Samsung will launch the Galaxy S26 series on Wednesday, but someone has already bought the S26 Ultra and revealed its biggest feature that the phone maker wanted to keep secret until the unveiling event.

A YouTuber Sahil Karoul managed to buy a Galaxy S26 Ultra unit early in Dubai. And it’s not a stolen phone, Sahil was handed over the S26 Ultra by a person from a Samsung shop. He then revealed the phone from all angles and compared it to other devices, including its predecessor.

Among his pre-launch revelations was the new privacy display. Samsung has been teasing this new feature since the day one of the Unpacked event announcement, but it’s no longer a secret.

According to the video, the feature dims the view from all sides. That said, the on-screen content becomes less or almost darkened and hard to see for a person who’s looking from the side. However, that depends on the angle of the sideview.

Source – @KaroulSahil/X

This feature will be a part of the display settings, and a live demonstration has showcased how effective it is in real-world scenarios. This flagship offers a new display privacy without disturbing the user experience.

Besides this secret feature, the Galaxy S26 Ultra also has a larger corner radius than the last generation, which enhances its overall look and makes it more rounded.

This is a major pre-launch leak that Samsung may not have been expecting to come out days before the Unpacked event. Now that the cat is out of the bag, we’re waiting for some other interesting features that Samsung will bring to the stage at the Unpacked event.

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Samsung has been a leader in mobile display for over a decade, and the Galaxy S26 series will renew this leadership with a new technology. The company will introduce this new smartphone lineup on February 25 with a feature called privacy display.

This tech will make the user experience more secure thanks to its pixel-level privacy. Once enabled, the display can hide pixels from the side view. It is designed for users who want to use their phones in public without worrying about someone peaking into their screen.

However, the privacy display won’t be limited to simple on-off switches. Samsung will allow you to customize its user experience, such as enabling privacy display on certain apps, such as the Gallery or a chat app.

According to the information, you can hide the notifications area and the picture-in-picture as well. This approach makes the feature more personalized and user-centric.

This tech will revolutionize the way users use their phones. For example, if you prioritize your privacy, you don’t need to tilt your phone in either direction. Instead, you just need to switch it on, and it will do the job. While we are yet to test the real-life experience, this will be the first time that a smartphone will bring such advanced technology.

For the past five years, Samsung has been criticised for not innovating with its smartphones, but the company said it has been preparing this tech during that void of innovation. Based on the official details, Privacy Display uses a combination of hardware and software to hide on-screen content from side views.

Besides, we’ll see a full-blown demo and the key behind this tech development at Unpacked February 2026, when Samsung will unleash the Galaxy S26 series and start a new era of mobile display.

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Last year, Samsung introduced its latest flagships, including the Galaxy S25 Edge, featuring a slim form factor that awed and disappointed at the same time.

Over the past decade, smartphones have emphasized the display size, especially the flagship phones such as the Galaxy Ultra. The two things that remain consistent in these flagships are their sheer width and heavy weight.

After launching the screen sizes for different hand sizes, Samsung started focusing on reducing the width and the thickness. That’s where the Galaxy S25 Edge device kicks in. At the first Unpacked event of 2025, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series, including the Standard, Plus, and Ultra. By the end of the event, a new phone teaser appeared out of nowhere for the Galaxy S25 Edge.

The phone debuted in May with only a 5.8mm thin design, and weighs only 163 grams, taking the slim form factor to the next level. It offered high-end features such as a 200MP main camera and a 12MP ultra-wide-angle camera alongside a 12MP selfie camera.

Source – Samsung

The display was 6.7-inch, it equipped a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a titanium design, and was protected with an IP68 rating. However, its biggest flaw was the 3,900mAh battery, which goes below the standard S25, offering a 4000mAh battery with an extra camera.

Many of the industry observers noted the low-battery capacity, which may not be a big issue, but the price tag of $1,099 raised eyebrows due to the most noteworthy sacrifices.

The initial response to the device was commendable; customers were buying the phones in Korea, but its sales in the global market remained mild. This short-lived fame turned into major despair as Korean media flagged the sales as “underwhelming”.

The arrival of S25 Edge was seen as a possible candidate to replace the Plus and make a place in the S26 series. However, the poor sales performance has made the company stay away from such thoughts.

Stock is running out

Meanwhile, the Galaxy S26 Edge is nearing out of stock on the official website in the U.S. Only one color from the 256GB and 512Gb version is available to order. You may still similar situation on carier locked models, and Amazon is no longer shipping this phone anywhere in the U.S. either.

As we approach the next-gen S-series, the Galaxy S25 Edge is finally seeing Samsung’s back turn against it, and it’s for the good. Maybe Samsung has plans to introduce a successor in May or June this year, just like last year. We’ll keep you posted.

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The existing Galaxy S25 series phones are running out of stock one by one. So, you’d better hurry if you want to grab one unit for yourself, especially the standard Galaxy S25.

The development comes as Samsung is about introduce the Galaxy S26 series, which will represent its flagship segment until the next S-series launch. So, the phone maker is farewelling the existing stock in the usual way, by not restocking any at all.

The out-of-stock trend is hitting the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus. Among these, the standard S25 is seeing a heavy interest right before Unpacked February 2026. The unlocked model is no longer available in certain U.S. states on Amazon, while some states only have used models.

So, the only place left to buy the standard S25 is the Samsung shop, but that place also requires people to rush. As of the time of sharing this information, Samsung is selling the unlocked Galaxy S25 in only three colors: Coralred, Pinkgold, and Navy for the 256GB version. On the other hand, you can only fetch two online-exclusive colors of the 512GB version.

Standard Galaxy S25 on Samsung Shop

On the other hand, the stock remains active for the Galaxy S25+ and the S25 Ultra. To be mentioned, the company hasn’t discounted the standard model from $799. Its outgoing might be the result of the upcoming price increase rumors; nothing is certain for the time being.

Unlike the U.S., this might not be the situation with other key markets such as Germany and India.

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Today, Samsung officially announced a partnership with Perplexity, one of the leading AI companies, to feature it as a second AI agent for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.

This AI service will be a part of the feature expansion for the next-gen lineup, allowing users to get a personalized user experience, such as waking up Perplexxity with a dedicated phrase, “Hey Plexy”. It is confirmed that Perplexity is coming to the side button access. For example, pressing and holding the power button will launch Perplexity just like Gemini.

It suggests that the Perplexity app might come pre-installed with the Galaxy S26 series. Therafter, phones will be able to access their additional features out of the box. The recent rollout of One UI 8.5 beta 5 shows that Perplexity is now powering the Bixby AI assistant. On top of that, the company has made a big overhaul to this home-grown AI assistant’s UI and intelligence.

Hands-on experience reveals that the answers now show results curated by Perplexity. So, there’s a possibility that the phone maker may not directly launch Perplexity voice agent; instead, it will have to be redirected through Bixby, as we’ve seen in the latest One UI beta. Users can now assign Bixby to the power button and launch it with a press-and-hold action.

Bixby with Device Control

On a further note, Perplexity will have app-level access for all system aps including Notes, Clock, Gallery, Reminder, Calendar, as well as third-party apps. For example, it can now draft an email, which is ready to be sent. You can find the nearby restaurant and more.

What will happen to Gemini?

No, Samsung said that Gemini will still be the frontrunner of the show, and it will pursue a partnership with Google to offer more features with the upcoming devices. The explanation behind this dual partnership is that the company wants to offer multiple AI agents to the users to improve their experience.

More information about the Samsung and Perplexity AI partnership will be revealed at the Unpacked event on February 25.

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