re: Is the new S23 Ultra worth it?

I upgraded from a Note 20 ultra. Really liked the Note 20 ultra and wasn't too antsy to trade it out, but the release promotions got me...Traded in a Note 2 and Galaxy S3 for my wife that had both been sitting in my desk for almost a decade. The free upgrade to 512 GB also made the micro SD card loss easier to stomach.

As mentioned, I really liked the Note 20 ultra, and the form factor of the S23 Ultra is nearly identical. You can barely tell them apart from the front.

The most obvious upgrades after a week of usage are the camera and battery. Took them skiing, and this was probably the first time I did not feel bad about leaving my actual camera behind. My wife had the standard Note 20, and the camera upgrade from that was gigantic. The battery lasts forever. Only disappointment is the lack of micro SD, but the free memory upgrade helped that.

Otherwise, everything just seems extremely refined. The phone is lightning fast and the screen is beautiful. That said, I never found my note 20 ultra to be slow and the screen was beautiful on that too.

All said, it was a worthwhile upgrade and is a phone I'll be happy to use for likely the next 3 years. If you're happy in the samsung ecosystem, I can't imagine anyone would not like this phone. Whether it is worth the upgrade probably depends on how old your previous phone is.