I did, and went with S22 ultra at the end. Long term nikon full frame shooter. I must say both iphone 13 pro max and this are very formidable devices, each has their strengths and weaknesses, took quite a bit of time to decide. I like how S22 feels like a real computer where I can plug my variometer for paragliding via OTG cable, side load apps of my own choice, use normal charging cables like rest of the universe, upload/download files straight from filesystyem without any installed apps and so on. I am getting into whole S pen experience, its pretty nice for sketching or precise mouse-like work ie when editing photos in phone. Apple notch making it look like some basic 2015 chinese phone is just a cherry on the top.
As for cameras, 10x physical zoom is not something to neglect, Apple doesn't have anything to offer there. In past 2 weeks I have it, I've shot quite a lot of otherwise impossible kids, family, nature, animals etc. pics with this zoom. That was my main motivation for new phone - a camera for pictures I always have with me, unlike dedicated camera (2.5kg being just a detail, I didn't mind carrying it but I didn't have it a lot of casual times where great situation happened).
Another reason that swayed me - with this upgrade I wanted to improve headphones, priority being quality of sounds and battery life to play my collection of flacs. Airpods Pro were just not cutting it, went with Sennheiser momentum 2. You can't connect iphone and Senns via some above-default bluetooth protocol, they support aptX, Apple has their own solution and nothing else.
Rest of cameras are +-comparable, sometimes one wins other times the other. BUT - this over-processing that Apple is famous for is something I don't like, as long term DSLR shooter I 'have it in the eye' how processing should look like. A lot of people got so used to it though, they consider ie full frame pictures with normal level of processing bland and artificial compared to Apple's.
As for cameras, 10x physical zoom is not something to neglect, Apple doesn't have anything to offer there. In past 2 weeks I have it, I've shot quite a lot of otherwise impossible kids, family, nature, animals etc. pics with this zoom. That was my main motivation for new phone - a camera for pictures I always have with me, unlike dedicated camera (2.5kg being just a detail, I didn't mind carrying it but I didn't have it a lot of casual times where great situation happened).
Another reason that swayed me - with this upgrade I wanted to improve headphones, priority being quality of sounds and battery life to play my collection of flacs. Airpods Pro were just not cutting it, went with Sennheiser momentum 2. You can't connect iphone and Senns via some above-default bluetooth protocol, they support aptX, Apple has their own solution and nothing else.
Rest of cameras are +-comparable, sometimes one wins other times the other. BUT - this over-processing that Apple is famous for is something I don't like, as long term DSLR shooter I 'have it in the eye' how processing should look like. A lot of people got so used to it though, they consider ie full frame pictures with normal level of processing bland and artificial compared to Apple's.