- The rumored Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could obtain a variable opening function in his main camera
- Such a feature was last seen at the Galaxy S9 and can be found in the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
- It could be a real benefit for the next Ultra Galaxy phone given the size of the main camera sensor that could use
Instead of taking a look at what Apple is doing, Samsung could be inspired by people like Huawei and Xiaomi and offer a variable opening in the main chamber of rumored Galaxy S26 Ultra.
This advice comes from a reasonably reliable Tipster universe, who, published on the Chinese social media site, Weibo, said that the ability to physically change between openings will return to the main rear camera of the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Such a characteristic was for the last time at the Galaxy S9, which could change between f/1.5 YF/2.4 to adjust the opening of the lens depending on the lighting conditions.
The idea that the broader opening (f/1/5) was used to let more light hit the camera sensor when the lighting conditions were darker at the expense of more clear photos with a deeper depth of field, while the highest (and smaller (and smaller) opening was used in more bright conditions where there was a lot of light that hits the sensor and allowed to obtain longer images with a greater depth of field.
This was an orderly feature, but in the phones with smaller sensors, it could be said that it was a bit debatable, since there is generally a fairly large field depth on smartphones given how small the sensor of a main camera is in relation to the size of the lens and its extensive focal distance.
A potentially exciting update
However, it would be a way to update the main camera of 200 megapixels found in the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. And given the ultra -recent models in the S series of the galaxy they have larger sensors than many oldest galaxy phones, the greatest opening control could be more notable.
It would also give the camera another physical function to help shape the photos it produces, and means that the next generation ultra may not depend so much on algorithmic image processing.
Ice Universe did not observe the opening that the Galaxy S26 Ultra could use, and such a characteristic would not be exclusive to the phone, since the Xiaomi 14 Ultra has multiple variable openings in its main camera, and the Huawei Mate 50 Pro also has a main camera with a variable opening of f/1.4 and f/4. In our Xiaomi 14 Ultra Review, the tester Paul Hatton became lyrical on the quality of the telephone camera and its openings, so it seems that a Samsung feature would be intelligent to copy.
The other face is that such a feature could be more a way to market the phone than to obtain transformative results, especially because Samsung already manufactures one of the best camera phones.
Time will say if this rumor is fruitful, but it is one that caught my attention and could inject a little more creativity into a variety of Samsung phones that have become too iterative, in my opinion.
