The Samsung S23 Plus (above) and S23 kicked the camera bump this year.
Samsung’s S-series phones actually look like they belong together this year. The S23 and S23 Plus have adopted the floating camera design of the Ultra, making for a much more cohesive trio this time around. They’re even all available in the same colors.
Under the hood, they have all of the incremental updates we expected, including a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset (in the US at least), slightly bigger batteries, and updated selfie cameras. Pricing hasn’t budged, either: the Galaxy S23 starts at $799 and the S23 Plus starts at $999. Both are available for preorder today and will ship on February 17th.
Screen size is consistent with last year, too. The S23 Plus’ display measures 6.6 inches, and the S23’s is 6.1 inches (which is empirically t…