Combine with 15% off gift cards to make them even cheaper.
S22: ~$622 (Update: Price dropped $20 and is available early).
Jabra: ~$130
Key Specs:
Can't be worse then a S21
3700 mah and 25W… that is very much a last gen phone…
Disregarding the battery and charging… like lets say I have power points and chargers availably pretty much all day wherever I go.
Is it a good phone compared to a pixel 8 that I was hoping for a good black Friday deal on?
I would go with Pixel 8. Especially if battery and charging is no issue, as pretty back on pixel 8 as well.
Pixel 8 is a more premium feeling 'modern' phone. S22, S23 design is getting stale and boring.
Agreed.
Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning, take it off the charge (using protect battery means full charge is at 85%), watch an episode of something, browse a bit of ozb, check socials, then when I leave the house in a couple of hours later I'm at 50-something %.
Also for anyone to wanting to play games on this, it thermal throttles horribly.
yeah it's terrible… have to stay in battery saver mode as soon as come off charger in order to last till end of day when i get home (inc 2.5hrs of video playback, another hour of browsing during lunch time).
JB Hifi should put on some promo for S23 Series. S24 is coming early next year.
Not sure how good a deal it is but got the s23 ultra for 1049 today from jb, price matched mobilciti then used the $500 off trade in strategy
Do you have to trade in a specific type of phone?
No it's a hack, check the pixel deal posted today, I just chose the Samsung watch for $1 trade in, I'm not actually sending anything in for the trade
@Heracles26: was there any pre-authorisation on credit card? not sure if they can charge for $500 coupon if device is not sent
Can't see the 500 trade in offer? Pixel is offering 300 bonus
Update: Got it, ignore my comment
What did they mean by $500 off trade in strategy?
Can you plz share how did you get it for $1,049?
Price on mobileciti for 256GB is $1,849 so taking $500 off makes it $1,349. What other discount did u receive?
It was cheaper yesterday, tbh I was just searching through google for the cheapest I could find, the jb chat representative wouldn't price match the other links I had supplied and mobiliciti was the cheapest I could find as I was frantically looking before work lol
Could you post the mobilcity link, if it's still active, please?
Can't find it, must no longer be on special
Don't buy S22, battery is nightmare.
It's worth paying the extra for the s23, just wait for end of year deals. You get a much more power efficient TSMC chipset (snapdragon).
I have seen the horror story of exynos/ samsung SoC. Warm/hot during normal use/idle = bad battery life.
The gift card sale starts on 22 November. Do you think the phone will still be on sale then?
Phone sale starts 20 November. Sales don't usually end in 2 days.
S22 Battery Capacity:3,700 mAh & S23 Battery Capacity:3,900 mAh
S23 has just 200 mAh more than S22. I can't see how S23 can offer record-breaking battery life over S22?
There is already talks about Samsung S24 releasing soon, I am sure we will have the similar discussion here where S23 battery life is a nightmare and waiting for S25 to go on sale. Isn't it ironic?
Don't you think…
Be your own judge:) YMMV..
It's like raaaaaaain
On your wedding day
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in S23 is more efficient than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in S22.
It's not just about the battery capacity, the SoC is another significant factor: https://www.xda-developers.com/snapdragon-8-gen-2-vs-snapdra…
I get more daily use out of my S23 3900mah vs my oppo X5 pro 5000mah
Gen 2 FTW
Isn't battery life more than just battery capacity? Like processer efficiency/ GPU consumption/screen usage etc etc
Yes, per my comment above.
display resolution and size and how much screen on time.
Its not just about battery size, its the hardware and how Samsung have configure it (on S23) that gives it much better life compared to previous models.
As other have mentioned, the battery leaves a lot to be desired however there is a possibility this may be improved with Android 14. I'm currently using an S22+ and have been very happy with it otherwise.
this or s23 fe?
S23 fe in a heartbeat
S22 is the worst phone to have in terms of battery life. So just be aware.