Samsung Galaxy S26/Ultra Impressions: 1 Crazy Display Feature!
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MKBHD introduces first look and hands-on with new Samsung phones. Event in California, but snow of two-plus feet shut down flights for two days. Still in location with snow. Brandon from team got to California from city with less snow, saw phones, shot footage, sent it back. MKBHD has spec sheets to put it together for first look at interesting new Samsung phones.
Designs similar to last year with slightly new colors and slightly different camera ring with extra plateau around them. New prices: S26 at $900, S26+ at $1,100, S26 Ultra at $1,300. Bump up in base storage. Last year S25 launched at $799 with 128GB; this year S26 at $899 with 256GB. S26+ is 256GB at $1,100 instead of $1,000. Ultra remains $1,300. Fan Edition comes later as mid-range priced version; feels like making room for $800 phone. Price creep in lineup.
All get Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy; non-Galaxy version excellent, NPU optimization for AI on Samsung version. Ultra has slightly updated design: thinner, less boxy and squared off, back to aluminum sides instead of titanium, redesigned vapor chamber for thinner design. Slightly faster charging: 25W on S26, 45W on S26+, 60W on Ultra. Hardware changes mostly on Ultra: wider apertures on primary and telephoto cameras (f/1.7 to 1.4 on main, f/3.4 to 2.4 on 3X). Modest hardware changes. Still no magnets, no silicon-carbon batteries.
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