With Samsung expected to launch the Galaxy S21 handset in the surprisingly early month of January, the South Korean company has decided to update the design of a key area. Changes to the rear of the handsets should allow it to expand the potential power of the camera.
The new details come from the team at Let’s Go Digital. Ilse Jurrien reports:
“LetsGoDigital has received reliable information, including images, from the Galaxy S21 series. To protect our source, which is closely associated with Samsung Electronics, we regret that we cannot post these images online. The LetsGoDigital design team is currently creating highly detailed, high-resolution images, based on the information we have received. Next Monday, December 7th, we will share all the details with you!”
One of the biggest design changes comes with the camera. Thanks to the leading role that photography and imaging plays in the smartphone world, especially in flagship handsets, the capabilities of the camera lens and overall output are critical. Physics of course comes into play, and the requirements for as much space as possible means that the raised ‘camera island’ is here to stay.
Samsung is tweaking the standard look of the island by extending the Island out and around the edge of the handset. From the early renders it looks like Samsung may have found a way to make its handsets physically stand out in a sea of Android slabs. How it looks and feels in practice is going to be an interesting question to answer.
With many expecting Samsung to host a launch event for the Galaxy S21 family at the end of 2021’s Virtual CES on January 14th, we don’t have long to wait for a definitive answer on the new look.
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