Motorola is working on a new flagship smartphone codenamed ‘Frontier 22’. The handset has yet to be officially confirmed by the Lenovo-owned company, but some renders along with the phone’s specs have surfaced online. Leaked renders of the alleged Motorola phone show a perforated screen and triple rear camera unit. The Motorola Frontier 22 is slated to debut in July 2022. The handset is said to feature a 144Hz refresh rate display and a fingerprint scanner for authentication. It is also expected to have a 4,500mAh battery with 125W wired charging and support for 50W wireless charging.
The German publication WinFuture.de leaked the renderings and specifications of the supposed Motorola smartphone. As mentioned, the renders show a crop centered on the screen. Furthermore, the handset is seen carrying a triple rear camera unit along with the LED flash.
Motorola Frontier 22 specs (rumored)
According to the leak, the anticipated Motorola Frontier 22 dual-SIM (Nano) smartphone will run on Android 12 out of the box. It is said to have a 6.67-inch full-HD+ OLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and DCI-P3 color gamut. The display may also support HDR10.
Motorola’s next handset is said to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SM8475 processor under the hood. According to the report, the chipset could be Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 “Plus” SoC. The device is expected to have up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The handset can be available in three RAM and storage configurations – 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage, 12GB RAM + 256GB storage.
For optics, the Motorola Frontier 22 is designed to carry a triple rear camera unit that includes a 200-megapixel main sensor with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 50-megapixel wide-angle sensor, and a 12-megapixel telephoto sensor. For selfies, Motorola is said to provide a 60-megapixel camera in the next smartphone.
The device’s connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6E, USB Type-C port, NFC, GPS and Bluetooth v5.2. It is expected to include stereo speakers and three sets of microphones.
The Motorola Frontier 22 also comes with a fingerprint sensor. Motorola can pack a 4,500mAh battery with 125W wired charging and support for 50W wireless charging in the latest handset.