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(NEW) Samsung Galaxy S22 Smartphone (Factory Unlocked)

$347.99
$849.99 59% off Reference Price
Condition: New
Carrier: Factory Unlocked
Screen Size: 6.1"
Capacity: 256GB
Color: Phantom Black
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Top positive review
6 people found this helpful
10 Galaxies outta 10))))))))))
By Movieskinny on Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Cellphones have come a long way. This S22 is phenomenal. I never did care for the iPhone restrictions, and have always liked the freedom that Android brings. I record all my own music and other entertainment, and Android makes that easier. I have Samsung TVs, tablets, watches, phones, and everything meshes perfectly together. I can watch Samsung's TV channels on my phone, and there are a lot of stations. My faves are Pro tennis, news, and Pickleball. All the apps work perfectly on the s22. It has been glitch free. What is the best feature of the S22, the camera of course. It is said to be better than the iPhone, and I have seen some tests, but honestly I cannot tell from the way these people run tests. If you are taking pictures of food, a jigsaw puzzle, vacation landscape shots, facial photos, the quality is excellent, and the best cellphones offer. WTS, it is not on par with a picture I can take with my Canon cameras. BUT, doing restaurant or bar pics, food, jigsaw puzzles, faces, the quality is amazing. I would need to do a lot of work with a real camera to get the quality that the S22 pumps out on some of these types of photos. It is also nice that you can take a pic and email it right there. Texting photos, don't do it. The quality sucks when texted. There isn't enough megabytes in the networks to text photos that look good. I also have Adobe Lightroom on the phone for very good editing on the run. Most of the photos that you take with a Samsung need no editing, unless you are shooting into the sun or in challenging light. The pictures are generally perfect the first time. I've taken some spring photos of trees and flowers lately in sunny conditions and they are perfect, BAM. The camera has other tricks up its sleeve, lots of them, and more than you probably will ever use. It has PRO MODE, and I generally need it for challenging light scenes. BUT, the normal mode still always beat PRO MODE hands down. Supposedly, there is a star shoot setting for this camera, which I haven't tried yet. Also, another UBER feature of the camera, also not tried yet, is a 100Megapixel photo setting. My Canon cameras only offer a measly 24 or 26 MPs, but yes, that does not equate or compare properly, in reality. There are many other features, but I will mention two others, hyperlapse, and expert RAW photos for better processing. Video on this phone is ridiculously awesome, and better than even the great still camera. I have done quite a few terribly lit racquetball matches, and they simply look professional in 4k. I put these videos on my 4k TV and the phone video did even a more spectacular job of making the dingy court brighten up and sparkle with light that didn't even exist before. The players movements were spot on too. The video is top notch. I have a small plastic mount for it that holds the phone, and can be tripod'd or set on a table. The video is what beats my Canon cameras video. They will only do HD at 60fps. I have a slo-mo video I did of a small dam where water is going thru multiple chutes, and have that as my lockscreen, and I show that off to people all the time, looks way cool. There are two versions of slo-mo video too. The slo-mo feature even has a normal speed which then switches to super slo, awesome. The last camera feature that I think a lot of people will use and like a lot, Panorama mode. I have had Panorama ability on several cell phones, and they always were hit and miss. I have yet to miss with the S22. The Panoramas are stunning. I did some at Mount Lassen and everyone turned out perfect. Fool proof. The tech is top notch on this feature. I'm going to stop now, and may add something later if I think of it. My Samsung Note 8 had a burned in screen and instead of fixing it for $300, I parlayed that into a new S22 on Amazon. What a difference. I use the phone on this phone less than almost all the other features. I needed a phone for a trip after I cancelled the services on the Note8, got the S22, and this is definitely the best phone out there.
Top critical review
42 people found this helpful
Numerous flaws, some fatal
By Amazon Customer on Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2022
This is a very long for an Amazon review but given the price of this item I think it is reasonable. 1. The display has a PWM frequency of 240Hz. This is extremely low and way below the limit of human perception. Even above 50% brightness I cannot tolerate the display for more than a few minutes without getting eyestrain. At low brightness, the flickering is downright painful. I will probably return the phone because of this. Sony uses 480Hz, Apple is inconsistent but the iPhone 13 uses 600Hz. Yet Samsung still uses 240Hz PWM in 2022. 2. Both the power button and volume rockers are incorrectly placed. They get in the way of your thumb's resting position (right handed). The volume rocker should be on the upper left side, and power button on the upper right side. Apple has been doing this since the original iPhone, and it works. I do not mind having to adjust my grip to use left side volume rockers if it means being able to rest my thumb where I want. 3. Android OS - this is appears subjective but really is not. The UI/UX of Android is horrible. Design from one app to another wildly varies, and a lot of things have insane defaults that slowly eat away at your patience. Examples: tapping to undim the display also registers it as a regular touch, or the swipe gestures which barely work. Ironically the best-looking Android apps are the ones that follow Apple's design principles (not perfect but still better than Google). Samsung's OneUI doesn't help either, as it comes with a lot of bloatware and apps that try to one-up Google. A lot of features require a Samsung account, on top of already having to sign in with a Google account. iOS is certainly more restrictive with their walled garden, but at least you get a very consistent experience, and everything is mostly well thought out. Little customization is required to get a good experience on iOS, unlike Android. The layout of the settings app is also very strange. Everything is nested in submenus, and a lot of options are not where you'd expect. 4. The cameras are bad, despite what paid reviewers/Samsung claim. This shouldn't be surprising to anyone familiar with smartphone cameras as we've run into the limitations of physics long ago. However, the recent trend in smartphone photography is overprocessing images to the point of them looking like oil paintings, and Samsung is definitely an offender. I prefer photos from my old iPhone 6 Plus because they look much more natural than what the S22 puts out. Also, the software has a tendency to over-brighten every single scene beyond what it actually looks like in real life. If I wanted scene optimizer or night mode, I'd turn them on. Only the brightness in video modes is true to life. 5. The speakers are hilariously bad. I've confirmed my suspicion and looked at GSMArena's frequency response measurement and there is practically nothing until 200Hz, meaning the low end is missing. This is unacceptable for a phone of this price range. 6. A lot of people already said the battery is not great. However, I was expecting an upgrade over my 6+ as the physical capacity is larger, but this was not the case. The 8 Gen 1 chip is extremely inefficient, and Android/OneUI is extremely bloated. 7. No included charger, headphone jack, or SD card slot. Despite having a microSDXC slot, the S20 had a bigger battery while weighing less than the S22. Also, unless you have a computer with type-c or already have a type-c brick, you will not be able to charge your phone after getting it because the cable Samsung provided is type-c on both ends. I hope this review is helpful, and unfortunately there is little choice on the market for a good, well-rounded phone without a ridiculous notch and even higher price tag. Update: I returned the phone - there were just too many annoyances to put up with. I just couldn't be bothered anymore.

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