On the evening of February 9, Samsung officially released a new Galaxy S22 series of products, continuing the previous combination of "medium cup", "big cup" and "super cup", including Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22 Ultra three products, priced at $799, $999, $1199, which is consistent with last year, so what changes are there in addition to the regular iteration of their core configuration compared with the previous generation of products? The author will briefly introduce it for you.
S22/S22+ smaller, thinner and lighter Ultra version Note
S22/S22+ has no obvious change from the previous generation in the overall design, but if you look closely, you can find that this generation of camera modules are no longer connected with the middle frame, but it still has a high degree of recognition in the current product, and the size of the fuselage has been reduced. The S22 and S22+ have a circumference of 70.6×146×7.6mm and 75.5mm×157.4×7.6mm, respectively, compared with the previous generationS21 and S21+'s 71.2×151.7× 7.9mm and 75.6×161.5×7.8mm, the screen size has been reduced to 6.1 inches and 6.6 inches, 0.1 inches smaller than the previous generation, while the weight of 167g and 195g is 2g and 5g lighter than the previous generation.
It is worth mentioning that the back panel of the previous S21/S21+ is made of polycarbonate, while the S22/S22+ has been upgraded to Corning Gorilla Victus+ glass, making the product more scratch and fall resistant, and the texture is also better. Samsung has also introduced the "armored aluminum" material used on the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 to the new S22 series, giving it a more rugged midframe, which became the first non-folding phone to use a modified material.
S22 Ultra in the design of the previous generation of the change is relatively large, completely follow the Note series of style, the overall more square, I prefer to call it Note 22 Ultra. Unlike the previous generation, which required additional S Pen, the S22 Ultra became the first product in the history of the S series to have an S Pen with a built-in S Pen stylus, and like the note series before it, it hid the stylus in the lower left corner of the fuselage.
The latency of the new S Pen has been reduced from the previous 9ms to 2.8ms, supports more types of text, and will use AI to predict the direction and path of the pen to help write recognition.
In addition, the S22 Ultra camera module and the back panel are integrated together, so that the camera does not protrude, has a better unity, a bit of a dream back to the feeling of a few years ago, I personally like this design. In terms of body size, the three circumferences of the S22 Ultra are 77.9×163.3×8.9mm, compared with the 75.6×165.1×8.9mm of the previous generation, the thickness has not changed, it is shorter, but it is wider, the screen is still 6.8 inches, and the weight of 228g is 1g more than the previous generation.
Here to say more, this time S22 all series have four colors, in addition to the three same as the three models of Obsidian Black, Yu Meng White, and Fog Pine Green, S22/S22+ has floating light powder, and S22 Ultra has crimson red. In addition to these, there are exclusive colors on the online store, S22/S22+ has yuanshan gray, mousse white, lake island blue, light smoked purple, ultra has far mountain gray, lake island blue and rose red.
Overall, the S22/S22+ still continues the design style of the previous generation of products, optimized in detail, while the Ultra version has reborn the Note series, fully Note, and Samsung has completed the integration of the S series and the Note series.
The overall screen is upgraded and the peak brightness reaches a new high
The three products still use the perforated screen design, S22/S22+ is a straight screen design, S22 Ultra is a micro-curved surface, the four sides of the border are very narrow, the visual perception is very good. They all use the second generation of dynamic AMOLED screen, in the parameters of the screen and the previous generation of comparison has a slight upgrade, S22/ S22 + is still 1080P resolution, but supports 10-120Hz adaptive refresh rate, than the previous generation of 48-120Hz has been upgraded, theoretically can be more power-saving. S22 and S22+ screen peak brightness of 1300 nits and 1750 nits respectively, the former is a little lower than the previous generation of 1500 nits, I personally feel that out of consideration for battery life, its battery capacity is indeed a little small, I will talk about it later, and 1750 nits is higher than the S21 Ultra's 1600 nits, and then a new high.
The S22 Ultra is still QHD+ resolution, supporting an adaptive refresh rate of 1-120Hz, which is one step closer to the previous generation's 10-120Hz, and its peak brightness is also 1750 nits.
The S22/S22+ Main Capture Upgrade Ultra continues to be optimized for polishing
In terms of cameras, the main camera upgrade of S22 and S22+ has been upgraded from 12 million pixels (1/1.76 inches) to its own 50 million pixels (GN5, 1/1.57 inches), supporting full-pixel dual-core focus technology, ultra-wide angle is still 12 million pixels, 3 times telephoto and S22 Ultra are like 10 million pixels, and the main camera and telephoto both support OIS optical image stabilization. The front lens has not changed much, or 10 million pixels.
S22 Ultra in the camera hardware configuration is consistent with the previous generation, is still 108 million pixel main camera + 12 million pixel ultra-wide angle + 10 million pixel 3 times telephoto lens + 10 million 10 times telephoto lens four camera combination, but some optimizations and the addition of some new features, such as the introduction of advanced night mode to improve the night shooting level; The auto-composition feature ensures that the camera is always in focus on the subject, regardless of whether there is one person or as many as ten people in the frame; Photo storage supports up to 16-bit RAW format, enabling more image data to be preserved to meet the needs of better editing and professional creators; Supports ISO and shutter speed settings when shooting, adjusts light and dark, white balance, and cool and warm tones of the photo, and can also focus on the subject manually.
Battery small shrinkage 45W fast charge still has "slipped through the net"
All three products will be equipped with 4nm processors, and the bank version is the new Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, which belongs to the conventional iteration of hardware configuration. The S22/S22+ is equipped with a 3700mAh and 4500mAh battery respectively, which has a small shrinkage compared with the previous generation of 4000mAh and 4800mAh, and the Ultra version still maintains a 5000mAh battery.
In terms of charging, the S22+ and S22 Ultra have been upgraded to 45W fast charging, which will be faster than the 25W charging speed of the previous generation, while S22 still maintains the 25W fast charging of the previous generation, becoming the "fish that slipped through the net", they all support 15W wireless fast charging and wireless reverse charging.
The price of the first mover is lower The price of the National Bank of China may remain unchanged
At the beginning of the article, I also mentioned that the price of the US version of the three products is the same as the previous generation, and the S22 and S22+ in the China Bank forerunner plan are 5499 yuan and 7099 yuan respectively, which is 500 yuan and 600 yuan lower than the S21 and S21+ in the forerunner plan last year, and the Ultra version remains unchanged, or 10199 yuan.
Usually the official price will be lower than this, and the probability of the price increase last year is very small, so I think the price of the Bank of China version should not change, S22 is still from 4999 yuan, S22 + is from 7199 yuan, and S22 Ultra will still be 9699 yuan, the specific price Samsung will be announced at the domestic conference, interested partners can pay attention to it.
Write at the end
In general, S22 and S22 + compared to the previous generation in addition to the iteration of hardware, in some details have been slightly upgraded, the Ultra version can be directly seen as the new flagship of the Note series, for Note series users is a very worthy of consideration of the product, Samsung has also completed the integration of the S series and note series, on the one hand, so that S22 series products can meet more two series of users at the same time, on the other hand, this year's flagship products have officially become Galaxy S+ The combination of the Galaxy Z.