A pair of Galaxy S23 phones were spotted at the FCC a few weeks ago, but the FCC prefers to keep things under wraps. The same cannot be said for TENAA, which issued a fairly complete spec sheet for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.
The phone measures 163.4 x 78.1 x 8.9mm and weighs 233g. As expected, it has the same dimensions as the outgoing S22 Ultra. The screen also has the same dimensions, 6.8″ in size, with 1,440 x 3,088 px resolution (19.3:9 aspect ratio). The battery has a nominal capacity of 4,855mAh, so the typical capacity should be listed as 5,000mAh as usual .
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra specs from TENAA (machine translated)
The phone’s CPU frequency shows three clusters: 3.36GHz, 2.8GHz and 2.0GHz. This coincides with the higher clock speeds of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC, which is rumored to power the Galaxy S23 series globally (the GPU is also overclocked, but TENAA doesn’t specify).
The chipset will be paired with 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage. The Galaxy S22 Ultra also had a base 8/128GB version, though it may not come to China.
Speaking of things not coming to China, there’s no sign of the rumored satellite communications support. Of course, it wasn’t available on the iPhone 14s sold in China either, so we don’t expect to see it listed on TENAA. This will reportedly use the Iridium satellite network and will be available for general use, unlike Apple’s system (rumor said you’d be able to send short messages and even photos to friends).
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Speculative Renders (image credit)
The cameras are also not on the list, which reportedly includes a new 200 MP sensor (1/1.3”, 0.6 µm, 12 MP standard resolution), 3x and 10x telephoto cameras with similar hardware but improved image quality. The main camera will reportedly finally make the jump to 8K @ 30fps video (previous models stick to a cinematic 24fps).
The Samsung Unpacked event will take place in the first week of February, according to inside info, the launch is expected to be a few weeks later at the end of February.
