(NEW) Samsung Galaxy S22 ULTRA Smartphone (Factory Unlocked)

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.