128GB Samsung Galaxy S23 to use slower UFS 3.1 storage

30 January 2023
UFS 4.0 will be used only for higher 256GB capacity model. There may be other cut backs as well.

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  • 31 Jan 2023

Classic. Wonder what that whole executive meeting was about? Didn't they want to NOT cheap out on parts? Assuming this rumor is true.

    AnonD-1037771, 31 Jan 2023From one of the most bought models, the regular S series, S... moreGo ahead and add no cable in the box to that list aswell, because they are also removing that

      I can only hope for them to fail miserably and sales being a flop, this is beyond ridiculous. At this point this phone isn't even flagship grade.

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        • AngryLithuanian
        • xQI
        • 31 Jan 2023

        I see nothing wrong with that if that keeps the base model price the same as last year. It's the same storage tech as s22 and no one complained about that.

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          • rm7
          • 31 Jan 2023

          Bogdaan, 31 Jan 2023That is why in EU better to buy A series or FE. I bought S... moreGood deal

            The issue is that Samsung seem to be taking a lot of features away from anything that isn't the Ultra line.
            Even though Apple have taken the Mini out of their line up the smaller Pro has all the features of it's bigger sibling.

            Gimping the haptics on the S23 is one step too many and I will not be buying the phone. There's plenty of other OEMs that offer other devices.

              Way too expensive now to be cutting back on anything Samsung. You've lost my custom to the Google Pixel phone line-up. A lot of us cannot afford to be paying Samsung's OTT prices for a reduction in features.

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                • 31 Jan 2023

                Anonymous, 31 Jan 2023Should be this way - 8gb/256gb or 12gb/512gb or 16gb/1tb. I... moreIf you want a laptop with 32GB RAM and 2TB storage, don't bother looking at thin ultrabooks. They mostly use LPDDR RAM, which is not upgradable. Even some laptops have the storage soldered to te motherboard. Your best chance is to get yourself a gaming laptop.

                  atichko, 31 Jan 2023I'm starting to be fed up with the quote that everythi... moreEurope is a bad place to buy electronics
                  Prices are high and they rarely go down
                  Black Friday discounts are a joke
                  The computer i bought 2 years ago still costs the same
                  The iPhone 11 is still being sold for $800
                  Samsung sold Exynos phones here...
                  You might get lucky if a store wants to get rid of a product so they do some insane discount but otherwise the prices stay the same atleast for 2 years
                  Europe is also extremely divided, the further you travel east, the poorer the countries get and the prices sometimes even get higher

                    That is why in EU better to buy A series or FE.
                    I bought S21 FE for 290 EUR month ago. Definitely a better buy here in EU than S22+ for 900 EUR.

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                      • 31 Jan 2023

                      atichko, 31 Jan 2023I'm starting to be fed up with the quote that everythi... moreI'm from Europe and I'm STILL waiting for the NOTE 20 ULTRA (3 year old phone) price to go down. After 3 years, the phone costs 1.100 euro/dollars in the best case scenario!
                      Why ? Because it's the last Note that has the SD card slot.
                      My 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro SD card is waiting for a new home!

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                        • 31 Jan 2023

                        From one of the most bought models, the regular S series, Sammy managed to totally screw it up by CONSTANTLY DOWNGRADING it:
                        - NO WQHD+ display with high density ppi
                        - NO SD CARD slot
                        - NO 3.5mm jack
                        - NO charger in the box
                        - NO wired headphones in the box
                        - NO UFS4
                        - NO 12-16GB RAM
                        - NO stainless steel frame
                        Why do you bother still making the regular S series Samsung? What's the difference between it and a mid-range wannabe like the FE?
                        I bet next year it will have plastic frame :))

                          Olympus Oms, 30 Jan 2023128? They mentioned 256 would be the new standard. ...now that I think about it you are right, a leak from Ahmed Qwaide a few weeks ago said that there was only going to be a 256GB option for the vanilla S23. Either that was fake, or the cat made a mistake again.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • xq5
                            • 31 Jan 2023

                            Should be this way - 8gb/256gb or 12gb/512gb or 16gb/1tb. I will wait for upcoming phones to get the last one. For laptop will go for 32gb/2tb. Impatiently waiting for that good day. Now using A52 with 8gb/256gb. Not bad. And a really old laptop which though unsupported hardware but runs windows 11 surprisingly well.

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                              • i2Y
                              • 31 Jan 2023

                              Kamui, 30 Jan 2023The S10e was the last compact phone from Samsung worthy of ... moreAre you joking A10e battery was is awful.. I had it now use S22 it’s way better. That thing is dead had its day no more upgrades

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                                • Anonymous
                                • i2Y
                                • 31 Jan 2023

                                Flossys review if you got a S23 congrats your brought S22 lol . Beat goes on.

                                  Anonymous, 30 Jan 2023May as well drop the 128GB variant entirely. Sony has long ... moreEven 8GB RAM on a premium flagship phone has to go. Sony only used 8GB RAM for just one year with the 2020 Xperia 1 Mk2 before replacing it with 12GB RAM since the 2021 Xperia 1 Mk3.

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                                    • wri
                                    • 31 Jan 2023

                                    Anonymous, 31 Jan 2023Even if that was true its still not justified and should be... moreIn Germany and UK, people could get free upgrade S23 256GB with the price of base model (128GB).

                                      I'm starting to be fed up with the quote that everything in Europe can be more expensive compared to other markets. It's not only regarding this article but a general remark.
                                      The times that they all quoted that Europe can take it is long gone (and has never been actually). Was it a kind of snobbery to claim that people in Europe are richer that all the rest? Duhhh, it has never been.
                                      Coming back to this specific article I can somewhat understand that the vanilla version of the S23 is being "downgraded" of sorts as the A series looses it's A7x devices. In theory it is replaced by the FE editions of the "S" series but there was still a substantial difference in price between a A73 and a S21 FE for example. Maybe the FE's of the future will be priced more as a premium "A" series? Of course it makes no sense to offer a downgraded device at a higher price than it's predecessor.

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                                        • 31 Jan 2023

                                        joe nodden, 31 Jan 2023Source: Trust me. Christ on a bicycle, make some object... moreDont bother to complain then, if you dont have any samsung phone in the first place.

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