Samsung Galaxy S26
The Samsung Galaxy S26 is the flagship smartphone series launched by Samsung Electronics. On November 3, 2025, Samsung Electronics confirmed that the series will be launched at the Galaxy Unpacked 2026 launch event held in the United States on February 25, 2026, with an expected release date of March 2026.
This series includes three models: S26 Pro, S26 Ultra, and S26 Edge. The S26 Pro is equipped with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 or Exynos 2600 processors, a 6.27-inch AMOLED screen, a rear triple camera system, and supports 45W wired fast charging; The S26 Ultra adopts a 200 million pixel main camera and four camera combination, equipped with a 6.9-inch anti reflective glass screen and supports 60W fast charging; The S26 Edge features a 5.5mm ultra-thin body and a horizontal camera bar design.
The Exynos 2600 is the world's first 2nm smartphone chip, using a 2nm GAA process, based on the Arm v9.3 architecture, equipped with a 10 core CPU, running at a frequency of up to 3.8GHz with a high-performance core, supplemented by 3 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores, and equipped with an Xclipse 960 GPU, NPU acceleration of 113%, and has begun mass production.
It is the first to introduce heat path block (HPB) technology in mobile SoCs, aiming to reduce chip heat generation. [6] The Exynos 2600 does not integrate a cellular network modem and requires an external Shannon 5410 modem to support non terrestrial networks (satellite direct connection). Models equipped with Exynos 2600 support Wi Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.1 technologies. [7] Exynos 2600 version is only available for domestic release in South Korea and is compatible with S26 and S26+; The entire series of the S26 Ultra is equipped with Qualcomm's fifth generation Snapdragon 8 Ultimate platform, and other markets around the world also use this Snapdragon platform for the S26 and S26+.
The S26 Ultra features an oval shaped camera island design, a right angled metal frame, and a SIM card slot, USB-C interface, and S Pen stylus at the bottom. All models in the series are equipped with Qi2 magnetic wireless charging system.
Its main parameters are as follows:
| Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G |
| Dimensions | 149.6 x 71.7 x 7.2 mm (5.89 x 2.82 x 0.28 in) |
| Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame |
| SIM | · Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) - INT |
| · Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) - USA | |
| · Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM - CN | |
| IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) | |
| Armor aluminum 2 frame | |
| Type | Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits (peak) |
| Size | 6.3 inches, 97.4 cm2 (~90.8% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| OS | Android 16, up to 7 major Android upgrades, One UI 8.5 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm) - ROW |
| Exynos 2600 - Europe | |
| CPU | Octa-core (2x4.6 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L + 6x3.62 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M) |
| GPU | Adreno 840 |
| Card slot | No |
| Internal | 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM |
| UFS 4.X | |
| Triple | 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS |
| 10 MP, f/2.4, 67mm (telephoto), 1/3.94", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom | |
| 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video | |
| Features | Best Face, LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
| Video | 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 10-bit HDR, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS |
| Single | 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.12µm, dual pixel PDAF |
| Features | HDR, HDR10+ |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| High-bitrate audio support | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | 5.4, A2DP, LE |
| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 3.2, DisplayPort 1.2, OTG |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
| Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support) | |
| Type | 4300 mAh |
| Charging | 25W wired, PD3.0 |
| 25W wireless (Qi2.2) | |
| 4.5W reverse wireless | |
| Colors | Black; other colors |