Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) Show check

Arriving in the marketplace in February 2022, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) is Samsung’s newest flagship and is filled with all types of recent and improved options, together with an ultra-fast, ultra-slim 4 nm processor and a 108 MP primary digital camera. We embody right here the important thing outcomes of its efficiency in our Show protocol benchmark testing.

Key show specs:

• AMOLED 2X panel
• Dimension: 6.8 inches
• Decision: 1440 x 3088 pixels
• Side ratio: 20:9, 500 ppi
• Refresh fee: 1–120 Hz adaptive

About DXOMARK Show exams: For scoring and evaluation in our smartphone and different show evaluations, DXOMARK engineers carry out a wide range of goal and perceptual exams below managed lab and real-life circumstances. This text highlights crucial outcomes of our testing. Be aware that we consider show attributes utilizing solely the system’s built-in show {hardware} and its nonetheless picture (gallery) and video apps at their default settings. (For in-depth details about how we consider smartphone and different shows, take a look at our articles, “How DXOMARK exams show high quality” and “A more in-depth take a look at DXOMARK Show testing.”)

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Samsung’s latest flagship appeared with very promising specs, together with display brightness claimed to succeed in 1750 cd/m2, an adaptive body fee, and a Imaginative and prescient Booster function that adjusts the show tone mapping to ambient lighting circumstances. We in contrast the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) with its predecessor, the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos), and with two of its principal opponents, the Apple iPhone 13 Professional Max and the OnePlus 9 Professional.

So what did DXOMARK engineers discover throughout testing? Effectively, to start with, sure, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) show measured 1777 cd/m2 in our brightness exams — the brightest smartphone show ever — and because of this, it reveals sturdy enchancment in readability below daylight. And second, Samsung achieves the brand new high video rating due to good brightness, correct tone mapping, and good colour rendering.

As for drawbacks, the brand new system’s default brightness is just too low below indoor and shady outside circumstances; and although the Imaginative and prescient Booster function makes element simpler to see in some photos seen below daylight, it adversely impacts the colour rendering in others. Lastly, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) takes a step backwards when it comes to dealing with video body drops in comparison with the S21 Extremely (Exynos), affecting the previous’s movement rating.

Let’s take a better look beneath.

DXOMARK makes use of the system’s gallery app to indicate static (nonetheless picture) content material when measuring the system’s show for brightness, distinction, gamma, and blue gentle affect, and so forth.

In comparison with its predecessor and its opponents included on this article, the utmost brightness of the S22 Extremely (Exynos) is considerably increased — 1777 cd/m2 vs. 1379 cd/m2 for the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos), 1066 cd/m2 for the iPhone 13 Professional Max, and 702 cd/m2 for the OnePlus 9 Professional. The result’s a display that gives nice visibility in daylight.

That mentioned, the brand new flagship has been tuned such that its default brightness indoors and in shady outside circumstances is decrease than its opponents, making it tougher to see particulars, as illustrated beneath.

Nevertheless, by decreasing its default brightness degree in low-light circumstances, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) makes for extra snug evening studying, shopping the net, or having fun with social media than the S21 Extremely (Exynos), which was a bit too brilliant.

The display on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) is uniform for each brightness and colour:

DXOMARK makes use of the system’s gallery app to indicate static (nonetheless picture) content material when measuring the system’s show for white level, gamut, uniformity, colour constancy, and blue gentle filter affect, and so forth. 

In our lab exams, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) demonstrates good general colour constancy, as proven in the left-hand chart beneath. It’s higher than the S21 Extremely (Exynos) and akin to the OnePlus 9 Professional. The middle of every circle is the goal colour; something outdoors the circle represents a noticeable colour distinction. The additional the tip of the arrow is outdoors of the circle, the extra customers will discover the distinction between the colour on the show and colour of the true object or chart subsequent to it. The scatter chart on the precise reveals that the S22 Extremely (Exynos) shifts towards blue when seen on angle.

In most circumstances, the S22 Extremely (Exynos)’s colour rendering will fulfill individuals who like a little bit of saturation, as is predicted from a Samsung system.

Below daylight, along with excellent readability, the S22 Extremely (Exynos)’s colours on pores and skin tones are devoted, particularly when in comparison with the OnePlus9 Professional, which has a reddish pores and skin tone rendering:

But additionally below daylight, nonetheless, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) aggressively pushes saturation to its most degree, with the impact that every one colour nuances disappear in lots of photos, as illustrated within the top-left instance beneath.

DXOMARK makes use of the system’s video (or browser) app to indicate dynamic content material when measuring the system’s show for brightness, distinction, gamma, and colour.

The system we began our exams with confirmed a severe situation affecting the show’s video playback. Within the meantime, Samsung launched a firmware replace on February 25 that mounted the widespread situation. This overview displays the check outcomes from the up to date firmware.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) places in an excellent general efficiency for video, with good brightness, good distinction administration (albeit barely darkish on darkish tones), and good colour rendering. It’s brighter than the Galaxy S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos), and the distinction is extra pure in contrast with the iPhone 13 Professional Max, which reveals an excessive amount of distinction, as you possibly can see within the image beneath.

For movement, though it manages body drops a bit higher than its predecessor throughout gaming, the S22 Extremely (Exynos) posts a decrease rating than the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos)  and its opponents due to body drops throughout video playback. Within the photos from the S22 Extremely (Exynos)’s exams at 30 fps and 60 fps beneath, the best end result could be uniform grey fields; as an alternative, you possibly can see many brighter and darker squares which can be indicative of body drops.

Samsung touts an adaptive refresh fee for the S22 Extremely (Exynos), however our exams present that it does not likely adapt to 1 Hz/10 Hz. You’ll be able to see within the first graph beneath that the system’s refresh fee adapts to video content material (on this occasion, when enjoying movies on YouTube): the refresh fee of the S22 Extremely (Exynos) is exactly the identical because the video’s.

However after we in contrast the menu view of the S22 Extremely (Exynos) to that of the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos) in indoor circumstances, we noticed that the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos) lowered its body fee to 10 Hz, whereas the S22 Extremely (Exynos) stayed at 120 Hz, as proven on this graph:

Additional, we have been by no means in a position to witness the body fee of the S22 Extremely (Exynos) go beneath 24 Hz in any of the exams we carried out.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos) is only a bit slower than the S21 Extremely for contact response time throughout gaming, similar to the iPhone 13 Professional Max and quicker than the OnePlus 9 Professional, however customers will hardly discover these sorts of variations.

Machine	Contact-to-display response time (in ms)
Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely (Exynos)	58
Samsung Galaxy S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos)	50
Apple iPhone 13 Professional Max	56
OnePlus 9 Professional	75

Even acknowledging the improved efficiency over its predecessor, we word that the S22 Extremely (Exynos) nonetheless has some problem in detecting lengthy touches on the perimeters and in corners of its curved display. The S22 Extremely (Exynos) confirmed just a little extra accuracy alongside the perimeters after we examined it after turning off its unintentional contact safety mode (which is on by default), however the enchancment was not particularly vital.

Though it isn’t a part of our protocol, our engineers additionally examined the contact response of the S22 Extremely (Exynos) when utilizing its S Pen; they report that contact with the S Pen is each nice and exact.

Management of flicker stays the identical on the S22 Extremely (Exynos) as on the older S21 Extremely (Exynos), which is to say that in case you are delicate to flicker, it’s possible you’ll need to keep away from this system.

Ghost touches are very frequent, with or with out the unintentional contact safety choice activated. Nevertheless, aliasing barely improved over the S21 Extremely 5G (Exynos).