Here’s everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy S30, plus what we want to see.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 is the company’s most premium and impressive smartphone to date, but already we’re dreaming of what Samsung will cook up for the Galaxy S21 range. Now that the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 has launched, we know Samsung’s vision of what a ‘premium’ phone is right now – and that gives us a hint for what’s in store with the Galaxy S21, which we wouldn’t expect until the beginning of 2021. In the meantime, read our Note 20 live blog to read our thoughts as the reveal stream happened. The Samsung Galaxy S21 devices are sure to be some of the most exciting phones of 2021, so hype is already building, and we’re even hearing the first very early rumors. You’ll find those below, and we’ll be adding to this article any time there’s new information, so make sure to check back regularly if you want to stay up to date. You’ll also find our wish list for the Samsung Galaxy S21 further down – these are the things that we most want from Samsung’s next Galaxy S phone, in order to make it as good as possible. Latest stories: It looks as though the Galaxy S21 phones will be out in January rather than February, and we’ve seen the first leaked renders of both the Galaxy S21 and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. Samsung always unveils its new Galaxy S models early in the year, and in recent years it has been announcing them in February, then selling them from March, so we were expecting the same with the Samsung Galaxy S21 range. However, several rumors are now pointing to January being the month when these handsets are going to be unveiled, and early January at that: it seems Samsung wants to get a head start on the competition in 2021. We can’t get much more specific than that, but recently the company has avoided MWC (a trade show which takes place at the end of February) and launched its phones earlier in the month, so that too is likely in 2021. As for how much the Samsung Galaxy S21 range will cost, the phones will probably be at least as expensive as the Galaxy S20 range, likely meaning a starting price for the basic model of at least $999 / £899 / AU$1,499, with the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra likely costing even more. Before the Samsung Galaxy S20 launch we thought it’d be called the Galaxy S11, and separate leaks referred to it differently. History might repeat itself – a top leaker has stated the Galaxy S30 is actually the Galaxy S21. We initially thought it’d be the S30, and the first leaks backed that up, but now we’re not so sure. So will the phone be called the Samsung Galaxy S21 or Galaxy S30? There’s no way of knowing for now – most people think Galaxy S30, but the leaker who stated it’ll be the S21 has a great track record, enough to make us pay attention, and since then we’ve heard S21 used more and more. As the phone’s launch gets closer, we’d expect more noteworthy leakers to throw their worth behind one name or the other, which should give us a better idea of what to expect. The Samsung Galaxy S21 rumors are starting to flow in, and we’ve also seen our first proper look at the phone courtesy of @OnLeaks. These renders show a front design very much like the Galaxy S20, but a rear camera setup that’s been revamped to create a wraparound effect over the corner of the phone. It’s quite a dramatic change, though the signs were there in the evolution of the Galaxy S20 and then the Note 20 handsets. The screen size of the standard model is said to be 6.2 inches, and it will apparently be flat. Dimensions meanwhile will apparently be 151.7 mm x 71.2 mm x 7.9 mm. The renders would seem to rule out earlier whispers that the phone might have an in-screen camera, though Samsung is apparently evaluating the feasibility, so it sounds like the tech might not be ready. The same source has also leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, one of which you can see below. This is shown with a curved screen of apparently around 6.7 to 6.9 inches, and a much larger camera block than the standard S21, housing four lenses and a flash.
