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Samsung Galaxy S23 Series Officially Launched; Check out Features, Price, and More
Samsung has done it again. On February 1, 2023, the South Korean tech giant officially debuted the latest in its flagship smartphone lineup: the Galaxy S23. During an hour-long event at the company’s annual Galaxy Unpacked celebration, Samsung pulled back the curtain to reveal all the details about this highly anticipated device. From a streamlined design and powerful specifications to innovative features and competitive pricing.
Design and Display
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Series is finally here, and it comes with some great new features! The design of the phone is sleek and modern, and the display is absolutely stunning. The colours are vibrant, and the resolution is incredible. The phone is also very lightweight and comfortable to hold.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 6.8-inch Edge QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, which supports a 120Hz refresh rate, a 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a peak brightness of 1,750 nits.
If we talk about the Galaxy S23+ packs a slightly smaller 6.6-inch Full HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate, a 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a peak brightness of 1,750 nits.
The Galaxy S23 base model sports a 6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen with a Full HD+ screen resolution, which is the smallest as compared to the other models.
Camera
The Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with quad rear cameras, including a 200MP main camera with OIS, a 12MP ultra-wide camera with 120-degree FOV, and two 10MP telephoto lenses with up to 10x optical zoom. The front camera is rated at 12MP. There are various attractive camera features in tow, too, including an advanced night mode, advanced Super Clear Glass lens for flare-free shots, 100x zoom, access to the Expert Raw app for in-camera editing tools, and loads more.
The Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ have three cameras at the back, including a 50MP main camera with OIS, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, and a 10MP telephoto lens, along with a 12MP front camera. While having camera features similar to the Ultra model, the S23+ supports Portrait mode photos with the new AI Stereo Depth Map for better details.
Performance
The Galaxy S23’s all three models powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor and comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB of internal storage for Galaxy S23 and the Plus model have 256GB or 512GG option. And the Galaxy S23 Ultra is paired with 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB/ 256GB/ 512GB/ 1TB of storage.
Operating System
Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra run the newly launched skin One UI 5.1 based on Google’s Android 13 operating system. All the phones come with a promise of four years of Android OS updates, a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, and Knox Vault support for enhanced security.
Battery Life
The Galaxy S23 Ultra, much like its massive screen space, has a big 5,000mAh battery, which was also seen on the S22 Ultra. However, this time, it supports 45W fast charging and 15W wireless charging.
The Galaxy S23+ is backed by a smaller 4,700mAh battery, also with support for 45W fast charging and 10W wireless charging. And the base Galaxy S23 has a smaller 3,700mAh battery, which supports 20W fast charging.
Price and Availability
It is available in three models – the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra. Prices start at $799 for the Galaxy S23 and go up to $1,399 for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy S23+ is priced at $1,049.
The Galaxy S23 series is now available to pre-order and will be up for grabs starting February 2nd in the US. There’s no word on its availability in India, but you can expect to get details soon.
All three models are now available for purchase from Samsung.com and select retailers.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
Firmware
Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
Firmware
Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.