There is not much about the Samsung Galaxy S22 series that has not been leaked at the moment and we are very much down to small details such as screen brightness. But we now even have a good idea of what it might be for Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus, along with some other interesting details.
Leaker Ishan Agarwal has shared some renderings and specifications for the phone, in collaboration with 91Mobiles, and claims, among other things, that the S22 Plus will support 45W fast charging.
It is not the first time we have heard that the Galaxy S22 series gets so much charging power (up from 25W on the Samsung Galaxy S21 series), but recent leaks suggested that it would just be the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra that got this upgrade, so it's good news if the Galaxy S22 Plus does that too.
Agarwal also claims that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus will have a maximum screen brightness of 1,750 nits. It's up from 1,300 nits on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus, and would even have the 1,500 nits of the Galaxy S21 Ultra beat.
Other specs leaked here include a claim that the Galaxy S22 Plus will have an Exynos 2200 chipset in the UK, that it will have a 50 MP main camera, a 4,500 mAh battery (all of which have been rumored in the past) , and that it will weigh 195g, with the standard Galaxy S22 being 167g and the Galaxy S22 Ultra being 228g.
The renderings (which are supposedly official) meanwhile do not show us much that we have not seen before, as the design is very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus.
In other Samsung news, delicious SuperRoader, who claims to be a former Samsung employee, has said that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will come in a version with 1 TB of storage space. That would be the first for the series, but is something that has been leaked in the past. But from the wording of the tweet, it sounds like this model may land a little later than others.
In response, SuperRoader added that there will also be a model of the S22 Ultra with 16GB of RAM (which we have heard again before), doubling his previous claims that all countries will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.
Samsung decided to support 1TB for the only Galaxy S22 Ultra. However, the release date is unknown. Maybe ... after February?January 15, 2022
Since he is specifically talking about the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra here, it is possible that he thinks that some other models could get the Exynos 2200, but previously he had said that none of them would - which is contrary to the leak above from Ishan Agarwal.
So since there is disagreement about the chipset, we will be careful to fully believe any allegations there. As for the rest of these leaks, while it's worth taking them with a pinch of salt, there are no red flags.
Analysis: 45W is good, but not great
Of all these leaks, the most interesting is probably the suggestion that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus will have 45W charging. If it does, then there is a chance that the standard Samsung Galaxy S22 will do the same (along with the S22 Ultra, which is already rumored), and that's a big upgrade over their predecessors' 25W.
But it's still not really competitive with most of Samsung's main rivals. For example, the OnePlus 10 Pro offers 80W charging, and the Xiaomi 12 Pro has 120W charging.
Then again, 45W can end up being a good balance. It is still very fast and there is a risk of increased battery degradation with faster charging.
The real reason Samsung may not be in a hurry to catch up is that its biggest rival - Apple - only offers speeds of up to 27W in the iPhone 13 series, and we would be surprised if the iPhone 14 series reached 45W.
Via PhoneArena