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Android Flagship 2022: the hardware map
Hardware ranges of 2022 Android flagships: chips, cameras, screens, batteries, charging, memory and connectivity, from the lowest to the highest figure.
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This map summarises the hardware of Android flagship phones from 2022, covering Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and 8+ Gen 1, Dimensity 9000 and 9000+, Exynos 2200 and Google Tensor G2 models. The centre is the year and each branch is a component. A value such as 3700 mAh ↗ 6000 mAh is a range, from the lowest flagship figure to the highest. A bar between values, such as 4nm Samsung | 4nm TSMC, lists alternatives that exist among the year's flagships.
A chip year split across foundries
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 arrived at the end of 2021 and set the pattern for 2022: one Cortex-X2 prime core at 3.0 GHz, three Cortex-A710 cores and four Cortex-A510 cores, built on a Samsung 4 nm process. In May 2022 Qualcomm moved to TSMC for the 8+ Gen 1 and raised the prime core to 3.2 GHz. MediaTek matched the core layout on TSMC 4 nm, with the Dimensity 9000 at 3.05 GHz and the 9000+ at 3.2 GHz.
Samsung's Exynos 2200 brought an AMD RDNA 2 based Xclipse 920 GPU to Galaxy S22 models in some regions, while Google's Tensor G2 in the Pixel 7 series used a Samsung 5 nm process with Mali-G710 graphics. Most phones shipped Android 12, and the Pixel 7 series launched on Android 13.
Faster charging, brighter and faster screens
Charging changed most. Wired charging on flagships ran from 20 W up to 200 W, with 120 W, 125 W and 150 W phones in between. Wireless charging reached 100 W on the Honor Magic4 Pro, although most phones used between 15 W and 50 W. Battery capacities ranged from 3700 mAh to 6000 mAh, and the largest cell came from gaming phones.
Flagship screens were OLED. LTPO panels could scale from 1 Hz to 120 Hz, refresh rates ran from 90 Hz to 240 Hz, and claimed peak brightness reached 2000 nits. Slab phones measured between 5.9 and 6.8 inches, and the Galaxy Z Fold4 added a 7.6 inch inner display.
Cameras, memory and what became rare
Main camera sensors spanned 12 MP to 200 MP. The 200 MP sensor reached flagships from Xiaomi and Motorola, while 1-inch sensors appeared on the Xiaomi 12S Ultra and the Sharp Aquos R7. Periscope zoom reached 10x optical on the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and 8K video at 24 fps was available on several phones.
Memory was LPDDR5 paired with UFS 3.1 storage, from 8 GB to 18 GB of RAM and 128 GB to 1 TB of storage. Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 were common. A microSD slot was rare, found on the Sony Xperia 1 IV, and only a few phones such as the ROG Phone 6 and Zenfone 9 kept the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
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Most used Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or the faster 8+ Gen 1. Others used MediaTek Dimensity 9000 or 9000+, Samsung Exynos 2200 in some Galaxy S22 models, and Google Tensor G2 in the Pixel 7 series. All except Tensor G2 used a Cortex-X2 prime core.
How fast was wired charging on 2022 flagships?
Wired charging ranged from 20 W on the Pixel 7 up to 200 W on the iQOO 10 Pro. In between were 25 W and 45 W on Samsung phones, 65 W to 80 W on many others, and 100 W, 120 W, 125 W and 150 W on the fastest models.
Did 2022 flagships still have a headphone jack or microSD slot?
Rarely. The Sony Xperia 1 IV kept both a 3.5 mm jack and a microSD slot that takes cards up to 1 TB. The ROG Phone 6 Pro and Zenfone 9 kept the jack without a card slot. Most other flagships dropped both.
Which Android version did 2022 flagships ship with?
Most shipped with Android 12 and a vendor skin such as One UI 4.1, MIUI 13 or ColorOS 12.1. The Galaxy Z Fold4 shipped with Android 12L, and the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro launched with Android 13 in October 2022.