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Galaxy S26 Ultra Review: Privacy Display Proves Hardware Still Matters in an AI World
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra offers a Privacy Display to block onlookers and a 5,000 mAh battery lasting over 1.5 days with fast 60W charging, Samsung said.
- Available now, Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra costs $1,300 for 256GB and features a hardware Privacy Display plus a slimmer, lighter aluminum frame than last year's S25 Ultra.
- How Samsung engineered the Privacy Display using a dual-pixel OLED emitter architecture that toggles narrow or wide views, and removed embedded magnets for Qi2 magnetic charging to slim the phone.
- The phone's 5,000-mAh battery delivers long daily endurance, with CNET tests showing it dropped to 95% in 45 minutes and 87% after 3 hours, while 60W wired charging reached 76% in 30 minutes.
- The S26 Ultra positions hardware privacy alongside AI features, as Timothy Beck Werth wrote that it’s mostly aimed at power users, but many see it as an incremental upgrade over recent models.
- AI updates are rolling out to the S26 series and Pixel 10 devices, while Samsung's thermal redesign and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy sustain high performance and Privacy Display marks rare hardware innovation.
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