Latest Android superphone packs great cameras, fast chips, long battery, a stylus and first-of-its-kind privacy display
Samsung’s latest Ultra superphone promises to keep shoulder surfers out of your business with a first-of-its-kind privacy display built into its huge 6.9in screen.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is Samsung’s top-of-the-line phone costing £1,279 (€1,449/$1,299/A$2,199) and is one of the most feature-packed handsets you can get, with four cameras on the back, an integrated stylus and AI assistance in every corner.
That includes a choice of three built-in AI chatbots, such as Google’s Gemini, Samsung’s revamped Bixby and Perplexity, and new predictive AI features that bring the Samsung in line with Google’s top Pixel phones.
The hard corners of previous generations have been smoothed over for the S26 Ultra to more closely resemble the other S26 versions, but that makes it look a bit more generic and loses its monolithic slab vibe. The sides are now aluminium, ditching the titanium from the last two years, which looks and feels good but is softer and picks up marks more easily.
