The new sensor could also mean a smaller camera bump and improved low light performance. If that's the case, the S22 could afford to drop a few pixels and still outperform the S21. That might not be a bad thing, though, as Samsung is expected to bless the S22 with its new 'ISOCELL JN1' 50MP sensor, which uses larger, 1.4μm-sized pixels.
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If true, that would mean the S22 and S22 Plus will offer less resolution than their S21 counterparts (something Ice universe has since also leaked). Bizarre.Īs for the S22 and S22 Plus, crystal ball-gazer says they will each get a 50MP main camera, plus 12MP ultra-wide and telephoto lenses. The camera bump looks to be similar to the S21 Ultra's, but with a corner shorn off, giving it a unique, P-shape. That certainly seems to be the case looking at the above render. Instead, it seems likely that the S22 Ultra will get an improved version of the S21's 108MP camera. Well-known leaker Ice Universe originally tipped the S22 Ultra for a massive 200MP sensor, which would capture a phenomenal amount of detail, but he recently backtracked on that claim.
With OnePlus collaborating with Hasselblad, Huawei linking up with Leica and Nokia using Carl Zeiss lenses, a Samsung-Olympus collaboration could be a match made in heaven. Other credible rumours suggest that Samsung has teamed up with Japanese camera giant Olympus to overhaul the S22's camera. That might sound a bit outlandish, but it's a number we’ve previously seen on the Nokia 9 PureView. The S22 is expected to take things even further, though. It features Samsung's "most advanced Pro-grade" technology, comprising a quad rear configuration with a 108MP main lens. We found the top-spec camera on the Galaxy S21 Ultra to be a real highlight. This was backed up by a recent tweet from Ice universe (him again), showing the S22 Ultra's screen having squared-off corners, suggesting that would make space for the stylus. Renders made by reliable leaker OnLeaks and Digit (next section) show the S22 Ultra with a stylus slot, which would minimise the chance of losing it. Perhaps Samsung is hoping to tempt a few more buyers to pass over the standard S22 in favour of the S22 Plus?įinally, we'd expect the S22 Ultra to mimic the S21 Ultra and work with the S Pen stylus. More importantly, it could deliver a big price drop. The entry-level S21 is already plastic, and so a plastic-bodied S22 Plus wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary. There's no word on colourways yet, but there is lots of talk of Samsung switching the S22 Plus to plastic.
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The imagined 'Adaptive Heat Fan' inside the phone would keep temperatures down during processor-heavy functions such as 3D gaming or 4K movie playback, but do we really want a phone that whirs away for hours when it gets hot? Probably not. The same goes for the S22's rumoured active cooling system. You might want to take that talk of a 'pop-up' internal display with a hefty pinch of salt. On the other hand, there was talk of the Samsung Galaxy S21 and Galaxy Z Fold 3, not to mention last year's Apple iPhone 12, featuring under-display cameras. The idea is that the S22's internal display would 'pop up' and fill in the punch hole whenever the selfie camera is not in use, thus creating a completely uninterrupted, edge-to-edge display.Ī ground-breaking under-display camera could give the Samsung Galaxy S22 a huge advantage over its main rival, the iPhone 13. If the mock-ups prove accurate, the S22 will feature a major camera bump with no fewer than five lenses, an active cooling system (just like a high-powered games PC), much thinner bezels and a flat, rather than curved, display.Īn even fresher set of mock-ups points to what could be the biggest design change: an under-display camera. LetsGoDigital has also mocked up some concept renders based on some S22 design rumours. Again, Ice universe is the man with the info, and while there are no specifics to go on, his reliable track record makes this rumour worthy of note. In fact, it's rumoured to sport the brightest OLED screen ever featured on a Samsung phone. Of course, the best tech and glass will be reserved for the S22 Ultra. (The same specs were also stated in a separate leak by reliable tipster Ice universe in mid-August, which lends them credence.)
Mauri QHD tips it for a 6.5-inch display, down from 6.7 inches, while the range-topping S22 Ultra is due to go from 6.9 inches to 6.81 inches. Leaker Mauri QHD, who has a decent track record, claims that the standard Galaxy S22 will sport a 6.06-inch screen, down from 6.2 inches on the S21. The latest rumours suggest that Samsung will shrink the Galaxy S22. No surprise there – the company has a pioneering display arm and created the 'Edge' screens that appear to cascade over the sides of the phone. Samsung's phones are renowned for their crisp displays.