Customers say
Customers find the phone looks like new and appreciate its excellent camera quality, taking amazing pictures and having a sleek form factor. Moreover, the phone offers good value for money. However, the functionality and battery life receive mixed reviews – while some say it operates great and has great battery life, others report issues with the S pen not working and the battery dying quickly. Additionally, the connectivity is problematic as the phone won’t connect on any network, and the screen scratch resistance is also mixed, with some reporting zero scratches while others received units with cracked screens.
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Reviewer: Paul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I’m finally loving a phone again
Review: First, about the vendor. If I could give ten stars, I would. Professionally packaged, they included a screen protector and a charger brick, which Samsung does not. Not high amperage, but better than nothing. Also a USB C cord and the SIM tray ejector pin. What’s not to love?The condition was as if brand new, the S pen was included. And 512GB of memory? Wow! No more dealing with SD cards and figuring out where things are stored. All for $424 and 12 months to pay with no interest on my Amazon CC.My history of of cellular phones goes back almost 40 years to car phones. As to PCS hand held phones, 25 years. Many Nokias, then Windows Phone, then very grudgingly, Android, only because my beloved 950XL does not have voice over data and technology moved on. I got a Samsung A52. I have had phones that I didn’t particularly like, but none have I hated as much as that A52. SO many stupid things, constant misbehaviors. I can’t tell you how many times I threw that puppy against the wall. Good thing it has a great case. Well, Mr. Samsung. All is forgiven with this S22 Ultra. This is the first phone I’ve ever had that did not allow a “no lock” option. I’ve never had reason to lock my phone from prying eyes or fingers. No big secrets and I don’t lose my phones. Anyway, this phone requires some form of security…god, I’ve come to hate that word…but I found the fingerprint unlock to work well, so that hurdle crossed without pain. I really, really hate doing things on the tiny screen and keyboard of a phone. The Microsoft Phone Link has been a god send, letting me use a big monitor, keyboard and mouse for messages and other purposes. SO much nicer and easier. Well, it just got better with the Samsung DeX feature. Plug the phone into a USB port on the PC and now you have a work station. (Historical note: My Windows Phone could do this with the optional docking station a decade ago.) Now I can use the Samsung Snapseed (like Adobe Lightroom, but FREE!) and ExpertRAW apps with the comfort of a real keyboard and mouse. A number of YT reviewers complained about the battery life. Gee, I’m running video games and movies all day, why does the battery suck? Even then, they reported that it could run all day. I’m happy to report that with the light duty of phone, text, some GPS, and other odds and ends, the battery life is great. Down 20-30% after a day of that kind of use. The Samsung Camera app is thorough and easy to use. I say this having tried other camera apps, and even a short lived Pixel 8 phone. I ditched that in less than a day, the camera app was SO clunky. Then in the hardware background, the Ultra claims to have a larger sensor…this is always good…than its S22 cousins and with a higher pixel count. 108MP? Wow. My first digital camera had 2.1MP.The S pen and note feature is amazing and I’m just starting to learn all of its capabilities. The phone updated to Android 14 and 6.1 OneUI w/o issue. Samsung guarantees several more years of OS upgrades and seven years of security upgrades.The summary is that for only the third time in 25 years do I love a phone and not just tolerate it. I can’t imagine someone not liking this phone, and the differences between this and the just out S25 are not worth $1000 bucks.
Reviewer: Brian Williams
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lo devolví y me lo cambiaron
Review: Le doy excelente calificación porque, a pesar de que el primer celular que me llegó estaba defectuoso con el altavoz, pero lo reporté y lo cambiaron después de unos días y funciona perfecto.
Reviewer: Tiffanie
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Known network connection issue horrible return policy
Review: Absolute worst experience I have ever had with Amazon or a seller. I was so excited when my phone came in it looked perfect everything seemed great. Not one single visible imperfection until I installed my SIM card. Then nothing. The phone would not connect on any network we tried Att, Verizon, T-Mobile, Google Fi, and Visible. I put the same SIM cards in my brother’s identical phone and his worked fine. I connected the phone to Wi-Fi magically the network connects and says the device is registered on Verizon network. No matter where I went regardless of which network or SIM, (ESIM or physical we tried both) the phone would not work on any network without being connected to Wi-Fi.(I live in a rural area our only options are satellite) After research I found this was a known issue with this device I reached out to the seller and got a standard automated message. No help at all. I reached out to Amazon where was told I would have to return the item. I let them know that was not financially feasible for me I needed to do an exchange. Amazon said they would reach out to the seller & find out if an exchange would be available. I was told no, I need to reach out to the seller myself to try and work something out. I reached out to the seller they responded with an obvious automated template explaining again that it would be up to Amazon. This phone was purchased out of necessity because my 22+ had a cracked screen and was showing obvious signs of impending death. The day after I transferred all of my information from my 22+ to the 22Ultra my 22+ succumbed to nearly 3 years of daily use. This phone is not a luxury item to me but a necessity for work and school. If nearly $500 is a substantial amount of money to you I highly suggest looking into Amazon’s return policy and the seller’s responsiveness. Also their ability to correct their mistakes without putting undue financial on someone who’s only mistake was not thoroughly researching the seller’s and Amazon’s policies . Again the phone looked fantastic. The camera functioned as it should. The phone registered on the Verizon network every time I was connected to Wi-Fi. I would receive all of the text messages. As soon as I left Wi-Fi the phone said no network and emergency calls only. This may be a one off with this seller their reviews are great but unfortunately I received a dud & no customer service to go with it. Still waiting on acknowledgement of my return. Amazon can see it was delivered to them but not picked up. Their tracking shows I haven’t even picked it up.
Reviewer: Tatiana Rubio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Visiblemente excelente
Review: Excelente tiempos de entrega, el celular está en óptimas condiciones, no tiene rayones y trabaja correctamente, la batería no dura exactamente uno o dos días es entendible, pero si trabaja genial, la verdad me encuentro totalmente satisfecha, hasta el momento todo corre bien
Reviewer: Shonn Surber
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good phone with some quirks
Review: Got this refurbished S22 Ultra—loved the S Pen and overall feel. The screen and body had some expected scratches (not “like new,” but solid “good” condition). Noticed the back was a non-OEM part, poorly glued with indents at the top corners, though the rest seemed legit. Worked great for two weeks, then bam—no signal unless on Wi-Fi. Couldn’t make calls. Oddly, my husband’s brand-new S22 Ultra had the same issue a while back. Carrier checked the IMEI, saw it had insurance, and replaced it. Solid phone, but that signal glitch? Annoying.
Reviewer: satisfied customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: S22 Ultra is a great phone!
Review: Excellent condition. The display is so bright, I have to turn it down to less than half to help preserve the battery, but that is as bright as my Note 9 was. Excellent camera compared to my Note 9, too. Great value for money — hard to believe the new S25 would be worth 3 times as much. Just wish it had an SD card.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excelente
Review: Excelente
Reviewer: David Ricardo
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Traía cable y cargador rápido pero no traía caja del teléfono, la pantalla está sin rasguños pero si se nota muuy usada, en fin por el precio está muy bien .✈️
Reviewer: SI_Lugon
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Es una versión muy especifica, qué no es compatible con muchos firmwares, así que estarás siempre limitado a los servicios y localización de USAActualización: El equipo traía bandeja sim dañada, al llegar lo usé con E-SIM pero al verme en la necesidad de usar SIM física por viaje fue imposible usarla, igual la batería venia con menos del 80% de vida contrario a lo anunciado.
Reviewer: Citlali
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Lo probé con chips de diferentes compañías y con ninguna tenía red estable. Además que la batería dura muy poco y se sobrecalienta demasiado, a lo mucho 2 horas de uso continuo
Reviewer: Ricardo
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Físicamente el teléfono se ve bien, pero se calienta y la pantalla comienza a tener problemas con la función tactil por lo que decidí devolverlo.
Reviewer: Pauch
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Al principio parecía todo bien, empecé a tener problemas con el sim, nunca tengo red, solo para llamadas de emergencia, ha sido un fastidio el haber comprado este equipo porque ya no lo puedo regresar. NO COMPREN!!!
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