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Breaking: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Unpacked with S Pen, 4nm chips, 45W charging, world’s most advanced Camera and display
The 2022’s first Galaxy Unpacked event has just begun and Samsung is launching the Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone. This is undoubtedly a flagship Galaxy smartphone, while we can say it is a spiritual successor to the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra with true S Pen support!
In addition to the S Pen and its silo, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is packed with all the latest and flagship-grade hardware capabilities including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200 chip, 5000mAh battery with up to 45W fast charging support, 2X Dynamic AMOLED display by Samsung and more.
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Let’s start talking about the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra!
S Pen
The Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with the Galaxy Note lineup’s S Pen support alongside a dedicated storage compartment. Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that the latest S Pen now has 70% lower latency.
Design
The beautiful S22 Ultra flagship’s dimensions and weight are as follows:
- Dimensions: 77.9 X 163.3 X 8.9mm
- Weight: 229g
Display
The Galaxy S22 Ultra features an immersive 6.8-inch, Dynamic AMOLED 2X adaptive 120Hz display alongside 240Hz Touch Sampling Rate in Game Mode, providing stunning detail on Samsung’s brightest display ever, with a peak brightness of 1,750 nits.
- Security: Ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.
Camera
True flagship smartphone means premium grade camera capabilities and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is here with a 12MP Ultra-Wide Camera (F2.2, FOV 120˚), a 108 MP Wide Camera (F1.8, FOV 85˚), 10MP Telephoto Camera (3x Optical Zoom, F2.4, FOV 36˚), a 10MP Telephoto Camera (10x Optical Zoom, F4.9, FOV 11˚) as well as a 40MP Front Camera (F2.2, FOV 80˚).
Processor, memory
The Galaxy S22 series debuts Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and Exynos 2200 (Xclipse GPU by AMD), both fabricated on 4nm process technology. Notably, the chip installation will be different for regions and markets.
- Memory
- 12GB + 1TB
- 12 + 512GB
- 12 + 256GB
- 8 + 128GB
Battery, charging
Just like its predecessor, the Galaxy S22 Ultra has a big 5,000mAh battery which supports wired charging up to 45W and 15W Wireless charging. Furthermore, it also has Wireless power share feature to charge supported devices from Galaxy ecosystem.
Operating System
The Galaxy S22 series ships with the latest Android 12 operating system, however, it exclusively has the One UI 4.1 software on board. Impressively, these devices will have four generations of Android upgrades, in addition to five years of regular security patches.
Colors
The Galaxy S22 Ultra is available in four stunning and nature-inspired colors: Phantom Black, Phantom White, Green and Burgundy.
Price, availability
- 8+128GB: $1,199 / £1,149 / €1,249
- 12+256GB: £1,249 / €1,349
- 12+512GB: £1,329 / €1,449
- 1TB: £1,499 / €1,649 [For select markets]
Sensors
- Accelerometer
- Barometer
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Gyro Sensor
- Geomagnetic Sensor
- Hall Sensor
- Light Sensor
- Proximity Sensor
Huawei is making a stunning comeback in its home ground. The company scored a 70% year-on-year growth in its smartphone sales in China in the first quarter. At the same time, sales of Apple dropped by over 19%, reports Counterpoint Research.
The report highlights that the Chinese phone maker is set to outpace Apple in China. As Apple is already facing heat, it’s alarming for all smartphone vendors including Samsung. After Apple, Huawei’s next target will be Samsung which leads the Global market.
Huawei, which was at 9.3% in the first quarter of 2023, jumped to 15.5% in Q1 this year. Apple led the Chinese market in 1Q23 with approximately 20% market share slipped to 15.7% in the first quarter of this year, dropping to the third spot in China.
Earlier, IDC pointed out that Apple is facing a market decline as it lost momentum in China. The local government’s push for local vendors is also helping Huawei to eat Apple’s market. Well, Vivo and Honor were the top two brands by market share.
“Apple’s sales were subdued during the quarter as Huawei’s comeback has directly impacted Apple in the premium segment,” said Ivan Lam, senior research analyst at Counterpoint.
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Apart from mobile, Samsung is also focusing on the PC market. The company has recently launched its new all-in-one PC “All-in-One Pro.” At the event, the VP of Intel Korea Samsung Business Division announced the intention to work with Samsung for the AI PCs market.
Galaxy AI is a hit, helping Samsung sell the Galaxy S24 series worldwide. The Korean tech giant is also bringing AI capabilities to its laptop line. Compared to smartphones, laptops, and PCs would offer way better AI features and abilities to bolster productivity.
Samsung’s All-in-One Pro features Intel’s Core Ultra AI PC processor CPU. Thanks to Intel’s external GPU, Arc, graphics performance in the all-in-one PC has also improved twofold compared to the previous generation, and power efficiency has been improved by 25%.
“In this trend where AI is present everywhere, the PC is the product that we experience directly and use for production activities,” stated Bae Tae-won.
As far as AI features are concerned, Intel is committed to offering a complimentary “AI Creator App Package” that consists of the Luminar Neo photo editing software named “Affinity” as well as the Magix video editing application “Vegas.”
Apart from Intel, Samsung also partnered with Microsoft to bring a dedicated Copilot key to the wireless keyboard of the All-in-One Pro PC. Such kind of collaborations offer deeply enhanced user experience as accessing AI-powered Copilot is just a keypress away from you.
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Good Lock
Samsung Theme Park 1.1.00.8 update released: New Functional method, features removal, and more
As promised, Samsung has released a new update for its Theme Park Good Lock Module with version 1.1.00.8. This update is rolling out to Android 14 Galaxy devices and brings new enhancements to provide a better experience.
The fresh update of the Samsung Theme Park app brings a major change to the theme application process, moving from the previous ‘APK installation method’ to a more unified ‘theme application method’ (Color Palette).
This new method is not just a name change but represents an advancement in efficiency and user experience. It promises a faster theme creation and application process, allowing users to apply their desired themes faster. Additionally, the update introduces the ability to edit and overwrite existing themes.
With this update, icons for newly installed applications will automatically align with the current icon theme to provide a consistent visual experience.
However, due to these changes, some functions have been discontinued. These include the ‘App’s theme settings’ and ‘Color palette change’ options within Theme Park. The ‘Keycap Style’ under the Keyboard settings and the ‘Folder Shape Change’ feature of the Home Screen are no longer available.
Samsung advises users to ensure that QuickStar and Keys Cafe are updated to the latest versions to maintain compatibility with Theme Park. Users will have to download a 24.6 MB package to install the Samsung Theme Park 1.1.00.8 update.
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