- The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could have a smaller sensor and a pixel size for its 3X zoom camera
- That would be a bad time since the iPhone 17 Pro has just had an important teleobjective update
- Samsung’s next phone could also have a very thick camera block
The iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max have presented themselves with, among other things, some important teleobjective improvements, but based, on the last filtration, it seems that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could go in the opposite direction and obtain a degraded teleobjective camera.
According to the reputation of Leaker @universeice, who said in an X post that the phone will retain the 10MP 3X optical chamber of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, but that will use a new and smaller sensor, one that also has smaller pixels.
Specifically, they say it will have a sensor of 1/3.94 inches and 1.0 µm pixels, while the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra camera has a 1/3.52 -inch and pixels sensor of 1.12 µm.
Another news, I have been afraid to tell you that I am worried that you are angry. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new 3x sensor is really degraded, with only 10MP F 2.4 1/3.94 1.0um, is smaller than the Ultra IMX754 S25.September 10, 2025
They seem very sure of this, adding in a response that “there is no possibility of change”, which is unfortunate, because if this statement is accurate, this camera will not work as well as the 3X zoom of S25 ultra.
Now, it is likely that the Galaxy S26 Ultra has another teleobjective camera also depending on the past, with this it is perhaps a 50MP 5x zoom (such as what the Galaxy S25 Ultra has), so it will probably not depend only on that 10MP sensor for zoom shots. But if you have this rumored reduction, then it could have difficulties against the iPhone 17 Pro series.
After all, the last two Apple professional phones have moved from the 12MP 5x zoom of their predecessors to a new 48mp sensor with 4x optical zoom, which can also take 8x photos of optical quality zoom at 12MP. That, along with the main sensor’s ability to take Zoom 2x shots, could make these teleobjective options much better than Samsung’s next flagship.
A bigger bulge
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra camera blow reaches 4.5 mm (compared to 2.4 mm in the Ultra S25), driven by the main camera and the teleobjective of great opening. With luck, the improvement will justify this greater thickness. Samsung could easily accommodate a larger teleobjective sensor … pic.twitter.com/hykt8kuhnnSeptember 9, 2025
And that is not the only bad news for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, because in another publication the same filter has affirmed that the phone camera block will have a thickness of 4.5 mm. That may not seem much, but the Samsung Galaxy S25 ultra camera block has only 2.4 mm thick, so this could make the S26 ultra feel much faster.
There may be good reasons for this, with @universeeice stating that it is necessary to house a main camera with a larger opening, which is an update that we have heard before, but a thicker phone with a lower teleobjective camera could be a difficult sale.
Even so, it is possible that these leaks are wide: we must find out safely at the beginning of next year, since according to the past, the Samsung Galaxy S26 ultra will probably be launched in January.
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