New leak shows Motorola's curvaceous Galaxy S22 Ultra rival with killer specs

Motorola Frontier 22 render front and back

(Image credit: WinFuture)

After the announcement of the China-only Motorola Border X30, the start telephone in the world to use the new Snapdragon eight Gen 1 chip, many were left wondering what's side by side for the Lenovo-endemic smartphone brand. Simply recent leaks have told us just what we tin can await.

Codenamed "Frontier 22," the next Motorola flagship looks like a heavy-hitter on newspaper, and the leaked render makes for an interesting looking handset. This massive leak comes courtesy of German publication WinFuture, which has a reliable track record.

Before we dive in, hither are the leaked specs.

Motorola Frontier 22 leaked specs

	Frontier 22
Android version	12
Display	6.67-inch P-OLED (2400 10 1080)
Refresh rate	144Hz
CPU	Qualcomm SM8475
RAM	8GB, 12GB
Storage	128GB, 256GB
Rear cameras	200MP main, 50MP ultrawide, 12MP 2x telephoto
Front cameras	60MP
Battery	4,500 mAh
Charging	125W wired, 50W wireless
Connectivity	USB-C, DisplayPort 1.4, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, GPS

As you can see, in that location are two things to notation. The offset and nearly obvious is the 200MP main photographic camera sensor. If the leaked renders are anything to become past, then this chief shooter is massive. In fact, it reminds us of those former concepts of the Milky way S22 using a big Olympus sensor. Regardless, megapixel count isn't everything, so we'll have to reserve judgement on this camera.

The other big thing to notation is the processor. WinFuture's sources didn't specify the Snapdragon eight Gen 1, instead proverb a Qualcomm SM8475. For reference, the current-gen Snapdragon has a model number of SM8450. Then SM8475 could be an updated 8 Gen 1, perhaps an awkwardly-named Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus. Qualcomm has done this before, where it releases a slightly updated version of its Snapdragon 8 series later in the year.

Otherwise, this is a pretty standard high-terminate 2022 flagship smartphone. According to this leak, storage flavors come in 128GB or 256GB flavors with the UFS 3.1 standard — RAM is either 8GB or 12GB. The big half dozen.67-inch P-OLED (plastic OLED) looks very curvy. In fact, the whole device looks rather curvaceous.

Obviously, this phone's biggest competitor volition exist the upcoming Galaxy S22 Ultra. Whether Motorola can match Samsung's all-time (which is rumored to bring back Galaxy Note features) remains to be seen, just this handset, which could be called the Edge 30 Pro, volition have its work cut out for it.

There's also the OnePlus ten Pro to consider, and OnePlus has really stepped up its game with its cameras. (Poor camera performance has historically been the biggest reason to avoid OnePlus phones and Motorola hasn't washed well in this area, either.) Otherwise, 125W wired charging is nothing to sneeze at. That kind of wattage ought to recharge that 4,500 mAh battery pretty quickly. And 50W wireless charging matches what OnePlus managed with last year'south OnePlus 9 Pro.

WinFuture belives that this phone will appear this July. That's well after the Galaxy S22 launch, and fifty-fifty the rumored OnePlus ten Pro launch, as well. Merely that would make for a more interesting summer, which is unremarkably a pretty boring time for smartphones, so we won't say no to some extra pizzaz in the hot months this year.

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