This yr’s Galaxy S22 sequence has confirmed a winner, particularly the highest tier S22 Extremely. Samsung isn’t finished but although, and the corporate is already exhausting at work on 2023’s Galaxy S23 sequence, as soon as once more anticipated to characteristic three telephones, led by an Extremely.
So, what ought to we count on when the Samsung Galaxy S23 vary arrives? Right here’s all we all know to date.
When might the Samsung Galaxy S23 be launched?
Samsung has a reasonably dependable schedule for its Galaxy S telephones. We often see them introduced and launched in both January or February every year. For instance, right here’s when the previous few generations had been unveiled:
- Samsung Galaxy S22 – Feb 2022
- Samsung Galaxy S21 – Jan 2021
- Samsung Galaxy S20 – Feb 2020
A January or February launch appears doubtless then. An trade supply supposedly conversant in Samsung informed Korean newspaper Chosun that Samsung is planning a launch occasion within the first week of February (which is 30 January to five February), so for now that appears to be the doubtless window.
Normally these launches embrace the usual S mannequin, alongside the Plus and Extremely variants – these are the fashions we’ll give attention to on this article.
In 2020, Samsung launched the FE (Fan Version) fashions, that are primarily a toned down model of the usual S mannequin. These have had a extra sporadic launch schedule to date, however all the time launch months after the opposite fashions, with the Galaxy S20 FE arriving in October 2021 and the Galaxy S21 FE launching simply forward of the S22 vary in Feb 2022.
From the rumours we’ve seen to date, together with the sample already established by Samsung, we count on to see the Galaxy S23 fashions take their bow in February 2023, doubtless shortly after the Samsung Galaxy S22 FE if it arrives – although some rumours say the FE mannequin has been cancelled.
How a lot will the Samsung Galaxy S23 value?
Once more, with no official phrase from Samsung to date, we’ll want to have a look at the previous few generations to get an concept of the pricing which will accompany the S23 launch.
First up, here’s how the common fashions have lined up, beginning with the newest S22:
Then there’s the Plus fashions:
And at last the Ultras, the place we see just a little extra variation:
The final couple of years have seen Samsung choose pricing buildings for the vary, so we don’t assume there will likely be a lot change to this with the Galaxy S23 vary – although worldwide inflation is more likely to push costs up a minimum of just a little.
What options and specs will we see within the Samsung Galaxy S23?
With the launch of the S23 vary nonetheless off within the distance, we haven’t had any confirmations from Samsung on what the {hardware} will seem like. In fact, this hasn’t stopped the hearsay mill from reporting on leaks and information on what we may even see.
Design
Whereas final yr Samsung stored the bottom mannequin design the identical whereas updating the Extremely, this yr it appears to be doing the reverse – which handily brings all three telephones again in sync.
OnLeaks has shared renders of the S23 and S23+ with Digit.in and Smartprix, which you’ll see within the gallery under (S23 in white, S23+ in black). Whereas most components of the telephones look about the identical as earlier than, the large change is to the digital camera module, now made up of three discrete circles with the flash alongside – RIP contour lower.
OnLeaks additionally shared renders of the S23 Extremely with Smartprix, and right here the cellphone appears to be like primarily similar to its predecessor.
In case you’re sceptical, we even have leaks of circumstances for the S23 vary, which seem to verify the above design with separate digital camera cut-outs:
The leaks additionally embrace dimensions for the telephones, which as you possibly can see are extremely just like the earlier technology – although by and enormous the telephones are getting very barely bigger.
- S22: 146.0×70.6×7.6mm
- S23: 146.3×70.8×7.6mm
- S22+: 157.4×75.8×7.64mm
- S23+: 157.7×76.1×7.6mm
- S22 Extremely: 163.3×77.9×8.9mm
- S23 Extremely: 163.4×78.1×8.8mm
So these are the telephones’ shapes – however what about their colors? Leaker Ross Younger has our again right here, predicting the 4 colors the S23 telephones will launch in – and sure, he says these would be the identical colors throughout all three fashions.
Core specs
Samsung often suits its Galaxy-class units with the most recent processors, which on this case is more likely to be the just lately introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
That chip has already been noticed in leaked Geekbench ends in a Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Extremely, all with 8GB RAM. The benchmark outcomes themselves appears to be like promising, although with pre-production {hardware} it’s too early to essentially assess efficiency – we’ll know extra as soon as the primary telephones powered by the chip hit the market.
Traditionally Samsung has used Qualcomm chips within the US and another territories, whereas Europe and India will get the Samsung’s personal Exynos processors. That is apparently set to vary this yr although, with Qualcomm itself saying that it’s struck a take care of the Korean large that can see it provide Samsung with Snapdragon chips by way of 2030.
Throughout an earnings name Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon introduced that “Snapdragon will energy their Galaxy product line, their Galaxy flagship merchandise.” He didn’t fairly promise that each S23 will use Snapdragon, however in a subsequent earnings name the corporate’s CFO appeared to disclose precisely that:
“So from a March quarter perspective, you’re proper, the profit from the Samsung launch for the brand new cellphone could be within the in form of the second half of the March quarter. So it is available in in direction of the top of the quarter, however that will likely be a bonus, whereas our share from 75% in G S22 goes as much as international share in G S23.”
Akash Palkhiwala, Qualcomm CFO
The important thing word there’s the transfer from supplying 75% of the S22 sequence chips to the “international” share this time, which appears to verify that the S23 telephones will use Snapdragon chips in each market. Leaker Ice Universe definitely thinks that it means Europe will get the Snapdragon silicon, and even that it will likely be a specifically tuned “excessive frequency” model of the chip with extra energy.
So why the change?
Outstanding analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that the change comes as a result of Samsung just isn’t assured that its upcoming Exynos 2300 is sufficiently aggressive with the 8 Gen 2, and presumably doesn’t need too nice a efficiency disparity between totally different variations of the cellphone.
An earlier report from RealmiCentral means that Samsung has determined to focus on constructing new bespoke processors for the Galaxy vary, though these received’t be prepared for a few years. The shuffling round of its engineers to pursue this challenge implies that work on the present Exynos chips could also be slimmed down or stopped, ensuing within the European market getting Qualcomm processors within the Galaxy S23 and probably the S24 fashions as effectively, although maybe down the road there’ll be a giant shift again.
Regardless of this enormous clue as to the chips within the S23 sequence, leaker Ice Universe steered in September that whereas Samsung’s cell division is sad with the Exynos efficiency on the S22 telephones, senior executives on the firm nonetheless need some fashions in some areas powered by Samsung’s in home chips somewhat than Snapdragon.
Returning to different specs, leaker Yogesh Brar has predicted an 8GB RAM configuration for the bottom S23, although expects a alternative between 128GB and 256GB storage. There’s an opportunity that the RAM will likely be Samsung’s new LPDDR5x RAM, which might deal with 8.5Gbps switch speeds – the quickest round on cell proper now. We’d definitely count on to additionally see a 12GB RAM choice for the Extremely mannequin.
Show
We’ve already talked about that in keeping with leaks the three S23 telephones are mainly the identical sizes as their predecessors. With that in thoughts, it ought to be no shock that the screens are apparently the identical dimension too: 6.1in for the S23, 6.6in for the Plus, and 6.8in for the Extremely.
The resolutions are apparently the identical too: 2340×1080 for the S23 and S23+, and a extra detailed 3088×1440 panel within the S23 Extremely. Yogesh Brar provides the unsurprising particulars that the bottom S23 mannequin ought to use an AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh price.
We additionally know just a little about what could be beneath these screens. One Twitter tipster stories that Samsung could use Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic Max fingerprint sensor on the S23 Extremely. This scanner – already seen on the Vivo X80 Professional – is bigger and sooner than most rivals, making it simpler to unlock a tool since you don’t should hit such a exact spot. It could additionally allow further safety choices requiring two fingerprints to be introduced concurrently.
Cameras
Cameras are one other main promoting level on Galaxy telephones, and we’re seeing rumours being extensively reported that the Galaxy S23 Extremely will include one among Samsung’s new 200Mp sensors for its important digital camera.
Samsung has already launched three 200Mp sensors, the HP1, HP3, and HPX, however none have but appeared in any of the corporate’s units – although they’ve now been seen within the Motorola Edge 30 Extremely, Xiaomi 12T Professional, and Redmi Notice 12 Professional.
The sensors promise spectacular low-light efficiency due to intelligent pixel-binning computational trickery referred to as ChameleonCell expertise. Right here’s how Samsung describes it:
“For final low-light pictures, the ISOCELL HP1 options an all-new ChameleonCell expertise, a pixel-binning expertise that makes use of a two-by-two, four-by-four or full pixel structure relying on the setting. In a low-lit setting, the HP1 transforms right into a 12.5MP picture sensor with massive 2.56μm pixels by merging 16 neighboring pixels. The newly shaped 2.56μm pixel is able to extra gentle absorption and sensitivity, producing brighter and clearer images in in-doors or within the night.”
Samsung
Leaker Ice Universe doesn’t assume Samsung will use any of the already-announced sensors although – as an alternative, Ice reckons the S23 Extremely will use the as-yet unannounced HP2 – and no, we don’t know why the HP3 was introduced earlier than the HP2. He’s since added more details concerning the attainable specs for that sensor, and the lens it will likely be paired with, suggesting that by way of dimension it sits someplace between the HP1 and HP3.
Since then Ice has additionally shared what he claims are photographs taken with the S23 Extremely 200Mp digital camera, which he says is about at an aperture of f/1.7. You’ll be able to see one on the left under, in contrast with a shot from the S22 Extremely on the best – each photographs cropped to amplify 16x, with no AI picture enhancement options enabled. Try one other pattern comparability over at GSMArena.
Past the principle digital camera, we’ve heard that the S23 Extremely will use the exact same ultrawide, 3x zoom, and 10x zoom digital camera {hardware} as its predecessor (that means 10Mp for the 2 telephotos, and 12Mp for the ultrawide), although IceUniverse says that due to computational modifications we’ll nonetheless see an “apparent” enchancment in digital camera high quality, particularly from the telephoto. He also thinks that the cellphone’s evening images are “very robust and a lot better than S22 Extremely’s,” including to the sense that Samsung’s emphasis proper now could be on algorithmic updates.
We additionally don’t know if Samsung is planning to tweak the S23 Extremely’s selfie digital camera – all three Extremely fashions to date have already used a 40Mp selfie sensor.
There also needs to be modifications to the common S23 and S23+ cameras, although we’re unsure what number of.
Yogesh Brar’s spec checklist predicts no decision modifications in any of the 4 digital camera lenses on the bottom S23, that means the selfie digital camera would keep at 10Mp, and the rear digital camera would stay a 50+12+10Mp configuration.
GalaxyClub agrees on a minimum of two of these lenses, reporting that there received’t be any modifications to the bottom fashions’ ultrawide and telephoto cameras, which can follow 12Mp and 10Mp sensors respectively. It will almost definitely be the very same sensors used within the S22 sequence, although it’s attainable Samsung will make different tweaks whereas sticking to the identical decision.
The identical website stories that Samsung is nonetheless “contemplating” a bounce to new 12Mp selfie cameras on the S23 and S23+, a change from the 10Mp models its used for the reason that Galaxy S10. We don’t know which sensor Samsung would possibly use although – nor if it will likely be present in a punch-hole or positioned below the show as within the Galaxy Z Fold 3, although one Naver leaker cites “trade sources” in saying that not one of the S23 fashions will use under-display cameras.
Battery and charging
In fact, all of these pixels and processors are going to require a good bit of energy.
We’d gotten our hopes up after a Twitter put up from @TheGalox claiming that Samsung might be creating a brand new stacked battery design that may enhance density with out making them larger. The put up says that the S23 Extremely is anticipated to have a battery capability of 5500mah or extra, with the S23+ receiving a 5000mAh cell and the usual S23 sporting a 4500mAh one.
Sadly that now appears to be like unlikely. Ice Universe is extra pessimistic, as an alternative predicting that the S23 Extremely a minimum of could have the identical 5000mAh capability as its predecessor – he’s even shared a photograph of the cell. Galaxy Membership agrees, although provides that the S23+ could have a capability of 4700mAh, up from the 4500mAh of its predecessor. Lastly, Ice Universe has offered the ultimate piece of the puzzle, predicting a 3900mAh capability for the common S23, up from 3700mAh.
Brar echoes the 3900mAh prediction, including that 25W wired charging and 15W wi-fi charging will spherical out the bottom S23 spec sheet.
Though battery capability is barely growing barely (and in no way for the Extremely), battery life should be higher due to the introduction of a ‘Mild’ energy mode. Launched within the firm’s Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 foldables, this mode lowers efficiency barely to prioritise battery life and cooling effectivity, and tipster Ice Universe says it’s making the bounce to the S23 too.
To date, that’s all of the information and rumours we’ve discovered across the Samsung Galaxy S23. In fact, we’ll proceed to replace this text as extra data involves gentle, so make sure you examine again commonly. In case you can’t wait till the S23 launch date to switch your current system, take a look at our greatest Samsung Galaxy S22 offers roundup to see in the event you can choose up a discount.