"After dabbling with titanium frames on the last two Ultras, Samsung returned to aluminum for 2026. The company says this makes it easier to color-match the phone's chassis to the Corning Gorilla Armor 2 panels on the front and back, though it's incredibly difficult to see the impact on my black review unit."
"So while it won't hit you over the head with monumental changes year over year, it's subtly one of the best Ultras we've gotten in the past half-decade."
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra maintains the classic design of previous models while incorporating several understated improvements. Samsung switched from titanium back to aluminum frames for better color-matching with Gorilla Armor 2 panels. The phone is slightly thinner at 7.9mm and lighter at 214 grams compared to the S25 Ultra. The S-Pen remains functionally unchanged but now has a specific insertion orientation due to more rounded corners. Despite its $1,300 starting price matching previous generations, the device represents a solid value proposition given current RAM pricing. The Privacy Display emerges as a notable feature that should become standard on premium phones.
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