Next Tuesday, Samsung<\/span> kicks off smartphone season with its Unpacked event in San Francisco. One of two tentpole events for the company, the big show brings with it the latest edition of the company\u2019s primary flagship line, the Galaxy S. <\/p>\n Samsung played a fun little trick, holding the event on February 11th at 11AM PT, all while skipping the Galaxy S11 entirely. Granted, this is still firmly in the realm of rumors here, but evidence is mounting that the company is actually skipping nine full model numbers and going straight to the Galaxy S20.<\/span><\/p>\n Why? Well, reasons. It\u2019s 2020, for one. Also, Apple skipped the iPhone 9 a while back, so Samsung can now do it nine better \u2014 and perhaps adopt a numbering system more akin to Huawei\u2019s 10-at-a-time updates. Honestly, though, the most likely answer is the simplest: Smartphone sales have slowed for many manufacturers and this is a sneaky way to generate a little interest.<\/span><\/p>\n But what\u2019s in a name, really? One thing that\u2019s certainly in line with previous Galaxy releases is the veritable deluge of leaks leaving little to the imagination in the lead-up to the event. We\u2019ve been seeing fairly consistent renders for weeks and months, and earlier this week, what appears to be marketing images have surfaced.<\/span><\/p>\n Along with the S20 name, the shots showcase a design scheme featuring a hole punch camera up front (the \u201cInfinity O\u201d) and a long, prominent camera array on the rear. The also-rumored Galaxy S20 Ultra appears to add an even more intense camera array to the mix, including a \u201cSpace Zoom 100x,\u201d which would bring a pretty crazy level of zooming capabilities to the smart phone \u2014 through, one assumes, a hybrid of digital and optical. <\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s already a lot of camera literature to crawl through here, including the patenting of the term \u201cnonacell.\u201d That, understandably sounds like nonasense, but appears to use pixel binning to create 12-megapixel images from the 108-megapixel sensor. That seems likely to be reserved for the Ultra \u2014 one of the versions of the handset, which include the S20 and S20+. All are believed to have a 5G option \u2014 logical, given that Samsung was among the first to bring the technology to market.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-06-at-10.51.41-AM.png\")
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