We’ve uncovered some details of the standard Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus, which suggest that these two flagships will align well with the Galaxy S26 Ultra, literally. Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus will align with S26 Ultra.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra transitioned from a pointy to curved corners, leaving the marquee Galaxy Note design behind. With this change, the difference between the S25 Ultra and the S24 Ultra becomes prominent. On the other hand, the S25 Ultra now aligns with the S25/Plus. This might be Samsung’s plan, but still incomplete.

Therefore, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is curving the frame further. At first glance, the S26 Ultra appears to be taking a more modern design approach. This is true, and the device is looking good, but my exploration of the frame could help us to understand the upcoming strategy.

Renders coming from famous tipster Evleaks have provided a look at the Galaxy S26/S26 Plus. The phone features a flat screen, slim frame, and a new camera island on the back.

What’s the difference?

The new standard and the Plus will bring a slightly reduced corner radius than the S25/S25 Plus. To show the difference, I’ve done a side-by-side comparison of the new and old devices and made some horizontal and vertical guidelines to measure the corner radius.

Check the meeting point of these lines and measure the distance from the bezel and frames.

The meeting point on the S26 ends inside the frame, while it goes to the very end of the frame on the predecessor. An overlap version between the Galaxy S26, S25, S24, and S23 will also draw a concise conclusion.

I thought that this could be a standalone change, but when I compared the S26 with the S26 Ultra render, the picture became even clearer.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra now has the same roundness as the S26, and the difference here is only the bezel size and frame, which is thinner in the Ultra. Besides, the corner curve for all three models is likely to be the same in the S26 series.

I get the bigger picture here: by forming identical corners, these phones will stop looking different. So the only difference will be the device sizes. The camera design and the design are also the same. The only difference maker was the shape of the top device, which may go away with the next lineup, aligning the symmetry of the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and the S26 Ultra.

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One UI 8.5’s direct voicemail is officially released, and we’ve tried it out firsthand to give you a review of its newest capabilities. Apple has voicemail for quite some time now, and it’s quite a useful feature. Last year, Samsung also spotted testing this capability, and now, it’s finally launched for flagship phones.

The direct voicemail feature allows the caller to leave a voicemail message when they miss a call. Prior to leaving the message, the caller will hear a voicemail greeting, like “Please leave the message at the tone”.

During the recording, the receiver will have the option to answer or end the recording. Once recorded, the voicemail will be saved in the phone associated with a contact.

How to enable

For starters, the feature will show up as a notification on the dialer app. It is now a part of the Call settings, under “Direct voicemail”.

Besides the full ring, you can manually trigger the voicemail anytime from more options on the calling screen.

You can also decide when to send the incoming calls to voicemail after ringing. You can set 5, 10, or seconds or set a custom mark from 1 to 20 seconds.

Review Voicemail

One UI 8.5 brings a new blue voicemail icon in front of the contact name. Expanding the contact detail will reveal the voicemail duration and one line of transcribed summary. From here, you navigate to the voicemail screen, and it’s pretty much like the voice transcription.

You can check the transcription, summarize the call, check the playback, and remove background audio to improve the message’s clarity. You can delete voicemails from the settings. To be mentioned, the feature requires the mobile to be connected to a network.

Pros

• The feature works pretty accurately, without delays or faults.
• Voicemail quality is great
• The interface is nice and clean
• Voicemails’ history is part of the contact’s history page, similar to incoming, outgoing, and missed calls.
• Audio eraser integration saves the day

Cons

• Live transcription is not accurate
• Summarization isn’t accurate sometimes
• Transcription is not compatible for non-English speakers

You should know that the direct voicemail feature is part of the latest One UI 8.5’s fourth beta. It will be available for users with a stable release.

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Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy S26 series on February 25, and we have a closer look at the standard Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus design through a new leak.

Samsung’s Ultra model represents the Galaxy S-series with a large display, powerful performance, and more cameras. Though the Ultra model offers unique value for its price, customers have different preferences about their new flagship.

That’s where the standard and the Plus kick in. These phones have smaller screens than the Ultra model, while offering flagship performance and camera experience. Most importantly, the price is more affordable.

For years, Samsung has streamlined these phones with nominal design upgrades to focus on the software and technological advancements. These steps are quite apparent on the top-of-the-line model, but the standard and Plus still focus on a handy user experience.

2026 won’t be any different. Samsung has a standard and Plus model planned for the Galaxy S26 series, and a recent leak has revealed key insights into how these two devices will look.

The phone has a tall appearance with round corners, and the display is flat, just like the predecessor. The rear side has a vertical camera island that expands on the top left.

A side view shows that the lens modules have different crowns than the previous models. Overall this subtle changes have made the design look more interesting than ever before.

Galaxy S25 Plus

Rumors from last year suggested that the phone maker could replace the standard and the Plus models with a Pro and Edge. However, later findings suggest that the Edge still has a long way to go to grow the user base against the Plus, and the Pro model is proven to be a hoax, at least from what we’ve been seeing in the leaks. More details will be revealed at the Unpacked event.

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When Samsung opened the One UI 8.5 beta program, users enjoyed the sheer amount of excitement the software offered through its new upgrades, but the delayed rollout plans are turning its experience into an old-age wagon.

Samsung initated first beta in early December, allowing the Galaxy S25 series users to test the latest features. The company has heavily modified the UI, one of the most important things that it needed to refresh the user experience.

This includes the redesigned UI elements, which look better than before. Core features, such as quick panel layout is now fully customizable. Despite opening the program in December 2025, Samsung has released only three beta versions. The third beta was released on January 5th, and the fourth has been hanging in the pipeline for over a month.

The company needs to test the software and make important improvements in order quash bugs and prepare a ready-to-use build. Yet, the past three rollout progressed pretty smoothly, and the fourth isn’t. What kind of bug just hit the development cycle that’s stretching the beta timeline? Nobody knows.

Regarding this delay, a beta moderator from the Samsung Korea community said that the beta rollout schedule is subject to change based on testing. However, the moderator refrained from estimating any news regarding a new beta rollout.

Source – Samsung

The problem here is not the fourth beta; instead, it’s the delay of the final release. The moderator made that announcement in late January, and there’s no release as of the first week of February. The sudden stretch in the beta timeline is both ambiguous and frustrating from a S24 Ultra user’s perspective.

Based on previous reports, One UI 8.5 will be featured first with the Galaxy S26 series, which is scheduled to launch on February 25 (based on leaks). That means the fourth One UI 8.5 beta should be dropping next week, if not delayed any further.

The One UI 7.0 and One UI 8.0 testing and release schedule suggest that the One UI 8.5 might not get an immediate release for previous flagships, including the Galaxy S25 series, on the S26 series launch day.

We can’t confirm this delay as Samsung has remained mum on the rollout. Also, this isn’t an OS update, so it’s hard to be certain. Yet, the development phase is raising doubts. We’re covering the One UI 8.5 development with each rollout. Stay connected with us to know more about the newest releases.

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The Galaxy S26 Ultra is the most-awaited Android flagship launch of 2026, but leaks and rumors have already revealed a bigger picture of what Samsung has been cooking for consumers. Adding to this, we now have our clearest look at the Galaxy S26 Ultra, coming from the courtesy of evleaks.

The S26 Ultra carries notable upgrades over the previous Ultra device. Once again, the phone maker has chosen optimizations to improve the in-hand user experience over any drastic overhaul.

The front reveals high radius corners, aligning the appearance with standard and Plus variants. Making another shift from that boxy form that the Galaxy Ultra phone once popularized.

Source – evleaks/X

Another major change that many have noticed is the larger camera hole. It indicates that the company may have a new selfie camera for this smartphone. However, specifics remain unknown.

Sides has no extra features except for the volume and power keys, as well as antennas. Yet the rear side integrates a new camera bump, but with the same layout as the S25 Ultra. Specifically, the device has added a base camera bump and changed the camera lens crowns. One of the two camera openings on the right includes a secondary telephoto camera.

Source – evleaks/X

From a side look, you can see the thick profile of the camera design, which differs from last year’s version. Furthermore, the S-Pen’s click and release button, also known as the clicker, has a slightly arced shape, which facilitates the new corner curves.

Overall, it’s a pretty good upgrade, and the cobalt violet color makes it worth exploring. The clear look gave us an idea of the Galaxy S26 Ultra design, but that’s not the only thing you need to know about this flagship.

This upcoming device will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, improving CPU and GPU performance for gaming and app experience. The upgraded NPU will support Galaxy AI features. The company has already annoucned innovative Privacy Display feature, which combines hardware and software capabilities to hide sensitive content while using the phone in crowded places.

New teasers show that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will have upgraded nightography and video graphy camera improvements. The camera setup also includes new telephoto camera optimizations that may enhance the zoom quality.

We may have some disappointment with the 5,000mAh battery specs, but a faster 60W charging support is rumored to come with the phone. Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S26 Ultra with the standard S25 and S25 Plus models in San Francisco on February 25. The official Unpacked 2026 date is yet to be announced.

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Samsung’s pre-orders phase for flagship Galaxy S-series phones has become an eye-catching event in the past few years, but it might not be the case with the Galaxy S26 Ultra and its sibling models.

Usually, phone makers start the pre-order phase right after the phone’s official unveiling. It means customers can hurry and secure a unit of the latest release and get it delivered before the open sale.

However, only getting the device early wasn’t enough for customers, as they could wait for the wider availability. So, Samsung started offering extra buyer benefits that could be claimed if the user purchases the new flagship through pre-order.

The Korean tech company first gave away some discounts on early purchases. Last year, the company did something different; instead of throwing a discount, it offered double the storage at the same price as the base model. Simply put, a Galaxy S25 Ultra buyer purchased the 512GB version at the price of the 256GB variant. Many consumers have welcomed this pre-order strategy.

According to the previous reports, this offer may get slashed to nothing for the Galaxy S26 series during the pre-order phase. While this disclosure remains unconfirmed, we suspect that this may happen and there’s a reason behind it.

Galaxy S25 Ultra’s double storage offer (Source – Samsung)

The entire electronics industry is facing a huge challenge from the memory suppliers. All are chasing profits from high bandwidth memory (HBM) in the face of sky-high demand from the AI industry.

To fulfill these orders, companies, not exempting Samsung, transformed their memory production lines to HBM. Therefore, creating a big shortage of DRAM and chips for smartphones and other devices. Despite being part of the problem, Samsung itself cannot overcome this challenge; its smartphones are expected to get costlier in 2026.

This situation may hinder the production target, and the company may have to sell each variant at its original price with some discounts or with free accessories.

If this happens, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra pre-orders will be proven as a big downgrade for customers compared to the predecessor. However, we’ll have to wait for the official announcement on February 25, 2026, when this lineup will get an on-stage debut.

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Samsung has started hyping the Galaxy S26 series launch with event teasers, which is a major change in its promotion strategy, while ending years long tradition.

Warming up the launch event boosts consumer interest in the upcoming device, and it’s an essential part of the marketing. As for Samsung, the Galaxy S-series stands as the highest money maker.

Each year, the company launches a dedicated advertisement campaign for this lineup that highlights upcoming features and technological advancements. All of that happens without revealing any specific information or design detail.

You should know that its annual Galaxy flagship is launched under the “Unpacked” umbrella. For years, Samsung has begun the promotional campaign with an invitation press release. This official announcement doens’t reveal the device name, but readers get the idea what’s heading their way.

The press release also highlights the theme of the conference, for example, focusing on AI is the current trend in Samsung’s device innovation dictionary. The process was accompanied by an Unpacked video teaser posted on YouTube and social media sites.

2025 Unpacked Invitation (Source – Samsung)

Galaxy S26 Series

With the Galaxy S26 series, Samsung has changed its way of promotion. In late January, the phone maker published a press release about the display technology, which will debut with the next-gen Galaxy devices.

In this case, it’s the Galaxy S26 lineup. However, there was nothing to note about the Unpacked event, except for the official post’s tags. Later on, we discovered these shorts ended up on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. However, this time, as shorts, reels, and portrait videos.

In the past few years, short content has taken the world by storm. Given this content’s popularity, Samsung chose to blend into the modern approach to promote new devices rather than staying conventional.

Earlier today, Samsung published three teasers of the Galaxy S26 Ultra, teasing its upcoming camera features and upgrades. Previously, the company used to share teasers once a day, but this time, it’s using this new short video format to gain diverse attention.

What’s different this time is that these videos don’t promote the Unpacked event. Instead, they’re feature-specific.

Late launch

The Galaxy S26 series launch event is delayed compared to its predecessor. This could be due to the supply chain issues, especially the memory chips. Reduced production has caused an industry-wide turmoil, and Samsung is no exception.

However, these new ways of promoting the Galaxy S26 series not only differ from tradition but also give Samsung some time to offset the disappointment with the delay.

These teasers could be taken as a soft-launch of the Galaxy S26 series promotional campaign, and Samsung could intensify promotional efforts after the Unpacked invitation comes online. We’ll keep you posted with more details.

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will launch soon, and it is expected that this flagship will not come with titanum frame, which may not be a big deal for the majority of customers. Here’s a history lesson of this short-lived titanium reign.

In 2023, Apple released iPhone 15 Pro models, the first in line to use a titanium design. Titanium, known for its strong and lightweight composition, is becoming the perfect choice for the next-gen iPhone.

The company followed this design practice with the iPhone 16 in 2024. However, the iPhone 17 Pro made it obsolete, returning to aluminum alloy.

Apple said the new design is space-efficient and is more thermal performance-friendly, but there was a twist. The new design consists of a plateau, which enables Apple to shift some important electronic components inside, making space for a larger battery life.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S24 Ultra (Source – Sammyfans.com)

There is a reason we are taking this crash course: In the following year of Apple’s Titanium debut, Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 Ultra, with a titanium body, the first ever among Galaxy devices. In 2025, Samsung launched the S25 Ultra with the same composition. Yet reports are indicating that Samsung is likely to close a chapter on titanium, similar to Apple.

Early leaks about the design suggest that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will return to aluminum. As you should know, Samsung has been using this material all the way to the S23 Ultra.

Following Apple’s trend, this year should be the time for Samsung to do the same. However, Apple’s decision was justified through its spec upgrade, but Samsung may struggle on this front. Especially the battery, which may remain at 5,000mAh.

So, what could be the difference maker here? Three things: an aluminum frame may help the company to improve the frame molding and reduce frame borders around the bezels for a sleek look. The second is to produce a more vibrant color than the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Third could be a better heat dissipation system for better thermal management.

This news remains unconfirmed, but press renders leak are in favor of excluding this design trait at least from this new smartphone.

Source – Android Headlines

I’ve held the Galaxy S22 Ultra, S23 Ultra, S24 Ultra, and S25 Ultra. The latter phones bring a more premium finish and a better in-hand experience than the former two. However, that’s the only thing that separates the S24U and S25U from their predecessors.

Ultimately, consumers won’t mind holding an aluminum Galaxy S26 Ultra if Samsung can justify removing the titanium and adding important hardware upgrades.

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It’s been a year since the Samsung Galaxy S25 series entered sales, and after shipping millions of units worldwide, the lineup’s stock has started a reverse countdown.

It’s always a good time to buy a Galaxy device right before the launch of its successor. Samsung customers know this strategy and wait until the last moment to turn this situation into an opportunity.

The reason behind this thinking is based on the price discounts on the outgoing model. Hence, the company doesn’t want to keep selling the old unit in the face of a new release. Now, Samsung is emptying its inventory of the Galaxy S25 series.

The change has appeared on the online order page of the base and the Plus variants. As some of the color options are already out of stock. Among these, the 128GB variant is receiving extra attention, with its three online store colors – Mint, Icyblue, and Silver Shadow- no longer available. Yet, the online exclusive colors of the Galaxy S25 series are still in stock.

The same changes are also observed on the locked model for at least two color variants. However, this scenario remains irrelevant to the S25 Ultra, as all of its versions are still open for orders, at least for now.

This is a completely usual practice for the phone maker, as it phases out the existing stock of the concurrent flagship phones. Samsung may restock the outsold models, but it remains highly doubtful.

On the other hand, a teaser leak has confirmed that the Galaxy S26 series will launch on February 25, 2026. Given this revelation, Samsung may drain the stock further as we near the next Unpacked event. Still, if you want to sweep a unit of the Galaxy S25, S25+, or S25 Ultra, this is the best time for you to advance with the existing discount.

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