Samsung Galaxy S23 review: The perfect compact flagship

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Every year, without fail, for the past 10 years or more, Samsung has delivered what may consider the de-facto flagship phone choice for Android users. And based on our time with the latest Galaxy S23, that winning streak isn't about to end any time soon.

It doesn't move the bar up significantly from its predecessor — the Galaxy S22 — but there are few competitors in the Android space that offer the same combination of features and performance in as compact a form, and very few at all that deliver software and security updates as promptly or for as long a time as Samsung.

4/5

Not a lot has changed from the S22 to the S23, but with the most recent model, Samsung has — yet again — delivered what is the best all-round compact flagship phone.

Not a huge amount changed between the Samsung Galaxy S22 and S23 on the design side of things. At least, not from the front. That's no bad thing, the bezels around the display are among the skinniest we've seen on a phone. They're impressively uniform too, keeping that slimness around all four sides of the screen, and curving inside the rounded corners to match the radius of the external aluminium frame. With that, and the centrally placed hole-punch selfie camera, there's a delightful sense of symmetry.

Add to that the fact that this is one of the smallest, lightest and most nimble flagship phones on the market, and picture is even more impressive. It's thinner than the Asus Zenfone 9 and Xperia 5 IV, both of which offer that flagship power in a device that's smaller than the usual ultra-premium Android behemoths.

One element we really like — and is often under-appreciated — is the shaping of the aluminium edges. They're not completely flat and feature a subtle rounding around all