Galaxy S23 Ultra is one of the latest flagship smartphones on the scene right now. With all Samsung is doing to push the phone through heavy marketing, Zack from JerryRigEverything provided an initial review of the device after surface-level durability tests, ahead of the official teardown. The tests brought Galaxy S23 Ultra’s structural prowess to light. 

Zack starts off by highlighting the fact that the Galaxy S23 Ultra packaging is made of a 100% recycled paper box. Since Samsung brags about how it uses sustainable materials in its products, Zack takes a dig at the phone’s color tone. Where the bold print suggests that ‘natural dye’ is used for the device’s color, fine print suggests that only 10% of it is natural. It is even more amusing to see Zack further scratch away (no pun intended) at the device’s glass panel. Where Samsung markets the display as being made out of recycled glass, Corning data reveals that the glass is only 22% pre-consumer recycled glass. 

The glass begins to scratch with materials at a Mohs level of 6 and shows deeper scratches at level 7 — exactly the same results he got from the S22 Ultra last year. The dye scrapes off from the sides when scratched, and the metal side buttons are removable. Once Zack snaps the S-Pen, he elaborates on how it functions. After talking a little about the camera setup, which is undoubtedly the biggest improvement from last year, Zack subjected the screen to a heat test using a lighter. The phone handled the heat quite well, not crumbling even after 60 seconds of constant flame. Lastly, the Galaxy S23 Ultra passed the bend test with flying colors, being labeled as “structually sound” by JerryRigEverything. 

The Galaxy S23 Ultra sports a tall 6.8-inch AMOLED display. This panel features a QHD+ (3,088 x 1,440) resolution with a dynamic refresh rate that can go from high 120Hz to even as low as 1Hz thanks to its LTPO technology. The Galaxy S23 Ultra’s display is one of its notable aspects and offers a high 2,000 nits of peak brightness, which is more than the 1,750 nits offered by its predecessor. This panel features Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus 2, as described previously. It is equipped with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. This processor is paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of internal storage. It features a quad camera setup: 200 MP primary sensor + 10 MP (periscope telephoto) + 10 MP (telephoto) + 12 MP (ultrawide), while on the front, there is a 40 MP (wide) camera. 

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