It is not surprising that the Samsung Galaxy S21, which is scheduled to launch in about a month, appears in regulatory filings. However, some of the most important specs have been revealed.

First discovered by Android Central, FCC records for the supposed Galaxy S21 phone confirm several specifications for Samsung's new flagship phone lineup. The biggest confirmation is that the chipset in the S21 is indeed the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888.

The adoption of Qualcomm's latest flagship silicon is no surprise. At least in the US, Samsung has always used the latest and greatest Snapdragon chips in its flagship phones.

In other regions, Samsung's own Exynos 2100 chipset will likely be used.

Notably, the Snapdragon 888 will be Qualcomm's first 5-nanometer chip, following Apple's A14 Bionic. Also, by using a CPU subsystem based on the Arm Cortex-X1, the Snapdragon 888 promises speeds of up to 2.84 GHz, a 25% increase in overall CPU performance over the previous generation.

On the graphics side, the Snapdragon 888's Adreno 660 GPU is said to improve graphics rendering speed by 35% and power efficiency by 20% over last year's chip. According to Qualcomm, this performance increase is the largest to date for the Adreno GPU and bodes well for gaming on Galaxy S21 phones.

The company also notes that the Galaxy S21 will support 25W charging. This is not surprising since the Galaxy S20 supported this by default. The Galaxy S20 Ultra can also charge up to 45W if a charging head corresponding to that wattage is purchased separately. So we can expect that to be the case with the Galaxy S21 as well.

What is different this time is that the S21 box may not include a charging block. We first saw Apple do this with the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6, and this decision was widely ridiculed, including by Samsung. It appears that Samsung is eating humble pie and attempting the same thing.

Also mentioned within the FCC document is support for 9W reverse wireless charging. Currently, the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 series can deliver 4.5W to power wirelessly chargeable peripherals like the Galaxy Buds Live and Galaxy Watch 3. 9W would make the leaked Galaxy Buds Pro 9W would allow for faster charging of new peripherals such as the leaked Galaxy Buds Pro.

There are many more Galaxy S21 specs revealed in previous leaks. The design, which includes an unusual shaped camera bump that flows around the edge of the phone, has been leaked several times. And from the leaked "official" teasers, they appear to be accurate.

We know that there will be three models, named the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and Galaxy S21 Ultra. These displays are 6.2", 6.7", and 6.9" respectively, and all support refresh rates of up to 120 Hz. The base and Plus models are said to have FHD+ resolution, but the Ultra is reportedly expected to have a QHD panel instead, with curved edges and possibly support the use of an S Pen stylus like the Galaxy Note 20.

As for the rear camera, the Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus will feature a 12MP main, 12MP wide, and 64MP 3x telephoto sensor; the S21 Ultra will replace the main sensor with a massive 108MP one and a 64MP telephoto sensor with 3x zoom and 10x zoom and replacing it with a pair of 10MP sensors capable of.

Rumors of an S21 release event claim it will take place next month, with January 14, 2021 being the most likely date. This would be earlier than the February release of the Galaxy S20 and would be a reaction to models like the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and OnePlus 8T, which will be released in late 2020.