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The Samsung Galaxy S25 bid was unveiled astatine past year's wintertime Unpacked event.
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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways
- The adjacent Samsung Unpacked lawsuit should present caller mobile gadgets to the market.
- Samsung is acceptable to denote caller Galaxy S26 models, including the Ultra.
- Expect speech of UI updates, redesigned earbuds, and perchance AI glasses.
Unlike the past 2 years, Samsung isn't hosting an Unpacked lawsuit successful January of 2026. Instead, the rumored Galaxy S26 Ultra has been confirmed to beryllium announced this February, conscionable earlier Mobile World Congress (MWC). Ahead of the motorboat lawsuit successful February 25, reports constituent to the merchandise of respective large products, including immoderate instrumentality favorites, and perchance surprises.
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From the expected new Galaxy S-series phones to a mates of unexpected treats, here's what you tin expect from the Samsung Unpacked lawsuit successful February.
When is the Samsung Unpacked 2026 event?
Samsung has confirmed that the adjacent Unpacked lawsuit volition beryllium held connected February 25 successful San Francisco, with viewers capable to tune successful astatine 10 a.m. PT and 1 p.m. ET.
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If you privation to ticker the Unpacked 2026 lawsuit online, you tin spell to the Samsung website or YouTube to tune successful to the unrecorded stream. You'll apt find a "notify me" fastener person to the launch, truthful you tin person a heads-up earlier the unrecorded watercourse begins. Here are 5 things we expect from the adjacent Samsung Unpacked event.
What to expect from Samsung Unpacked 2026
1. Don't slumber connected the Samsung Galaxy S26
To nary surprise, the rumor mill has been spinning and spinning up of the Galaxy S26 launch. There were reports that Samsung would regenerate its basal exemplary with a "Galaxy S26 Pro" successful its early-2026 flagship lineup. However, these rumors person since been debunked, and we present cognize that the S26 Pro is conscionable the basal exemplary Galaxy S26.
As usual, we could get a Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Plus beneath the Ultra variant. The duo could get a camera upgrade successful the ultrawide-angle sensor, with an expected upgrade from 12MP to 50MP, according to a study from Android Headlines.
The lower-end exemplary mightiness person a somewhat larger 6.3-inch surface and a 4,300mAh artillery (300mAh much than the Galaxy S25's 4,000mAh cell). This instrumentality could beryllium paired with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.
2. Will an Edge exemplary regenerate the Plus?
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge (left) and S25 Plus (right)
There person been rumors that Samsung could discontinue the "Plus" moniker and displacement to a caller slim phone, the Galaxy S26 Edge. According to reliable tipster Ice Universe, the super-slim Samsung telephone could person a 4,200mAh artillery and measurement conscionable 5.5mm thick, which is 0.3mm thinner than the S25 Edge and 0.1mm skinnier than the iPhone Air.
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The Galaxy S26 Edge mightiness diagnostic the aforesaid 6.7-inch surface arsenic before. While determination person been contradicting rumors astir Samsung continuing with the Edge successful aboriginal lineups, I loved utilizing the Galaxy S25 Edge -- particularly due to the fact that it had less hardware limitations than Apple's iPhone Air.
3. How overmuch much 'Ultra' tin Samsung get?
Samsung's Ultra telephone needs a large ergonomic overhaul, and leaked renders of the Galaxy S26 Ultra hint astatine flimsy plan changes. I couldn't usage the Galaxy S25 Ultra arsenic my regular operator past year, contempt its comparatively lightweight plan (218 grams), due to the fact that of its crisp sides.
According to leaked renders, Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra could diagnostic curvier corners than its predecessor and a raised vertical camera bump connected the back. The instrumentality is said to beryllium 0.3mm slimmer, astatine 7.9mm thick, and to diagnostic a caller M14 OLED display.
The institution precocious released teaser videos of a caller privateness feature, which could support your on-screen accusation from nosy strangers. I'm speculating this tech volition beryllium the biggest talking constituent aft launch.
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could athletics a larger 1/1.1-inch 200MP Sony sensor with an f/1.4 aperture for the main camera. The instrumentality is said to fto successful 47% much light, for amended images successful low-light situations. I anticipation the telephone gets a telephoto camera upgrade too, but we'll person to hold and watch.
All 3 Samsung Galaxy S26 phones are tipped to beryllium powered by antithetic processors successful antithetic regions. In the US and China, you mightiness get Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered devices, portion the remainder of the satellite could spot Exynos 2600 variants.
Historically, Samsung's in-house Exynos chipsets person been notorious for mediocre vigor management, but the caller processor could alteration that issue. According to Korea Economic Daily, the Exynos 2600 could see an NPU that's speculated to beryllium 30% faster than Qualcomm's flagship chipset.
4. New One UI 8.5 features
Samsung released its One UI 8 alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 past year, and it is expected to denote One UI 8.5 astatine the upcoming launch. For context, 8.5 has been available successful beta since December, truthful we cognize what to expect.
The unchangeable mentation of One UI 8.5 could bring an expanded acheronian theme, upgraded Home Up support, lockscreen widget support, and much AI features, including Samsung's instrumentality connected Apple's Notification Summary feature. In the beta version, One UI 8.5 besides allows you to resize folders and improves inter-device connectivity.
5. Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro
According to a September study from SamMobile and an X post, Samsung is processing a brace of Galaxy Buds 4 devices. The codename successful strings was spotted successful a One UI 8.5 leak.
Leaked renders from Android Authority suggested the Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Pro could beryllium a redesign. They look to person a level stem and a caller ligament grille plan constituent connected the side. We don't cognize astir caller features and audio improvements yet, but we could get caller flagship earbuds alongside the Galaxy S26 lineup adjacent week.
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Samsung could besides showcase its astute AI glasses astatine the Galaxy Unpacked event. While chances of a motorboat are lower, we could get a teaser of Samsung's rival to Meta Ray-Bans at the event. The institution is partnering with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to make its caller wearable device.
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