Top Samsung phone to buy in 2022

Many casual smartphone users in the United States associate “Android” with “Samsung,” owing to the manufacturer’s dominance in the industry. While we may desire more competition, it’s difficult to argue that Samsung hasn’t earned its name by producing several of the best Android smartphones available today at various price points.

Are you considering a Samsung upgrade? Here are our top picks, with prices ranging from $160 to $1,800.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 

Right now, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is the Android flagship to beat.

It has every bell and whistles you could want in a phone that doesn’t fold in half, including insanely fast speed, an absolutely stunning 1440p, 120Hz display, and a Note-style built-in S Pen stylus. The S22 Ultra, which is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and up to 12 gigabytes of RAM, can handle the essentials (calls, texts, social networking, etc.) as well as more rigorous activities like gaming and multitasking without breaking a sweat. Its 6.8-inch display is positively flawless: the resolution is 1440p, the colors are bright, and the refresh rate is 120Hz, which means animations are as fluid as can be.

The S22 Ultra sports a powerful camera array, including a 108-megapixel primary camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and not one, but two telephoto cameras with magnifications of 3x and 10x (both 10 megapixels). It even boasts a selfie camera with a 40-megapixel wide-angle lens. Whether it outperforms the Pixel 6 Pro in terms of photo quality is a matter of taste, but the two camera configurations are on par.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra has taken over the Note mantle with its built-in S Pen (along with its excellent build quality, large, gorgeous screen, and great cameras). If you miss the Note devices of yesteryear, this is the one for you – assuming you have $1,200 to spend.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 improves on our previous Premium Pick, the Galaxy Z Fold 3. Everything we liked about the last phone we like about this one as well. The Fold 4 has similar external and interior displays for the same super-premium $1,800 MSRP — however, they are both just a touch wider, making the cover screen marginally more useful and the folding internal screen a little closer to square. The updated model also has a better-hidden under-display selfie camera. 

The cameras are the most noticeable difference in this year’s foldable. While the Galaxy Z Fold 3’s camera performance was adequate, it fell short of the expectations established by its excessive pricing. This year, Samsung crammed in a 50MP primary camera sensor (up from the 12MP unit in the Fold 3) and a 3x telephoto lens in place of the previous generation 2x. The cameras are still not up to par for a phone that costs twice as much as many other flagships, but they are getting there.

The Fold 4 features the same 12GB of RAM as the Fold 3, but it includes a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, which is a significant jump over the Snapdragon 888. It’s not only the speed; the latest processor is also more energy-efficient, allowing the Fold 4 to last a little longer on a single charge. There’s even a 1TB storage option, something the Fold 3 didn’t have (it topped out at 512GB). 

The Galaxy Z Fold 4 fits the luxury pattern quite well, with a hefty price tag and incredibly high-end components. If you have the dough and want the most flashy Samsung device available, this is it. Read more: Top Apple Phone to buy in 2022

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Samsung Galaxy A13 5G

The Galaxy A13 is the polar opposite of the Z Fold 4: it’s not fancy by any means, but it gets the job done – and for $250. Day-to-day performance is about as good as you could hope for in a cheap phone: adequate but not particularly quick. Its cameras can take some great photographs in bright sunlight, but they suffer significantly in low situations, particularly inside. The battery life is excellent; our testing easily exceeded the 24-hour mark with moderate use. It even has 5G, which isn’t always assured in phones this cheap (it doesn’t have ultra-fast mmWave, but you almost definitely wouldn’t benefit from that anyway). It’s also worth noting the A13’s impressive update commitment: it’ll receive two years of Android platform updates, as well as four years of security fixes. It’s debatable whether you’ll want to wear this exact device in 2026, but the fact that you could is impressive. 

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Samsung Galaxy S22

The Samsung Galaxy S22 base model is one of the remaining options for Android customers looking for a compact flagship. It’s not little; it has a 6.1-inch display. However, given that there are phones on this list with screens reaching seven inches (or larger, if foldable are included), it’s downright little by modern standards.

There’s not much this phone can’t handle, thanks to the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor as the larger S22 phones (including the Ultra). Just be aware that its 3,700-milliampere-hour battery may require more care than the 4,500- to 5,000-mAh cells seen in most other recent flagships — and that, due to its small size, it tends to overheat under load. Still, if you don’t have great expectations for your phone and want something beautiful and portable, this is the one for you. 

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is the company’s less expensive 2022 foldable. Not that it’s any less expensive; this device still costs a thousand dollars. However, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 did as well, and the newest model is objectively superior. Unfortunately, the updated Flip suffers from the same flaws as the older one: poor battery life and average cameras, which aren’t issues you’d expect to find in any non-folding phone at this price. This year, however, both characteristics have been addressed, with larger batteries (in the same size chassis) and improved low-light camera performance.

The Flip 4’s hamburger-style folding screen allows it to function as a standard phone when open and a pocketable tiny square when closed. The little cover screen is useful for seeing the time or notifications without turning on the battery-consuming internal screen. It also makes it easier to take higher-quality selfies with the phone’s rear-facing cameras.

We’re not going to sugarcoat it: if you take away the wow factor that folding phones still have, you’re getting a midrange experience at a premium price here. But it’s difficult to argue that the Flip 4 is really cool, and its build quality much exceeds that of Samsung’s A-series phones. Furthermore, none of those phones fold in half – at least not more than once. Also read: Samsung’s latest mobile phone to buy [ Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G ]

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