Samsung Galaxy S22 could blow away iPhone 13 — here’s why

Samsung Milky way S22 could accident abroad iPhone thirteen — here's why

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It looks like Apple is gearing up for a huge iPhone 13 series launch. In fact, based on one early study, the company could be boosting iPhone 13 product past as much as 20% ahead of a rumored Apple September outcome.

But Samsung is reportedly waiting in the wings with its own Galaxy S22, which could surpass the iPhone 13 in a number of ways based on the rumors. For one, Samsung is already on record maxim that it is partnering with AMD on a new Exynos chip, one that could evangelize very impressive graphics power to Samsung's 2022 flagship phone.

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The Galaxy S22 could also sport a much more heady and futuristic pattern, a more ambitious camera system, faster charging and more. Based on the early rumors and leaks, here'south how the Milky way S22 could surpass the iPhone 13.

Samsung and AMD could overpower A15 Bionic

Samsung and AMD are officially partnering on a new Exynos mobile chip that has AMD's RDNA2 graphics architecture. The custom graphics will apparently offer ray-tracing and variable rate shading, amid other perks, while promising unprecedented power from an Android phone.

The Exynos 2200 bit with AMD muscle is expected to power laptops and tablets afterward this twelvemonth, only it could also detect its way to phones similar the Galaxy S22 early next year. Co-ordinate to Water ice Universe on Twitter, the new Exynos flake netted a very impressive 3D Marker Wild Life benchmark score of eight,134 with 50.iii frames per 2d.

By comparison, the iPhone 12 Pro Max striking 6,618 and 39 fps in our testing, which is well behind. Simply it's hard to know at this phase how much faster the A15 Bionic expected to power the iPhone 13 might be.

A truly cutting edge design

While the iPhone thirteen volition reportedly shrink its notch by 25% or more, Samsung manifestly has more than ambitious plans for the Galaxy S22. Rumor has it that the new Galaxy S22 could feature an under-display selfie camera, 1 that merely appears when you need information technology. Nosotros don't know if it will be invisible, merely it would exist much less of an eye sore than the notch.

Samsung is reportedly bringing this feature to the Milky way Z Fold 3 foldable phone beginning before it comes to other devices. In addition, it's a safe bet that Samsung will continue to offering an in-display fingerprint sensor on the S22. Apple reportedly won't be bringing Touch ID to its flagships until the iPhone 14 in 2022.

Possible Olympus camera

Co-ordinate to leaker Yogesh on Twitter, Samsung and Olympus have held talks almost a possible partnership. He said the collaboration could lead to a special edition Galaxy Fold or the Milky way S22 Ultra. Samsung has already pushed the envelope with cameras on the Milky way S21 Ultra with its 100x Space Zoom, so we're excited to run into what Samsung and Olympus could exercise together.

Yet, Samsung will also need to step up its game on the software and computational photography side of things. For example, the iPhone 13 is tipped to feature a new portrait video way along with astrophotography features for shooting the nighttime sky.

120Hz display on all models

With Apple's iPhone 13 lineup, only the iPhone xiii Pro and iPhone xiii Pro are tipped to offer 120Hz ProMotion displays. That would leave the regular iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini with slower refresh rates.

But the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22 Ultra should all characteristic 120Hz panels, just similar the Galaxy S21 serial. The S22 Ultra would go a step farther with an LTPO console, assuasive the refresh rate to scale all the mode downwardly to x Hz for longer battery life.

Galaxy S22 faster charging

Rumor has it that Samsung could be stepping up from 25W charging on the Galaxy S21 series to 45W charging on the Galaxy S22. This wouldn't be as fast as the 65W OnePlus Ultra, which is the fastest charging phone nosotros've tested, but it would certainly be an upgrade.

Meanwhile, there's a rumor that Apple tree could be working on going from 20W charging to 25W charging for the iPhone thirteen, though the track tape of the leaker is somewhat sketchy.

Galaxy S22 vs iPhone thirteen: Outlook

I expect the iPhone 13 to exist a success, but at to the lowest degree based on the rumors thus far the Galaxy S22 seems more heady. I'm particularly keen to see if AMD's graphics get in inside the new telephone, as Samsung (and all Android phones) accept been trailing the iPhone in operation for some fourth dimension.

Throw in a potential Olympus-grade photographic camera arrangement, faster charging and literally no notch or punch hole upwardly front and the Milky way S22 could be a force to be reckoned with.

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Mark Spoonauer is the global editor in chief of Tom's Guide and has covered engineering science for nearly xx years. In addition to overseeing the direction of Tom's Guide, Marker specializes in covering all things mobile, having reviewed dozens of smartphones and other gadgets. He has spoken at central industry events and appears regularly on TV to discuss the latest trends. Mark was previously editor in chief of Laptop Mag, and his work has appeared in Wired, Popular Science and Inc. Follow him on Twitter at @mspoonauer.