Not only should we expect substantially faster performance from the next generation of smartphones, but UFS 4.0 should also extend runtimes. Samsung says the new storage version will deliver a sequential read speed of 6.0MB/s per mA, or a 46% improvement over the previous-gen, a jump that should give your phone some extra battery life at the end of the day.
Samsung says UFS 4.0 will come in a compact, 11 x 13 x 1-millimeter package and will support up to 1TB of storage. Let’s hope this means Android phones will match the iPhone 13 Pro and start shipping with up to 512GB and 1TB of integrated storage—especially now that the microSD expansion slot is all but extinct.
Mass production for UFS 4.0 will start in the third quarter of this year, so we could see it in flagship phones launching toward the end of the year, though it could very well debut in the Galaxy S23, which will likely arrive in late February 2023. Samsung says it’s currently “collaborating with smartphone and consumer device manufacturers globally” and “working vigorously to foster an ecosystem for UFS 4.0 to drive the market for high-performance mobile storage solutions.”
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