Enlarge / The Galaxy S22 Ultra. It has a pen. (credit: Samsung)
February is officially new phone season, and Samsung is kicking things off with the launch of the Galaxy S22. After all the leaks, the big news items today are the prices and release date. The phones cost the same as last year : $799. 99 for the S22, $999. 99 for the S22+, and $1, 199. 99 for that Universe S22 Ultra. Preorders for your cell phones start today, and the ship date is February 25.
On the base plus “Plus” models, there aren’t the lot of design changes to talk about. The Ultra model is getting a big change, though—it’s basically turning into the Galaxy Note. Samsung killed the stylus-equipped Note line in 2020, choosing instead to focus on foldable smartphones rather than launching two nearly identical slab smartphones every year. The Galaxy S22 Ultra isn’t called a Note, but it’s picking up the design in addition to features of one, with taller corners and an integrated S-Pen. The Ultra model also has a new look for the camera bump, which goes with individual lenses instead of the particular big corner bump of last year.
Figuring out the differences from year to year is mostly a game of millimeters. The base model S22 is a bit smaller than last year, with a 6. 1-inch, 120Hz, 2340×1080 display and a 146×70. 6×7. 6 mm body (down from 6. 2-inches and 151. 7×71. 2×7. 9 mm last year). It also has a smaller battery—3700 mAh versus the 4000 mAh battery involving the S21. The phone has 8GB of RAM and 128 or 256GB of storage. You get three rear cameras on the foundation and plus models: a 50MP main camera, 12MP ultra-wide, and even 10MP, 3X optical zoom. There’s a 10MP front camera.
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