Samsung Galaxy S11: what we want to see

We do not expect the release of the Samsung Galaxy S11 before long. If Samsung continues its annual release cycles for phones, it will be released around February 2020 – but we have already seen some clues and indications as to what we can expect.

In addition to that, we were expecting some features of the Samsung Galaxy S10, as well as some aspects of the Samsung Galaxy A80 and Galaxy Fold that would work well in a new flagship product, the Galaxy S.

Inspired by all these phones, we have compiled a list of everything we would like to see in the Samsung Galaxy S11 or whatever the fate of the next Samsung Galaxy S phone (it could be the Galaxy S20, given this phone). companies seem to jump directly from 10 to 20 when dialing phones).

Cut to the hunt

• What is it? Samsung's next Galaxy S smartphone
• When did he go out? Probably February / March 2020
• How much will it cost? Probably more than $ 899 / £ 799 / AU $ 1,349

Samsung Galaxy S11 release date and price

We saw the Samsung Galaxy S10 come out alongside the Samsung Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 Plus end of February 2019. As Samsung tends to release its phones every year, we expect the release of the Samsung Galaxy S11 in February or March 2020.

The Galaxy S10 cost $ 899 / AU $ 799 / AU $ 1,349 for its cheapest storage size, and reached up to $ 1,149 / 999 / AU $ 1,699 when it was released.

We expected the price of the Samsung Galaxy S11 to increase slightly, the Galaxy S10 costing more than the Galaxy S9. Taking into account the usual price increases on Galaxy S handsets between generations, we expected them to cost around $ 1,000 / £ 1,900 / $ 1,500 for the cheapest version and even more for more memory .

1. Best camera specifications

The Samsung Galaxy S10 has three rear cameras: the 12MP main sensor with standard lens, the second 12MP sensor with telephoto for remote shooting and the third 16MP sensor with ultra-wide lens.

The three goals generally correspond to what is expected of a smartphone camera, but the resolution of each of them is much lower than that of many other phones.

The handsets like the Honor 20 Pro have a master snapper of 48 MPa, which is a considerable improvement over 12 MP, and even affordable handsets are sometimes delivered with four objectives (the supplement is usually a flight time sensor or macro for close-ups), to stay competitive in the smartphone camera game, Samsung needs to improve its game.

We've heard that Samsung is working on a 64-megapixel smartphone camera that can be integrated into the Samsung Galaxy S11. If this is true, the new phone would blow its competitors out of the water.

2. A 3.5mm headphone jack

If you scratch your head thinking "the Samsung Galaxy S10 Is have a 3.5mm headphone jack ", so you're right – but it can be the last of its kind.

The new Galaxy smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy A80 have abandoned the headphone jack, so it seems that Samsung is following suit with many other smartphone companies to get rid of the physical headset port.

But as many people still use non-Bluetooth headphones, it's a feature we'd like to see come back in future Samsung smartphones, especially because it's one of the only top smartphone manufacturers. range to use them again.

3. Different layout of the front camera

The Samsung Galaxy S10 was one of the first phones to feature a "piercing" front camera, which means the front snapper was in a section cut out. in the interior the screen, in the corner.

In theory, this is a useful feature that replaces the top, allowing you to get more screen – but in practice, the hole punch takes up as much room as there is a screen flash between the camera and the edge that is not everything. t used.

In the future, we would like Samsung to take a different approach. Samsung has itself announced its intention to drop the fist hole in favor of a camera under the screen, but this could still be reserved for a few Galaxy S phones.

4. Larger capacity of the battery

The Samsung Galaxy S10 had a battery of 3,400mAh – that's fine, but you can only hope to enjoy it more than a second day of use, especially if you use your phone a lot.

We hope that the battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S11 will be longer than that of the battery. It will certainly have a greater capacity to support all the new technologies used by the phone, but we want to see a considerable improvement in capacity, perhaps 4000 mAh or more.

5. More launch colors

The Samsung Galaxy S10 is available in a few colors, mostly in white and black – but we still love a dynamic design in a phone, and until now, Samsung handsets often seemed a little dull.

We do not ask the crazy back models of a Huawei or Honor phone, but it would be nice if the Samsung Galaxy S11 is launched in a few different colors.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 has some colors that are only available in certain regions, such as yellow, green or red, but if Samsung offered them from the start in all regions, we would appreciate a lot more.

6. Affordable 5G

We expect that there is a Samsung Galaxy S11 5G – there was a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, after all, and by that time the launch of the S11 5G is available in many countries .

However, the Galaxy S10 5G is even bigger than the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, so it's huge and expensive. At the moment, there are no affordable 5G smartphones on the horizon, but Samsung could really get ahead if the Galaxy S11, or the Galaxy S11e, had a low price and operated on 5G networks.