Samsung’s just rolled out the much-anticipated details on the Galaxy S26 smartphone series at their annual Unpacked event, and it’s a mindblowing leap forward that you’re going to want to get your hands on as soon as possible. Preorders are now up and running at both Samsung and Amazon on the S26 Ultra, S26+, and S26, with incentives of up to $900 in instant trade-in credit or $150 in Samsung Credit without a trade-in. The release date for these market-setting new smartphones is March 11 — just two short weeks away.
These new smartphones are available in cobalt violet, sky blue, black, and white. Two other colors — silver shadow and pink gold — are online-only exclusives available for preorder.
Among the high points that will make this one of the biggest tech drops in recent memory: A greatly enhanced Galaxy AI that’s now integrated throughout the phone’s entire ecosystem, the world’s first built-in privacy display for a mobile device, heavy-duty privacy protection with the new Samsung Knox technology, and truly incredible photo and video advanced that have to be seen and experienced to be believed.
See Galaxy S26 Series at Samsung.com
See Galaxy S26 Series at Amazon
Your Own 24/7 Personal Assistant
Samsung calls it Agentic AI, we call it the kind of hyper-efficient personal assistant that we’ve all wished for but never imagined having. The newly upgraded Galaxy AI has all kinds of new ability and potential:
- Answer and screen your calls to find out what the caller wants and to give you the choice of accepting or declining.
- Access and process information across multiple apps and browser tabs and instantly summarize the information you’re searching for.
- Circle With Google can now find multiple objects in one circle — ideal for shopping for a full look rather than one item at a time.
- Understand the context of your chats and perform tasks like check and add to your schedule or find photos without forcing you to switch between apps and hunt for information.
- The world’s first built-in privacy screen can be toggled on and off, and can also be customized to hide certain notifications and apps to ward off shoulder-surfers.
Agentic AI removes the barriers between intent and action, and these amazing new features are the result of deep collaboration between Samsung, Google, and Android Ecosystem. The first time you’re in a group chat with your family or friends trying to organize a food takeout order and instead of having to scroll and re-scroll multiple times, your Galaxy S26 phone instantly summarizes and even places the order for you, you’ll wonder where this has been all your life.
Visual Fun and High-End Games
The Galaxy S26 family of phones deliver console-quality gaming, thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 GPU that’s 24% faster than previous models, Vulkan optimization, and 17% superior ray-tracing performance. And the redesign of the phone’s chassis to create the largest-ever vapor chamber allows the Galaxy S26 phones to perform at these intense levels without worry of overheating. The newly upgraded battery can provide a staggering 31 hours of video playback on a single charge, and then recharge back to 75% within 30 minutes.
The cameras have certainly not gone unnoticed in this upgrade — 8K video recording straight to external storage is now possible for professional-grade shooting, and all still images are automatically optimized for sharing via social media. The AI-enhanced nightography ensures clear, grain-free videos and stills even in nearly pitch-black conditions.
The preorders are open now, and the first Galaxy S26 phones will drop on March 11:
- Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+, and S26 at Samsung
- Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+, and S26 at Amazon
Samsung’s trade-in offers of up to $900 in instant trade-in credit or $150 in Samsung Credit without a trade-in are limited-time offers that you will not want to miss out on.