Samsung Galaxy S22 rumor teases smaller screen — but that's OK

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With the Galaxy Z Fold three out of the way, it'south fourth dimension to wait forward to Samsung'south next big flagship. And while the Samsung Galaxy S22 likely won't be out until early 2022, a new rumor suggests some big changes could be on the way.

That'due south co-ordinate to well-known Samsung leaker Ice Universe, who has shared details of what he claims are the Galaxy S22 range's design, battery, screen, and camera specs. And while some of the details may seem less than positive at a glance, there's likewise reason to think they might be sensible tweaks to a winning formula.

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Samsung Galaxy S22 could have a smaller screen, and that's fine

The first detail of annotation is that, according to Ice Universe, the unabridged Milky way S22 range — that'south the S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra — will feature a modified version of the Milky way S21'due south design.

However, the leaker claims that all three phones will come up with slightly different display sizes. If the data is accurate, it means that the S22 and S22 Plus will have Full Hard disk+ resolution and 6.06-inch and 6.55-inch displays respectively, while the S22 Ultra will allegedly come with a six.81-inch display and a QHD+ resolution. All 3 of the phones are said to have a 120Hz refresh rate.

For reference, The Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra had six.ii-inch, 6.7-inch, and six.viii-inch displays respectively. And then in the example of the S22 and Plus models, this rumor claims you'll be losing roughly 0.15-inches of screen space.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, even so. For starters, these rumored specs mean the S22 and S22 Plus would still exist large phones — they'd just exist a fiddling smaller than the previous model. And at that place are genuine reasons why this could be beneficial.

For starters, a smaller screen needs less power to run, which could, in turn, help to extend both phones' battery life. A slightly smaller telephone may besides appeal to people who don't want a gargantuan near-tablet sized device like the S22 Ultra. Though, of course, whether they would detect a 0.15-inch difference is another affair entirely.

Samsung Galaxy S22 rumored photographic camera specs are hit and miss

In terms of photographic camera specs, the S22 and S22 Plus are said to come with the same camera array, featuring a 50MP main (likely broad angle) lens, a 12MP ultra-wide angle photographic camera, and a 12MP telephoto lens with a 3x optical zoom.

Meanwhile, the S22 Ultra is rumored to get a hefty upgrade, consisting of a 108MP principal lens, a 12MP ultra-broad angle, 12MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom, and a 2nd 12MP telephoto lens — this time with a 12x optical zoom.

If this information turns out to be truthful, it means in that location may be mixed feelings over the S22 range's photography capabilities.

The Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus both featured a 12MP wide and ultra-wide angle lenses, every bit well as a 64MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. Plainly, this new rumor would see the telephoto resolution knocked down to 12MP, while at the aforementioned fourth dimension increasing the wide-angle lens resolution.

However the S22 Ultra, one time again, would go a clear upgrade. Likewise as receiving a heave to the zooming capabilities of its 2nd lens, up to 12x, it would as well have an increased resolution on both telephoto lenses of 12MP — upwardly from the S21 Ultra'southward 10MP lenses.

There's more to camera quality than simply resolution, of form, as the likes of Apple and Google have shown. These days, camera performance is less reliant on the hardware, and more focussed on the computational software practical after the shot has been taken.

So far, Samsung hasn't done much in this field, just if these rumors are true then the lack of spectacular upgrades on the S22 range could exist an indication that it's going to focus more on behind-the-scenes piece of work.

Alternatively, it could simply be that Samsung thinks a high-resolution wide-bending lens is more than useful than a megapixel-packed telephoto lens. Whether you agree may well depend more on what you shoot than anything else, merely for many people that will be group shots and urban center scenes/landscapes — and at that place, the rumored changes may well exist very welcome.

Samsung S22 battery rumors can't be salvaged so easily

Battery capacities are supposed to be three,800 mAh for the S22, 4,600 mAh for the S22 Plus, and 5,000 mAh for the S22 Ultra. Again, if authentic that'due south a downgrade of 200 mAh on the S22 and Plus models compared to their S21 equivalents, while the S22 Ultra's battery would exist exactly the same as the S21 Ultra's

A loss of bombardment chapters isn't quite so excusable as losing a little bit of screen space. Later on all, a long lasting bombardment is a crucial characteristic for any phone, and the bigger the battery the more than likely it is to proceed going throughout your day. The smaller screen may play into Samsung's decision to slice the batteries by 200 mAh, if indeed these specs plow out to be accurate, but it however isn't a very good wait.

But batteries do take upwardly a lot of infinite, and trimming the capacity by a pocket-size amount could make space for another feature — assuming that's what Samsung has planned. It could too exist that Samsung has found a mode to reduce the S22's power requirements, particularly in the screen department, meaning a larger battery isn't entirely necessary. Unfortunately, we won't know for certain until the S22 range actually launches.

Of course none of this information has been confirmed by Samsung, and nosotros shouldn't treat information technology as if it'south the accented truth. Plus, in that location'southward however a long time betwixt now and whenever the S22 range launches — presumably sometime in January. But if these rumors do testify to be based in fact, nosotros won't be entirely upset.

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