Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S22 series

At its Unpacked 2022 event, Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S22 series flagship smartphones.

The Galaxy S22 series will offer three options to the users namely S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra. The devices are powered by Samsung's own Exynos 2200 SoC or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. While the Snapdragon SoC comes with Adreno 730 GPU, the Exynos version with come with AMD's RDNA2-based Xclipse 920 GPU. Like with the previous Galaxy S-series devices, Samsung will be offering the Snapdragon variant in limited markets.

Apart from that, the phones will feature a 2340x1080 resolution 6.1 inches display on the S22 and 6.6 inches on the Plus variant. Apart from that, the S22 and S22 Plus will feature a 240Hz Touch Sampling Rate in Game mode and will support up to 120Hz refresh rate. Both the phones will feature a 12MP Ultra-wide camera, a 50MP Wide camera and a 10MP Telephoto camera with 3x Optical zoom on the back. On the front, Samsung has added a 10MP camera for selfies. Both the devices are equipped with 8GB of RAM and come with either 128 or 256GB of storage. To power things up, Samsung has equipped the S22 with a 3,700mAh battery while the S22 Plus comes with a 4,500mAh battery. Both the devices will support Wireless charging as well as Wireless PowerShare. However, the S22 will support up to 25W while the S22 Plus will support up to 45W wired charging.

Samsung will be making both the devices available in Phantom Black, Phantom White, Green and Pink Gold. The Galaxy S22 starts at $799.99, with the S22 Plus priced at $999.99.

Moving onto the highlight of the show, the Galaxy S22 Ultra which takes design cues from the Galaxy Note series. The device will feature a 6.8-inch QHD+ display with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz and a 240Hz Touch Sampling Rate in Game mode. The device will come with a 12MP Wide camera, 108MP Wide camera, 10MP Telephoto camera with 3x Optical zoom and 10MP Telephoto camera with 10x Optical camera. On the front, the S22 Ultra will have a 40MP camera for selfies. The device will offer 8GB+128GB, 12GB+256GB, 12GB+512GB and 12GB+1TB options. Finally, the device will support up to 45W charging and will have a 5,000mAh battery. Moreover, the device will support 15W wireless charging and will also support Wireless PowerShare. Samsung is also adding the S-Pen to S22 Ultra and unlike last year, the S22 Ultra will have space to store the S-Pen without having to buy a separate case.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will be priced at $1199 and will come in Phantom Black, Phantom White, Green, and Burgundy

Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S22 series