That said, of the three members of Samsung’s 2022 flagship line, the Galaxy S22 Plus feels like the one that most people will forget about. Still, if you’ve already decided against paying more for the Ultra, the good news is that the S22 Plus is pretty much everything you could possibly want from a flagship smartphone in 2022. It’s just that it’s not quite as head-turning as its more expensive sibling, and there’s a good chance that you’d be better off saving more money and buying the cheapest S22 instead. That camera combination is somewhat of a remix of the S21’s sensors, with only the ultra-wide and front-facers the same, and the most notable difference is the jump from a 12MP to 50MP main camera. All that said, despite its positives, the Galaxy S22 Plus is in danger of falling out of the limelight. With the S22 Ultra catching admiring glances and the regular S22 shaping up to be a great-value option, the Plus is a bit of an oddity. The awkward middle child of the family, Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Plus is a bit of a relic of a bygone era. Clinging to a time when the most expensive version of a flagship would simply get you a bigger screen, a bigger battery and not much else, its arrival is a particularly tough sell this year.

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Both chipsets are paired with 5G modems, so both of these phones let you connect to next-gen networks which is useful for streaming and gaming on the go.

Video recording goes up to 8K, which we’ve no idea why any average user would use. There’s also 4K recording at up to 60fps, and using a sub-8K-resolution also lets you use image smoothing and stabilization. FHD+ is fine for most tasks though, as only select streaming services or games offer content that’s a higher resolution than that anyway. There’s also a refresh rate of 120Hz, which means motion looks pretty smooth when you’re swiping between menus or playing games. With a resolution of 1080 x 2340 (or FHD+), the S22 Plus has the same resolution as most other Android phones save for super-cheap or super-pricey phones, and thanks to its cost, we would have thought the Plus falls into that latter category. The Ultra has a screen with a 1440 x 3088 resolution, and we would have liked to see something similar here. On that note, I was also impressed with the S22 Plus’ Night mode. Again, there’s plenty of definition to images, and the phone’s AI algorithms did a good job at boosting the brightness without adding any unnatural colour tints or visual noise. There’s one caveat, however: you often have to hold the phone steady for a few seconds – not ideal if you’re taking night-time pictures in freezing temperatures with your gloves off. It’s a similar story in terms of graphics processing. Topping out at the screen’s maximum refresh rate, the GFXBench Manhattan 3 onscreen score is flawless, although the off-screen result is actually slightly weaker than last year’s model.

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The next big difference is the battery, which at 4,500mAh is 22% larger than the cell found in the regular S22. All three phones are powered by Samsung’s new Exynos 2200 chipset in the UK, with the S22 and S22 Plus coming with 8GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of non-expandable storage. The cameras are the same as the S22, too: there’s a 50MP (f/1.8) main sensor, flanked by a 10MP (f/2.4) 3x zoom camera and a 12MP (f/2.2) ultrawide. Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus review: Price and competition Sitting slap bang in the middle of the range in terms of price, it’s a decent option, but it doesn’t really stand apart from the rest, either. The bigger screen is a nice bonus, as is the chunkier battery, but sadly I can’t see many of these flying off the shelves. Wired USB-C charging speeds have increased to 45W from 25W, which in our tests achieved 50% charge from zero in roughly 25 minutes. Wireless charging is the same as last year, however, rated at just 15W, and yet again the phone can reverse wireless charge compatible devices such as the Galaxy Buds 2 and Galaxy Watch 4. You won’t find a wall plug in the box, though – only a single USB-C to USB-C charging cable. Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus review: Display This is all quite disappointing, especially if you were hoping to upgrade from the S21. However, I’m going to caveat this with the fact that these speeds are still extremely good. The S22 Plus doesn’t feel sluggish in operation – far from it – and I didn’t notice a single instance of slowdown throughout my testing.And in many other areas, this is a powerful phone, with a top-end chipset, decent battery life and great main camera.