In pictures: Latest Samsung S23 features 200mp camera, better battery life

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest Android smartphones on Wednesday, improving the cameras, battery life and design with its new Galaxy S23 line.

The S23 Ultra, Samsung's new top-tier model with a 6.8-inch screen, is built using more durable materials like upgraded Corning Inc. glass and features a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera, up from 108 megapixels. The camera also gets better video stabilization, and the phone's design has new curves on the edges. Qualcomm Inc.'s latest Snapdragon Gen 2 processor powers the device, and Samsung promises better battery life with the help of dynamic display adjustments.

The Galaxy S23 and S23+ share features with the S23 Ultra, though have smaller displays "- 6.1 inches and 6.6 inches "- and lesser camera technology. Still, in a nod to more professionally inclined photographers, Samsung's phones now support RAW image files for greater editing control.

In addition to competing with Apple, the world's most prolific handset maker has to fight off a crowd of fast-improving rivals, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Xiaomi Corp., as well as Oppo Mobile and its OnePlus brand.

The S23 continues to come in 128-gigabyte and 256GB storage options, while the S23+ will eliminate the lower storage tier and only come in 256GB and 512GB configurations. The S23 Ultra continues to come in a 1-terabyte option. The three models also now come in the same colors "- black, cream, green and lavender "- a shift from when different screen sizes and configurations were offered in different colors.

The phones can be preordered starting Wednesday and begin arriving on February 17, Samsung said. The three new handsets were announced in San Francisco, priced at the same levels as last year: $799, $999 and $1,199