**Hands-on with the Samsung S22 Ultra: A World-Class Display**

The Samsung S22 Ultra is here, and I'm excited to get my hands on it to see if it lives up to its name. As soon as I took this phone out of the box, I knew I was in for a treat. The display is truly stunning, with a 6.8-inch corner-to-corner resolution of 1440p and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz. This means that whether you're gaming, browsing, or just scrolling through social media, this phone will provide silky-smooth visuals that feel incredibly responsive.

One of the standout features of the S22 Ultra's display is its ability to modulate the refresh rate all the way down to 1Hz when not much is happening on screen. This means that even when you're just sitting there with nothing to do, your battery will still be getting drained at a slow rate. But don't worry – it's also capable of reaching an impressive 120Hz in short bursts, making it feel like you're gliding across the screen.

Another feature that impressed me was the adaptive refresh rate mode. With this enabled, I was able to use the phone at 1440p resolution while still enjoying a smooth and responsive experience – which is no easy feat given the massive amount of pixels on display. And yes, this comes at a cost: battery life might not be as long-lasting with all these features combined.

The selfie camera cutout is still positioned proudly in the top center of the screen, but I have to say that I'm loving the little curve on each side of the display – it's a nice touch that makes the phone feel more premium and less utilitarian. The ultrasonic fingerprint reader remains in its traditional spot at the bottom of the phone, while the power and volume buttons still feature those handy ultra-wide band cutouts.

Of course, no new Samsung flagship would be complete without the return of the beloved S Pen stylus – which I'm excited to report is back in the bottom corner of the phone. It's reversible, has all the software features that fans have come to love, and even boasts super-low latency. What I will say is that the pen itself appears to be a standard black color regardless of the phone's exterior color, but the cap does match the color of the rails.

Moving on to the specs – as you'd expect from an S22 Ultra, they're all pretty high up. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip is paired with 12GB of RAM across the board (yes, that means even the base model starts at 8GB), with storage options ranging from 128GB to a whopping 1TB.

The battery life remains at an impressive 5000mAh, which should provide plenty of juice for those heavy users. And speaking of charging, the phone supports 45W fast charging – and it's surprisingly fast. I was able to get around 50% charge in just 20 minutes with this amount of power.

**Camera Capabilities: A Lot to Offer**

Now, let's talk cameras. The quad-camera setup consists of a 108MP main camera, an ultra-wide-angle lens, a 3x telephoto lens, and a 10x telephoto lens. But don't just take my word for it – I got to spend some time with the cameras, and there's a lot more to them than meets the eye.

One of the standout features is Nona binning mode, which combines the benefits of binned photos with the detail of the 108MP sensor. This means that you can capture brighter images in low-light conditions without sacrificing any of the image quality – it's a big win for anyone who struggles with nighttime photography. There's also improved Pro Mode with new raw formats, AI Stereo Depth Mapping for better portrait mode shots, and some sort of contrast-based stabilization that helps lock onto subjects at 100x zoom.

It's worth noting that I only got to test the cameras briefly, but it seems like they've made a lot of progress since last year's model. And if you're curious about how these new features compare, be sure to stick around for our full review – we'll have all sorts of comparisons and benchmarks coming up.

**Conclusion: The Verdict is in**

Overall, I'm extremely excited to spend some more time with the Samsung S22 Ultra. With its world-class display, powerful specs, and impressive camera capabilities, it's shaping up to be a flagship that will leave its competition in the dust. And with features like adaptive refresh rate mode and the return of the beloved S Pen stylus, it feels like Samsung is really hitting its stride this year.

Let me know in the comments below: what do you want to know about the S22 Ultra? Is there something specific that's got you curious – maybe the battery life, or some new software feature? Whatever it is, I'll be hanging out down here in the comments to answer all your questions and share my own experiences with this incredible phone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up mkbhd here and this is the all new samsung galaxy s22 ultra freshly announced today and i got some hands-on time with this new flagship and you know what's funny we haven't had a new samsung galaxy note in two years since the note 20 in 2020 and so since then we've had all these questions like oh is samsung killing the galaxy note are they done with that line is it over but i have a theory this is a galaxy note now obviously not by name we're still calling this an s22 ultra but clearly you know samsung was looking for a little bit more of a way to differentiate the ultra from the rest of the galaxy s lineup and a reason to justify this 1200 starting price so honestly i wouldn't really be surprised if samsung did behind the scenes actually make an s22 ultra and a note 22 ultra and then look at them side by side and like yeah there's not really enough differentiating these here and then just booted the s22 ultra and kept the note 22 ultra and slotted it in at the top of the lineup but change the name so yes the phone i'm about to show you is called the galaxy s22 ultra but uh yeah the note is back so i picked this phone up and held it for the first time and immediately all the memories of previous galaxy notes come back now like i said this slots in right above the galaxy s22 and s22 plus i also have a video about those two new phones dropping at the same time as this one so if you're interested in those definitely check that out link below the like button but yeah this is the top of that lineup so the new design that was rumored is real the materials feel familiar you've got metal and gorilla glass victus plus you know the flat top and bottom the whole thing is ip68 certified and then the shape well this is the exact specific shape of the galaxy notes of the past just with a satin back now and the new camera layout the satin back i love seems like the word ultra is associated with like a satin or matte non-glossy back and i'm all about that and of course low key while i of course love the matte black i think the white one here will show the fewest fingerprints if you can keep it clean but the cameras are the weird looking part for sure there is no big camera bump no shelf on the corner like the s21 ultra just individual camera rings that each protrude out the same amount from that flat back and the camera rings are shiny and actually match the rails of the phone for each color but look i don't think it looks that great it looked pretty basic to me in the renders and it still does but honestly most other phones camera bumps look pretty lame too maybe this one looks a little dumber with a case on it because you have to draw around the camera cutouts and then it looks like the letter p shape kinda meh i don't know it's a good thing you don't have to look at the back of your phone all the time you can get a case you like or something like that it's just a bummer because the s21 series all looked so much better and the s22 and s22 plus both still have this better looking corner camera bump design anyway the display up front on the ultra appears to be everything you'd expect i think we kind of take it for granted a little bit at this point because they are consistently some of the absolute best displays on any phone seems like that's again what we're looking at here 6.8 inches corner to corner 1440p resolution 120 hertz max refresh rate and this is an ltpo2 display now so the refresh rate can modulate all the way down to one hertz when not much is happening for an even better mix of efficiency and responsiveness also i was able to turn on adaptive refresh rate mode and 1440p resolution at the same time so that's good you know we know it'll kill your battery but hey you pay for a lot of those pixels so you might as well be able to use them all but yeah this appears to be the world-class display we expect again the selfie camera cutout is still top center not taking too many risks by putting it underneath the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint reader is still in the same spot same size and you've got that little curve on each side of the screen the smaller s22s are completely flat and i prefer that this one curves over the edges a little bit into the side rails just like the other notes you can see the little ultra wide band cut out on the rail under the power and volume buttons and then of course the biggest new feature of the s22 ultra is a feature that came from the old notes which is the built-in stylus the s pen like i said it's a note so the beloved built-in stylus returns to the bottom corner of the phone pops in and out reversibly it has all the software the screen off notes the super low latency everything that people loved about the s pen before it's all still here and it's also funny this year the s pens are all black no matter what color phone you get but just the cap of the pen will match the color of the rails which also matches the color of the camera rings it really feels like this phone just picks up right where the old notes left off because other than the name basically does exactly that also you might have noticed i haven't even gotten to the specs yet but they're exactly what you'd expect as a spec bump from those older notes snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip and it's gonna have the exynos versions in certain regions again but it's a new four nanometer chip and then every spec other than the baseline version has 12 gigs of ram so it'll start at eight but then every single other one up to one terabyte of storage will have 12 gigs of ram so you can spec it up to that high sounds expensive but you can go that high if you want to the battery stays at the 5 000 milliamp hours which is impressive given there is now a cutout inside for the s pen and there's 45 watt fast charging in the ultra and the s22 plus but not in the regular no charger in the box but it'll support that fast charging if you give it enough juice that's like 50 charge added in 20 minutes of being plugged in and these cameras are interesting they're not bumped up so much in the hardware department but there sure are a lot of new software features so you're still looking at quad cameras the 108 megapixel main camera the ultra wide a 3x telephoto and a 10x telephoto but then in the software there's a bunch of stuff there's a new nona binning mode for high resolution nighttime photography it'll combine the brightness of binned photos with the detail of the 108 megapixel mode there's an improved pro mode with new raw formats they're doing ai stereo depth mapping for better portrait mode photos and also just playing around with the extremely limited time i had with hands-on it feels like the 100x space zoom has even more improved stabilization that tries to kind of lock onto subjects presumably something contrast-based from what i can tell there's a lot of stuff i got to test on here especially in the camera department to see if it's actually better or more improved than last year but that should all be in the full review so for sure make sure you get subscribed to be among the first to see that full review when it does come out but yeah i think we're pretty much all on the same page i am very pumped to test long term the note 20 or s22 ultra and all of its new features let me know in the comment section below what you want to know about i mean there's a bunch of interesting stuff the battery of course is still huge maybe it's one ui 4.1 maybe it's the new camera features maybe it's the style of stuff let me know i'll be hanging out down there to figure it out and the full review will be coming up soon until then make sure you check out the s22 and s22 plus video if you're interested in those as well and that's basically it thanks for watching catch you guys in the next one peacehey what's up mkbhd here and this is the all new samsung galaxy s22 ultra freshly announced today and i got some hands-on time with this new flagship and you know what's funny we haven't had a new samsung galaxy note in two years since the note 20 in 2020 and so since then we've had all these questions like oh is samsung killing the galaxy note are they done with that line is it over but i have a theory this is a galaxy note now obviously not by name we're still calling this an s22 ultra but clearly you know samsung was looking for a little bit more of a way to differentiate the ultra from the rest of the galaxy s lineup and a reason to justify this 1200 starting price so honestly i wouldn't really be surprised if samsung did behind the scenes actually make an s22 ultra and a note 22 ultra and then look at them side by side and like yeah there's not really enough differentiating these here and then just booted the s22 ultra and kept the note 22 ultra and slotted it in at the top of the lineup but change the name so yes the phone i'm about to show you is called the galaxy s22 ultra but uh yeah the note is back so i picked this phone up and held it for the first time and immediately all the memories of previous galaxy notes come back now like i said this slots in right above the galaxy s22 and s22 plus i also have a video about those two new phones dropping at the same time as this one so if you're interested in those definitely check that out link below the like button but yeah this is the top of that lineup so the new design that was rumored is real the materials feel familiar you've got metal and gorilla glass victus plus you know the flat top and bottom the whole thing is ip68 certified and then the shape well this is the exact specific shape of the galaxy notes of the past just with a satin back now and the new camera layout the satin back i love seems like the word ultra is associated with like a satin or matte non-glossy back and i'm all about that and of course low key while i of course love the matte black i think the white one here will show the fewest fingerprints if you can keep it clean but the cameras are the weird looking part for sure there is no big camera bump no shelf on the corner like the s21 ultra just individual camera rings that each protrude out the same amount from that flat back and the camera rings are shiny and actually match the rails of the phone for each color but look i don't think it looks that great it looked pretty basic to me in the renders and it still does but honestly most other phones camera bumps look pretty lame too maybe this one looks a little dumber with a case on it because you have to draw around the camera cutouts and then it looks like the letter p shape kinda meh i don't know it's a good thing you don't have to look at the back of your phone all the time you can get a case you like or something like that it's just a bummer because the s21 series all looked so much better and the s22 and s22 plus both still have this better looking corner camera bump design anyway the display up front on the ultra appears to be everything you'd expect i think we kind of take it for granted a little bit at this point because they are consistently some of the absolute best displays on any phone seems like that's again what we're looking at here 6.8 inches corner to corner 1440p resolution 120 hertz max refresh rate and this is an ltpo2 display now so the refresh rate can modulate all the way down to one hertz when not much is happening for an even better mix of efficiency and responsiveness also i was able to turn on adaptive refresh rate mode and 1440p resolution at the same time so that's good you know we know it'll kill your battery but hey you pay for a lot of those pixels so you might as well be able to use them all but yeah this appears to be the world-class display we expect again the selfie camera cutout is still top center not taking too many risks by putting it underneath the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint reader is still in the same spot same size and you've got that little curve on each side of the screen the smaller s22s are completely flat and i prefer that this one curves over the edges a little bit into the side rails just like the other notes you can see the little ultra wide band cut out on the rail under the power and volume buttons and then of course the biggest new feature of the s22 ultra is a feature that came from the old notes which is the built-in stylus the s pen like i said it's a note so the beloved built-in stylus returns to the bottom corner of the phone pops in and out reversibly it has all the software the screen off notes the super low latency everything that people loved about the s pen before it's all still here and it's also funny this year the s pens are all black no matter what color phone you get but just the cap of the pen will match the color of the rails which also matches the color of the camera rings it really feels like this phone just picks up right where the old notes left off because other than the name basically does exactly that also you might have noticed i haven't even gotten to the specs yet but they're exactly what you'd expect as a spec bump from those older notes snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip and it's gonna have the exynos versions in certain regions again but it's a new four nanometer chip and then every spec other than the baseline version has 12 gigs of ram so it'll start at eight but then every single other one up to one terabyte of storage will have 12 gigs of ram so you can spec it up to that high sounds expensive but you can go that high if you want to the battery stays at the 5 000 milliamp hours which is impressive given there is now a cutout inside for the s pen and there's 45 watt fast charging in the ultra and the s22 plus but not in the regular no charger in the box but it'll support that fast charging if you give it enough juice that's like 50 charge added in 20 minutes of being plugged in and these cameras are interesting they're not bumped up so much in the hardware department but there sure are a lot of new software features so you're still looking at quad cameras the 108 megapixel main camera the ultra wide a 3x telephoto and a 10x telephoto but then in the software there's a bunch of stuff there's a new nona binning mode for high resolution nighttime photography it'll combine the brightness of binned photos with the detail of the 108 megapixel mode there's an improved pro mode with new raw formats they're doing ai stereo depth mapping for better portrait mode photos and also just playing around with the extremely limited time i had with hands-on it feels like the 100x space zoom has even more improved stabilization that tries to kind of lock onto subjects presumably something contrast-based from what i can tell there's a lot of stuff i got to test on here especially in the camera department to see if it's actually better or more improved than last year but that should all be in the full review so for sure make sure you get subscribed to be among the first to see that full review when it does come out but yeah i think we're pretty much all on the same page i am very pumped to test long term the note 20 or s22 ultra and all of its new features let me know in the comment section below what you want to know about i mean there's a bunch of interesting stuff the battery of course is still huge maybe it's one ui 4.1 maybe it's the new camera features maybe it's the style of stuff let me know i'll be hanging out down there to figure it out and the full review will be coming up soon until then make sure you check out the s22 and s22 plus video if you're interested in those as well and that's basically it thanks for watching catch you guys in the next one peace\n"