After we delicately yank the motherboard out, we make a beeline for the camera assemblies, where we're greeted by a familiar friend from the S20 Ultra, the 12 MP ultra-wide.

Also making a reappearance is the main 108 MP ƒ/1.8 wide-angle camera, but this year he slimmed down from a 26 to 24 mm equivalent focal length (beach season is coming!).

The periscope telephoto camera makes a return as well, albeit with a complete makeover, sacrificing some features in favor of others:

The resolution dropped from 48 MP to 10 MP; focal length increased from 103 to 240 mm (going from 4x to 10x optical zoom); the sensor area shrunk (1/2.0" to 1/3.24") but the pixels got larger (0.8 to 1.22 μm); finally (drumroll please), a slower aperture, from ƒ/3.5 to ƒ/4.9. If you absorbed all of that, we salute you.

One big change to the camera array: The DepthVision camera from the S20+ and Ultra has packed up and moved out, making room for a 10 MP ƒ/2.4 70 mm telephoto camera as the periscope's new roommate.

Seems like DepthVision wasn't everything it was cracked up to be, with Samsung opting for good 'ole software processing to take care of it from now on.

Also new: this laser AF module, which is awesome AF (at focusing). It's like a miniature golf rangefinder—perhaps you can use it as a miniature golf rangefinder?