The source is claiming a dimension of 163.4×78.1×8.9mm for the upcoming phone. The current Ultra measures 163.3×77.9×8.9 mm. With no change in dimension, it’s no surprise that the phone will sport an identical display too. We are getting a 6.8-inch AMOLED panel with a 1440 x 3088 pixels resolution. Samsung offered an industry-high peak screen brightness of 1750 nits on this year’s model. We’ll have to wait if the company pushes things further next year. The Galaxy S23 Ultra will also pack a 5,000mAh battery, unchanged from this year. Well, with the same-sized phone, this was expected. But this should mean that Samsung is not yet ready with the stacked-type batteries for smartphones. This technology is already in use for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and allows for a ten percent increase in the battery capacity without increasing the package size. Prior leaks have revealed that the Galaxy S23 Ultra will also borrow most of the cameras from the current Ultra. Apart from the primary sensor, the rest of the rear camera array may carry over unchanged. Based on this info, it appears visually distinguishing between the Galaxy S23 Ultra and the Galaxy S22 Ultra will be difficult unless Samsung tweaks the rear camera layout. The current camera design is pretty sleek too, so it doesn’t need much change either. We will have to wait for render leaks for confirmation on this.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra will still bring a few notable upgrades
The Galaxy S23 Ultra will still bring a few notable upgrades
While the Galaxy S23 Ultra may appear identical to this year’s Ultra model and may even share some key components, it will still bring a few notable upgrades. The 200MP primary rear camera could very well be its USP, but there will be improvements in other areas too. Samsung will likely pair the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor with the newly-announced UFS 4.0 storage solution, which should enable faster overall performance. The Korean firm’s One UI 5 software should also bring optimizations for smoother performance. Elsewhere, we are hearing that Samsung will equip the Galaxy S23 Ultra with the world’s largest ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor: Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic Max. This should make fingerprint unlocking faster and smoother too. All in all, Samsung may be focusing more on performance and reliability improvements over a hardware boost. The Galaxy S22 Ultra is already a beast of a smartphone. With better hardware and software optimizations, the Galaxy S23 Ultra could still feel like a big upgrade even if it doesn’t look like one on paper.
