US EditionThe Galaxy S26 Ultra Might Be a Lifeline for Photography Beginners Like Me
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra boosts performance with a 14% faster chipset, adds AI features and a Privacy Display, plus faster 60W charging for improved user experience.
- This year, Samsung launched the Galaxy S26 Ultra and opened preorders on Samsung's website, with prices starting at $1,300 and reaching $1,800 for the 1TB model.
- Samsung framed the S26 as a performance and AI upgrade, with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy offering 14 per cent and 29 per cent more performance, Samsung says.
- Despite similar camera specs on paper, the S26 introduces wider apertures — the 200MP primary opens to f/1.4 and the 50MP telephoto to f/2.9, Samsung claims it will be 47% brighter.
- Despite unchanged battery size, Samsung claims the Galaxy S26 Ultra can reach 75% in 30 minutes with 60W wired charging and 25W wireless charging via Qi 2.2.
- Privacy Display can be toggled from Quick Settings and cuts off side-angle viewing, but reviewers caution lab tests are needed to verify brightness and battery impacts; the S26 Ultra ships with One UI 8.5 on Android 16 and 1TB models have extra RAM.
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