If you’ve been following the leaks, you’ll know that the Samsung Galaxy S23 is a sequel to the S22, which means it basically follows the same spec recipe, save for a few component updates.
Yesterday we got our first glimpse of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s performance, which showed a promising Geekbench result. However, it also showed that the 2023 model will come with 8GB of RAM, just like the 2022, 2021 and 2020 phones. Is an increase to 12GB long overdue? Samsung doesn’t see it that way (the S20 had a 12GB option, Samsung knows how well it sold).
Leakster Yogesh Brar shared a summary of the Galaxy S23’s specs and those tell the same story: 8GB of RAM, 128 / 256GB of storage. The new model will have a larger 3,900mAh battery, well, bigger than the S22 but not the S21 or S20 (both at 4,000mAh). And it will support the same old 25W wired and 15W wireless charging. Both Samsung and Apple have been pretty cautious with the charging speeds of their smartphones, especially the smaller models.
Moving forward, the new phone will have a 50MP main camera (with OIS), 12MP ultra wide angle and 10MP telephoto lens, as well as a 10MP selfie camera. It reads like the S22 cameras, although it may involve new sensors and optics. It will certainly involve new processing thanks to the more powerful chipset.
Finally, the phone will have a 6.1-inch dynamic 2X AMOLED display, again with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,340 pixels, still not LTPO. This is what the rumors are saying, however. Ice universe claims the bezels will be fractions of a millimeter thicker, but that’s not the whole story.
We have seen from the renders that the design will be reworked to be more in line with the S22 Ultra (the S23 Ultra will basically look the same). We’ve seen that even in case of design: the camera island has disappeared, with only the individual lenses sticking out of the back.
If you look back, the Galaxy S21 used the S20 cameras but put them in a redesigned body. The S22 reused the design but updated the cameras. Now a new design and the same cameras await us. This appears to be Samsung’s update cadence for the Galaxy S series, at least for the vanilla and plus models (the Ultras see bigger changes from year to year).
At this point the only big question that remains is whether the S23 series will exclusively use Snapdragon chipsets or whether the Exynos team has convinced their colleagues to give them another chance.
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