Customer Reviews for Samsung - Refurbished Good - Galaxy S23 Ultra 512GB (Unlocked) - Green
Customer Rating
5
S23 Ultra Ultimate Smartphone PERIOD!!
on March 9, 2023
Posted by: TAF714
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have had the pleasure of using the S21 Ultra, S22 Ultra and now the S23 Ultra. The S23 Ultra has combined the power and speed of the S21 Ultra with the convenience of the S22 Ultra. I almost went to the Z Fold but I found a great deal on the S23 Ultra and I am extremely pleased with my choice.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I upgraded from the S22 ULTRA, wasn't sure if it was really worth it but I'm glad I did, the S23 ULTRA just feels more cohesive as a whole I also love that they flattened the sides a bit, gives the phone a more premium feel. But I thing the biggest thing for me is the insane battery life improvement, The 22u was acceptable battery wise but the 23U knocks it out of the park, with my usage patterns it's easily a 2 day phone between charges. When I put it on the charger next to my bed it sill has usually over 60% left
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Live the phone. Fast . Works great. Camera works beautiful. Does everything you want a phone to do these days.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The best phone ever. Hands-down. The camera is amazing. Battery life is beyond great. I highly recommend it.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I spent the money on a flagship phone because my business and personal entertainment needs demand the very best performance a smartphone has to offer.
I own a small taxi company, and I run the entire thing through this phone. I play streaming music in the cab, while taking calls and transcribing customer information into my notes, while running GPS navigation in the background, while running a GPS-based taximeter app in the background, while copying/pasting the customer dispatch information into texts to my drivers, while connected to two Bluetooth devices simultaneously and running the phone's mobile hotspot.
I send and reply to emails with clients we provide contracted transportation for, I run credit card payments through Square and PayPal on this phone, I send invoices from the phone, and between all the work, when I have any downtime at all, it's my multimedia powerhouse. I'm on Facebook constantly, I watch Prime Video and HBO Max on it, I stop to snap incredibly hi-res photos of beautiful nature scenes that I come across... there is NOTHING I can't do on this beast!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Just got mine along with a watch that I use for exercising and everyday life. The first thing I want to talk about is its superb display and its curved screen. It might not be for everyone but this year's curved screen is better and it isnt too much. It feels great to watch movies and videos on thanks to that same screen along with its aspect and screen to body ratio.
The battery is one of the best if not the best since it may or may not overtake apple when it optimizes the battery after learning your usage pattern and all that. Even then, its already 2nd place in optimization and efficiency which is also thanks to SD 8 gen 2. I've seen sot of 8 hrs and 8 hrs idle with it along with having battery left. There's also a 12 hr and 3 hr idle once which speaks about its efficiency.
Its performance is superb and it can handle extensive games like COD, Genshin Impact (open world), Tower of Fantasy (open world) etc. It doesn't even get hot or throttles much (every phone throttles at extensive use at some point anyway). At most it only got a bit warm to touch coming from someone who played those games.
Overall it feels pretty good. The camera is great with features like zoom in, night mode thats improved, and astrophotography which feels fun to use and its control over what you can do with pro photo and raw photos as well. The S pen is a premium gimmick that's nice to use when you want to. It has air gestures and you can take pictures from afar with it.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So I upgraded from my Note 20 Ultra to the S23 Ultra and it had me surprised. The s23 Ultra battery life is phenomenal compared to my Note 20 Ultra. I used to get home from work with my Note at 40-30% battery life and now I get home from work with the 23 Ultra at 70-60% battery life. That's with a metal/concrete building that hurts cell reception so I know the phone uses more battery trying to stay connected. Getting home with over half my battery still is awesome! (I know that may change as the battery ages but still much better optimized than my Note) The new sensor on the camera is pretty cool too. I have used the astrophotography mode from the expert raw tool and it is pretty cool to mess around with. The camera design on the back looks and nice and clean and doesn't leave a weird design imprint in my pocket like the Note 20 Ultra's camera square bump did. This is the most polished Samsung phone I have used so far and would say if you are coming from the s20 series or older the s23 series will be amazing! Don't just take my word for it though, go try it out in store or check out some comparison and review videos to see for yourself.