Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and updates from the event
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and updates from the event
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ATM Roh, send us home.
The live presentation has just wrapped up in a tidy 59 minutes. Now… more hands-on device time. There’s an “experience” waiting, and it’s just a five block shot straight downhill from the auditorium. Better than up I guess?
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DSamsung and Google and Qualcomm are doing something with XR.
Both Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon and Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer came on stage to talk about a new partnership with Samsung related to AR, VR, and XR. But there are no further details other than “this is happening”, so I guess it’s not yet a reality.
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Feb 1, 2023, 7:00 PM UTCEmma Roth
Everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Unpacked event
From the Galaxy S23 to the Galaxy Book3, here’s everything you missed at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked.
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ABuddies!
We've got Qualcomm and Google execs on stage with TM Roh talking about the integrations between their products and XR.
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NIt’s a phone charger and a smart home controller.
The Samsung SmartThings Station is a 15W wireless charger for Samsung phones, with a whole SmartThings hub in it, plus a Matter controller, Thread border router, and Zigbee. Jennifer Tuohy has the full review coming later this week.
The SmartThings Station is a wireless charger and a smart home hub. Samsung -
ALock screens are so hot right now.
Samsung is highlighting the customizability of One UI 5.0's lock screen. That was kind of iOS 16's thing too. Custom lock screens are fun and good, fwiw. More of them, please.
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DWe’re just making up Ks now.
Samsung boasts that the new Book3 line has “3K” displays. Not 4K, not 2K, but 3K. (They are 2880 x 1800 pixels.)
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The Verge The Galaxy Book3 Ultra takes the stage.Intel H-Series, Nvidia RTX, OLED screen, the works. The Galaxy Book3 Ultra has the chops for professional work and gaming in a lightweight (as workstations go) chassis. As I write this, Samsung is demonstrating rendering, gameplay, and phone connectivity features at its Unpacked event.
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AOoooo flashy lights!
Galaxy Book 3 Ultra got a big, flashy introduction on stage. We're hearing all about the specs right now and it's pretty clear that Ultra means "no compromises" in Samsung.
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AI’m impressed with how deep we’re going on camera.
Full-well capacity, ISP, we’re talking about it all. I guess with not much else changing on the phone elsewhere, it makes sense to do more of a deep dive. Also, I’m a nerd, and 100% here for it.
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DSamsung sure is proud of the S23 Ultra’s video capability.
We’re 20 minutes into this event and Samsung’s already told us that all of the vignettes for the event were filmed on the S23 Ultra and we’ve gotten cameos from Ridley Scott and Na Hong-Jin.
Video performance on smartphones has been dominated by the iPhone for years, we’ll have to see if Samsung’s latest changes that.
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ANightography isn’t going anywhere.
Our least favorite word for low-light photography is back. Samsung’s highlighting the low light video capabilities of the S23 Ultra with… another film by another director. And it looks dark.
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The Verge The Galaxy S23 Ultra is a little more ultra this year.Samsung’s event just started a few minutes ago, but you can read about all of its news already. Leading the pack is the new S23 Ultra, which looks a lot like last year’s S22 Ultra, but comes with a 200-megapixel camera. Here’s Allison Johnson’s first look.
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JI’m not convinced Samsung knows who Ridley Scott is.
Apparently Ridley Scott, the director of Alien and Blade Runner, is best known for… Alien Covenant. (Alongside, yes, Gladiator and The Martian.)
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The Verge They said full-well capacity.Welp, I was wrong. Samsung’s new 200MP sensor in the S23 Ultra features some under-the-hood updates to better gather light. I was betting that Samsung wouldn’t get into the weeds in this presentation, but they sure did. Guess I owe you all $5.
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AWe’re live!
Galaxy Unpacked is underway and we’re on the ground in SF. I’m sensing big megapixel vibes… stay tuned as all is revealed.
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Feb 1, 2023, 6:00 PM UTCAllison Johnson
Samsung’s S23 and S23 Plus look a little more Ultra
The Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus ditch the contour camera bump for a minimalist design borrowed from the maximalist Ultra. Otherwise, they’re practically the spitting image of the S22 and S22 Plus.
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Feb 1, 2023, 6:00 PM UTCMonica Chin
The Galaxy Book3 Ultra is Samsung’s shot at the MacBook Pro
Can an RTX 4070, a Core i9, and an OLED display court creative professionals?
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Feb 1, 2023, 6:00 PM UTCAllison Johnson
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is a minor update to a spec monster
The kitchen sink of phones gets a 200-megapixel camera this year, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, and a slightly boxier design.
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Feb 1, 2023, 6:00 PM UTCMonica Chin
Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 gets new chips and a big display upgrade
The Samsung Galaxy Book3 now has a 2880 x 1800 120Hz AMOLED display and 13th Gen Intel chips.
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JIt’s not just you.
This livestream pre-show music really does sound like a Sims loading screen.
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DOnce a blogger, always a blogger.
Former Verge Executive Editor and current Google employee Dieter Bohn is on the ground at the Samsung event, which warms my blogger heart.
Current Verge reviewer Allison Johnson is also there too, stay tuned for reports from the ground from her.
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Youtube Samsung’s event live stream is right here.We expect to see some new phones and laptops from Samsung today, which it will announce during its first in-person event in three years. But you don’t have to be there in person to see it all, there’s still a live stream that anyone can tune into for the news. The show starts at 1PM ET / 10AM PT.
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Feb 1, 2023, 5:03 PM UTCBarbara Krasnoff
How to watch Samsung’s February Unpacked event
The company plans to launch a variety of new Galaxy phones and laptops in 2023.
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The Verge Green light.This one’s pretty simple — it’s Galaxy S23 Day. Samsung will show off some new hardware (including stuff that’s already leaked) during its event that will start at 1PM ET.
We have all the info on how to watch the livestream, and if you just want to keep up with the announcements as they happen, you can follow our storystream for the event.
Then later this afternoon, we’ll hear an earnings report from Meta.
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