How to watch and what to expect

Samsung has set a date and time for its upcoming Unpacked conference, where we’ll likely get to know the Galaxy S23 lineup of smartphones. Here’s how you can see it live and what you can expect from it.

When is the Galaxy 2023 unboxed?

Samsung’s big hardware event will take place on February 1 at 1 pm ET (more time zones here). The 2023 event will take place a week earlier, as Samsung’s Galaxy S22 event was held on February 9. But then again, Samsung announced the Galaxy S21 in 2021 a month earlier than usual, in January.

How to stream Galaxy Unpacked 2023

The next Unpacked will be an in-person media event in San Francisco, but everyone else will be able to watch it live online. The event will be broadcast on Samsung.com, the Samsung Newsroom website, and the Samsung YouTube channel.

There’s no direct link to YouTube’s live streaming page (as of this article’s publication), but if you don’t want to forget it, set a reminder with your calendar app or virtual assistant of choice. You can also subscribe to the Samsung channel and enable notifications for new broadcasts.

What to expect from Galaxy Unpacked 2023

Samsung Unpacked events are usually all about new hardware, and there have been enough leaks and rumors to give you a good idea of ​​what Samsung will be showing off on February 1st. For this event, we expect a trio of smartphones belonging to Galaxy. Alignment S23.

It is rumored that we will get three smartphones: the Galaxy S23, the Galaxy S23 Plus, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The range of smartphones themselves will likely look a lot like the current Galaxy S22 lineup based on those rumours, with identical screen sizes and resolutions.

However, we are supposed to get some key changes: for one, we could get a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, which will apparently be used all over the world, even in regions like Europe, where Samsung typically uses its own Exynos silicon. Set to be the most premium device in the range, the Galaxy S23 Ultra could also ditch the 108 MP camera that has been used since the Galaxy S20 Ultra in 2020 in favor of a wild new 200 MP camera, likely the ISOCELL sensor. HP2 Samsung just announced it.

In addition, we also receive some additional announcements at each conference. Last year, it was the tablets: the Galaxy Tab S8 range was shown alongside the Galaxy S22 series. But this year we’re getting laptops for a change instead. Rumor has it that Samsung is preparing to introduce a new line of laptops under the Galaxy Book banner, the Galaxy Book 3 series.

The Galaxy S23 and the new Galaxy Book laptops can now be reserved from the Samsung website. If you reserve a Galaxy smartphone or a Galaxy Book, you’ll get a $50 credit on your purchase each time they’re available, and if you reserve both, you’ll get a $100 discount.