Samsung Galaxy S26/Ultra Impressions: 1 Crazy Display Feature!

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MKBHD breaks down Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup: prices up across the board, Ultra gets a hardware-level privacy display as the standout feature.

  • S26 starts at $900 (up from $799), S26 Plus at $1,100 (up $100), Ultra holds at $1,300 with 256GB base storage now standard.
  • Privacy screen on the Ultra uses pixel-level hardware control to black out the display off-axis, with no always-on screen protector needed.
  • Privacy mode can auto-enable per app (banking, photos), per location, or for specific screen regions like password fields.
  • Ultra switches back from titanium to aluminum sides and gets a thinner, less boxy design with a redesigned vapor chamber.
  • Charging speeds bump to 25W (S26), 45W (Plus), 60W (Ultra) — no silicon-carbon battery or magnets added.
  • Camera apertures widen on Ultra: f/1.7→f/1.4 main, f/3.4→f/2.4 on 3x telephoto; sensor hardware otherwise unchanged.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy powers all three; Bixby gets LLM upgrade with Gemini and Perplexity integrations.
  • MKBHD flags concern over AI photo editing features blurring authenticity of phone cameras, calls the ‘AI phone’ label premature.

2026-02-25 · Watch on YouTube

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