I previously owned a Samsung S10 and thought I'd treat myself to a brand new Google Pixal 8 considering it was so hyped. I was so let down by the camera and the thick bezels so I took a loss, sold it and considered the S23 Ultra instead.

What an absolute beauty! The camera on this thing is honestly mind blowing. The 4k video is gorgeous, zooms to 20x although it goes digital zoom at that point. Still impressive though. Taking pictures is stunning and crisp and zooming in to 100x in phenomenal! It's a great party trick and the photos are genuinely usable.

The screen is sharp, the build quality is premium, s-pen is handy but I personally won't use it too often. After tweaking the speaker settings, they sound loud, bassy and clear. There's a one handed/smaller screen mode to help in situations. Battery life is pretty decent considering I've been using it non stop and Samsung promises 3 more years of interface updates so this phone is 100% a keeper.

£750 for a Grade A/mint and it literally was brand new even with little stickers still surrounding the phone. Very.com is charging £1000 for the same product to Cex is a no brainer!

I liike this phone for several reasons. I am a 67yr old that has had a passion for photography in the past. This phones apps that came with it helped me to do a deep dive unto my old phone and computer and found photos I had not seen in a long time. It connects so easily with all my other devices I actually hooked it to everything including my dishwasher . The screen picture quality and the editing features in the cameras apps are also very good. I know some of you are probably used to functions similiar to this but for me this phone works almost on its own. It hooks up with my car so easily and allows for all the music to flow seamlessly between the two. It is well made, buttons are sturdy, cameras functions will blow you away. Sound quality is good, I listen to it when I walk the treadmill without buds or external speakers. Although it does hook easily to my Bose sound system, it's in a different part of my home. It's just a good phone, I haven't even really used the pen yet, just played with it, but I will when I have a need. The pen is securely kept in the bottom corner nice and tight but easily accessible. I really have not found anything I don't like about it. Yes I do recommend it to anyone looking for a good phone and camera.

I bought one, it seemed great. I have a case on it and always have. I was amazed when I put my phone in my cars cupholder and while turning it slightly moved aside and shattered the screen with nearly 0 force. The screen then turned green and all LEDs failed to work rendering it useless. I paid $450 to replace it, and within a single week of using my new phone, I went to shut it off, pressed the power button, and the screen cracked right night to the power button from the miniscule force my finger pushed the button with. Will never buy another samsung product again, its embarassing that I was unintelligent enough to buy the 2nd one. Designed to break nearly instantly from nothing. Camera is amazing when the phone is bought, but quickly starts to lose quality and run much slower after only weeks. Lots of issues connecting to cars and using android auto. Very weak charging port that is likely to break

I've been with Samsung since my first Note 3 phone. All these years I was very happy with their phones. Not anymore! After I bought S23 ultra I feel like I was tricked! High end phone with miserable results! Main complaint- 200 mp camera! It is impossible to turn off so called intelligent optimization on 200 mp camera. After optimization my pics are ruined. Colors are way too pronounced, artificial and even ridiculous. I was patiently waiting for Samsung to fix this, especially since way too many people complained on inteligent optimization. It'd be nice if they'd actually listen their customers and give us an option to turn off intelligent optimization and enjoy power of 200 mp camera but they did not! I'm going to sell this phone and go with Samsung's biggest competitor. You lost another customer - permanently!