Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is available now: Launch deals, early sales
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is available now: Launch deals, early sales
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Publish Date: 2026-03-12 18:17:00
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There’s a new King of the Hill in the smartphone world. At least, if you’re an Android user.
After a two-week pre-order period, Samsung officially launched the Galaxy S26 Ultra, its next-gen flagship phone. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is unique among recent mobile launches for having a genuinely new hardware feature, a rarity in the age of annual release cycles and iterative updates. (We did see some cool stuff at Mobile World Congress 2026, however.)
The Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces the world’s first Privacy Display, which operates at the pixel level. This feature blacks out the whole screen, specific apps, or notifications from those around you, and it’s legitimately very cool. Once again, the Korean tech giant is introducing features that Apple has no answer to. See also: the Galaxy Z Trifold.
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A notification blacked out by Privacy Display.
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