Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra landed early in 2023 with all of the hype of a headliner at Coachella or Lollapalooza — and we rewarded it with a rock & roll comparison that stretched on just as long as either of the festivals mentioned above. While we won’t be revisiting the Springsteen-centric theme from our original Galaxy S23 Ultra review, it’s time to see how some of Samsung’s finer points have stood the test of time. After all, the Galaxy S23 Ultra now faces a different class of competitors than it did in February. Let’s see if the “Boss of Android” (last reference, I promise) is still on top in our Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra revisit.
While I haven’t had my SIM embedded in the Galaxy S23 Ultra over the entirety of the last six months (I’ve had to test a lot of devices!), it’s a phone that’s never dipped too far out of my rotation. I still prefer a smaller device and, if I’m lucky, one that flips open and closed, but I’ve come to appreciate what Samsung’s beast of a flagship has to offer. With some summer plans on the horizon, I swapped my SIM from the Galaxy Z Flip 5 back to the Galaxy S23 Ultra and got reacquainted with the S Pen.