In a couple of quick days, Samsung will host its first Unpacked of 2022. While the corporate is certain to stage many extra occasions all year long (too many, should you ask us), the primary one is at all times essentially the most thrilling. That’s as a result of it’s often the place Samsung has introduced the subsequent iteration of its flagship Galaxy S line, and Wednesday’s Unpacked guarantees to be no completely different. On February ninth, the corporate is predicted to unveil the Galaxy S22. No shock there, however there may very well be extra to that announcement than you would possibly anticipate. Let’s break down the whole lot we anticipate to see from the corporate later this week.

Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+ 

Much prefer it did in 2021, Samsung is predicted to launch a trio of latest Galaxy S telephones. As you’ll see in a couple of moments, the S22 Ultra is more likely to be a big departure from its predecessor. But as for the S22 and S22+, the expectation is that they’ll be extra iterative updates.

Prerelease reports counsel they’ll characteristic an identical design with the identical “Contour Cut” rear digital camera housing that you simply’ll discover on the Galaxy S21 and its Fan Edition offshoot. As far as upgrades go, most leaks level to the Galaxy S22 that includes a brand new glass back and each telephones coming with 50-megapixel main cameras. More fascinating is what may very well be contained in the telephones.

As it’s carried out in years previous, Samsung is predicted to supply two completely different chipsets for the Galaxy S line in 2022. In North America, the telephone will doubtless characteristic the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. That would make it one of many first telephones to carry Qualcomm’s newest flagship SoC to the US and Canada. Meanwhile, in Europe and different elements of the world, the S22 will nearly definitely include Samsung’s personal Exynos 2200.

Announced in January, the 4nm chip options an “Xclipse” GPU powered by AMD’s RDNA 2 structure. In apply, what makes the Exynos 2200 noteworthy is that Samsung claims it’s able to ray tracing. Early benchmarks counsel the Exynos 2200 is also sooner than its Qualcomm counterpart. All of that will make the potential variations between the North American and European variations of the Galaxy S22 extra notable than in years previous.

What we’re much less clear on is how Samsung plans to cost the Galaxy S22. In a latest tweet, WinFuture’s Roland Quandt mentioned the bottom mannequin S22 and S22+, each with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inside storage, would begin at €849 and €1049, respectively. Those costs counsel the corporate gained’t cost extra for the S22 and S22+ than it did for the S21 and S21+. However, a separate leak from earlier within the month recommended each mannequin within the S22 line may value $100 greater than its S21 counterpart. We’ll have till the ninth to get a greater sense of these particulars.

Galaxy S22 Ultra

Shortly earlier than Samsung introduced it was internet hosting an Unpacked on February ninth, firm president TM Roh teased the occasion would characteristic “the most noteworthy S series device we’ve ever created.”

After part shortages and a pandemic-fueled decline in demand for high-end telephones led Samsung to skip the Note line in 2021, the fan-favorite telephone is coming again this yr. In all however title, we anticipate the Galaxy S22 Ultra would be the Note 20 successor Samsung followers have been ready to see for practically two years. But don’t TM Roh’s or our phrase for it. In the weeks main as much as Wednesday’s Unpacked, photos of the S22 Ultra leaked a number of occasions.

Renders shared by Evan Blass of Evleaks fame counsel the S22 Ultra will characteristic a dramatically completely different design from the remainder of the S22 lineup. Not solely will the telephone seemingly include an S-Pen stylus within the field, however it can additionally characteristic a curved show and flat backplate. What’s extra, judging from pictures shared by Front Page Tech, the S22 Ultra will embody a slot for storing an S-Pen within the telephone.

A set of alleged prerelease advertising photos shared by Blass counsel the S22 Ultra will characteristic a quad-camera array with a 108-megapixel principal digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide and two 10-megapixel telephoto cameras with Samsung’s 100x Space Zoom characteristic built-in. The leaked advertising materials additionally suggests the telephone will characteristic a 6.8-inch AMOLED show with 120Hz refresh charge and QHD+ decision.

Internally, the S22 Ultra is predicted to incorporate most of the similar elements discovered within the S22 and S22+. However, one potential supply of drama associated to the S22 Ultra could come right down to how a lot RAM you’ll discover within the base mannequin. According to Roland Quandt, essentially the most inexpensive S22 Ultra variant will ship with 8GB of reminiscence. At the identical time, it can value as a lot because the entry-level Galaxy S21 Ultra, which got here with 12GB of RAM. Per Quandt, European shoppers might want to pay a €100 premium to get the mannequin with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of inside storage. It’s unclear if Samsung will implement the identical pricing technique within the US.

Galaxy Tab S8 and Tab S8 Ultra

Samsung has been making Android tablets lengthy sufficient for Google to first abandon the shape issue after which extra lately declare that it’s the “future of computing.” So it ought to come as no shock experiences counsel the corporate will replace its Tab line at Unpacked. According to a separate leak from Quandt, we will anticipate the corporate to equip the 11-inch Tab S8 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, 8GB of RAM, as much as 256GB of inside storage, an 8,000mAh battery and a 120Hz LCD show.

As for the bigger Tab S8+, Quandt suggests it can characteristic a 12.7-inch OLED show and a much bigger 10,090mAh battery whereas being barely thinner than its smaller sibling. We’ll be aware right here some experiences had mentioned the Tab S8+ may characteristic a 12.4-inch show. Either method, each fashions are anticipated to come back with a bundled S-Pen stylus.

But that’s not all, we additionally anticipate Samsung so as to add a brand new mannequin to the Tab line. Per Quandt, the corporate will announce the Tab S8 Ultra on February ninth. It will reportedly characteristic a monstrous 14.6-inch AMOLED display, as much as 16GB of RAM and dual-front dealing with cameras housed in an unpleasant show cutout. It may additionally include a characteristic that will let you use the Galaxy S22 Ultra as a separate colour palette when drawing with the S-Pen, which is precisely the type of parlor trick solely Samsung would consider to promote you on its costliest gadgets.

Everything else

By all accounts, the primary Unpacked of 2022 will see Samsung deal with the Galaxy S22 and Tab S8. The firm may shock us with updates to its foldable and watch lineups, however thus far there haven’t been any leaks and experiences to counsel that can occur. Either method, you’ll wish to go to Engadget on February ninth. We’ll have complete protection of all the corporate’s largest information.  

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