On Wednesday, Samsung held its first Unpacked of 2022. The occasion noticed the corporate spend roughly an hour speaking about updates to its Galaxy S and Tab S product strains. While it was principally a by-the-numbers affair spoiled by pre-release leaks, Samsung nonetheless got here out swinging with one among its strongest system lineups in current reminiscence. Here’s all the things the corporate introduced at Unpacked.
Galaxy S22 Ultra
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After skipping a 12 months, the Galaxy Note is again in all however identify. The S22 Ultra is the successor to the Note 20 we by no means obtained in 2021. All the issues that made the Note stand out are accounted for within the S22 Ultra. Not solely does it include Samsung’s S Pen, however there’s an area for the stylus constructed proper into the cellphone. It’s additionally the corporate’s most succesful cellphone to this point. It incorporates a 108-megapixel main digicam, the newest 4-nanometer chips from each Samsung and Qualcomm and as much as 12GB of RAM. The cellphone is out there to pre-order right this moment, beginning at $1,200. Samsung will ship the S22 Ultra and all the things else it introduced on Wednesday on February twenty fifth.
Galaxy S22 and S22+
Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and S22+ could not look that a lot completely different from the telephones they’re about to exchange, however the firm has included a handful of notable upgrades in each units. To begin, they function a brand new 50-megapixel essential digicam that has a sensor that’s 23 % bigger than the one discovered on the S21 and S21+’s 12-megapixel shooter. Samsung has additionally made the telephones extra resilient with Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Victus+. At the identical time, the corporate is trying to cut back its environmental influence by making some components of the cellphone from recycled fishing nets. The S22 and S22+ will begin at $800 and $999 after they go on sale later this month.
Galaxy Tab S8, Tab S8+ and Tab S8 Ultra
Alongside new telephones, Samsung introduced a recent slate of high-end tablets. The new Tab S8 and Tab S8+ include the quickest processors Samsung has ever included in its slate units. For the primary time, Samsung can be introducing an Ultra variant of one among its tablets. The Tab S8 Ultra incorporates a huge 14.6-inch AMOLED show with 2,960 x 1,848 decision and a 120Hz dynamic refresh charge. Oh, it additionally has a notch to accommodate its twin front-facing cameras. Pre-orders for all three fashions open right this moment. They begin at $700, $900 and $1,100, respectively.
Everything else
For a lot of Unpacked, {hardware} took heart stage, however Samsung additionally had some software-related shock up its sleeve. To begin, the corporate introduced its Galaxy telephones and tablets would help the brand new dwell sharing function in Google Duo. That’s a software that permits you and whomever you’re chatting with to view the identical notes, pictures, movies and extra on the identical time. The solely catch is that dwell sharing is at present solely supported by Galaxy and Pixel units, so it’s not one thing that may work in case your pal or a member of the family has an iPhone or a distinct make of Android system. Samsung additionally mentioned it might help its new units, in addition to the Galaxy S21 household, with as much as 4 years of Android updates.
Catch up on all the information from Samsung’s February Unpacked occasion proper right here!