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A notable tipster has revealed that the texture of the back cover of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra feels neither like glass nor plastic and could be some bio-based material.

The info comes from Ice Universe who said that the information comes from “people familiar with the matter.” The exact material of the rear panel seems unclear at the moment but Ice suspects that it could be camouflage glass or even a new material entirely, possibly bio-based.

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By “bio-based” it’s likely that the tipster is indicating towards some eco-friendly or recyclable material. realme seems to be going down a similar road with its flagship realme GT2 that will be making use of an industry-first paper-like material with a focus on the environment, so it could be possible that both phones will feature similar materials.

However, there have been alleged live images of the S22 Ultra and its dummies earlier, which if true, seem to show the phone with a matte finish that’s not too different from the one found on the S21 Ultra. But Ice Universe’s tweet concerns the texture or feel of the phone and not its looks, so there’s that.

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Leaked live image of the S22 Ultra’s rear

A comment under the same tweet further reveals that this new material will be featured only on the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the regular S22 and S22+ models will not be coming with it.

Coming to the flagship phone itself, rumors say that it could be rebranded as the Galaxy S22 Note being the proper successor to the Note 20 Ultra it is. As for specifications, a Geekbench 5 listing had earlier revealed that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor that will be paired with between 8GB and 12GB of RAM. An Exynos variant could also be in the cards.

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