I upgraded from my S22+ as the specs on the camera of the S22 Ultra looked impressive.My first impression is that it doesn't feel or look as nice as my old phone, which was a beautiful shade of green, I got the Titanium Black as the green shade looked washed out, but I feel my old phone, despite being a lesser model, looked and felt more premium.In terms of speed, I can't notice any difference in loading or swiping through the apps.There is a lot of talk about screen not being reflective, but again I can't tell any difference from my old phone, that said it's not been sunny enough to get a good gauge when outside, so roll on summer.The camera is good, so far only taken pictures of my cat but in low light it's a 100 times better than my old phone. The AI features are good, it really sharpens up the image after it has been taken with the Scene Optimizer.The AI eraser is pure witchcraft, I have no idea how it works so well and I shall be calling a priest! I removed a toy from the couch using it and how it filled in the missing background and knew to remove the shadows I'll never understand.The weather has not been great so not really tested out the 50mpxl Ultrawide Camera, so looking forward to getting into that.Outside of the camera, I'm not sure about the AI features to be honest, I've had a good play around with them, and the drawing assist is fun, but beyond that I'm not sure I'm it's target audience (I'm a 50 years old male, I'm not a luddite, but can't see how they will assist my day to day, that said it's early days with the phone so time may prove me wrong), The Gemini assist was not very good, it didn't understand what I was saying a lot of the time and just answered what it thought I said.I believe Samsung will charge for these within twelve months (so I've read), this seems shortsighted especially as people will remember life without them and probably not pay on mass, they should leave it a couple of years until these features are properly evolved and embedded in people's lives before charging.The speaker in the phone is similar to the S22+, and although this phone has QHD, the S22+ was a Dynamic AMOLED 2340 x 1080, so I really couldn't tell a massive difference in picture quality, but I only use the phone for a bit (way too much) of YouTubeage and Insta cat videos, maybe if I'd watched a movie I may have noticed a difference.I've always been a heavy Bluetooth user, which is usually real drain on the battery. I either to pair with a speaker or my headphones, and I've been using it most of the day and with moderate other phone usage, WhatsApp and emails, the battery is down to 61% (8am - 3.20pm) this is a definite improvement, on my old phone I'd be chasing a charge (good name for a band that) by now.One thing that is truly stand out for me about this phone, the sound through my headphones (Buds2 Pro), which I've had for a few months now, is outstanding, I partially deaf, so music on a phone has never blown me away until now. I was not expecting this, they've really worked some magic on this phone, and is worth the upgrade for this alone, not sure why no reviews I've seen have mentioned this.Overall I'm really happy with the upgrade. I think gone are the days when you get a phone every couple of years it feels like a massive change, now it seems like small incremental improvements (sorry to any designers and developers that may read this, don't want to undermine your hard work). For me it felt like time to get a new phone, and with the preorder, trade in and discount I got the 1tb model for £500 off, but there are good deals from service providers if you shop around for a 24 month contract.All this said, if you have the S24 Ultra (had a mess about on my friends), unless you are really excited about AI and can't wait (as you may get it as a software update), or are unimpressed with sound when listening to music through headphones, then I'd probably wait until the S26 when it has matured a bit
