The Galaxy S22 series is set to debut at an Unpacked event on February 8th.
The phone has been leaking quite nicely over the past few months
but the biggest shocker is that the Galaxy S22 series is set to debut at $100 more than the
previous year. Apparently Samsung blames the chip shortage due the increased cost in chips.
This is why the Galaxy S21 FE price was much higher than the previous year,
not a great buy since it was essentially the same price as the S21. The S21 lineup had
poor sales across the board. Thankfully their foldable lineup has been selling like hot cakes.
But we are now less than a month away from the launch of the S22,
S22 Plus and S22 Ultra and I’m kind of excited to try the Ultra.
The Galaxy S22 and S22 plus design will sort of look like the previous S21 but have a more
contour cut camera that doesn’t stick out as far. A 50 MP main sensor on the S22 but 108MP sensor on
the Ultra. All phones have a 10MP telephoto lens with a 3x optical but the Galaxy S22 Ultra gets an
additional 10MP 10x optical sensor. The Ultrawide cameras will be the same across the board at 12 MP
and the front facing camera will be 10MP on the S22 and 40 MP on the Ultra.
I’m not expecting massive changes in camera quality
but more of small improvements using the newer sensors and improved computational photography.
Samsung being Samsung might offer a few gimmicky features
that may or may not end up being popular. I think Samsung will continue to have the best video on
an Android phone and I won’t be surprised if we see 8K 60FPS recording capabilities.
I don’t expect it to be great but still pretty awesome that phones can actually do this.
One thing I’m glad Samsung is doing is reverting back to an all glass back. Last year you could
only get a glass back on the Plus or Ultra but not on the S21 normal. Considering how
expensive these phones are, it should have never come with a plastic back to begin with.
The overall feel and look of the Galaxy S22 and S22+ will remain the same as the
previous year with the Ultra getting the biggest redesign. The Ultra is literally
going to look and function like a Galaxy Note. With an included built-in Spen
and s-pen slot. In fact it looks so similar to a note 10 it would be hard to tell the
difference unless you flipped it on its back to see the cameras. The cameras on the Ultra
will look less in your face and more minimal compared to the Note 10. I personally prefer
this but just note (pun intended) that the spen will not work on the other S22’s
I think Samsung ditching the Note line and rebranding it as the Ultra is the right move.
Waiting until August for a separate Note device doesn’t make sense.
When the Note first came out years ago it was always faster and more powerful
but that changed over the years and the specs are similar to the rest of the lineup.
The displays are expected to shrink on the Galaxy S22 from 6.2 inches to 6.06. This will put it
between the screen size of an iPhone 13 Mini and iPhone 13. The S22 Plus will sport a 6.5 inch
display down from 6.7 and the Ultra is expected to be 6.8 down from 6.9. Honestly, I love these new
screen sizes. 6.06 is a good size for a smaller phone and 6.5 will still feel comfortable to hold
for a lot of people. And for those that want the bigger screen to write on there’s always the S22
Note, *cough* S22 Ultra. Samsungs LTPO panels will be used and are the best in the business
being able to refresh the display up to 120hz and down to 1hz to save battery life. But the crazy
thing is it will have a max peak brightness of 1750 nits, which will beat anything else
on the market including the 13 PRo Max. My gut feeling is the high peak brightness display will
be exclusive to the Ultra and S22+, while the S22 gets a less bright display with a FHD resolution.
I can’t wait to see what HDR content is going to look like!
No under display cameras in the front, It will still be a punch hole and I’m fine with that. I
want them to take their time until it can be done properly without losing camera quality.
I also think the S22 and S22 plus will finally get faster charging up to 25W and potentially the note
may charge as fast as 45W. With brighter displays but better LTPO technology
my gut feeling is the battery sizes will be the same too.
What won’t be the same is the processor! Benchmarks leaked on a Galaxy S22 Plus
and it doesn’t look too much faster than the Snapdragon 888. North America will get
the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 which is supposed to be 20% faster with 30% more power savings.
But the rest of the world will get the Exynos 2200, which for the first time I’m kind of
jealous. This year Samsung is partnering with AMD to bring a GPU based on the RDNA
2 architecture and this GPU could easily be the fastest thing we’ve ever seen on any smartphone.
Honestly, I’m excited they’re bringing a Galaxy Note type form factor back. I
know a lot of people who love the note and were upset that Samsung might have discontinued it.
I hope it does well because Samsung makes great Notes.Now,
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