The Samsung Galaxy S22 release date has been the subject of heated debate among leakers, with Jon Prosser suggesting that pre-orders will open in the second week of February and Ice Universe claiming that the device is still set for January.

However, with the consensus that early 2022 is the target, production must begin in earnest. Sure enough, according to German site WinFuture, it is happening now.

According to the site, Samsung began production of the flex cables that connect the internals of the S22 family at its Asian factory in the middle of last week, with quantities already in the tens of thousands.

The site says that while there were some quality control issues in the early stages, there were no problems beyond what would generally be expected in the early stages of production. The usual Samsung Galaxy S22, Plus/Pro, and Ultra components are all being produced in parallel, but the site notes that the Galaxy S22 Ultra, like the Notebook, will be heavily marketed in the US, while the more pocket-friendly unit will be pushed hard in other regions The site notes that the Galaxy S22 Ultra, like the Notebook, will be sold heavily in the U.S., while other regions will see a strong push for more pocket-friendly units. [The continued delay of the Galaxy S21 FE proves that even a company of Samsung's size is not immune to the global chip shortage crisis. Samsung will be working hard to ensure reasonable volumes of this model early next year.

This could be the first phone to benefit from the graphics boost that Samsung's partnership with AMD and the Exynos 2200 chip could bring to the game. However, the Exynos chips that could offer this are in pretty short supply and reserved only for certain regions, according to the leak's source, FrontTron. The rest of the world will be offered what Qualcomm has available, probably the Snapdragon 898.

Does this production schedule shed more light on whether it will be Jon Prosser's February prediction or Ice Universe's January prediction As WinFuture's report says, Samsung devices tend to go into mass production two to three months before release months before release, either leaker could prove to be correct, as they tend to go into mass production.

Speaking of leakers and accuracy, there is another rumor that Samsung's Galaxy S22 lineup will be getting a price hike, and the Galaxy S22 Ultra appears to be getting a significant price increase.