News & Reviews:   Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra pre-order

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra offers up to 100x Space Zoom and a 200MP quad rear camera along with superb Nightography or low-light photography. Just like the name Space Zoom, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra can easily take detailed photos of the moon without a need for an extra zoom lens or even a tripod. Interested? Check out our guide on How to properly utilize the 100x Space Zoom, 200MP quad rear camera and other camera features for Nightography. 

Take the road less traveled and reveal your own Malaysian hidden gems with your Samsung Galaxy S series smartphone and you could win a photography trip to Busan, South Korea! Courtesy of Samsung Malaysia Electronics, the ‘Go the S-tra Mile’ contest is available from now until 15 October for 6 mobile photographers with the most creative photos or videos of Malaysia’s hidden gems.

Do you know what makes Nightography stand out the most even though it is not on Auto Night Mode? How about the Pro Mode for the ExpertRAW app on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra? By using these two, just how much does it take nightography and photography to another level? Let us lead you on a step-by-step guide.

Long Exposure Photography was previously only available on the higher-end DSLRs, but now, with Pro mode on nearly every phone, you can do this with a decent camera phone and still get good results. Unlike normal photography where you take the shot instantly, long exposure photography takes a bit longer to take a photo. 

This increases the exposure and allows you to capture light in motion, blur moving people and smoothen water. It results in very artistic photos and with a good camera phone like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, you can get some very nice photos. Here’s how to do long exposure photography with a camera phone like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Amidst news of various cyberattacks and zero-click exploits, Samsung Malaysia has revealed that their Galaxy S23 series smartphones already have a Samsung Message Guard security solution built into the system. Designed to preemptively protect your device, the solution currently works with Samsung Messages and Messages by Google with a software update set to roll out for third party messaging apps as well.

Samsung Malaysia has announced that it is extending its Buy 1 Get 1 deal for the Samsung Galaxy S23 series to 30 April 2023. Moreover, the company also expanded the list of eligible devices for trade-in as part of the promo, making it accessible to more people.

This time around, we tried to take photos of wildlife using the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's 100x Space Zoom and 200MP quad rear camera. Our previous photography attempts certainly showed plenty of improvements in the zoom quality, so we were quite excited to see how the phone handled wildlife photography too. Check out our results and tips on how to take wildlife photography with a camera phone like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra below.

DxOMark is usually the site that's known for grading camera performance from smartphones, but it has also started expanding to audio and battery performance. In its latest review, it was testing the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra battery performance.

The Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is technically the last Galaxy Note smartphone of its series. Released back in August 2020, it’s been almost 3 years since the last new Galaxy Note smartphone, but fortunately for Galaxy Note fans, the Galaxy S22 Ultra and Galaxy S23 Ultra continued its spirit with an S Pen stylus, focus on cameras and other significant improvements. 

In addition, Samsung is currently offering a Buy 1 Get 1 Free deal for your older Galaxy Note20 Ultra where you not only get the Galaxy S23 Ultra, you also get a free Galaxy S23. Check out our comparison between the Galaxy Note20 Ultra vs the Galaxy S23 Ultra and find out why now might be the best time for you to trade-in and upgrade. 

Google has recently announced that you will be able to annotate or draw (and save it!) on a PDF file from Google Drive. Currently rolling out to Android 6.0 users and above around the world, our Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra could already do it with either a finger or the S Pen, but we couldn’t do the same on Google Drive for our Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite tablet, so be patient and you’ll get it soon.