Week 3 review: Galaxy S23 Ultra’s 200MP sensor is official

We weren’t surprised by the Galaxy S23 series dominating our news section to which week 3 was no exception.

Samsung has announced the 200MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor which will be the main feature of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The imager is 1/1.3″ in size with 0.6 μm pixels and can pixel-bin (Tetra2pixel, in Samsung parlance) 4 to 1 per 1.2 μm pixel and 50 MP or 16 to 1 resolution per 2.4μm pixel and 12.5MP resolution.The sensor comes with Dual Vertical Transfer Gate (D-VTG) to avoid blown highlights.It claims to increase full well capacity by more than 33%, which meaning a single pixel can gather a third more light before it locks in. Super QPD technology recognizes both horizontal and vertical patterns so it can provide fast, accurate AF even in low-light conditions.

ISOCELL HP2 is the first sensor that uses Samsung’s DSG (Dual Slope Gain) function in 50MP mode. Applies two separate conversion values ​​to the received analog signal at the pixel level, providing “super HDR performance”. This means it can capture the two exposures simultaneously without the risk of losing detail in conventional HDR mode. Also, this allows it to shoot 4K HDR video at 60fps.

The Galaxy S23 series will use a customized Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset with a higher clock speed, called “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy”.

We also have detailed tables revealing almost every feature of the Galaxy S23 Ultra and detailed datasheets of the Galaxy S23 and S23+.

A report has emerged that Samsung may raise prices for the Galaxy S23 series in key markets. A day later we saw the leaked prices for the US, which are the same as the S22 series. It could mean that prices will be the same worldwide or just in the US, we’ll know for sure by February 1st.

Apple announced the M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets, along with the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros and the new Mac mini that can be configured with the new processors. The Apple M2 Pro chipset is built on a second-generation 5nm node and features 40 billion transistors, which is 20% more than the M1 Pro. The new chip also supports up to 32GB of unified bandwidth memory of 200GB/s. The M2 Pro has 10 or 12 CPU cores – 6 or 8 high-performance cores plus 4 high-efficiency cores – plus up to 19 GPU cores, plus a larger L2 cache. The Apple M2 Max chip has a whopping 67 billion transistors, triple the base M2. It also supports up to 96GB of unified memory (4 times what the M2 can handle) at 400GB/s (twice as fast as the M2 Pro). The CPU is the same as the 12-core version of the M2 Pro. The GPU is double the size with up to 38 cores, the L2 cache is even bigger.

Finally, Tecno showed off a concept phone, called the Phantom Vision V, with a foldable, roll-up display that can grow to 10.1 inches when fully extended.

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It is coming with Snapdragon 8 Gen2 in France.

The Galaxy S23 series will be unveiled on February 1st.

The base models will all cost the same as the S22 series.

The new user interface is based on Android 13.

Expect to pay around $100 more than their predecessors when they launched.

The sensor is 1/1.3” in size with 0.6um pixels and is the company’s most advanced sensor.

Samsung may be using a “teardrop” hinge mechanism it patented in 2016.

It will be called “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy”.

The Tecno Phantom Vision V is a roll-up folding concept with a 10.1-inch screen.

The company claims to have “the widest deployment of 5G devices” in the South Asian country.

The phone will have three cameras on the back and a flat AMOLED on the front.

Mac mini also gets a price drop for the base variant.

The M2 Pro has up to 12 CPU cores and up to 19 GPU cores, compared to the base M2’s 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores. The M2 Max brings the GPU to 38 cores.

JP Morgan analysts have been monitoring shipment estimates and report that the problems with iPhone 14 Pro production are finally over.

Two versions called Matte and Void replace Pro and Pro+.

The budget phone has 2GB of RAM and an option for 2GB more of virtual RAM. HMD promises 2 years of quarterly security patches.

It suggests improved camera performance on its upcoming Galaxy S23 phones.

This camera will be exclusive to this generation’s Pro Max, the smaller Pro should get a periscope next year.

The three Note 12 models were launched on January 11th. Even before online retailers reported over 8 million searches for the new models.

You can open the blinds, adjust the air purifier, control your Samsung smart TV and ring SmartTags.

It features a 6.56″ IPS LCD, Helio A22 chipset and a 5,000mAh battery.

Chinese users get 100W faster charging.

It looks like the launch could be imminent.

Here are the prices of the new M2-powered Macs. There are many configurations available and it gets confusing quickly.

Book3 Pro 360 will offer a 16-inch Super AMOLED display and 13th generation Intel processors.