First Samsung Galaxy S23 hands-on leak shows off the Ultra model
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Think about the team tasked with trying to keep Samsung Galaxy S23 leaks to a minimum as there’s something new coming out almost every day now, and the latest sneak preview we have to share with you is a practical video.
Posted again on Twitter by @sondesix (opens in new tab) from an Instagram source (via Notebook check (opens in new tab)), it looks like the video was shot by a shop in Nicaragua. We get a good look at the Ultra model in a green color and a clip of the phone’s camera in action.
The hands-on video doesn’t really tell us much we didn’t already know about the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, but it’s interesting to see the handset in the real world – and it lines up with leaked renders we’ve already seen. seen.
Choose your color
We also get to see photos of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in Black, Green, Cream and Lavender, the same colors previously posted to the web by unofficial sources. In this case, the prior information appears to have been largely correct.
The same source also has posted photos (opens in new tab) of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in cream, which seem to come from Facebook Marketplace. The phone is clearly making its way to stores around the world, hence the latest spate of leaks.
There’s been a deluge of Galaxy S23 leaks over the past few weeks, and Samsung doesn’t really have much more to reveal. We’ll get our first official look at the new handsets, including the Ultra model, at the next Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday 1 February.
Analysis: a well-leaked smartphone
We’re used to reporting on leaks around upcoming handsets, from the Google Pixel 8 to the Apple iPhone 15, but even by phone industry standards, there’s an awful lot of Galaxy S23 information revealed ahead of launch.
That may bother Samsung’s executives: they no doubt want to keep as much secret as possible until the phone is officially unveiled. All these leaks may dampen the excitement around the big launch of the Samsung Galaxy S23 in February.
On the other hand, they are certainly a sign of interest in the flagship. Having so many leaks around the phone is probably a little better than no one talking about it at all – which is the case with plenty of other handsets on the market.
The problem is that once a device is in production, rather than being developed within a company, there are a large number of third parties involved. That makes it very difficult to keep everything under control, as Samsung discovered in the run-up to the February 1 event.