【Mobile Phone China Review】2022 has just begun, Samsung has brought us the latest annual flagship mobile phone Samsung Galaxy S22 series, not surprisingly, the Samsung Galaxy S22 series still has three products, namely Samsung Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra. As a high-profile flagship model, the Samsung Galaxy S22 series has a high popularity, on the one hand, based on the accumulation of previous generation products over the years, on the other hand, because Samsung can bring us a new functional design in this series every year.
The new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform (image source from the network)
The three mobile phones of the Samsung Galaxy S22 series all use the second generation of dynamic AMOLED screen, and the screen size is, Galaxy S226.1 inches, Galaxy S22+6.6 inches, and Galaxy S22 Ultra6.8 inches. The Galaxy S22 has a peak brightness of up to 1300nit and a contrast ratio of 20000000:1. The Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy S22 Ultra are equipped with 1750nit peak brightness and a contrast ratio of up to 3,000,000:1, making natural color more realistic. In addition, all three versions support an adaptive refresh rate of 120Hz. And can automatically adapt different refresh rates for different screen display content, Galaxy S22 Ultra can achieve a minimum refresh rate of 1Hz, saving more power. At the same time, the Galaxy S22 Ultra also retains the S Pen, which can be hidden inside the fuselage, so the overall design of the Galaxy S22 Ultra is quite different from the other two.
Samsung Galaxy S22 (image source from the network)
Another difference between the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the other two phones is the camera module. The Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+ rear camera modules are both 50MP main camera + 12MP wide-angle + 10MP telephoto triple camera combination, supporting 30x zoom. The Galaxy S22 Ultra is a quad camera combination, the main camera is upgraded to 100 million pixels, and the telephoto has two 10 million pixel cameras, which support 3x and 10x optical zoom respectively, which can achieve a total of 100x zoom.
The new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform for Samsung Galaxy S22 series of camera help (image source from the network)
Although the upgrade is not obvious compared with the Galaxy S21 in terms of camera module, because the Samsung Galaxy S22 series is equipped with a new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform released recently, which has the first comprehensive performance performance in the mobile phone industry. The platform has the world's leading 5G solution design, and is also the world's first commercial ARM's latest Arm v9 architecture mobile platform, using the latest 4nm process technology, including a Cortex-X2-based 3.0 GHz super core, three Cortex-A710-based 2.5GHz high-performance cores, and four Cortex-A510-based 1.8GHz energy-efficient cores. All-round performance crushes similar products, especially in photography, the snapdragon 8's new ISP and powerful AI performance give the Samsung Galaxy S22 series unlimited possibilities.
The new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform photography hard power (image source from the network)
Taking the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra as an example, its 108 million pixel main camera can make each photo have the clearest picture detail performance, record more information at the moment of pressing the shutter, which also benefits from the powerful configuration of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, allowing users to use more quickly and with higher film rates. On the "brain" ISP unit of image processing, the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform for the first time introduced a commercially available 18-bit ISP, achieving a dynamic range data volume increase of 4096 times, processing 3.2 billion pixels per second, making it possible to increase the choice of up to 4 files in dynamic mode, and the night mode effect was also increased by 5 times, giving the mobile phone an absolutely broad room to play and allowing users to feel the real upgrade experience.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (image source from the network)
In addition, the two optical telephoto lenses of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, due to the use of a medium-periscope lens design, while relying on the AI-enhanced super resolution technology provided by the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, can still capture more details when shooting at a long distance, making the picture clearer. Let's take a look at some samples.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra photo sample (image source from the network)
From the sample, we can see that the shooting quality of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is very good, and the color expression is also remarkable. During the day, the control of chiaroscuro is very detailed, even if it is multiple zooms, it can still ensure a clear picture. In the night shooting performance, due to the addition of super photosensitive elements and super night solutions, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is very stable in the night shot, it is difficult to see noise, through the use of multi-frame synthesis technology in the low light environment to improve the brightness of the night scene, and then through the AI multi-frame synthesis processing, so that the motion blurred objects in the night environment through correction to present a better form, so that the clarity of the entire picture has been improved.
In addition to taking pictures, in the camera, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is also the current mobile phone photography ceiling level existence, is also based on the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform support, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra can be 8K Super HDR level video shooting, video shooting performance is very strong. At the same time, due to the platform's powerful AI capabilities, it has many new functions in video shooting. The hexagon processor of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform AI units has increased AI computing power by 75% and reduced energy consumption by 50%. At the same time, the camera AI application based on the 7th generation Qualcomm AI engine enables the mobile phone camera to support better autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance adjustment, including background bokeh, facial recognition, gesture recognition, gestures, and the effect of a variety of neural networks can now be completed in real time on the mobile phone side.
In addition to focus and effects, the AI engine and camera engine can work together to process 3.2 billion pixels per second for better color, dynamic range, and picture detail. The Snapdragon 8's camera multi-frame large engine will combine about 30 frames to provide "five times the night mode.". With more pixels being tracked in low-light conditions, the camera can intelligently filter out blur caused by hand shaking for a sharper image. At the same time, artificial intelligence can also eliminate the distortion of the picture in wide-angle lenses.
Automated tracking and composition technology (image source from the network)
For example, this automatic composition function, this time Samsung Galaxy S22 uses automatic composition technology version 3.0, it can simultaneously identify the faces and body forms of 10 people, and automatic tracking, in the shooting to maintain the most ideal picture composition, the effective distance also reached 5 meters, in the shooting of large scenes can also perform well. Of course, you can also choose to track the artist's face separately, so that your mobile phone has a function similar to the gimbal, always keep the subject that needs to be shot clear, when you need to switch the subject, just select a new tracking object, very suitable for vlog shooting. There is also a built-in shooting template in the camera, and choosing a template suitable for the current scene before shooting can automatically match the appropriate filter effect when shooting, and even matching you with music, all from the powerful AI capabilities of the new generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform.
Director's lens function (image source from the network)
This alone is definitely not enough, a strong platform and lens configuration should be able to provide more powerful shooting skills. The director's perspective shooting mode is such a shooting effect that requires strong performance support to achieve, it splits the multiple shots that were originally coordinated, and realizes independent operation, so that you can see split-screen, picture-in-picture and multi-angle lens pictures in the mobile phone, and shoot synchronously. You can take selfies simultaneously while shooting close-up and medium-range views, thus achieving the effect of multiple camera positions on one phone. These synchronously shot materials will be independently saved in the mobile phone, which is convenient for subsequent editing, which is very practical for self-media people.
The above is our introduction to the Samsung Galaxy S22 series in the camera function, it can be seen that as a flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S22 series has excellent strength and excellent performance, with the support of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, to achieve many practical and attractive functions, Samsung Galaxy S22 series for this year's flagship mobile phone has made a good start, It also gives us more expectations for the models of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platforms that are also practical in the future.