Samsung has had a fairly consistent design for its premium S-series, though every year there are tweaks that try to improve looks and ergonomics. They have had varying success. The Galaxy S Ultra in particular has settled on a rectangular design whose sharp corners look stylish but really tend to dig into your palm. The Galaxy S24 Ultra may be the worst in that regard – here’s a 3D view next to the S23 Ultra. Samsung may finally be changing course and going for a rounded design. Famed leaker and outspoken Samsung critic Ice Universe has shared these mock-ups of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy...
Leakster Ice Universe has some good news – the Samsung Galaxy S24+ will finally have an option with 12GB of RAM (the S23+ options begin and end at 8GB). However, The Cat has some bad news too – the vanilla Galaxy S24 is sticking to the 8GB, which has been the base capacity since the S20. As you may have heard, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will only use Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chips with boosted prime CPU cores, while the S24 and S24+ will use the Snapdragon in some regions and Samsung’s own Exynos 2400 in others. We’ve already seen Geekbench runs from an S24 Ultra with 8GB of RAM and with 12GB of RAM,...
At this point it is fairly certain that the Galaxy Ring, Samsung’s entry into a new category of health-focused wearables, is not coming this year. Now Ice Universe offers a launch window – the Ring will be announced at the Galaxy S24 unveiling event in January. Even more importantly, it sounds like Samsung has high expectations of this new product line as the tipster says that the Galaxy Ring will be the star product of the event, perhaps outshining the Galaxy S24 series itself. While the Unpacked events for the S22 and S23 series were in February, there have been January launches too....
The S21 Ultra was the first of the Galaxy S series to use an LTPO display, this tech offers fine-grained control over the refresh rate and helps save battery. The the S21 and S21+ stuck with old school displays that only supported a couple of refresh rate options. That’s true of the S22/S22+ and even this year’s S23/23+. Things are finally about to change – Ice Universe just reported that both the Samsung Galaxy S24 and the S24+ will make the switch to LTPO. This should have an impact on standby power draw if you’re using Always On Display. Additionally, The Cat says that the new...
With the Samsung Galaxy S23 series launch already in the rear-view mirror, we can move on to the other big Samsung flagship launch of the year – the next gen Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip. Reliable tipster IceUniverse shared some preliminary specs details for the upcoming foldables. The big news for the Z Flip5 is the larger external display which is said to come in at 3.4 inches in diagonal. If true, it will in fact be larger than the Oppo N2 Flip’s 3.26-inch panel and it will boast an alleged 1:1.038 aspect ratio – a nearly perfect square. The inner screen is said to boast narrower...
Is Ice Universe is obsessed with bezel thickness? Yes, but we don’t mind – The Cat reports that the upcoming Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max will set a new record in that regard. The black border around the screen of the new flagship will measure only 1.55mm, way down from the 2.17mm of the current iPhone 14 Pro Max. The current record is held by the Xiaomi 13 with 1.81mm thickness. For comparison, the Galaxy 22 and S23 bezels are around 1.95mm. The glass panels of the iPhone 15 series were shown on video a couple of weeks ago. The person handling the panels reported that the bezels on the Pro...