Yesterday, reliable tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka OnLeaks) revealed a rather stunning new design for the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

And now the leaker is back with CAD-based renderings of two other rumored members of the Samsung Galaxy S22 family.

Importantly, these are not official renderings, and at this stage we have no way of knowing their accuracy. Rendered images are regularly released prior to a product's launch, but as we have seen with the Apple Watch 7, they can be off the mark.

However, OnLeaks is usually reliable, and there is certainly some truth to these renderings. For starters, when compared to the S22 Ultra design, these look fairly orthodox and almost identical to the current Galaxy S21 model.

If you had a hard time finding differences, they certainly follow the design language of the previous model, although the camera arrangement appears to be slightly more pronounced.

And of course the two models look identical to each other. This is not surprising, given that traditionally the Plus versions of Samsung's Galaxy S devices are larger, but otherwise very similar. Interestingly, however, Hemmerstoffer claims to have received the Plus rendering as the Samsung Galaxy S22 Pro, not "Plus." This may suggest that there is more to the story than a simple rendering alone.

Additionally, there is the actual size of the handset, which we have previously heard will be more compact than their predecessors, reversing the trend of Samsung flagships in recent years.

Hemmerstoffer's renderings are consistent with that, with dimensions of 146 x 70.5 x 7.6mm for the S22 (down from 151.7x71.2x7.9mm) and 157.4 x 75.8 x 7.6mm for the Plus (down from 161.5x75.6x7.8mm) The screen size is, of course, not clear. Of course, the screen size is not explicitly revealed, but the rumored reduction from 6.2" to 6.06" and from 6.7" to 6.55" certainly sounds plausible.

If the S22 does return to a smaller size, it could be a bit of a gamble. Not only does it mean less space for the battery and thus, presumably, lower capacity, but even the best small phones don't exactly fly off the shelves. iPhone 12 mini is reportedly struggling so much that Apple has stopped production, and iPhone 13 mini is also rumored to be the last smaller version. [There will be distinct differences between the devices, as the 6.06-inch device is not that small and the S22 Ultra will reportedly keep its 6.81-inch frame. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is actually an alias for the Samsung Galaxy Note 22, spurring the sense that its larger size and supposed S Pen support reflect what was used to differentiate the two product lines in the early to mid-2010s

However, the S Pen is not a product of the S Pen.

However, the rendered images do not indicate that a release is imminent, and whatever the recent shape of things, we expect Samsung to announce a new handset in January 2022. The still-new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 need a little breathing space, after all...