During the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S23 series, Samsung Electronics announced that the smartphone would “offer the best camera experience supported by the highest performance yet”. Fast forward a couple of months and the reviews are in. If many of the reviews and reports on it are anything to go by, the new Series has put its best foot forward and certainly hit all the right notes. Read on to see what some of South Africa’s top media had to say about the Samsung Galaxy S23 Series.

“Samsung’s latest flagship has proven that the Galaxy S23 series is on par with what you’d expect from a premium phone in 2023. True to form, the Samsung S23 Plus and its epic sister, the S23 Ultra (which packs Samsung’s first ever 200MP main camera) are not only notably larger than their predecessors, but are more efficient in every way possible; from improved camera, efficient display and overall better specs, with the battery lasting 20 percent longer,” wrote Tankiso Komane, the award-winning publisher and journalist of Now in SA.

The Fortress of Solitude’s Evan Saunders, a seasoned professional with over two decades in technology journalism, shared his impressions about what comes out of the Galaxy S23 box. He said “although the S23 range still features the Android 13 OS, which many of the most recent smartphones were upgraded to in 2022, the new range comes with One UI 5.1 out of the box. This brings with it a host of optimisations and fresh features, especially in the form of multitasking.” He got to spend a few weeks with the Galaxy S23 Plus and his overall take on the device was that, “The Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus is a great standalone smartphone. It offers all the modern features you’d need in a daily driver and is optimised for long battery life and multitasking.”

Another place where you can look for reviews on the plus and base devices in the Galaxy S23 series is HTXT, one of South Africa’s leading technology news and review sites. Hypertext’s editor, Robyn-Leigh Chetty said, “Samsung has pretty much perfected its flagship phone-making process.” When talking about performance the site said that that’s where the base Galaxy S23 really starts to shine. “Running things is the latest mobile silicon from Qualcomm, namely the octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage. It is a solid mix that yields the best benchmarking we have recorded to date.” The site goes on to say the user interface is “relatively clean and simple to use and the modest 3 900mAh battery on offer delivers a surprisingly long amount of life, as we were able to get through a day and a half before a charge was required.”

As a final verdict, Hypertext said, “The base model Samsung Galaxy S23 is a good phone and the latest in a long line of flagship offerings from the South Korean outfit that delivers a simple and clean aesthetic, powerful performance, clear display, and solid battery life.”

Top Tech Reviewer and editor of Stuff Magazine, Brett Venter took special note of the leaps in innovation in this new Galaxy S series. He said, “Samsung’s out to wow you and if you’ve been away from the upgrade game for a while, it absolutely will. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is the company’s greatest phone to date. We kinda say that every year but it’s always true.”

In closing, Brett Venter said this to his readers, “If you’re considering the Galaxy S23 Ultra, you’re probably after the power, the camera, or the stylus. Odds are you’re only reading reviews to reinforce how right your opinion is. Yes, yes. Well done. You’ve got your sights set on Samsung’s best smartphone to launch in 2023 (barring some sort of technological miracle).”

The Galaxy S23 series doesn’t only make a case for itself as one of the best premium smartphone offerings, it does so while pursuing sustainability and giving users an epic experience at the same time.

In writing for the eco-conscious audience,  Accountancy SA (SAICA) magazine’s seasoned corporate business writer, Mpho Netshivhambe said “It is our responsibility today to take care about and for our environment so that future generations will enjoy the same benefits we enjoy. The Galaxy S23 raises the bar for premium technology designed with the planet in mind. It is made using even more recycled materials including pre-consumer recycled aluminium and recycled glass, and post-consumer recycled plastics sourced from discarded fishing nets, water barrels and polyethylene terephthalate bottles.”

It looks like the media just can’t get enough of the Galaxy S23 series. Satisfy your curiosity, visit www.samsung.com/za/smartphones/galaxy-s23-ultra/ for more on the Galaxy S23 Ultra and https://www.samsung.com/za/smartphones/galaxy-s23/ for the Galaxy S23 Plus and Base smartphones.

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The line between mobile gaming and PC or console gaming is blurring, and Samsung engineers have been working to obliterate it entirely. With the Galaxy S23, Samsung aimed to set a new standard for what a premium mobile device can do.

Well, mission accomplished

With the latest hardware, software, processing and more, the newest Galaxy smartphone comprehensively advances every aspect of the device. Galaxy has even optimized the games themselves through open collaboration with developers. The result: a world-class gaming experience with performance elevated in every area.

Creating the Ultimate Gamer’s Smartphone

At the heart of the Galaxy S23 series is the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy. As the most powerful chipset ever in a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, gamers get to have the optimal experience on their smartphones. It makes graphics smoother, with more stable frame rates. And it’s more power-efficient compared to previous models.

That’s increasingly important as mobile games become more demanding. Graphics on mobile titles are getting closer to what’s possible at home. Processors have more 3D rendering challenges. More textures and objects in a scene, plus higher frame rates and increasing resolutions.

The Galaxy S23 handles all this with ease. Samsung worked closely with Qualcomm to optimize the chipset for Galaxy. When development began, the priority was to ensure early GPU compatibility, reliability and optimized performance. The result is a faster GPU designed to keep up with the demands of power users. The new CPU structure also boosts the processing abilities of Galaxy S23 series by about 30% compared to the Galaxy S22 series.

Supporting all this is a key innovation empowering our gaming mission: Galaxy’s vapor cooling chamber. An overheated chipset may have to limit resources to protect both the user and the device. This causes game performance downgrades such as framerate drops. The vapor cooling chamber, made larger on the Galaxy S23 Ultra and brought to the S23+ and S23 models, reinforces gaming performance as it dissipates heat.

Making the Future of Gaming More Mobile

To excel at handling increasingly demanding workloads, a smartphone needs excellent hardware and software — and precise optimization to get the most out of both. The Galaxy S23 delivers the fastest mobile graphics of any Galaxy device. But more importantly, it can now sustain intense gaming performance for longer periods of time than on previous the S series. This was one of the biggest gaps between static and mobile gaming, and Galaxy is closing it.

Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy is also designed to support new technologies such as ray tracing. Capable of handling light source effects such as shadows and reflection, the Galaxy S23 series could enable game developers to apply ray tracing effects on mainstream mobile games. But Samsung is going further as engineers are already working on more future-ready advancements so Galaxy smartphones can handle even more complex effects.

While plenty of smartphones can play games well on the go, Galaxy is striving for something extraordinary. Something like the Galaxy S23 series. Or as we like to think of it, the ultimate gamer’s smartphone — that’s only going to keep getting better. All these advancements help address one of the latest gaming challenges – cross-platform gaming. This is when mobile, console and desktop versions of a game need to share data across devices. This results in higher CPU and GPU loads than conventional games, which is a lot to handle. Good resource management is critical, as is the intelligence to balance performance and power.

Availability

Find your next Galaxy in stores and online. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is available for only R30,999 and the Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Base are R26,499 and R20,995 respectively.

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Re-imagined for different passions and lifestyles – from creators to collaborators – the Galaxy S23 and S23+ offer the freedom to choose the right device for your life to take everyday passions further. The Galaxy S23 and S23+ have an iconic rear camera design, with clean and linear camera lenses creating unity across the S series.

Accurately capture the beauty in your world with a versatile new 50MP main camera and 12MP front camera, enhanced with Super HDR¹ to capture more lifelike colours. Shoot epic photos and videos even in the dark with improved night-time photo and video functionality, which offers astonishing clarity.

Both models perform daily tasks smoothly thanks to the Snapdragon^® 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform² for Galaxy, the fastest and most powerful chipset ever in Galaxy. Enjoy longer-lasting³  battery life with a battery capacity of 3,900mAh and 4,700mAh on the Galaxy S23 and S23+ respectively, increased by 200mAh each from the previous generation.

Justin Hume, Vice President of MX Business at Samsung South Africa says: “This new Galaxy S series was created to push beyond the limits and redefine what’s possible in a premium smartphone. Building on that promise, Galaxy S23 series has the power of our most advanced mobile technology to bring your world into sharper focus. It is the creator’s pro-grade camera for every day. The gamer’s immersive world on the go.”

Take a look at the infographic below and see how the Galaxy S23 and S23+ redefine the essential premium mobile experience and are tailored to your specific needs. To pre-order⁴ any of these devices in the latest Galaxy S23 series, please click the links below:

• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: https://www.samsung.com/my/smartphones/galaxy-s23-ultra/buy/
• Samsung Galaxy S23+ | Samsung Galaxy S23: https://www.samsung.com/my/smartphones/galaxy-s23/buy/

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Disclaimers:

^{1 Terms and Conditions Apply: Availabolity of Super HDR selfie camera may differ by third party app.} 

^{2 Snapdragon ® 8 Gen 2 Mobile platform for Galaxy is optimised for Samsung and exclusive at the time for Galaxy S23 series’ launch} 

^{3 As compared to S22 Ultra.} 

^{4 Terms and Conditions Apply.}