Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra concept teases the death of the camera bump

An unofficial render of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, showing the phone's front, and then the back in black, white and burgundy red on a black background

(Image credit: Technizo Concept/LetsGoDigital)

While we're a few months abroad at least from the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S22, rumors, leaks and renders for the adjacent Android flagship from Samsung are coming thick and fast. And the latest new comes in the grade a new Milky way S22 Ultra renders.

And they look very nice, all thank you to the adoption of a "waterdrop" design for the largest phone expected in the Galaxy S22 series. This design imagines all five rear cameras on the rumored Galaxy S22 Ultra to be separate rather than in a photographic camera bump or module. While the cameras await similar they protrude from the telephone'south back a niggling, if this design comes to fruition, there'll be less of a camera crash-land than the 1 we saw in the Samsung Milky way S21 Ultra.

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How legit are these renders? Well they were created by render artist Parvez "Technizio Concept" in conjunction with LetsGoDigital, which consulted with Korean source "Super Roader" and then gave the details to Khan to bring to life.

And then there's arguably something behind this concept. After all it does imagine a deinsg that looks similar information technology has the Dna of the Samsung Galaxy Notation twenty Ultra. Given there's not going to be a Samsung Galaxy Note Ultra 21, the phablet telephone will live on in the Milky way S22 Ultra.

However, this design does row confronting that of other renders nosotros've seen so far. If you haven't been keeping up with the rumors, there's already been two previous concepts of how the rear camera of the Galaxy S22 Ultra would await. Initially, there was the "P"-shaped block blueprint, a blend of the familiar in-line and rectangular camera blocks seen on many modernistic smartphones.

Then there was the "xi" design which split the cameras across 2 parallel lines. Now this blueprint suggests in that location won't be a block at all, just the lenses sitting flush with the back of the phone.

This design is a pretty unique look among Android smartphones, which all tend to use rectangular or oblong-shaped photographic camera blocks to firm their rear sensors. It should as well make for a more symmetrical device that doesn't stone annoyingly when you tap it when it's laid down flat, and could feel lighter due to the lack of excess material over the cameras. It may even feel perfectly balanced in your hand if Samsung arranges the weight of the internal components correctly.

An unofficial render of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, showing the phone's front, back and S Pen in white on a white background — (Prototype credit: Technizo Concept/LetsGoDigital)

Samsung's already been experimenting with a design like this on its cheaper devices. The Galaxy A32 looks an awful lot like this new camera crash-land-less concept, although it probable uses smaller, less advanced cameras than nosotros'll see on the Galaxy S22 series. Making this piece of work with flagship-course sensors and up to two telephoto lenses (as has been rumored) would be a much bigger feat of engineering, although one that Samsung is no doubt capable of managing if this leaked design is real.

The only flagship phone we know of with this kind of rear camera arrangement is the LG Velvet. In our review of it last year we commented on how unique the design was in comparison to the camera block design, and how the non-protruding cameras fabricated for an overall smoother-looking phone. The Velvet's quality didn't end LG from quitting the phone game altogether, but you can't deny the phone's a handsome slab of glass.

The lg velvet, held in hand in front of a leafy background. — The LG Velvet (Image credit: Tom'southward Guide)

FrontTron, a leaker with a strong track record, responded positively to this concept, giving it additional credibility. Veteran leaker Water ice Universe also tweeted that the "P" and "eleven" designs previously promoted past leakers (including themselves) weren't quite accurate, and then responded "100% !" to LGD's post. They and then followed up with some other post suggesting the new design is to help save weight added from the addition of a congenital-in S Pen stylus.

An unofficial render of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, showing the back and front of the phone facing each other horiztonally on a black background — (Epitome credit: Technizo Concept/LetsGoDigital)

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra possible colors and specs

Besides part of Super Roader's leak are the colors of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. He mentions burgundy red, white and black as the colorways that Samsung will supposedly offer.

The name of the phone is seemingly confirmed as the Milky way S22 Ultra. Since the phone is suggested to characteristic an included S Pen, some suspected that Samsung would market this phone every bit a Galaxy Note model.

Similar the current Galaxy S21 Ultra, we are anticipating the S22 Ultra to use a half dozen.8-inch brandish, and to be equipped with a 108MP primary camera, aslope 12MP ultrawide, 3x telephoto and 10x telephoto sensors and a laser autofocus on the back, with a 40MP selfie camera on the front. We're expecting another large 5,000 mAh battery in the Ultra model, and potentially up to 45W or 65W charging, although it may have disappointing 25W charging once over again.

The S22 serial as a whole may make use of a new Exynos 2200 chipset with AMD graphics, or the Snapdragon 895 in certain countries. The three expected models: Milky way S22, Milky way S22 Pro and Milky way S22 Ultra, take all seemingly had their schematics and precise measurements leaked, and the S22 Ultra should be the definite standout.

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Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatsoever else people need advice on. He's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When non at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.