Samsung Galaxy S23 is official, with special-edition Qualcomm chip

It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for a new Samsung flagship: the Galaxy S23 series. it’s official, with a tweaked design for cheaper models and a big SoC change for international users. As usual, we have three models of him: the 6.1-inch Galaxy S23, the 6.6-inch S23 Plus, and the 6.8-inch S23 Ultra.

With the release of the S23, Samsung is starting some internal drama. Samsung’s Galaxy phone “DX division” has spurred that Samsung LSI (the division that makes Exynos chips) isn’t good enough. So far, the Galaxy S series has had two SoC suppliers, with some regions using Qualcomm Snapdragon chips (usually the United States, China, Japan and Latin America) and other regions using Samsung Exynos chips (Europe, India etc.) were used. ). Exynos chips typically perform at (Second place) Exynos customers stuck with Qualcomm standards, and purely inferior phones, will be rightfully disappointed. petition I am begging for Qualcomm’s excellent models to be released on the market.

This year Samsung is listening and always moving to Qualcomm. Exynos chips have been banished to low-end devices. This is the big thing after Samsung LSI. Win AMD Collaboration Last year and two years ago, perhaps out of desperation, they started naming Exynos chips after Galaxy S phones. The Exynos 2100 was launched with the S21 and the Exynos 2200 with the S22. The Exynos division still supplies chips for various Samsung mid-range phones. Orphaned Exynos 2300 chip is still in the throes of rumors and could end up being a tablet or a scaled-down version of the S23.

The star of the show is the faster Qualcomm chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Samsung has landed a higher-bin version of Qualcomm’s chip, officially called the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. In addition to the long name, it has a slightly higher clock rate, 3.36 GHz as opposed to the usual 3.2 GHz. On the non-Galaxy version, Qualcomm promises his 35% faster CPU and 25% faster GPU, both claiming 40-45% higher efficiency. This is a 4nm chip and features 1 Arm Cortex X3 CPU, 2 Cortex-A715 CPUs, 2 Cortex-A710 CPUs and 3 Cortex A510R1 CPUs.Weird CPU layout, but Qualcomm has reworked it Recommended arm layout a bit Keep 32-bit support Rolling for another year. This is the first chip supported by Qualcomm. Royalty-free AV1 codecit can also support Wi-Fi 7, but Samsung didn’t add it to any model.

Cut-down parts are available for the S23 base model. The main differences are 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, lack of Ultra Wideband (UWB) support and 25W charging on the base model, but the more expensive S23 Plus and Ultra have a much faster UFS with a 256GB base. 4.0 storage and 45W wired charging.Those call numbers are not anything to write home, which is a pity. All have a baseline of 8GB of RAM, 15W wireless charging, IP68 water resistance and an 8MP front camera. Ultra models have a higher tier with up to 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage available.

The base model S23 is $800 and comes with a 3900 mAh battery. The Plus model is $1,000 with a 4700 mAh battery, and the Ultra is $1,200 with a 5000 mAh battery. These prices haven’t fluctuated within the US, but according to leaked prices, the phone will be about $100 more expensive internationally. The bottom two models have 200mAh higher battery capacity than the S22.

The biggest visible change in the lineup is the S23 and S23 Plus. Last year’s two cheaper S22s had wraparound corner camera blocks, but this year it looks like the Galaxy S23 Ultra with individual camera lenses. There wasn’t, but the individual camera lenses have led Samsung to a minimalist design that honestly looks sleek. 9to5Google, Samsung flattened the screen by 30%. The workable area is now almost completely flat. Samsung has finally admitted that curved screens are a bad idea and won’t do you any good.

The Ultra model looks just like last year, much squarer than the two cheaper phones, and those taller corners make room for the stowable S-Pen. The Ultra’s claim to fame is its upgraded camera loadout, and this year’s main sensor is a whopping 200 MP.

The phone is available for pre-order today and will be available on February 17th at all major carriers and electronics stores.

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