Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra hands-on: 200-megapixel, 8K 30-frame video recording

IT House reported on January 22 that Samsung will release the Galaxy S23 series flagship mobile phone in the early morning of February 2, and more details have now surfaced.

The whistleblower @kmcell_store has now released hands-on photos of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and S23+, which seem to be indistinguishable from the S22 Ultra, except that the borders are further narrowed.

According to reports, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra uses a 200-megapixel main camera and supports up to 8K30P video recording.

Previously, whistleblowers Ice Universe @i 冰宇宙 and others have confirmed that Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 + and Galaxy S23 Ultra will use a customized high-frequency version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 For Galaxy, LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.0 storage, bringing more Strong performance, which is expected to be reflected in the phone’s boot speed, application and game launch, multitasking and game running.

The following is the storage configuration of the Samsung Galaxy S23 series:

Galaxy S23: 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB

Galaxy S23+: 8GB+256GB, 8GB+512GB

Galaxy S23 Ultra: 8GB+256GB, 12GB+512GB, 12GB+1TB

IT Home learned that LPDDR5X memory is the latest low-power memory standard for smartphones, tablets and laptops, supporting data transmission speeds up to 8533Mbps, 33% faster than the fastest LPDDR5 memory; UFS 4.0 memory chips Provides sequential data read speeds of up to 4200MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2800MB/s. This is twice the speed of UFS3.1 storage, which offers sequential read speeds of up to 2100MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1200MB/s.

According to a document viewed by 9to5Google, the custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 used in the Samsung Galaxy S23 device will be called the “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy.” The chip will have a CPU frequency of up to 3.36GHz, while Qualcomm’s main version of the chip typically runs its main X3 core at 3.2GHz.

Samsung’s custom version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is expected to carry essentially the same feature set as the chip used in the OnePlus 11 and other Android flagship devices, but optimized for Samsung phones. There were also rumors that the chip was manufactured by Samsung’s foundry rather than TSMC, but the original leaker of that information has since retracted that claim.

As far as the currently known information is concerned, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Standard Edition has four color options, is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, is equipped with a 6.1-inch 2340×1080 resolution 120Hz AMOLED screen, is equipped with a 3900mAh battery, and supports 25W wired and 10W wireless Charging, with 8GB LPDDR5 memory and 128/256GB storage, also supports WiFi 6E, IP68 dustproof and waterproof, UWB.

The Samsung Galaxy S23+ is also equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the screen has been enlarged to 6.6 inches, the battery capacity has been increased to 4700mAh, and it supports 45W wired + 10W wireless charging. Other aspects have not changed much.

In addition, the machine also has a 50MP + 12MP + 10MP rear triple camera, a front 12MP lens, and runs Android 13-based One UI 5.1.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is equipped with a 6.8-inch 3088×1440 resolution 120Hz dynamic refresh rate AMOLED screen, has a 5000mAh battery and 45W wired + 10W wireless charging, memory has 8/12GB versions, and storage has 256/512GB and 1TB versions.

In addition, the machine has a new breakthrough in the rear lens, the first 200 million pixel (200MP) image sensor ISOCELL HP2, also equipped with 12MP + 10MP + 10MP three secondary cameras.

In addition, he also gave a hands-on video of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, let’s take a look.