What to expect from Samsung’s February Unpacked event

Samsung is holding its first Unpacked event of 2023, with many expecting the Galaxy S23 family to be the centerpiece. The company has even teased some details like the camera and performance upgrades. But will this line of phones be a major revision or a modest annual update? Let’s take a look at what you’re likely to see when Samsung takes the stage in San Francisco.

galaxy s23 ultra

If the main draw of the Galaxy S22 Ultra was its Note-style stylus functionality, the S23 Ultra may revolve around its camera system. Rumors of the Ice Universe leaker and others are long overdue to the higher-end S23 model with a 200-megapixel main camera, and Samsung added fuel to the discussion by introducing a sensor that could fit the bill. It promises extremely detailed photos and 8K video at 30 frames per second while offering solid low-light capabilities. It could also capture more accurate colors in brightly lit settings. The front camera may also get a slight boost to 12MP.

You won’t be surprised to learn that Samsung is ready to give the S23 family a speed boost with Qualcomm. It’s reportedly 25 percent faster than Gen 1 and offers hardware-accelerated ray tracing for more realistic lighting in games. You can also see up to a four times improvement in AI processing. Qualcomm claims that Gen 2 is up to 40 percent more energy efficient, and you might get emergency satellite communication in addition to Wi-Fi 7 networking.

The biggest surprise, though, may be where you find that chip. Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Samsung will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to power the Galaxy S23 in all countries, instead of using its in-house Exynos chips in regions like Asia and Europe. Reviewers have routinely blasted Exynos-based Galaxy phones for having worse performance and battery life than their Snapdragon counterparts, but that might not be an issue this time around.

You may not see other sweeping changes, but that’s not necessarily a problem. if it leaks a new mobile are accurate, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will have a slightly flatter design than its predecessor, responding to complaints about the curved edges of the 6.8-inch screen. You’ll still find a 12MP ultra-wide camera, dual 10MP telephoto lenses, an S-Pen, and up to 12GB of RAM. However, you can get a 1TB storage option, so you might not have to worry as much about 8K footage eating up all your free space.

Galaxy S23 and S23+

Samsung’s more mainstream smartphones aren’t expected to get such a dramatic update, but there could still be significant improvements. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and the alleged 12MP front-facing camera could arrive alongside a slightly larger battery. The phones could also ship with 256GB of storage as a base, which is important if you’d rather not spend more just to have a sizable media collection.

Otherwise, we’ll probably get the line’s familiar 6.1- and 6.6-inch screens, not to mention a 50MP main rear camera, a 12MP ultra-wide, and a lone 10MP telephoto lens. filtered out a new mobile suggest that Samsung is redesigning the camera suite to look more like the Ultra family, so the conspicuous camera hump of the S21 and S22 may be gone.

Galaxy Book 3 Ultra

Samsung rarely sticks to phone presentations at Unpacked events, and there are signs that a high-end laptop may be the other star of the show. Samsung hints at a new Galaxy Book range, while the company’s president of mobile experience, TM Roh, makes it clear in a that there will be Ultra products in “more device categories” in addition to phones. Expect an Ultra laptop, then.

provided a The technological perspective is authentic, that new model would be the Galaxy Book 3 Ultra. It’s not entirely clear what that laptop might offer, but Samsung Display said the higher-end Galaxy Book line OLED screens with built-in touch, much like smartphones. The Ultra is also expected to arrive alongside a more mainstream Galaxy Book 3 Pro and a convertible Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 with pen support. We’d expect improved performance and possibly extras like pen input and advanced display technology (this is Samsung, after all).

Wildcards: new Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy Buds

Not much has been said about the presentation of other products in Unpacked, and there are even rumors that cast doubt on possible releases. the elect Samsung has postponed the launch of the Galaxy Tab S9 family, possibly due to economic uncertainty and low sales of the series. As it is, the company tends to expect more between tablet reviews than phones: the Tab S8 arrived in early 2022 where it arrived in summer 2020.

Nor would we have new headphones. Samsung introduced the regular in the summer of 2021 and a year later. Short of a regular revamp, there’s no pressure on the company to update its in-ear audio roster.

Other products are likely to only appear at later Samsung events. Don’t prepare for the new Galaxy Z foldables, Galaxy A budget phones, or Galaxy Watch watches earlier in the year.