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Samsung Galaxy S23 Series: High quality images revealed
Samsung’s upcoming flagship series: Galaxy S23, has gained enough hype before being launched. Many Galaxy admirers are desperately waiting to experience the Galaxy S23 series members in a real aspect. In that manner, its day-to-day leaks and renders are making it more desirable. On top of it, its specifications are also doing the work of fuel to fire in terms of publicity. Specifically, its new color choices and camera configuration significantly made it even more popular among consumers.
Undoubtedly, this series will get three devices- Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra, as usual. We have found information regarding the hardware components, camera configuration, expected features, storage options, and color variants of all three devices till now. As per the received information, all of them will feature an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, a QHD+ AMOLED Display, an in-display finger sensor, etc. Now its high-resolution images have also been revealed, so let’s take a quick look at them.
Galaxy S23: Let’s land our eyes on the revealed images
By looking at those revealed images, Samsung has taken a different step this time by providing different designs than usual. If you are unaware, the previous flagships had a bold design, unlike now, because this time, the flagship series has got a different minimalist look. Not only that, but we are expecting this new look to be seen in future S series devices also. Besides the design, Samsung has also replaced the camera setup Counter Cut design with the protruding appearance from the back panel.
Coming to the color options, which were rumored previously as well, this series has different color choices than its predecessor series. Besides, if we talk about its overall appearance, the Galaxy S23 and S23+ devices have a slightly similar look, while the Galaxy S23 Ultra device has a different resemblance than the other two. Notably, the Galaxy S23 Ultra device has a Galaxy Note flagship-like boxy silhouette which makes it even more attractive. Until its official launch, if anything else comes up about this series, we will share it with you.
We already crossed the first quarter of 2024, and the results are fortunate for the tech industry since the global smartphone market grew by six percent.
If the reports are to be believed, the global smartphone market seems to be rebounding, with Android smartphones particularly finding success in the first quarter of the year. Comprehensively, the market grew by six percent year-over-year regardless of Apple shipping only a few iPhones last quarter as compared to Q1 2023, and that appears due to the great success of Samsung Galaxy phones.
Samsung is typically the top smartphone manufacturer in terms of sales, but things appeared to have changed over the months of 2023 since it later lost that title to Apple in Q4 2023. However, as Apple posted a 13% decline in shipments in the first quarter of 2024, Samsung took it as a golden opportunity and was able to recapture the leading position. Samsung devices made up 20% of the total smartphones shipped last quarter, whereas iPhones accounted for only 17%.
In the premium smartphone market, phones above $800 grew the fastest in Q1 2024. This benefited Apple the most, probably because customers are choosing the more expensive iPhone 15 Pro Max models. Furthermore, Apple maintained its position as the smartphone revenue leader, with a 43% share of the market. The success of select brands in regions outside of North America, such as TECNO, Xiaomi, Honor, and Huawei, partially explains the entire growth. Of the top five OEMs, Xiaomi grew the most last quarter, improving shipments by 34%.
It is expected that the trend of strong growth in the premium smartphone market will continue. This is driven by the arrival of new phones with generative AI capabilities. Analysts are predicting that at least 11% of smartphones shipped in 2024 will have generative AI. However, Apple has yet to join the generative AI list.
Finally, Samsung started distributing the waiting One UI 6.1 update to more Galaxy flagship devices that debuted in 2021 and 2022. Now a total of 19 Galaxy devices have gotten their Android 14-based One UI 6.1 update.
Samsung has added new devices to the list of One UI 6.1, which are as follows:
- Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy S21 series, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, and Galaxy Flip 3.
The Galaxy S22 series, including the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, and Galaxy S22 Ultra, is on the list of devices getting One UI 6.1, but it appears that Samsung may have delayed the rollout due to errors a few users have faced after updating their smartphones.
It is reported that the rollout was paused because some Galaxy S22 units may fail to boot or unlock after the update has been installed. However, users on the Samsung Community forums in Korea, the only market where One UI 6.1 has been released for now, don’t appear to have run into issues themselves.
However, Samsung has yet to officially confirm that it has paused the rollout and even acknowledged any issues, so at the moment, it’s not exactly confirmed that the update has been taken off the air. The Galaxy S22 series owners who didn’t get the One UI 6.1 update yet might want to wait for more details to come out before proceeding with the installation.
If the users are afraid of the issue and want to avoid the risk, they might consider waiting until the Korean giant fixes these problems before installing the update.
Samsung has kept the same battery capacity for the flagship devices while also sticking to the same fast charging speed. If we look at the Galaxy S Ultra devices from the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the company has stuck with 45 W charging and the same 5000 mAh battery. According to the latest report, the Galaxy S25 Ultra may also use the same battery and specifications.
Previous, it was rumored that the Galaxy S24 Ultra could be equipped with stacked battery technology, which could lead to maximizing the component cost, but now, according to an X user named Sawyer Galox, it is reported that the Korean giant will skip this hardware change on the upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra to save on component cost.
Along with this, the tipster also expressed his disappointment with Samsung’s take on the unchained hardware. He adds that users who want to buy the upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra should keep their expectations low with the battery performance, as Samsung will keep the specs the same with the 500mAh battery and the 45W.
However, the company will also introduce its latest device with new chipsets that may provide improved optimization, which may provide some long-lasting battery life, but it will not provide any improvement in charging.