The good news is that things might change with the Galaxy S24, which is set to launch probably in the beginning of 2024, just as the Galaxy S23 series was, and the generations before it. A well-known leaker called Yogesh Brar shared a post on Twitter stating that Samsung is planning to not include any new hardware with its next flagship lineup, including the Galaxy S24 Ultra, but rather focus solely on the camera software to improve the phone’s image quality.
The Galaxy S24 series / S24 Ultra in particular will get massive camera improvement. This will primarily be achieved through improved software.
Test builds on S23 Ultra are promising so far.
Also Z Flip 5 looks quite good in-person, Samsung has a new foldable bestseller..
— Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) April 25, 2023
Quite frankly, this sounds like a clever choice. Look at what Google has managed to accomplish with its Pixel series. The Pixel 6a‘s 12.2MP main camera, which offers very similar results to the 50MP one on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, is the same one used for the Pixel 3 (released in 2018).
Of course, it’s not like Samsung is doing horribly on the software front, but at the same time, it feels like there is plenty of room for growth there. Before that happens, though, getting rid of the shutter lag that has plagued Samsung phones for ages, and making sure ridiculous bugs like that algorithm one mentioned earlier don’t happen would be a great start.
