The Galaxy S11 is going to surprise a lot of peoplethanks to its truly head-turning new design. But now Samsung has revealed something else about the phone which will get people talking.
Samsung Galaxy S11 concept
PHONEAREN14/12 Update: Samsung (via 9to5Google) has just helped to confirm what the Galaxy S11 will look like. The company has launched the Galaxy A71 with a centred punch-hole, elongated 20:9 OLED display and massive, rectangular camera hump housing a quad camera. For the last two years, the Galaxy A Series debuted designs later refined by the Galaxy S and Note ranges. All of which means the leaked renders (further down) now look to be the real deal.
15/12 Update: Ice Universe has added a further tantalising titbit writing: "S11+，108MP，9→1，12MP/2.4μm". This means the Galaxy S11+ (and, I believe, the S11 as well) will have a 108MP sensor that bins nine pixels to create one large 2.4μm pixel with a final 12 megapixel image. Samsung has never used pixel binning tech on its flagships before but it's clear the S11 line-up will be dominated by its massive new camera. With good reason.
Picked up by the eagle eyes of SamMobile and popular Samsung insider Ice Universe, Samsung has made the battery sizes of the Galaxy S11 and Galaxy S11+ publicly available through the submission of these parts for certification at government testing agency SafetyKorea. And its reveals Samsung has stepped up its game.
- Galaxy S11: 4,500 mAh (Battery ID - EB-BG985ABY)
- Galaxy S11+: 5,000 mAh (Battery ID - EB-BG988ABY)
These are massive upgrades compared to the Galaxy S10 (3,400 mAh) and Galaxy S10+ (4,100 mAh) which were no slouches themselves when it came to longevity. Interestingly, SamMobile notes that the same batteries will power both the 4G and 5G versions of the Galaxy S11 with the Galaxy S11+ expected to only come in a 5G version. As such, it may be the 4G Galaxy S11 which leads the pack.
