

1 month ago | By BGR

It's been four months since Apple released the iPhone 14 Pro with the A16 Bionic chip. While the company already touted that this was the fastest smartphone available, a Geekbench score shows even the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra is still behind Apple's premium smartphone.
According to Compare Dial , the previous iPhone 13 generation also beats every Galaxy S22, or S23 released. For comparison, Galaxy S23 Ultra is 21.02% slower than the iPhone 14. It scores 1480 for single-core performance, while the iPhone 14 Pro clocks at a higher 1874.
In multi-core performance...
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Galaxy S23 eats up a lot of internal storage out of the box

1 month ago | By Android Headlines

Samsung ‘s newly-launched Galaxy S23 flagships have an unusual problem. The phones eat up too much storage space out of the box, giving users less storage to work with. Depending on the market, the system files on the Galaxy S23 trio occupy more than 60GB of internal storage.
The Galaxy S23 phones have bigger system files than others
Smartphones ship with dozens of pre-installed apps and other services. The storage space occupied by those apps, as well as the Android OS, is counted against the total internal storage of the device and categorized as system files. So, the full storage amount...
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Test shows that the Galaxy S23 Ultra charges faster than S22 Ultra

1 month ago | By Android Headlines

Samsung ‘s latest flagships come with the same charging speed rating as the 2022 models. The Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra charge at a maximum speed of 45W, while the base Galaxy S23 model tops out at 25W. However, the new phones still appear to charge faster than their respective predecessors.
A charging speed test by the YouTube channel TechDroider shows that the Galaxy S23 Ultra charges from 0 to 75% in 30 minutes with a 45W Samsung power brick. The handset charges fully in less than 52 minutes. Similar tests from last year, shortly after the Galaxy S22 series debuted, showed that...
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