With the Galaxy S25 Ultra still fresh, you might be tempted to upgrade now. But the next gen Galaxy S26 Ultra might just be worth the wait. Early leaks hint at some significant improvements like improved performance, a better camera system, and much more. So here’s every reason you should hold off just a little longer.
1. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Better S Pen & Display
The South Korean tech giant’s next big flagship could be getting some minor changes to its display. Samsung may make the display ever so slightly taller by reducing the bezels surrounding the screen. From 6.86-inch to 6.9-inch thanks to slimmer bezels. That’s not all, rumors claim that the panel itself is getting slimmer as the brand could shift to using a CoE OLED screen (Color Filter of Encapsulation), which could also make the display more power efficient.
Taking advantage of the better display, Samsung’s S Pen stylus may finally fix a long standing issue related to magnets. Users that often rely on the S Pen complained about magnetic interference from accessories. Despite the Galaxy S25 Ultra supporting Qi2 wireless charging standards, third party accessories still cause warning to appear when the magnets are near the stylus. But the Galaxy S26 Ultra could address this problem, allowing Samsung to offer built-in magnets like current gen iPhones, rather than relying on magnetic cases.
2. Photography Leap
Over the last couple of flagship generations, Samsung barely made any changes to the Ultra series camera system. While the Galaxy S25 Ultra made one notable upgrade to its ultra wide angle lens, the Galaxy S26 Ultra might be making a bigger leap. The biggest potential upgrade is with the primary camera.
The next top model might move away from its proprietary ISOCELL sensor, in favor of the 200MP Sony CMOS sensor (first ever 200MP camera from Sony). This is also a large camera, which could be nearly 1-inch large. To recall, the S25 Ultra’s main shooter is the 1/1.3-inch ISOCELL HP2 sensor, while the S26 Ultra may bring a 1/1.1-inch sensor.
So Samsung might finally compete with the top Chinese flagships like the Oppo Find X8 Ultra, Xiaomi 15 Ultra, and others. Apart from this, the 3x telephoto camera may get a new sensor with higher resolution as well.
3. Faster Charging Finally?
Despite Chinese smartphone brands pushing the battery capacities on their devices thanks to improvements in battery tech, Samsung and Apple appear rather lethargic in making any big changes. The S25 Ultra supporting 45W wired fast charging was decent, but definitely no more close to most other premium Android offerings. However, this could be changing next year. One of the recent reports states that the S26 Ultra could finally deliver true fast charging with 65W.
So all of these changes easily make it a lot more substantial as an upgrade if you’re looking for buying a new Samsung flagship. Keep in mind that these are still unconfirmed rumors and leaks, so stick around for more.
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