Still no fix for this 4 months later?? I just got my s22 ultra in the mail a few days ago.... So disappointed with it and this was the final straw. Pictures are worse in many ways, audio is not nearly as loud as my s21, the microphone is terrible, and on top of it I was excited to have the extra brightness for HDR videos and when I first opened an HDR video I was shocked... It wasn't nearly as bright or vibrant as my s21. I had them side by side. Whites look yellow, and everything is dim compared to s21 ultra.
The strange thing though is that if you watch a non-hdr video, it's clearly brighter. It's only in HDR that brightness does nothing. And yes, I have extra brightness turned on, and adaptive lighting off.
This phone is worse in nearly every single catagory compared to the s21 ultra. Idk what in the world happened at Samsung. I'm also starting to believe all the reviews videos on YouTube are bought and paid for because there's no way those people were honest, as ANY ONE who puts these phones side by side would come to the conclusion that the s21 is better.
I spent an hour+ on the phone with Samsung tech support trying to fix my blurry over processed photos, that when compared to s21 were absolutely awful particularly anything at 10x and over. The more you zoom in the more it becomes noticeably bad. Colors look wonderful sure, but not at the cost of clear sharp detail.
I wanted to like this phone SOOO bad, but I am terribly disappointed. I am also pretty sure most of the issues I've described are software issues (except for microphone and sound.. but maybe?) As photos look great for that second or two after snapped until they are processed by software and then they look like *****. The HDR issue is also clearly software as the screen is much brighter in every other way EXCEPT for HDR.
My major concern here is that it's been almost 6 months since this phone has been released and knowing all of these problems have existed since day 1 and still not fixed.
I only have 14 days to send the phone back and am not taking any chances hoping these issues will be corrected when we're 6 months in and still nothing. These are basic issues that should have been fixed within the first month of release, so this is a major red flag to me
Majorly disappointed.
