S22U user here. I'd almost never recommend someone upgrade from the 22 to the 23.
However, if you're coming from something older right now, the things to keep in mind if you take up the 22 over the 23 is:
- 1 less year over software support
- Slightly slower, and significantly less power efficient, chip (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs 8 Gen 2)
As someone probably planning to keep their phone for a while if your last phone was a V30, I'd take that into huge consideration when you pick. With the S23U, you could get it, have it for as many years as that V30 has been out, and still be getting your last updates.
I disagree. Gestures are better.
It's subjective. I have no problem one handed and think it's fewer accidents because it takes more than just a tap to trigger.
That said I'm on Samsung where the gestures are amazing. I still don't get the appeal of other brands that all have worse update lifetime, worse UI goodies, etc.