Samsung Galaxy S23, OPPO Find X Pro And More: Tech Rumor Roundup 01/16/2023

Here is the roundup of the most interesting tech rumors and leaks heading into the second week of January. The Galaxy S23 series Unpacked is getting very near. But that won’t stop the leakers keep spreading news for us. Also, we have some information about upcoming smartphones from OPPO, Xiaomi, and more. 

SAMSUNG

Let’s start with the Galaxy S23 leaks. Samsung recently announced the whole series would be released on February 1st/2nd (depending on where you live). Roland Quandt yesterday posted the renders of the S23 series reveals the phones will have the same design as the previous S22 with the only exception is cameras are separate instead of combine into one island.

It will have 4 colors: black, beige, green, and lilac. There will be some additional colors, which, to no one surprise, exclusive at samsung.com. It will be interesting to see how if any of these colors are carrier or country exclusive. Samsung has been very big their made to order series with the Z Flip series and it will be interesting to see if it continues with the S23

OPPO

OPPO seems very conscious about Find X6 series leak and most of the time, it works. Except someone in China spotted a Find X6 Pro in the undergrounds reveled  the massive camera bump that looks kinda like the Xiaomi 11 UltraUltra, cruved display and middle punch hole front design. The phone is expected to launch next month after Lunar New Year. Its going to be interesting to see what Oppo is utilizing its MAriSilicon edition to the Snapdragon 8Gen2.

Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco

POCO’s phone release stagey is messy as hell, and we’re gonna see the successor of the famous X4 Pro very soon. A Twitter user account posted some shots about the POCO X5 Pro with the typical yellow and black color scheme.

The POCO x5 Pro is expected to be a rebranded Redmi Note 12 Speed in China with 108MP main camera, 6.667 inch 120Hz Full HD+ OLED display, Snapdragon 778G and 67W fast charging.