Not a rant. Questions. Genuine questions. Do you own s22 and know how the battery life is after android 13 upgrade. If not, you are only assuming based on first week reviews on the web. I have seen many reporting getting an hour extra sot and OS being more responsive for s22 ultra after Android 13 update.
Launch offers are over for S23. It is back to actual price now. 79990. Only offer is on Amazon with HDFC, 8k discount. On Samsung site, the same discounts are on HDFC and SBI. Good luck getting it for 67k though. If I add 10% discount for select cards on s22 as well, the gap is atleast 15k. Even if I remove s22 from comparison, s22 plus, Pixels cost less. Not even bringing iPhone 13 that costs 61k into conversation here.
So yes, S23 is a bad phone for its price and there are options that cost less and compete with the s23.
I think it's time you should stop gaslighting people.
Android 13 improved battery life on some Samsung phones, but on some the update also
decreased the battery life, most notably the S21 and S22 series. When the foundation of a phone is wrong, there's so much that software can fix. And the Snapdragon 888 and 8 Gen 1, both of which were made by Samsung Foundry, were considered to be equivalent to sheep's turd. The situation was so bad that Qualcomm had to immediately move to TSMC for the 8 Gen 1 Plus and 8 Gen 2.
So, try to maybe do some research before putting forward your thoughts. And try to
stop nitpicking every suggestion people here make. This is a public forum for God's sake.
And FYI, the S23 is currently available on Amazon 75K with a 5K instant discount. And on top of that, you get an additional 8K discount with HDFC. So, that brings down the price to 67K INR, which was rightly quoted by
@axmac.
So, for an extra 9K over the S22 (which is at 58K), the S23 is worthy every day of the week. Considering the massive battery and thermal gains you will get.