Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra could fall behind iPhone 13 Pro in one key area

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra could fall backside iPhone xiii Pro in one key expanse

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Edit 12/20: While this isn't great news for the S22, the Ultra model may be getting a new detail enhancement characteristic for its main camera .

The Samsung Galaxy S22 rumors are piling up as we approach the phone's expected launch in early 2022, just the latest one might not be good news on the storage forepart.

That's according to a retailer leak from the tipster @_snoopytech_, at least, who shared declared listings which show the basic Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus (or perhaps Pro) featuring either 128- or 256GB onboard storage. The Note-similar Galaxy S22 Ultra — which could really be called the Galaxy S22 Notation, according to a new rumor — will reportedly come with either 128, 256 or 512GB of internal storage.

If true, that puts Samsung in the unusual position of being behind Apple. For reference, you tin can buy whatever iPhone 13 handset with 128, 256 or 512GB, and if you buy an iPhone 13 Pro, you can upward that to 1TB.

Here are the confirmed #GalxyS22 Options (by retailers):Galaxy S22 5G:8 + 128 GB/256 GBPink Gold/Greenish/Black/WhiteGalaxy S22+ 5G8 + 128/256 GBPink Aureate/Green/Black/WhiteGalaxy S22 Ultra 5G12 + 128/256 GB and 16 + 512 GB 🔥Dark Cherry-red/Blackness/White (Render by @OnLeaks ) motion-picture show.twitter.com/srY6DnelDmDecember 9, 2021

So, reward Apple? Well, maybe. But information technology's worth noting that Samsung pioneered these mass-capacity options years agone, offer both the Milky way S10 Plus and Galaxy Note ten Plus with 1TB of internal storage. For whatever reason, the following year both the Galaxy S10 Plus and Galaxy Annotation ten Plus maxed out at 512GB again, and then it's certainly possible that Samsung's sales data told them that nobody wanted that much internal storage, and information technology wasn't worth pursuing. Nosotros'll take a better thought of whether that's true if Apple abandons the 1TB choice with the iPhone 14.

But information technology'southward also worth remembering that both of Samsung'south 1TB experiments also included a microSD slot for expanding storage. Rumor has it that the S22 family won't, which could make bigger storage models a necessity for some, rather than simply a nice option.

Elsewhere, @_snoopytech_'due south leak likewise claims to have revealed the S22 range'due south color options. The S22 and S22 Plus will reportedly come in pink gold, light-green, black or white — though we'd expect some more poetic naming, given Samsung's penchant for flowery branding with names such every bit "mystic bronze." The S22 Ultra, meanwhile, will apparently come in nighttime carmine, black or white hues.

While the Samsung Milky way S22 and S22 Plus/Pro are supposed to be barely distinguishable from the S21 in terms of looks, the S22 Ultra will apparently be a Galaxy Note 22 in all only name, right downward to the larger curved display and built-in S Pen.

All 3 handsets are set to be extremely powerful, either featuring the freshly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon viii Gen 1 chip or the extremely exciting Samsung Exynos 2200, depending on your region. They're expected to arrive in February 2022, a month after the perpetually delayed Milky way S21 Atomic number 26.

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing near tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are constitute all over the web and in the occasional magazine likewise. When not weighing upwardly the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, y'all'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. Or, more than probable, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.