As the highly anticipated Galaxy S23 series approaches, an important feature of the regular Galaxy S23 has been revealed. The phone will be launched with 128GB of storage capacity. Leaker Ice Universe shares some bad news for those waiting for the S23, apparently the 128GB version will use the somewhat outdated UFS 3.1 storage format.
The higher 256GB version will use the new, faster, more efficient UFS 4.0 and will be offered at a similar price point as the 128GB model, at least at launch. According to Ice SamsungDidn’t produce 128GB UFS 4.0 packages, they just go that way for 256GB and above. Currently only Japanese rival Kioxia appears to have 128GB of UFS 4.0, but Samsung Electronics is reluctant to use them.
Flash storage connects chips in parallel to increase data transfer rates; the more chips there are, the faster the storage. This usually means that the smallest storage configurations are slower than larger ones. This means that 128GB UFS 4.0 packages may not perform at levels worthy of the “UFS 4.0” label.
Another source of leakage @chunvn8888Samsung’s normal Galaxy S23It claims to make it even smaller. You can continue to follow us for more details about the technical specifications. If you are reading similar news for the first time, the Normal S23 will come with 25W fast charging support. All other models will have higher speed charging support.
But Chun’s tweet paints a more detailed picture of the S23, which has Wi-Fi 6E instead of Wi-Fi 7, slightly thicker bezels around the screen, and a less advanced vibration motor. It’s not mentioned in the tweet, but it looks like the little S23 won’t get UWB (Ultra-wideband) anyway.
UWB is essential if you want to use more advanced SmartTag+ trackers with navigation. As for Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 7 hasn’t been finalized yet, so existing devices that claim to support it really only support the draft version of the standard.
Despite all these cost-cutting features, the regular Samsung Galaxy S23 is expected to increase in price in Europe. All this is based on unconfirmed information, we have to wait until this Wednesday for the official announcement.