A few days ago, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra appeared on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. Unlike the previously reported 40-megapixel front-facing camera, its front-facing camera specifications are shown to be 12-megapixel. Now foreign technology media GalaxyClub has reconfirmed the news from internal channels, which means that the front camera resolution has dropped from 40 million pixels of Galaxy S22 Ultra to 12 million pixels.
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Previously, the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy S22 Ultra were equipped with 40 million pixels on the front. Perhaps due to cost considerations, Samsung plans to downgrade the front camera to 12 million pixels on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. Because previous news said that the rear main camera of Galaxy S23 Ultra will be upgraded to 200 million pixels, the cost will be increased.
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In addition, the report also pointed out that the front camera of Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Ultra will be slightly improved based on the 10 million pixels of the previous generation, possibly 12 million pixels.
editor’s comment: Samsung’s decision to use the front camera of Galaxy S23 Ultra this time must be due to the high cost and the relatively low practicality of the front camera. However, the reduction in resolution does not mean a reduction in image quality. There are many factors that measure the effect of the film, and hardware is only one part of it. What has a greater impact on imaging quality is the camera's algorithm and software processing. Of course, lower resolution means that details will be lost when zooming or cropping photos.
