As the rumored launch of the iPhone 13 approaches, we are learning more and more about what Apple will (or will not) be carrying this time around. And what is missing from the latest leaks is prompting those who think they should wait for the iPhone 14.

However, Samsung's Galaxy S22 is also on the way, and based on early rumors alone, it could beat the iPhone 13 in several important ways.

Just last week, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that the new iPhone will not feature in-screen Touch ID.

We have also heard that the iPhone 13 will likely not offer fast charging this year and that some significant upgrades may be reserved for the more expensive iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. This could be as early as January, opening the door for Samsung to make some noise when the Galaxy S22 debuts.

Here are five ways the Galaxy S22 could steal the iPhone 13's thunder.

The iPhone 13 seems to be sticking with Face ID for this generation and not an in-screen fingerprint sensor like the Galaxy S21 series and perhaps the Galaxy S22. unless you wear an Apple Watch and use iOS 14.5 or later, and wear a face mask. Face ID will not work when wearing a face mask unless wearing an Apple Watch and using iOS 14.5 or later.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, "Apple has been testing in-screen Touch ID for its next flagship iPhone, but it won't be used this year." Currently, Gurman has not commented on whether the iPhone 13 will have a Touch ID sensor on the power button like the iPad Air, but we have not heard this rumor.

In short, the ultrasonic sensor on the Galaxy S21 works very well, and we assume it will work just as well, if not better, on the Galaxy S22.

Both Samsung and Apple have stopped bundling chargers, but the Galaxy S22 should have an advantage over the iPhone 13 in terms of charging speed. According to one rumor from reliable leaker Ice Universe, the Galaxy S22 could offer a 45W or even 65W charging speed. The latter would make it the fastest charging phone, rivaling the OnePlus 9 Pro, which reached 99% in just 30 minutes.

By comparison, the 25W Galaxy S21 reached 55% in 30 minutes, while the iPhone 12's 20W charger reached 57% in the same time. Note, however, that the iPhone 12 has a smaller battery than the Galaxy S21 (4,000 mAh vs. 2,815 mAh), making Samsung's results more impressive; a jump to 45W or more would put Apple on the defensive.

The Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 108 MP camera, which gives users all kinds of flexibility when it comes to cropping after taking a photo. However, Samsung could go in one of two exciting directions with the Galaxy S22 Ultra: one is the possibility that the Galaxy S22 will feature a 200MP sensor, which would be the highest resolution ever for a camera phone.

Then again, we know that megapixels are not as important as other aspects, which is why I am even more intrigued by Samsung's upcoming 50MP RGBW camera sensor. While most camera phones rely on red, green, and blue sub-pixels to produce color, this new sensor adds a fourth white sub-pixel. This could dramatically improve highlights in high contrast scenes.

Another rumor points out that the Galaxy S22 will offer continuous optical zoom, as opposed to two telephoto lenses, 3x and 10x. The iPhone 13 Pro series, on the other hand, is said to potentially offer a folding zoom lens, as well as improved computational photography features such as portrait mode video and astrophotography mode.

Samsung and AMD have formally partnered on a new Exynos mobile chip featuring AMD's RDNA2 graphics architecture. This custom graphics is said to offer ray tracing and variable rate shading and promises the highest power for an Android phone.

The AMD-powered Exynos 2200 chip is expected to appear in laptops and tablets later this year, but could also be found in phones like the Galaxy S22 early next year.

According to Twitter's Ice Universe, the new Exynos chip recorded a very impressive 3D Mark Wild Life benchmark score of 8,134 at 50.3 frames per second. In contrast, the iPhone 12 Pro Max test recorded 6,618 at 39 frames per second, lagging far behind.

In another Exynos 2200 benchmark leak, the chip scored high across the board in GFXBench, recording 170.7 fps, 121.4 fps, and 51.3 fps in the Manhattan 3.1, Aztec Normal, and Aztec High tests, respectively. The A14 Bionic recorded only 120fps, 79.8fps, and 30fps. However, it is not known at this stage how fast the A15 Bionic, which is expected to be used in the iPhone 13, will be.

With the iPhone 13, Apple is expected to finally offer a 120 Hz refresh rate, but only on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Samsung, on the other hand, offers 120Hz adaptive panels on the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and Galaxy S22 Ultra, and that will not change with the Galaxy S22 series. In fact, the less expensive Galaxy S21 FE is rumored to offer a 120Hz display, as does the Galaxy S20 FE.

With the S21 series, Samsung differentiates the base model and Plus from the Ultra, allowing the former two to scale down to 48Hz. The Ultra can be scaled down to 10 Hz; we'll have to see if the S22 continues along similar lines, but in any case, smooth scrolling shouldn't be a premium feature.