Week 28 in review: S22 Ultra with 200MP camera, Nokia XR20, Z Fold3 leak

Ivan, 18 July 2021

Welcome to another week's recap. The top story was that Samsung would team up with Olympus for the Galaxy S22 Ultra's camera, reportedly a 200MP sensor with a 5-element lens in front of it. The story goes on that the Galaxy S22 Ultra might come in January.

Nokia's XR20 midranger surfaced in an image, showing the rugged back plate of the phone, dipped in water. The XR20 is coming on July 27 with a 6.67-inch HD+ LCD, 5,000mAh battery and Snapdragon 480 5G chipset.

Xiaomi became the second-largest smartphone vendor in the world in the second quarter of the year, using an 80% growth to outpace Apple for second place. In a related story, the Redmi Note 10T is coming to India on July 20, starting at INR 15,000.

The OnePlus Nord 2 5G surfaced in renders. It will be made official on July 22 with a 6.43-inch 90Hz Super AMOLED, a 50MP Sony IMX766 main camera, Dimensity 1200 5G chipset and 4,500mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G continued to feature in the news reel. A TENAA leak confirmed its dimensions, which point to a slimmer 6.4mm frame to the current Galaxy Z Fold2 when the phone is opened. TENAA also confirmed the 4,500mAh battery and the 6.2-inch cover display. The foldable will use the Snapdragon 888 with 12GB of RAM, an ultrawide camera with autofocus and a starting price of between KRW 1,900,000 and KRW 1,999,000 ($1,655 – $1,741) in Korea.

Those were the key stories of the week. The full list of top stories is below. See you next week!

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra to feature 200MP Olympus camera, S Pen support

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra to feature 200MP Olympus camera, S Pen support

We can expect the new Galaxy S22 series in January again.


Xiaomi Mi CC11/Note 11 Pro to have 5x tele camera, 200 MP sensor reserved for Mi 12

Xiaomi Mi CC11/Note 11 Pro to have 5x tele camera, 200 MP sensor reserved for Mi 12

The leakster also claims the Mi Mix 4 will have a 50 MP shooter.


Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Runs custom AMD APU with Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU. Starts at $399.


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 Korean pricing leaks

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 Korean pricing leaks

Samsung has high hopes for its upcoming foldables.


Oppo Reno6 Z images, specs and even price leak before the official unveiling

Oppo Reno6 Z images, specs and even price leak before the official unveiling

The Reno6 Z will launch on July 21, but pre-orders may start even before then.


Apple quietly releases official MagSafe battery pack for $99

Apple quietly releases official MagSafe battery pack for $99

The MagSafe battery pack will wirelessly charge an iPhone 12 device.


Redmi Note 10T 5G price in India leaks

Redmi Note 10T 5G price in India leaks

The phone will be launched in the subcontinent on July 20.


Redmi Note 10T 5G launching on July 20 in India

Redmi Note 10T 5G launching on July 20 in India

It's expected to be a rebranded Redmi Note 10 5G.


Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 gets FCC certification, 22.5W charging and MIUI 12.5 confirmed

Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 gets FCC certification, 22.5W charging and MIUI 12.5 confirmed

A pair of Xiaomi Android tablets are expected to launch later this month.


Helio G96 chipset unveiled with 108MP camera and 120 Hz display support, G88 follows

Helio G96 chipset unveiled with 108MP camera and 120 Hz display support, G88 follows

The two are not strict upgrades over the G95 and G85, but they do have better display and camera support.


Redmi 10 goes through the FCC, is rumored to use the 50MP JN1 sensor

Redmi 10 goes through the FCC, is rumored to use the 50MP JN1 sensor

The 1/2.76" sensor was announced by Samsung last month and it supports updated autofocus and HDR tech.


WhatsApp beta for IOS gets disappearing messages

WhatsApp beta for IOS gets disappearing messages

"View once" media messages are also an option.


OnePlus confirms 6.43” Fluid AMOLED display for the Nord 2 5G

OnePlus confirms 6.43” Fluid AMOLED display for the Nord 2 5G

It will be HDR10+ certified and will bring a 90 Hz refresh rate.


Bloomberg: Apple is looking to have 20% more new iPhone units ready at launch

Bloomberg: Apple is looking to have 20% more new iPhone units ready at launch

The next iPhones are said to be unveiled in September and the company plans to have 90 million units ready to ship.



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Reader comments

That 200MP sensor is the biggest waste. Just improve what you have right now and then work your way up.

We have some phones capable of doing 64mp with reasonable details similar to normal bayer though I'm yet to see if there is such resolution also in raw. Though getting 200mp raw would be great, getting hi res from that sensor would be way har...

  • AnonD-940827
  • 18 Jul 2021
  • 8pQ

S22 ultra won't be able to use the 200MP in manual mode! So useless sensor! And it won't be Samsung who uses their own sensor first, again.

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