I had a crappy phone before this. When I first used the camera on this phone I was stunned. I've had it for months now and continue to adore all my pictures. It's fast, reliable, a bit big but it doesn't bother me. I love this phone

Great picture quality, large screen. Adequate storage for books and videos/music. I am quite pleased with it overall.

The screen and camera on this phone are both absolutely incredible. Last 2 phones I had were a Galaxy S8 for personal use and an iPhone 13 Pro for work, and this blows both out of the water and is replacing both. I've only had it for a couple weeks and I could gush about it much more than anyone would read, but its a great phone. Great hardware, great software. I'm still getting used to how big it is, I actually prefer smaller phones but I figured I'd give this a try. It has a lot of great features and good software design though that compensate for the size and make it still one hand useable. The pen is fun too.

This phone has so many features I've watched dozens of those "50 things you didn't know you could do with the S23 Ultra" type YouTube videos and am still learning new things. Its still super user friendly, you can pick it up and do all the things you'd expect a smartphone to do no problem, but then you can also get really into it and discover a ton of awesome extra features it has to play with.

Fit and finish is nice too, I got the green and I wish it was more green and less grey, but it still looks and feels nice. Very premium feel with the nice glass, metal sides, and whatever material the back is, I don't even know.

Seamless integration with both Samsung and third party peripherals like headphones, watches, etc. I think Samsung is catching up to Apple in terms of its ecosystem integration, plus unlike apple it works just as well with third party and other android devices as it does other Samsung devices.

Awesome phone, I'll have this one a long time I think

This would have got a 5 star review if Samsung would have included a proper cable and charging block for the $1200 price tag. With that out of the way the star features of this phone is the Camera, OLED Screen and the S Pen that can also be used as a remote when watching videos just like a magic wand which I thought was really cool. The quality of this phone is Ultra Premium and very responsive and snappy. I took my old sim card from a Tracfone and slapped it in the S23 Ultra and it just worked. This phone does not over heat, it might get a little warm if gaming or something other than that this phone is near perfection. Oh and one more thing you could literally make a movie with this camera it is that good. Just my opinion but this phone should be priced at $800 to $900 tops. This phone will not disappoint, it is a beautiful piece of engineering.

I have only one criticism... why did they put the stylus at the lower left corner? Most of us are right-handed and the upper right is the obvious best location. So I never use the stylus - even though it is very useful - due to the hassle of getting it in and out of the socket.
Other than that - great phone! Flawless performance, truly stunning screen that everyone comments on, much louder speaker than earlier phones. I have a lot of stuff loaded; apps, pics, music and not even bumping up near half of the memory.
I transitioned from a 21Ultra and there were several items I needed to handle, so the change wasn't as seamless as earlier phones. But who cares - it was fun.
Camera is ridiculously good. I know a Pulitzer Price winning photographer works for a major paper, and she carries this phone because of the camera.