The Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra reportedly passed 3C certification last month with 25W chargers, the first Snapdragon 8 Gen2 flagships to receive 3C certification, though the certification body did not reveal their battery capacities. Rumors have suggested that the Galaxy S23 will have a battery capacity of around 3900 mAh (200 mAh larger than the S22’s battery), and now details have surfaced about the battery in the Galaxy S23 Plus and Ultra models.
According to the Galaxy Club leak, the Galaxy S23+ has a typical battery capacity of 4700 mAh, which is 200 mAh more than that of the S22 Plus. However, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will not get an upgrade as it will come with a 5,000 mAh battery like the S22 Ultra.
The news also mentions that the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ will feature a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera. It is almost identical to the previous models in terms of resolution. Although it is unclear if the Galaxy S23 Ultra will also come with a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera unit.
The official unveiling of the Galaxy S23 series is still a few months away and, in keeping with the usual poor secrecy surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy range, more news on the S23 series of smartphones could be heard in the coming months.
Regardless of when it is released though, Samsung will need to grab as much market share as possible with its new products in the first and second half of the year.
According to Korea’s Asia Daily, the Korean smartphone market, which is considered Samsung’s “home turf”, is undergoing a new round of changes, with Apple, whose market share has been hovering below 20%, coming on strong in the second half of the year and increasing its presence in the country significantly.
On October 4, data provided by website traffic statistics service Stat Counter showed that the iPhone’s share of the Korean smartphone market continued to increase, from 27.28% in June to 34.1% in September.
Samsung’s market share, on the other hand, has fallen, from 66.11% in June to 63.98% in July and 59.47% in August, and continued to fall in September, when its market share fell to 58.38%, the first time Samsung’s market share in Korea has fallen below 60%.
The report points out that the market atmosphere has changed since entering the second half of this year. Earlier this year, Samsung’s Game Optimisation Service (GOS) artificially slowed down some of its devices, sparking controversy, and Apple raised the purchase subsidies for older iPhone series one after another, pushing the iPhone’s market share in South Korea to exceed 30% for the first time.
