Samsung Galaxy S22 unofficial renders appear — here’s your first look

Samsung Galaxy S22 unofficial renders appear — here'due south your first look

Renders allegedly of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus phone, on a white background

(Prototype credit: OnLeaks/91Mobiles.com)

Yesterday, the reliable tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka OnLeaks) revealed a pretty eye-opening new design for the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra which, if legitimate, will certainly be channeling the spirit of the Galaxy Note line, even if it'south non branded equally such.

Now the leaker is back with CAD-based renderings of the two other rumored members of the Samsung Milky way S22 family: both the regular handset, and the larger Plus model, released via the sites Zouton and 91mobiles respectively.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 vs. Galaxy Z Flip 3: Which foldable should yous buy?
Google Pixel tablet renders hint at possible iPad rival
Plus: Samsung Milky way S21 Iron could use a new focus — if it ever ships

A render allegedly of the Samsung Galaxy S22 showing the phone on a white background — (Paradigm credit: OnLeaks / Zouton)

It'southward of import to note that these are not official renders, and at this phase we have no way of knowing how authentic they are. Renders regularly appear in the run up to a production's launch, but every bit we saw with the Apple Watch vii, they can exist off the mark.

Simply with that caveat in mind, OnLeaks is normally reliable and there's certainly a lot about these renders that rings truthful. For starters, compared to the S22 Ultra designs, these are considerably more than conventional, looking nearly identical to the current Galaxy S21 models.

If yous were searching difficult for differences, the camera array looks slightly more pronounced, but information technology certainly follows the design language of its predecessor.

Another render allegedly of the Samsung Galaxy S22 in a pink/bronze color, on a white background — (Epitome credit: OnLeaks / Zouton)

And, of grade, the two models expect identical to each other, which is unsurprising given that traditionally the Plus version of Samsung'due south Galaxy S handset is larger, but otherwise very similar. Interestingly, however, Hemmerstoffer claims that the Plus renders were received every bit the Samsung Milky way S22 Pro, rather than "Plus." That might suggest that at that place'south more meets the eye from simple renders alone.

An alleged render of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus in green on a white background — (Image credit: OnLeaks / 91mobiles)

Plus, there's the bodily size of the handsets, which we've previously heard will be more than compact than their predecessors, reversing a trend of Samsung flagships in recent years.

Hemmerstoffer'south renders align with that, with dimensions of 146 x lxx.5 x vii.6mm for the S22 (down from 151.7 ten 71.2 x 7.9mm) and 157.4 x 75.8 x 7.6mm (down from 161.five ten 75.half dozen ten seven.8mm) for the Plus. That doesn't explicitly reveal screen sizes, of course, only the rumored reduction from half-dozen.ii- to 6.06-inches and vi.seven- to vi.55-inches certainly sounds plausible.

A render of the rumored Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus on a white background — (Image credit: OnLeaks / 91mobiles)

If the S22 does revert to a smaller size, information technology'due south potentially a chip of a hazard. Not only does it hateful less space for batteries, and thus, possibly, lower capacities, but even the best pocket-size phones aren't exactly flying off the shelves. The iPhone 12 mini was reportedly struggling then much that Apple stopped producing it, and information technology's rumored that the iPhone 13 mini volition exist the visitor's last small version.

Of course, it's of import to retain perspective here: a half dozen.06-inch handset isn't that small, and with the S22 Ultra reportedly retaining its 6.81-inch frame, in that location would be a clear distinction between the handsets. It actually does add to the feeling that the Samsung Milky way S22 Ultra will in fact be the Samsung Galaxy Note 22 past another name, with both its larger size and supposed Southward Pen-support mirroring what used to differentiate the two product lines in the early-to-mid 2010s.

The renders don't indicate an imminent release, nevertheless, and if contempo course is annihilation to go past, we'll expect Samsung to unveil the new handsets in January 2022. The even so-fresh Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 need a picayune animate infinite, later all…

More than:The best Samsung telephoneyou tin buy

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in betwixt. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the spider web and in the occasional magazine too. When non weighing upwardly the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, yous'll probably notice him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. Or, more likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.