The Samsung Galaxy S26 Will Be Thrilling… if You Care About Galaxy AI

Do you need to see the subsequent Samsung Galaxy telephone? You gained’t have to sit down in your arms for too lengthy. The Korean tech big is ready to raise the lid off the Galaxy S26 on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET. However hell, you don’t have to attend in any respect to know what’s in retailer. There have been fairly a number of leaks that provide a reasonably good concept of what’s coming. Plus, if it wasn’t clear from the teaser, this telephone goes to be full of—you guessed it—a metric ton of latest AI options.

Samsung’s newest Unpacked teaser, launched on Wednesday, depicts a field opening straight over the Galaxy AI branding, together with an outline inviting attendees to “uncover how straightforward and easy your day could be with Galaxy AI.” Should you’re guessing that this implies software program options would be the centerpiece of the upcoming occasion, I’d wager that you simply’re proper. It looks like a stable wager that we’ll hear extra about its Privacy Shield know-how, which purports to guard your info from third-party entry, in addition to its conversational AI of questionable worth.

This can all, one should assume, be tied to a telephone. Samsung’s subsequent flagship line will embrace the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Extremely, as per standard. We’ve already seen purported renders of the S26 that make it seem very shut in profile to final yr’s Galaxy S25 Ultra, however with a hoop across the three principal digital camera bumps. Samsung will probably focus most of its consideration on new AI options unique to its flagship telephones, whether or not they’re utilizing its Galaxy AI fashions or Google’s Gemini.

As for another gadgets, Samsung might point out its Galaxy TriFold, which we went hands-on with earlier this yr. That telephone went on sale on the finish of January and prices $2,900. Don’t anticipate Samsung to say any new Z Folds or Z Flips till later in 2026.

The subsequent S26 telephones are already leaked

Samsung has already teased the brand new zoom capabilities of those cameras. The total digital camera and telephone specs might already be accessible by way of WinFuture (machine-translated). The positioning has a robust observe document with these types of specs leaks. Samsung’s subsequent system will characteristic the Samsung Exynos 2600, the corporate’s first SoC (system-on-a-chip) constructed on a 2nm course of. 

The Extremely telephones use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which was first introduced in September of final yr. I’ve seen that chip in motion, and it’s loads highly effective, particularly for graphics-based duties. WinFuture claims that the 10-core Exynos 2600 delivers practically the identical efficiency because the flagship Qualcomm chip. We wouldn’t thoughts if Samsung’s cheaper gadgets didn’t low cost out on efficiency.

The S26 and S26+ sport 12GB of RAM, whereas the Extremely will get the complete 16GB, identical to final yr’s. There’s no possibility for 128GB of storage anymore, in keeping with the leaks. Meaning we don’t know how a lot these telephones might value. The continuing reminiscence scarcity has impacted each enterprise, huge and small. Samsung’s cellular division has reportedly had a tough time procuring RAM from the corporate’s personal semiconductor arm. 

These are the specs for Europe, however you’ll be able to assume the U.S. will obtain one thing very related. The digital camera setup is reportedly unchanged from final yr, with a 50-megapixel principal sensor, a 10-megapixel telephoto lens, and a 12-megapixel ultrawide. The S26 Extremely might characteristic a 200-megapixel broad, a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto, a 50-megapixel ultrawide, and a 10-megapixel telephoto. If the top-end telephone actually isn’t a lot quicker than the cheaper variations, it’s nonetheless sporting a way more intensive digital camera array.

This specification sheet shouldn’t be totally correct; there are a number of minor errors, so it may be concluded that it’s not an official specification. pic.twitter.com/tPDnnEusnL

— Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) February 11, 2026

The brand new telephones might also assist Qi2 wi-fi charging as much as 15W. Simply how correct these specs are is up for debate. Leaker Ice Universe suggested on X that components of WinFuture’s leaked spec sheet had a number of “minor errors.” Both approach, don’t anticipate the corporate to spend an excessive amount of time on the {hardware}. Should you don’t care to observe a full briefing on but increasingly AI, then try Gizmodo, the place we’ll have the complete protection coming your approach.