Samsung will introduce its new flagship smartphone Galaxy S23 series in early February 2023 as part of the Unpacked event to be held in the United States. An anonymous source from Samsung mentioned this in a conversation with Korea JoonAng Daily.

“S23 will be introduced as part of the Unpacked event to be held in the USA in February”, source commented. He declined to give the exact date of the upcoming event, but local media claims that Samsung will hold a presentation of the new devices in San Francisco during the first week of February.

Earlier rumors claimed that Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphones could be presented at CES 2023 held in Las Vegas on January 5th. However, the manufacturer has never presented its flagship smartphone series at this event before.

According to the financial director of Qualcomm Akash Palkhiwala (Akash Palkhiwala), Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphones will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors manufactured at the facilities of Taiwanese company TSMC. This statement is also confirmed by other sources.

Market experts believe that due to high global inflation, Samsung’s new flagship smartphones will be more expensive than previous generation devices (Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S21). Galaxy S23 series devices will be launched in very difficult times when the demand for smartphones is decreasing against the background of unstable geopolitical and economic situations in the world and also after new lockdowns due to another COVID-19 pandemic. 19 epidemic in China.

In October, global smartphone shipments were 11% lower than in the same period last year. Samsung’s smartphone sales fell the same 11% last month. But its main competitor, Apple, increased its supply by 10% in the same period as the popularity of iPhone 14 smartphones.