Come see the latest leaked Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra photo samples shared by Edwards Urbina (open in new tab) (via respected leaker Ice Universe (open in new tab)) on Twitter.

Urbina is from Nicaragua where we recently heard some Galaxy S23 Ultra units were making an early appearance. This may explain why he was able to get his hands on this phone more than a week before the Galaxy S23 series was supposed to be released at the Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1.

The images posted, which include day, night and zoom photos allegedly taken with the Galaxy S23 Ultra, are certainly fascinating. In the daytime/zoom photos, the gradual change in the gradient of the blue sky as it approaches the low, sunlit clouds is impressive, even taking into account the loss of image quality due to the uploading of the images to Twitter.

In Urbina's zoom sample of a satellite dish and a street lamp, the image remains crisp even beyond the maximum 10x optical zoom that the Galaxy S23 Ultra supposedly inherited from the Galaxy S22 Ultra. This indicates that the 200MP main camera, which is suggested to be included in the S23 Ultra, will be useful for long-distance shots with an incredible amount of detail.

The night mode shot shown next to another shot (presumably taken in normal camera mode) is also impressive, with Urbina excitedly declaring the Galaxy S23 Ultra "the new king of the night." I particularly like the starry sky behind the leaves in the image below and can't wait to get my hands on the Galaxy S23 Ultra to compare it to low-light shooting champions like the iPhone 14 Pro and Google Pixel 7 Pro.

When sharing Urbina's tweet, Ice Universe pointed out the HDR (High Dynamic Range) performance of the image; HDR is a composite of multiple images taken at different exposure values, which would be pure white or black if taken at a single exposure value It helps to add color detail to a shot by creating an area of the image. However, if the HDR effect is insufficient, it may not bring out the best in the image, resulting in an unrealistic image. Therefore, independent field tests must be conducted to see if IU's concerns are completely well-founded.

As noted above, the Galaxy S23 series should make its debut at the Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1. Until that event is over and we know (we hope) what's next for Samsung's flagship phones, we'll be tracking the latest Galaxy S23 Ultra, S23, and S23 Plus leaks to see how much we know in advance.