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n recent weeks, much has been written about the new S-Series models that will be announced in early 2022 during the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. A week ago, LetsGoDigital revealed the camera design of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. LetsGoDigital had high-quality product renders made, based on exclusive information obtained from South Korean former Samsung employee Super Roader. The information showed that Samsung will equip its new top model within the Galaxy S-Series with a water drop camera system.

In the meantime, in-house graphic designer Giuseppe Spinelli, aka Snoreyn, has started working with Technizo Concept’s Galaxy S22 Ultra model, to place the smartphone in a photo-realistic environment – it seems like the devices are being displayed during Samsung Unpacked. It is the first time that two designers work together to achieve an extra realistic result. The new 4K and 8K renders give an even better impression of what the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will look like in real-life.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra with water drop camera

Many are now wondering what to believe. After all, it is not the first time that the camera system of the S22 Ultra has been shown. The French leaker OnLeaks reported some time ago that the S22U will come with a P-shaped camera island. Ice Universe knew it wouldn’t be a P-shape and expected Samsung to provide the S22 Ultra with an 11-shaped camera island. As a result, many different variants circulated.

The water drop design as showed by LetsGoDigital last week has now been confirmed, since a photo is circulating on Weibo showing a back panel with five camera holes. From the leaked photo it can be concluded that Samsung wants to keep the camera design as minimalist as possible. The design looks similar to the budget Galaxy A32. Samsung has adopted this design style from LG Electronics – who provided the LG Velvet with a similar water drop camera.

The leaked back panel does leave one question mark. What about the laser autofocus sensor and the flash? The renders made by LetsGoDigital show 6 circles – four cameras, a flash and a laser autofocus sensor. According to Ice Universe, this may be explained by the fact that the leaked back panel is an incomplete version – without an opening for the flash.

What about the camera configuration. The Samsung S22 Ultra is expected to be equipped with a quad-camera, consisting of a 108MP main camera, a 12MP camera with ultra-wide angle lens and two 10MP telephoto lenses – with 3x and 10x optical zoom. All cameras will feature optical image stabilization – a first for the ultra-wide angle camera.

The 40 megapixel selfie camera will most likely be maintained. Samsung will again opt for a punch-hole selfie camera. The under-display camera as used in the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be refined, before Samsung wants to apply this selfie camera technology to an S-Series device.