When Samsung premieres its new phone next week, the Galaxy S23 will get a lot of attention. And you can probably guess which of the rumored features will get the most attention.

The camera, of course, will take center stage as Samsung tries to land its new phone among the best camera phones; the 200MP main camera rumored to be on the Galaxy S23 Ultra will draw attention, as will further night photography improvements, and the upgraded front camera on the other two S23 models will also draw attention. In addition, all three models likely to debut next week are expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which will likely lead to much speculation about performance and power efficiency improvements.

While these are certainly important changes, they will not be the only new features Samsung will unveil at its February 1 Galaxy Unpacked event, as Galaxy S23 rumors have focused attention on the more high-profile improvements that may be included in Samsung's new phones, while numerous enhancements that have flown under the radar have been touted.

Well, no more - we're going to shed some light on some of these overlooked Galaxy S23 rumors and what they could bring to Samsung's latest flagship. Whether it's a feature that's been lost in the shuffle or something whose potential impact hasn't been fully appreciated, these Galaxy S23 changes will be a big talking point if they come to fruition.

If you've thought at all about the displays in the Galaxy S23 lineup, it's probably the Galaxy S23 Ultra panel and the rumor that it will be "the brightest display ever" with a maximum brightness of over 2,000 nits. Samsung has such a display, but it just announced its Ultra Dynamic Range (UDR) OLED screen earlier this month, which would be too late to include in a phone debuting in February.

But fear not - at least one Galaxy S23 model could see a much brighter display compared to its predecessor. Rumors suggest that all three S23 models, including the base Galasxy S23 model, will feature displays with a maximum brightness of 1,750 nits. This would be a step up from the Galaxy S22, which had a maximum of 1,300 nits.

In other words, for $799, assuming Samsung keeps the Galaxy S23's price, you would get a phone with the same maximum brightness as last year's Ultra model. That would put the Galaxy S23 well ahead of its competitors.

With the exception of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Samsung's flagship phones last year had mediocre (Galaxy 22 Plus) to poor (Galaxy S22) battery life. So how does Samsung counter that with the Galaxy S23 family?

The improved battery size helps, but there is limited space for a larger power pack. (i.e., of the differences between the Galaxy S23 vs. the Galaxy S22, the S23 and S23 Plus have larger batteries than the previous model.) The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 silicon should also help with power management. But Samsung may also help things with a rumored "light" performance mode that could slow down the processor, extend battery life, and stop the S23 from overheating.

Scanning our best phones battery life list we find no Samsung phones among the 15 longest-lasting devices we recently tested. Hopefully, the Galaxy S23 can change that, and if it needs a new power-saving mode to do so, so be it.

We have already mentioned that the Galaxy S23 will likely feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. This is hardly an overlooked rumor. However, there has been little discussion about the likelihood that all Galaxy S23 models, regardless of which region of the world they ship to, will likely use Qualcomm's silicon.

This is a change from Samsung's approach. While U.S. smartphone buyers are accustomed to seeing the latest Snapdragon 8 series in Galaxy S models, in other regions (primarily Europe), Samsung generally uses its own Exynos chips. This is because, in general, performance is not up to the level of the Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S.

If you live in a country where you have had Exynos-powered devices in the past, you might break the bank this time. Allegedly, Samsung is exclusively using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 this time around. This is really good news, given the promising numbers in the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 benchmark.

There is more than one way to enhance performance: in addition to a new mobile chipset for the Galaxy S23, Samsung will reportedly employ a faster version of memory to boost how quickly the phone can handle tasks.

Specifically, Samsung is rumored to be using LPDDR5X RAM instead of the LPDDR5 version. According to Samsung's calculations, LPDDR5X RAM can provide 130% faster processing speed and consume 20% less power compared to LPDDR5 memory used in other phones.

To be honest, I rarely think about cell phone speakers. When I listen to music or watch a movie, I often plug in my wireless earbuds, but when I look at the number of people who listen to something loudly through their phone's built-in speaker, I may be in the minority.

If you rely on your phone's speaker and are considering the Galaxy S23 Ultra, there is good news. Apparently, this model will improve the quality of the speaker, especially when it comes to bass; the S23 Ultra's microphone will also be improved, the same rumor claims.

Perhaps more of a wishful thinking than a rumor, one report claims that all three Galaxy S23 models will have their base storage capacity raised to 256 BB. We have already argued that this is a great move on Samsung's part and will help distinguish the S23 from other flagships with only 128GB of storage in the base model.

However, as soon as that rumor surfaced, it was shot down, at least for the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Plus. The Ultra, on the other hand, is another matter, and we keep hearing that Samsung's ultimate phone will feature either 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB options. This would be a welcome change, especially if a 200MP main camera and larger photo file sizes become a reality.

What is the next best thing to getting 256GB of storage in the base model? Being able to upgrade to a 256GB model at no additional cost.

Leaker Roland Quandt points to a rumored Galaxy S23 offer (opens in new tab) that surfaced on the Samsung UK Business website, where anyone who pre-orders the Galaxy S23 will be able to get a model with larger storage for the same price as the base model The company states that they will be able to get the Suppose you pre-order the Galaxy S23 Plus - under this offer, you would be able to pick up the 256-gigabyte version while paying what Samsung would normally charge for the 128-gigabyte model.

It's unclear if this deal is only for certain countries, perhaps as a way to offset the rumored Galaxy S23 price hike in Europe, but Samsung did get more storage-for-less pre-order offers at previous phone launches . Here's hoping it resurfaces with the debut of the Galaxy S23 .