We have had months of hypothesis round a possible launch date for the Samsung Galaxy S23, however it could appear that we are able to now confidently circle a date in our 2023 calendar for the massive reveal: Wednesday, February 1.

Samsung hasn’t come out and stated that date particularly, however it did (by way of SamMobile (opens in new tab)) submit a Galaxy Unpacked teaser for February 1 on its Colombian website. We won’t discover the teaser on the time of writing, so it is both been pulled or we’re not excellent at looking out by means of the Samsung Colombia portal.

Whereas not official official, that is nearly official. Contemplating it matches up with earlier rumors from dependable sources that pointed to the identical date, we would say it is just about sure that February 1 would be the date for the massive reveal.

Rumors, mongered

When Samsung does determine to get round to unveiling its newest batch of flagships, it is unlikely to have too many surprises for us, contemplating how intensive the leaks have been for the Galaxy S23, the Galaxy S23 Plus and the Galaxy S23 Extremely.

By way of design, it could appear that each one three handsets within the collection are going to comply with the lead of the Extremely mannequin, with raised digital camera lenses on the again. We have additionally been given an early have a look at the colours the telephones are going to be obtainable in.

There’s been loads of discuss round digital camera upgrades too, particularly relating to the Extremely mannequin. Images and movies taken in each good and poor lighting situations ought to be higher than ever if the rumors become true.

Evaluation: Samsung strikes again

In the case of smartphone launches from excessive profile tech giants, we are inclined to deal with the iPhone from Apple, the Pixel from Google, and the Galaxy S from Samsung – however solely a type of three handsets will get launched firstly of the 12 months.

That places Samsung in a special place to Apple and Google. You might say the iPhone 14 and the Pixel 7 had been competing immediately towards one another, as a result of they had been launched across the similar time (September and October respectively). By the point the iPhone 14 launched although, the Samsung Galaxy S22 was already seven months outdated.

A technique of taking a look at it’s that Samsung is at all times half a 12 months forward of its massive identify opponents; one other perspective is that it is at all times half a 12 months behind. The technique does at the least imply Samsung can get loads of consideration for its flagship telephones, independently of no matter Apple and Google are doing.

We’re seeing the Galaxy S23 launch as Samsung placing again at what different cellphone makers did final 12 months, in addition to setting the tempo for 2023. The following query is simply how a lot of an improve over the Galaxy S22 handsets are we going to see.

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