The Galaxy S22 Ultra may land the Note's S Pen silo and display
UPDATE: The Galaxy S22 Ultra renders have leaked out, and it is indeed a boxy boy - 163.2 x 77.9mm vs 165.1x75.6mm for the S21 Ultra - that has an S Pen silo, hooray!
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The Note 22 is dead, long live the S22 Ultra and its mighty S Pen sword!
Apparently, a supply chain source has confirmed for Ice Universe that the Galaxy S22 Ultra will arrive with a built-in S Pen stylus silo, which would somewhat explain the new, wider 19.3:9 screen aspect ratio of the S22 series tipped not long ago.
Here's the scoop: "A supply chain guy from Kuan said that the Note is gone, but the S22 [Ultra] has become a Note with a built-in S Pen. The appearance is the same as the Note20 U style."
The purported move from the current 20:9 aspect ratio of the S21 models, to the reported 19.3:9 on the S22 series will result in a shorter but less narrow handsets, leaving ample room for an S Pen silo on the side of the S22 Ultra.
Ice Universe's S22 series size comparison, sans the blockier Ultra design
The Galaxy S22 Ultra display size may grow
Moreover, despite the slight shortening of the screen diagonal on the S22 and S22+ - 6.06" vs 6.2" on S21 and 6.5" vs 6.7" on S21+ - the new wider aspect ratio will more than make up for it in screen area, resulting in an actually better screen-to-body ratio.
This will be valid even more for the S22 Ultra whose exact screen size hasn't leaked yet so we may be wrongly assuming that it will retain the same 6.8" diagonal. Even in that case, though, that will result in more canvas to draw with the S Pen on than what we now have on the S21 Ultra.
What if the S22 Ultra takes advantage of Samsung's newfangled Border Reduction Structure technology that would shrink the bezels even further and make them uniform on all four sides. This would allow Samsung to place an even larger panel on the S22 Ultra, making it a true flagship king, with a bigger area to use the S Pen on than what's on the Note 20 Ultra, or even the S21 Ultra.
In fact, we noticed one very interesting chart subtitle in the latest "Future of OLED Manufacturing" display industry quarterly report by the renowned analysts from DSCC. As you can see, it mentions the Galaxy Note display to be the "highest-spec non-foldable panel in the Galaxy series" hence this screen may be applied to the S22 Ultra, too.
The Note 20 Ultra panel aspect could transfer to the S22 Ultra directly
Notice the 3088x1440 pixels of resolution writeup on the chart? Yeah, that's exactly the new 19.3:9 aspect ratio that is rumored to engulf the Galaxy S22 series in its wider-bodied hug, including the Ultra model with the S Pen.
Could then Samsung be preparing a real Note 20 Ultra successor, just nestled within the S22 family and called the Galaxy S22 Ultra? If these latest rumors that the S22 Ultra will have an S Pen stylus silo, blockier shape, and a 19.3:9 display aspect ratio just like the Note 20 Ultra pan out, that scenario looks increasingly plausible.
We know at least a few people that would be happy to buy it, if the Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with these specs:
- 6.8" 3088x1440 pixels 120Hz display
- S Pen stylus silo
- Snapdragon 898/Exynos 2100 chipsets
- 108MP main camera
- 12MP telephoto camera
- 12MP 10x periscope zoom camera
- 5000mAh battery
What do you think, could such a Galaxy S22 Ultra pique your interest enough to prefer it before the bendy Z Fold 3 specs that include stylus support, too, but a larger main display, given the expected price difference between the two in favor of the S22 Ultra?
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