Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s annual launch of its flagship S range of phones is expected early next year, and ahead of the release various leaks have provided an idea of what to expect.

The S23 range, which has a reported launch date of Feb. 1, is expected to see only minor upgrades. Among the changes are that Samsung is said to be abandoning Exynos-powered versions of phones in favor of Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon chips. Samsung has always offered the S range with Qualcomm chips in the U.S. but has previously used Exynos chips in the phones sold in other territories, including Europe and Asia.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip is expected to feature across the entire range. Phone Arena reported Sunday that the Samsung-manufactured chip will feature an overclocked high-performance X-3 core running at a clock speed of 3.32 gigahertz. The chip will be faster than the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, which has a clock speed of 3.2 gigahertz.

The Galaxy S23 Ultra is reported to be coming with a 200MP camera sensor. The phone is also believed to offer support for recording 8K video at 30 frames per second compared to the 24 frames per second on the S22 Ultra. The upgraded speed would deliver smoother videos recorded in 8K. As with the S22 Ultra, the S23 Ultra will also be offered with Samsung’s S Pen and a silo to house it, an additional feature that returned last year after previously being offered in Samsung’s now-discontinued range of Note phones.

S23 ultra

*Same Design as s22U
*same 5000 mah battery
*same display brightness

only changes
* 256 storage great
*200 mp camers
*12 mp front down from 40 mp may be bigger sensor make up for that
* like every smartphone new chip , some thermal tweaks pic.twitter.com/GZkyRiaH77

— Busy Bee (@_prophet_futu) December 26, 2022

9to5Google reported today that the Galaxy S23 devices will offer SuperAMOLED displays with 1,750 nits. The base S23 is expected to ship with a 3,900-milliamp-hour battery, up from 3,700-mAh in the previous model, the S23+ is expected to have a 4,700-mAh battery, up from 4,500 mAH. The S23 Plus and Ultra models are believed to have the same 5,000-mAh battery seen last year.

The two base models are expected to support 25-watt fast charging, while Plus and Ultra are expected to support 45-watt charging.

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S23+ and S23 Ultra Official Promotional Images are here..

OmG Bezels of S23+ are too thin and symmetrical 😘😘#GalaxyS23Ultra #galaxys23 pic.twitter.com/kq6frZnDWs

— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) December 25, 2022

The form factor of the phones remains roughly the same as the S22 lineup, with leaked promotion material reported Sunday by 91mobiles showing new color options. One notable change is that Samsung has seemingly ditched its previous camera island. Instead, the new phones have cameras that protrude individually from the phone’s back panel.

Samsung, like rival Apple Inc., tends to keep form factors across several models, though Samsung usually changes the form factor every two years, whereas Apple typically makes significant changes only every three years.

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