- The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could have a camera island
- Apparently, this is necessary due to the updates of the main and teleobjective cameras.
- However, it is possible that its battery capacity does not increase
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will be a mixed bag of great updates and specifications completely unchanged, if the latest leaks have something to do, but let’s begin with the rumored updates.
According to the South Korean site (through Sammobile), the Galaxy S26 Ultra will have a camera island. That is a camera design that we have not seen in this telephone line from the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, with later models that have lenses that stand out directly outside the back.
According to this report, the transfer to a camera island at the Galaxy S26 Ultra is a necessary change to accommodate the updates to the main and teleobjective cameras of the phone.
The source does not specify what these updates are, mind, but we have previously heard several times that the main camera of the Galaxy S26 Ultra could have a broader opening, which allows you to capture more light. The Teleobjective Chamber of the Galaxy S26 Ultra could also have a broader opening, so those could be the updates referred to here.
Today’s report also does not detail what form the island of the camera will be, so it is not clear if this will be a return to the design of the Samsung Galaxy S21 ultra or something different. But anyway, it should make the phone look very different from the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from the back.
Without battery increase
Now, for the least good news: Sammobile has seen a Chinese certification for a new Samsung battery that the site believes that it is intended for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, and has a capacity of 5,000 mAh, as well as the battery in the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
While that is not small, it is a lower capacity than many rival phones, and it is a capacity that Samsung seems very reluctant to go further.
Even so, even if this battery ends at the Galaxy S26 Ultra, the phone could have a better battery duration anyway thanks to a more efficient chipset, and the reports have also suggested that it could offer a faster load of 65W.
However, we do not expect to see the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra until January, so there is a lot of time for other leaks to arise and contradict these.
