Samsung’s Galaxy S22 has arrived. Here’s everything we know about the company’s 2022 flagship.
Samsung has released the Galaxy S22 series, a family of phones that build upon both the previous Galaxy S21 series of phones as well as 2020’s Note 20. With this trio of phones, the company is working both on refining the already good S21 as well as reviving the Note line in all but name in the S22 Ultra. But how do you buy the Samsung Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, or S22 Ultra? Here’s the full guide to buying your shiny new phone of choice, right now. Samsung announced the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, and S22 Ultra on Wednesday, February 9. These phones are now widely available. As you may expect, the S22 Ultra costs the most, setting buyers back $1,200 for the base 128GB model, while the S22 and S22 Plus start at $800 and $1,000 respectively. Naturally, there are carrier deals and promos that help drive down the pricing. Samsung will give you a free upgrade to the next storage tier if you pre-order either the 128GB or 256GB model, you can also get 25% off the new Galaxy Tab S8, as well as up to $200 Samsung credit depending on the device you purchase to spend on the new Samsung Freestyle or Galaxy Watch 4. The S22 and S22 Plus impressed in our hands-on, both striking us as phones that were well built, beautifully designed, and with meaningful internal upgrades over the older S21 models. Going deeper, we found the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra in particular to be a device that merits its ostentatious “Ultra” name. “Unquestionably, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is the most multipurpose smartphone you can buy today, and regardless of what you want to do with your phone today, tomorrow, or in two years’ time, its astonishing ability and varied feature set will have you covered. There’s real value in buying a phone so capable, as although the initial outlay for the Galaxy S22 Ultra is high, there won’t be any real need to replace it for the foreseeable future,” Digital Trends’s Andy Boxall wrote in his review. The Samsung Galaxy S22 inherits a lot of the design stylings of the S21 — albeit ditching the plastic on the base S21 for glass in the S22.
