Samsung’s Galaxy S26 launch is just days away but, somehow, one YouTuber managed to buy a Galaxy S26 Ultra early and has shown off the Privacy Display, design, and basically everything else.
Tech YouTuber Sahil Karoul took to Twitter/X and Instagram earlier today, revealing that he managed to purchase a Galaxy S26 Ultra unit early in Dubai. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is then shown in hands-on images both on its own and compared to devices including the iPhone 17 Pro Max and a (broken) Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The updated design of Galaxy S26 Ultra looks nice in its white color variant, while one post shows that the S Pen sticks out a bit weirdly if inserted backwards. Unsurprisingly, there’s no Bluetooth in the S Pen after it was removed last year.
The biggest thing of note here, though, is a first look at Samsung’s Privacy Display feature in action on the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Like the privacy screen protectors available today, turning the feature on makes the display go black at off-angles. It’s not shown whether or not the effect can be applied to specific portions of the display and not others, as was hinted at in some previous teasers and a leak, but it can be applied to the whole screen at the very least. It also remains to be seen how this will look in person compared to through a camera.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra, and the rest of the series, will launch on February 25. Stay tuned!
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