Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Leaked images of the supposed Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and S23 Plus have surfaced online, much to the delight of Samsung Galaxy enthusiasts. These alleged pictures show the placement of the cameras, chosen colours and a sleek curved edge display. The leaked images also suggest that the device may feature a stylus and a fingerprint sensor under the screen - akin to the Note series discontinued a few years ago.

A metal frame and glass cover design seems to be a shared feature of both the S23 Ultra and Plus this year. What colours do these both come in you ask? The standard Phantom Black, Cotton Flower (cream), Botanic Green and for the slightly more voguish phone owners a Misty Lilac (pink or lavender). WinFuture had recently leaked these colours which seems to suggest that all S23 series models will have the same colour options. 

But how might this phone differ from its predecessor? Whilst they both have a similar five camera set up, the S23 Ultra’s back appears flatter and with side buttons sitting slightly lower than that of the S22 ultra’s. Another feature that will excite Samsung Galaxy connoisseurs is the rumour circulating that the Ultra will have a 200-megapixel main camera, an exciting first for the Galaxy lineup. On top of that, the Ultra is said to have better autofocus and stabilisation than the S22 Ultra (the Insta crowd are sure to love that). Both the S23 Ultra and S23 Plus and likely to run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipsets globally. This is a slight deviation from Samsung’s usual approach of using Snapdragon processors in the US and Exynos chips in Asia and Europe. Snapdragon who? To understand why this is beneficial (more so to the Samsungs being shipped to Asia and Europe) is to understand the difference between Snapdragon and Exynos processors. Simplified, Exynos is an in-house chip made by Samsung engineers whilst Snapdragon chips are made by Qualcomm, a powerhouse in the global chips business. The Qualcomm Snapdragon variant performs (15%) better than the Exynos with Snapdragon’s image segmentation being far more adept than the Exynos’ due to the powerful Adreno GPU. An exciting new change for Samsung products and one that I certainly look forward to.  

However, it's important to note that these images have not been confirmed by Samsung and should be taken with a grain of salt until an official announcement is made. Samsung is likely to announce all of the S23 Ultra and S23 Plus details in its Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1st. The countdown begins!