Samsung Products to Look for in 2023: Galaxy Z Fold 5, VR Headset and More

Samsung already held one in every of its greatest occasions of the 12 months in February when introduced the Galaxy S23 lineup. However the tech big possible has much more in retailer for the remainder of 2023. If it sticks to its annual routine, we will anticipate to see new foldable telephones and wearable units in August. The corporate additionally previewed new designs for bendable telephones and tablets at CES 2023, hinting that the corporate could also be planning to develop past the Z Fold and Z Flip within the close to future. 

Although Samsung often releases new merchandise throughout many classes, together with TVs, residence home equipment and screens, I am most concerned with the place its cell units are headed. Samsung is likely one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers by market share, which means it has extra affect than most different tech corporations on the units we stock in our pockets every day. Wearables have additionally turn out to be a big a part of how Samsung intends to distinguish its telephones from these of different Android machine makers. It is a technique to create an online of merchandise that maintain folks hooked, very similar to Apple’s vary of units.

Listed here are the rumored Samsung merchandise I am most excited to see this 12 months, based mostly on rumors, leaks and the corporate’s ordinary product launch schedule. 

Galaxy Z Fold 5

Samsung’s subsequent phone-tablet hybrid will possible help the S Pen similar to the present model. However the query is whether or not the S Pen shall be included with the machine, or if Samsung will proceed to promote it individually. 

A report from The Elec urged the Galaxy Z Fold 5 may very well be the primary to have an embedded S Pen. That not solely means the stylus can be included freed from cost, however the telephone would additionally embody a slot for storing it, similar to on the Galaxy S23 Extremely and S22 Extremely. If you wish to use an S Pen with the Galaxy Z Fold 4, it’s important to buy it individually, and there is no mechanism for attaching it to or storing it within the telephone with out shopping for a case.

It is a seemingly small addition, however one that would make the Galaxy Z Fold 5 way more helpful as a productiveness machine. It will additionally give the Galaxy Z Fold 5 a clearer function and will enhance its attraction amongst early adopters, artists and notetakers. Samsung might goal the identical viewers of consumers that is often within the Galaxy Extremely or its earlier Galaxy Observe units.

However a more moderen report from ET News signifies the Galaxy Z Fold 5 is not going to embody a storage slot for the S Pen. 

Among the many greatest adjustments, nevertheless, is anticipated to be a brand new hinge that would lead to a thinner design. Korean information shops The Elec and ET News, in addition to prolific leaker Ice Universe, have reported that Samsung will implement a brand new water-drop-shaped hinge for the Galaxy Z Fold 5. 

Samsung usually releases new foldable telephones in August, so we anticipate to listen to extra round that time-frame. Along with the rumors round an included S Pen, the Z Fold 5 will possible have the routine upgrades to the processor and digital camera. What I am actually hoping for, nevertheless, is new software program that makes higher use of the telephone’s big display screen, together with a foldable show with a much less noticeable crease.

Galaxy Z Flip 5

Samsung’s pocket-friendly foldable will even possible get an improve round August, similar to the anticipated Z Fold 5. The Galaxy Z Flip 4 already will get loads of issues proper, and it is one of the vital sensible and inexpensive foldable telephones out there. But there are many methods Samsung can and may enhance the Z Flip. Samsung’s flip telephone may benefit from a bigger cowl display screen, longer battery life and an upgraded digital camera that brings it nearer to these discovered on the Galaxy S sequence, for instance.

However the greatest cause I am concerned with seeing what’s subsequent for the Z Flip is due to its value. The telephone begins at $1,000 and is usually out there for much less with an eligible trade-in, making the value much like that of an ordinary, non-foldable premium telephone. Samsung additionally stored the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in its lineup and dropped its value by $100 following the Z Flip 4’s launch. That additional suggests the Z Flip is shaping as much as be Samsung’s extra inexpensive foldable telephone possibility. 

A Galaxy Z Flip 5 with a more recent processor, higher digital camera and bigger cowl display screen for a similar value because the Z Flip 4 (or maybe just a little cheaper) may very well be one of the vital compelling foldables but.

Galaxy Buds 3

If Samsung’s historical past is any indication, the Galaxy Buds 3 might arrive this August. Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 2 Professional in August 2022 whereas the usual Galaxy Buds 2 launched in August 2021. That timeline suggests Samsung’s common, non-Professional earbuds could also be due for an improve.

We’ve not seen many leaks about upcoming Galaxy Buds but. Nevertheless, on condition that the common Galaxy Buds are supposed to be a extra inexpensive different to the Professional mannequin, we will most likely anticipate them to value considerably lower than the Galaxy Buds 2 Professional. These earbuds are often priced at $229 in comparison with the $150 Galaxy Buds 2. Though we do not know what to anticipate, the Buds 3 may benefit from higher water resistance and noise cancellation.

Galaxy VR headset

It is already shaping as much as be an enormous 12 months for digital and augmented actuality headsets. Apple is anticipated to introduce a VR headset, and the PlayStation VR 2 simply arrived in February. Samsung has been surprisingly absent from the VR house lately, however that would change quickly.

Samsung introduced in February that it is working with Qualcomm and Google on a brand new mixed-reality platform. The corporate didn’t point out whether or not any particular merchandise are in improvement, nor did it present a timeline for future mixed-reality {hardware} or companies. 

“It is extra of a declarative announcement about how we’re going to get it proper in making an attempt to construct the XR ecosystem,” TM Roh, president of Samsung’s cell division, stated by way of a translator in an interview with CNET forward of the announcement.

The reveal comes after a report from ETNews urged Samsung would launch an extended-reality headset for builders in 2023, in response to an English translation of the story. 

Since there aren’t many particulars, it is troublesome to know what to anticipate. However Samsung and Google have traditionally made joint product bulletins on the Google I/O developer’s convention, so there’s an opportunity we might hear extra in Might. 

A brand new kind of Galaxy foldable

Samsung hasn’t talked about plans for future foldables past the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip sequence, nevertheless it definitely has loads of concepts to select from. At CES 2023, Samsung showcased its line of “Flex” show ideas, together with the appropriately named Flex Hybrid. That machine has a foldable, tablet-size display screen that extends by sliding out when opened to offer much more display screen house.

The Flex Hybrid caught my eye, although, as a result of I can perceive the potential behind foldable tablets. Tablets are inherently bigger than telephones, so the flexibility to make them extra transportable by folding them in half appears extra obligatory. Tablets are additionally often used as secondary units for duties like watching films, studying, or getting work completed. Having a show that would morph to suit completely different circumstances appears fascinating. 

It is unclear whether or not any of those will graduate into actual merchandise. Nevertheless it’s essential to recollect the Galaxy Z Fold began as an idea, too. 

Galaxy Watch 6

Samsung hasn’t talked about something about its future smartwatch plans, and there have not been many leaks or rumors concerning the Galaxy Watch 6 but. But when the corporate follows its ordinary schedule, we should always see new Galaxy Watches in August. 

One of many few leaks to have surfaced to date comes from a widely known leaker who goes by the Twitter avatar Ice Universe, who says the beloved rotating bezel will return to the high-end model of the Galaxy Watch 6. In any other case, the upcoming watches will possible have the identical well being sensors discovered within the Galaxy Watch 5 and 5 Professional, which embody these for measuring physique composition, blood oxygen and taking an ECG amongst others. There’s additionally a pores and skin temperature sensor that also is not lively but within the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Professional. 

Samsung’s Exynos W920 chip that powers the Galaxy Watch 5, enabled higher efficiency for 3D graphics like emoji avatars and sooner app launches. It is unclear whether or not Samsung will develop a brand new chip for the Galaxy Watch 6, however I hope to see longer battery life regardless. Since Apple and Qualcomm have each made efforts to develop the performance of smartwatches in low-power mode, it would not be shocking to see Samsung take this route, too.

Samsung is already experimenting with completely different alternatives for its wearables and telephones to work collectively in new methods. For instance, it not too long ago introduced a software program replace for the Galaxy Buds 2 Professional that can allow the buds to seize 360-degree audio when recording video with a Galaxy telephone. It additionally expanded the Digicam Controller app for the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 to incorporate zooming help. Hopefully we’ll see extra of this with the Galaxy Watch 6. 

We’ll know extra about Samsung’s future plans for its cell machine after its subsequent Unpacked occasion on Feb. 1. But when Samsung’s 2023 launch cycle is something like final 12 months’s, we will anticipate to see a few of these merchandise and presumably extra.