Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra renders tease new Olympus camera

(Paradigm credit: Technizo Concept/LetsGoDigital)

A suite of concept designs show what the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra designed with the aid of Olympus could look like.

These renders, fabricated by graphic designer Technizo Concept for LetsGoDigital, are based on recent reports of Samsung and Olympus teaming upwardly to work on the Galaxy S22. The prospect of the veteran phone and photographic camera companies teaming upwardly is exciting, particularly when taking other rumored data virtually the Milky way S22'due south cameras and design into account.

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It's hard to miss the 200MP Olympus-branded camera in these pictures. While a camera with this resolution sounds absurd, it's already been rumored that Samsung is working on 200MP cameras. In fact, it may already be production-ready, based on rumors of the ZTE Axon 30 Pro using a Samsung-made camera with this resolution.

Samsung already makes the enormous 108MP camera you find in several flagship phones, and it helped propel the Milky way S21 Ultra to the top ranks of our all-time photographic camera phones guide. A 200MP photographic camera would be a logical evolution of this megapixel-focused photography philosophy, whether Olympus is involved or not.

The source of the rumors doesn't know what the alleged Olympus/Samsung partnership volition involve. Based on partnerships between the OnePlus ix series and Hasselblad, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Leica, likewise as many others, it will probable involve assistance with colour accuracy and post-processing to make images look more like the subjects they've captured.

The wording of the rumor does get out open the possibility that a special edition of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 volition be the first phone that gets an Olympus-enhanced camera rig. This is expected to launch in fall this year, much earlier than the Galaxy S22. While the Galaxy Southward line has historically been more focused on photography than Samsung'southward foldables, a express edition folding telephone does sound like an impressive platform to unveil a major company partnership.

The rest of the design takes cues from the current Samsung Galaxy S21 series. It's most obvious in the camera bump that flows over the side rail. But besides in the flatness of the display, something Samsung has been moving back to after pursuing curved edge screens. The display as well lacks a front end camera punch-hole, because previous leaks claim Samsung will be introducing an nether-display selfie photographic camera on its flagships in the near futurity.

For a more grounded characteristic, nosotros can see there's too an S Pen present, which ties to the Galaxy S21 Ultra'south compatibility with the stylus, previously found but on the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series and before Notation phones.

The Milky way S22 will likely launch next January or February, considering Samsung'southward product release habits. We may know before than that if Samsung and Olympus are teaming up. But information technology will be adjacent year earlier we get to test out the Galaxy S22 and come across if it can accept back the best Android phones crown from the OnePlus 9 Pro.

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