Google Pixel 7 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: After months of rumours and teasers, mostly from Google itself, the company finally introduced its newest flagship smartphones. This time around, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are iterative improvements, but that’s still not bad for a firm that has been erratic with its products. The Pixel 7 Pro stands out as the phone to get if you want it all. You get the anticipated improvements to the processing package as well as significant advancements across the board.
If you’ve been holding off on purchasing a phone until 2022, now would be a fantastic time to do so since the Pixel series is one of the year’s final launches. This calls for comparisons! The Galaxy S22 Ultra is one of the top Android flagships, while the Pixel 7 Pro joins a crowded field. How do the most recent models from Google and Samsung compare to one another? Here’s a closer comparison of the Google Pixel 7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Display and design
With the Pixel 7 Pro, refinement is the name of the game. The new metallic bar with camera cutouts that replaces the Pixel 6 Pro’s black camera visor does enough to set it apart from its predecessor. I preferred the latter because it concealed the cameras, but the 7 Pro’s silver bar makes it look less flashy and more upscale. Google chose against using two-tone colours with the 7 Pro, despite the fact that the bar splits the phone’s rear.
With a metal frame, Gorilla Glass Victus on the front and back, and a respectable heaviness, the Pixel 7 Pro has the appearance and feel of a top device. And the metal bar gives it a more elegant appearance. However, the traditional colorways—white and black—tend to be monotonous without two-tone colours, with only the Hazel option striking out.
It’s more of the same when you look at the front, but few people can tell an Android phone by its front anyhow. However, the 6.7-inch Quad HD+ display receives some improvements. Its brightness is 25% greater than that of the Pixel 6 Pro, and its refresh rate ranges from 10Hz to 120Hz. We wouldn’t expect anything less from a 2022 flagship than this stunning, brilliant AMOLED display.
As an alternative, there is the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. The Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus, the Ultra’s smaller siblings, retain their predecessor’s design. Instead, it harkens back even further, its rectangular shape and curved sides evoking the discarded Galaxy Note. The several cameras are scattered across the upper left corner of the otherwise plain back, with no contour cuts or bars present. The S Pen slot that is incorporated inside the device gives it a Note-like appearance. Yes, the Ultra, which is only nominally a member of the Galaxy S-series, is the Note successor that many have been looking for.
Like most Samsung phones, the Galaxy S22 Ultra’s display doesn’t fail to impress. The Quad HD+ Super AMOLED screen stands out with its bright, vibrant colors, and the 120Hz adaptive refresh rate makes everything fast and smooth.
Hardware, storage and battery
The new Tensor G2 that powers the Pixel 7 Pro is Google’s continuation of the Tensor programme. With routine functions like messaging, speech recognition, video streaming, and more, it uses less power. Google boasts that it is 60% faster than its predecessor, but that performance is probably insufficient to compete with the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Naturally, both phones have flagship processors, so they can effortlessly handle whatever task you give them.
The 12GB of RAM included with the Pixel 7 Pro helps the performance. The Galaxy S22 Ultra is available with 8GB or 12GB of RAM. Additionally, Samsung provides greater storage starting at 128GB and increasing to 1TB. Meanwhile, the Pixel 7 Pro has 128GB or 256GB of storage.
The two phones’ huge sizes enable Samsung and Google to cram sizable 5,000mAh batteries inside of them. With the Galaxy S22 Ultra, you get strong battery life, with our review revealing up to 6.5 hours of screen time with slightly more than a full day of use. Before making any choices, we’ll need to test the 7 Pro, but the Tensor G2’s low-power characteristics should help the phone live longer than the superior battery life we observed with its predecessor. Google claims that the Pixel 7 Pro may last up to 72 hours when using the new Extreme Battery Saver mode.
Cameras
Regarding the cameras, both phones maintain what has been successful while adding enhancements that make them even better. A 108MP primary camera, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, a 10MP telephoto lens with a 3x optical zoom, and a 10MP periscope lens with a 10x optical zoom are all included with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. A front-facing camera with 40MP resolution allows for stunning selfies and clear video calls.
A 48MP telephoto lens with 4.8x optical zoom, a 12MP ultra-wide lens, and a 50MP primary camera are all still present on the Pixel 7 Pro. A 10.8MP camera is located up front to meet your demands for selfies and Face Unlock.
The camera systems and approaches to image processing on the two phones are significantly dissimilar. In terms of pure numbers, the Pixel 7 Pro is outperformed by the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Google, meanwhile, uses AI image processing to advance its photography powers. There’s a reason why even Google’s 12MP cameras from prior Pixels were ranked among the best while taking on phones with far greater megapixel counts. Things are even better now that the numbers have caught up to the software.
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