It's that time of year again. Samsung is set to launch its main flagship of the year, the S22. We now know that we're almost certainly looking at two Galaxy S22 Ultra models being unveiled. Samsung’s confirmed the 9th February Unpacked event but now the ever-reliable leaker Jon Prosser has "bad news" concerning the actual availability of the handsets. 


Jon Prosser says that Samsung is experiencing "supply chain issues" which have caused a delay in the release schedule. According to Prosser, the S22 series will still be up for pre-order right after the event on 9th February( after the unpacked event), but won't be officially on sale until 25th February for the S22 Ultra and 11th March for the S22 and S22+ variants. 

Although Samsung has not commented on this, it is highly likely that until the firm does announce these new dates at their event on 9th February, we won't know for sure when the new smartphones will actually start shipping.  

If you haven't read about the specs of the new phones you can read about them here. Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Galaxy S21: specs differences to expect. 

Nothing is known yet if the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra tablet, which actually leaked on its own website less than two weeks ago, will be affected by similar supply chain issues. I guess we can only wait until the Unpacked event to find out.