We're days away from the Samsung Galaxy S23 series launch, but the leaks aren't stopping. Frequent Samsung leaker Ice Universe claims the company will feature older, slower storage as an option. The base S23's 128GB variant will supposedly use a UFS 3.1 chip instead of Samsung's UFS 4.0 standard. If you want the newer storage tech, you'll need to shell out for the 256GB option. According to Ice, the reason for this change is that Samsung doesn't produce a 128GB UFS 4.0 chip.
According to the company, the UFS 4.0 standard boasts speeds that are twice as fast as the UFS 3.1 memory. It offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 4,200MB/s and 2,800MB/s, respectively. And this new silicon is 46 percent more power efficient, which should help improve the battery life on your phone. Of course, we have to remind you that this is a rumour and should still be taken with a grain of salt. We'll hear more about the Samsung Galaxy S23 series during Samsung's Unpacked launch this February 1.