The first Galaxy Unpacked of 2023 Samsung is ready to unveil the potential Galaxy Books with the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus and S23 Ultra. Watch the Samsung conference with date and time here.
After months of datasheets, stolen photos, and all kinds of other leaks in nature, it’s finally time for Samsung to officially unveil the Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra.
summary of announcements
samsung galaxy unpacked conference live
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Galaxy Unpacked Live starts in an hour!
6:40 pm
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Only 20 minutes left to discover new Galaxy products.
18:48
little editing while i wait
Meanwhile, Samsung scrolls through the three sensors of its S23 and takes what we think is night mode to photograph the moon.
18:58
It will start!
The conference is about to begin. Make yourself comfortable, it shouldn’t take long: departure at 7pm!
19:04
let’s go
The conference begins. It begins with an intervention from TM Roh who recalls the importance of the S range. Premium cameras that take great pictures, last a long time and perform well.
19:07
conference will be ultra
Boom. TM Rohs announced that there will be a Galaxy Book Ultra this year. It also highlights the first design elements of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The entire conference has been filmed with this phone, moreover, enough to show the performance in concrete terms.
19:11
and here’s s23 with ridley scott
Now we know about the design of the Galaxy S23. So the S23 and S23 Plus are inspired by their big brother and get rid of their photo block to get even closer to the older Note range. Samsung reiterated that the conference was filmed with the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Ridley Scott, the famous director of Alien and Gladiator, showed Samsung his talent by filming a movie called Behold using the Galaxy S23 Ultra. It’s reminiscent of the Kathryn Bigelow put forward by Apple.
19:15
focus on photo and video
We are interested in the sensor of the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is now capable of shooting in 4K 60 FPS on the front and rear. This is partly due to the 200-megapixel sensor, which offers 16-in-1 pixel binning when switching to 12-megapixel shots. 8K is also capable of a 30 FPS boost from now on.
Camera Assistant, the application that allows access to greater flexibility in the use of the camera. There it is now possible to deactivate the automatic sensor change. A new night mode is also visible to give full scope to astrophotography.
19:21
The convention turns into a film festival
It is filmmaker Na Hong-jin’s turn to invite himself to the conference. He also made a film for Samsung using the S23 Ultra. Shrouded in darkness, the sequence makes it possible to highlight the phone’s talents in terms of HDR capture.
Nightography is making a comeback. It was a marketing term introduced last year by Samsung to promote the great qualities of its device in night mode. On the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the OIS can cope with movements twice as large as the S22 Ultra. Noise reduction has also improved, as well as overexposure.
Another innovation highlighted, autofocus has moved to Dual Pixel on all sensors. enough to ensure faster but more accurate focus.
19:29
Summary of Photo Configuration
Here’s a full summary of the photo capabilities of the three devices.
19:32
S23 Display
This is one of the new features this year, as the batteries on the Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus have grown by 300mAh each compared to the previous generation.
Another major novelty is the arrival of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, slightly adapted “for the Galaxy” for the occasion. This will provide a gain of 34% on CPU, 49% on NPU and 41% on GPU. The latter also includes a module capable of managing ray tracing.
No jealous about the brightness, the whole range will integrate a 1750 nits screen.
19:38
a galaxy book ultra
Surprisingly (or not), Samsung unveiled a new line of PCs with the Galaxy Book Ultra. Very slim design, Intel Core i7 or i9, RTX 4050 or 4070, have enough power to do. The device includes a fresh 16-inch AMOLED screen clocked at 120Hz as well as a Thunderbolt 4 port.
19:41
pc ecosystem
Samsung, like all manufacturers, highlights the strengths of its ecosystem. Galaxy Books can easily communicate with the Galaxy S23 or Galaxy Tab S8. Several small features were shown, such as screen sharing or password sharing.
With the stand, the Galaxy Book Ultra can be rotated 360 degrees to transform into a touch tablet.
Here’s a full summary of the Galaxy Book capabilities:
19:45
What’s new in One UI
Samsung highlights the new features of One UI 5. Lock screen is now more customizable. The Security Center should also help protect your phone while it is being taken in for repair. convenient.
You can use the S Pen to type directly into Chrome’s search bar.
19:47
2 in 1 freestyle
Small nice innovation (even if it’s hard to imagine who could really take advantage of it) it’s now possible to merge images from two Freestyle projectors to get a better quality image.
19:49
Value
Here are the full prices of the products introduced tonight:
We start with the Galaxy S23 (prices are in dollars) and surprise, the Galaxy S22 price drop for the occasion.
Here are the laptop prices:
19:52
eco point
We’ve already criticized Samsung for its lack of precision in its ecological commitments. Tonight, the mark was more accurate than usual. We can cite as an example its Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which is made with 22% recycled glass.
The Korean conglomerate continues its commitment to the update period by once again promising four years of Android updates.
19:58
Qualcomm and Google on stage
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, who may have welcomed the arrival of Snapdragon on all Galaxy S, takes the stage. He is accompanied by Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of Google and one of the founding members of Android.
TM Roh clarified that the XR, which stands for Augmented Reality, will be Samsung’s next chapter.
Lockheimer came to highlight various improvements to the One Ui 5, especially related to better integration of Google applications.
20:03
is over
Well finally, there are no major surprise announcements at the conference but the arrival of the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy Book, including an Ultra model. It’s already good! We will use the coming weeks to test these tools as needed.
How to follow the Samsung conference live?
Galaxy Unpacked begins this Wednesday, February 1st at 7PM KST. If you want to follow the announcements live, you can head over to the Korean giant’s YouTube channel.
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You can also follow the conference with us on our Twitch channel. Arnaud Gélineau (animator) will be on set friendroid), Nicolas Lelouche (Numerama) and Omar Belkab (friendroid, Live will start at 6:30 PM.
What products to expect for this conference?
Without saying anything, it seems pretty clear that the Samsung Galaxy S23 will be the star of the evening. All three phones have been subject to multiple leaks and Samsung has even confirmed things like the presence of a 200-megapixel sensor in the lineup. The main innovation this year will be based on the performance of the three phones, as we should finally see the transition to Snapdragon for Europe.
As for the rest of the products expected this evening, we also expect the release of Galaxy Books, MacBook-like portable PCs, some models of which have the ability to rotate their screens 360 degrees.
Samsung should also introduce the latest version of its interface, One UI 5.1. We expect news of future Galaxy tablets, but there haven’t been any rumors of a release in that direction in recent weeks. For watches, headphones or folding smartphones, Samsung usually favors the month of August.
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