Samsung Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra set new heights for Android phones

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Galaxy S22 Ultra is the new flagship Samsung camera phone (Image credit: Future)

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S series has just been updated with three new smartphones, the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and S22 5G. What’s really interesting for 2022 is the fact the S series has swallowed up the Galaxy Note series, with the most premium of the three announcements, the S22 Ultra packing an updated S Pen.

The S22 family has also seen a design refresh, with the S22 and S22 Plus now enjoying glass backs to match their premium metal frames (last year’s S21 and S21 Plus sported plastic backs), and the S22 Ultra now looks very similar to a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The screens and back panels of all three also feature Gorilla Glass Victus Plus, a version of Corning’s glass that’s exclusive to Samsung, and the S22 frames are made of Samsung’s Armour Aluminum. 

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Basil Kronfli

Basil Kronfli is a freelance technology journalist and content creator with a number of specialisms. He started his career at Canon Europe, before joining Phone Arena and Recombu as a tech writer and editor. From there, he headed up and runs Tech[edit], a technology YouTube channel, and has worked alongside this role at Future as a Senior Producer, sharpening his considerable video production skills. 


His technical expertise has been called on numerous times by mainstream media, with appearances and interviews on outlets like Sky News, and he provides Digital Camera World with insight and reviews on camera phones, video editing software and laptops, on-camera monitors, camera sliders, microphones and much more.