LIVE: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 – how to watch and what we expect

Morning folks! It’s less than 7 hours until the Galaxy Unpacked event begins live on the Samsung website (opens in new tab). They’re giving nothing more away than what we already know from the trailer, but it’s likely to be an exciting party for the Flip & Fold phones.

Next Galaxy, greater than Phones Now

Samsung’s other Galaxy trailer video gives us some hints that the cameras on whatever phones are announced could be improved from previous iterations. What we know is that the Next Galaxy is greater than (and the flip phone has cleverly been used to create a greater than sign) phones now. Is that all phones now? We’re not sure, but it’ll be interesting to see.

The current line-up of Samsung Galaxy camera phones

If you’re not familiar with the Samsung Galaxy camera phone line-up, then our guide to the best Samsung phone (opens in new tab) should get you up to speed quickly.

Of course, there’s no easy answer to the question: what’s the best Samsung phone? Like all purchases, it depends on what you’re looking for, and how much money you’ve got to spent.

If you want a smartphone with a high-spec camera that rival the latest iPhone, then you’re well catered for with the Galaxy S22 range. If you’re interested in the best fold phones, you don’t have to wait for Samsung to potentially launch the Galaxy Z Fold 4: there’s already the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, and both are worth checking out.

Battle of the foldables… Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 to launch on August 11

We could see a battle of the foldable phones commence, as smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has confirmed that the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 (opens in new tab) will be launched on August 11 – just one day after the Galaxy Unpacked event.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4: what we expect to see

The next smartphone that we believe we might see is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 – which, instead of flipping up with a clamshell-style design like the Flip series, will open up like a book.

This will build on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 (opens in new tab), which showcased the first under-display selfie camera on a mainstream smartphone. With the Z Fold 4, we probably won’t see Samsung overhauling the design, but there could (we hope) be a few upgrades to the camera specs.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4: what we’d like to see

We think that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 could be one of two phones that Samsung “unpacks” at the live Unpacked event, and it feels even more likely because there’s an image of a flip phone in the teaser video.

It would make sense for this phone to build on the specs of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 (opens in new tab) released in 2021, which was a landmark smartphone at the time and cost less than the top-tier iPhone. Our reviewer said that the phone felt solid despite its foldable mechanism, although they wanted a little more performance from the cameras.

It’s not surprising that the camera specs were less impressive on this model than those in Samsung’s S line of smartphones, which are more expensive and deliberately more premium. 

However, in terms of camera specs, we’d love to see the sensor size of the Flip 3’s secondary camera bumped up from 1.4-micron pixels on the potential Flip 4. The Flip 3 has an excellent 1.9-inch cover screen that can act as a live viewfinder, and it would be amazing if we saw that screen increase in size or resolution.