Samsung Galaxy S21 leak just revealed a surprise upgrade

Samsung Galaxy S21 leak merely revealed a surprise upgrade

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The Samsung Milky way S21 has seen more of its details leaked. Thanks to Ice Universe and an FCC filing (via Slashleaks), we know how its under-display fingerprint sensor has been improved, plus the size of the phone.

The diagonal measurement of the display, according to this FCC document, is 158mm. That converts to 6.22 inches, which indicates this model is the smallest of the S21 family, the bones Galaxy S21. We're expecting the Galaxy S21 Plus to exist 6.vii inches, and the S21 Ultra to be 6.eight inches.

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The other included measurements are the superlative and width, 151.six x 71mm. Compare that to the 151.7 10 69.1mm of the Milky way S20, and in that location's not much difference, although the S21 is ever so slightly taller and wider. There's no sign of the phone's thickness though, so nosotros tin't compare that yet.

Galaxy S21 FCC filing — (Image credit: FCC/Slashleaks)

We have also learned from this FCC filing that the S21 will use a Snapdragon 888 chipset. It had been the expected chip for the S21, but this confirms that Samsung is indeed using Qualcomm'southward latest silicon, at least in the U.Southward. Galaxy S21 buyers overseas may find their S21 uses an Exynos 2100 instead, Samsung's ain chipset.

Galaxy S21 new ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

Meanwhile, leaker Ice Universe revealed an interesting tidbit about the under-brandish ultrasonic fingerprint scanner the S21 volition use. At 8 ten 8mm, it's manifestly one.77 times larger than the sensor used in the S20, the same one that debuted in the Galaxy S10 in 2019. Even meliorate, the sensor is said to be twice as quick, apparently only requiring a tap rather than a sustained printing to work.

The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor of Galaxy S21 is 8×8=64mm, which is 1.77 times college than the previous generation, and the unlocking speed is doubled. Yous don't fifty-fifty need to press it, only tap to unlock.😼December 9, 2020

While arguably not every bit futuristic and like shooting fish in a barrel to use as Apple's Face up ID, the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that Samsung uses may be preferable to many users who notice scanning a finger or pollex more convenient than property the phone up to their face. Plus, many of us are still wearing masks when out in public, and then scanning a finger tin exist more convenient.

In theory, the ultrasonic sensor beats out the standard optical sensor that most Android manufacturers utilise for similar nether-brandish readers. Since it works using sound rather than light, the Samsung sensor can keep working even if the display is scratched.

We'll get the official details on the Galaxy S21 serial in January according to the rumors, with a launch event possibly taking place on January 14. Other primal features to look out for include the camera systems, with the S21 Ultra getting a 108MP main camera and two 10MP telephoto cameras with 3x and 10x optical zooms.

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