Samsung Galaxy S23 base storage will be 256 GB

02 January 2023
Say goodbye to the 128 GB variants.

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MontyTech, 03 Jan 2023In the last 3 years Phones have recieved the biggest Downgr... moreSpot on, even 256gb kinda started to be base storage version in 2019 (note 10+ and vanilla note 10) or 128gb in 2018 (note 9).
So basically, 256 SHOULD'VE been bare minimum on any flagship 3-4 years ago!
I wouldn't have raged so hard on removal of micro sd IF 256gb had been base version. But of course, how would cloud storage would be in trending? It's no brainer. NO addon storage, and LOW base storage equals $$$ in cloud services :((.
So, conclusion here, 256 gb base storage on s23 series is nothing to hype about, NOTHING.

    oha, 03 Jan 2023I curious, how many phone buyers prefer xiao over samsung j... moreI suspect video fps is a long way down the list for 99% of people.

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      Anonymous, 03 Jan 202316K in unlikely. 32K is impossible. 32K is 16 times of 8K. ... moreMan same people thinking 15 years ago or so. Then Nokia 808 Purewiev were unveiled with 41 Mpix. In 2015 Sony Z5 premium came to the world capable of 4K.

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        Anonymous, 03 Jan 2023Problem is the fact mot everyone needs. I do not even use... moreMan yes and no.
        In SD cards difference between sanding 64GB and 256GB is not more than 20 euros.
        In disk space is likely the same but companies loves to overprice everything.
        Even a real SSD Disk price cost are small between smaller and bigger storage options unless you going to buy somethinh like 20TB or so.

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          OhNom, 03 Jan 2023"In 10 years, even basic phones will have 8K recording... moreWell man you right but every single day we learn something new and even a master can learn something from its students saw that happens many times not even in movies but also in real life experience.

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            • 03 Jan 2023

            S23 will come with 128.

            Plus and Ultra won't.

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              • 03 Jan 2023

              YUKI93, 02 Jan 2023About friggin' time! Even Sony have long ditched the 1... moreThat is exactly why I traded my S22 Ultra for the Xperia 1 iv. I do miss DeX, but Sony flagship phones does support wired video output and I have a 21:9 PC monitor at home, so I can live without DeX. But more importantly, having the headphone jack and microSD card slot proves to be really helpful when I use external microphone for mobile vlogging and I shoot tonnes of videos and photos.

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                • 03 Jan 2023

                I curious, how many phone buyers prefer xiao over samsung just because xio cameras can do higher "slow motion" video recording at 480fps@1080p..
                I do... and samsung never brings it... : (((
                and im more curious if this is gonna change in february with the new s23 serie or not ?

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                  • 03 Jan 2023

                  Thanks to Samsung for this great move!
                  I think the space required for movies, photos, and other things has gone up a lot and memory less than 256 is very bad, so I'm happy with this move by Samsung and thank you Samsung.
                  I downloaded the movie Interstellar 2014 with a space of 28.9 GB Batman 2022 movie with 16.6GB space top gun maverick movie with 22.9GB space The father 2020 movie with 8.47GB space...

                    I hope it still start at same price as before for base storage.

                    Else I can see this as best way to justify price increase lol. If they did, they better use the latest UFS 4.0 and nothing else.

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                      OhNom, 03 Jan 2023"In 10 years, even basic phones will have 8K recording... more8k actually became standard in professional media production houses. But still not that much necessary. Even today 1080p with higher bit rate is enough for a good quality video.

                        In the last 3 years Phones have recieved the biggest Downgrades in storage ever recorded in history of phone making. Literally in 2016 the minimum was 32 or 64 gb AND had sd card.
                        64 GB was 2017-2018 and 128 gb after 2019. A person would think (literally COMMON SENSE) that phones in 2020, or ok 2021, or even 2022 will have 256 AS BASE storage MINIMUM but no. What did scummy companies did ? Nothing. They shipped 128 gb models without any self shame and made 256 gb to pay extra.
                        What did carriers did ? And Any 3rd party sellers ??? Obviosly sold cheapest ones.
                        And to make clear. These scammy companies are: Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and it's side branches, Zte, Motorola, Asus, Huawei and Samsung.
                        Literally all companies shipped phones with 128 minimum and removed the sd card option.

                        This is literally the only good news so far. If you are a tech enthusiast with 2 grams of any tech knowledge you will know many companies copy Samsung so this is the proper direction.

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                          John, 02 Jan 2023So does the base price which will get higher price point. S... moreWell now the 256GB version is the cheaper version as you had the option to buy 256GB version. Now you have the option to buy the 512GB or 1TB version if you like.

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                            • D0h
                            • 03 Jan 2023

                            Really Good Move for Samsung

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                              • 03 Jan 2023

                              TECH--BEAST, 02 Jan 2023And the Ram is stucked at 8GB nice!!Lol what?
                              Phones barely use 6GB and 8GB is still more than enough for a phone.
                              Stop this nonsense already 🤦🏻‍♂️ It's not a PC.

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                                Mr. Anonymous, 02 Jan 2023Looking forward to getting a S23 if all the leaks are true.... moreYeah, sure, you can pre-order before release, but after announcement

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                                  AnonD-731363, 02 Jan 202310-15 years ago phones had 64 MB up to 1 maybe 2GB storage ... more16K in unlikely. 32K is impossible. 32K is 16 times of 8K. Mobile SoCs won't become 16 times or 1,600% as powerful as current mobile SoCs in 10 years.

                                    Anonymous, 03 Jan 2023CringeHe bought phone only to play tiktok...zero uses of powerful camera lol better a cheap 100$ phone

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                                      AnonD-731363, 02 Jan 202310-15 years ago phones had 64 MB up to 1 maybe 2GB storage ... moreProblem is the fact mot everyone needs.
                                      I do not even use 18GB (I have micro sd in it with 5GB used).
                                      What would I do with 256GB?

                                      Many phones would be easily $100 cheaper if there was base 64GB.

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                                        • 03 Jan 2023

                                        OhNom, 03 Jan 2023"In 10 years, even basic phones will have 8K recording... moreSamsung has been working on 600MP isocell.
                                        1" , I guess.

                                        200 MP is out, now the next is 300. Then 600.