TL;DR A questionable leak has revealed an apparent Galaxy S26 Ultra dummy unit in a saturated orange color.
This color has received a negative reception online along with claims that Samsung is copying Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro phones.
We’d suggest you take this leak with a major helping of salt, though.
Update: October 8, 2025 (9:22 AM ET): It sounds like the source of this image is more nebulous. Twitter user Najiulloh Berdiev, who claims to be the Redditor who first posted the image, stated that he took the picture from a “random X user” who had “many followers.”
This tweet was in response to leaker Steve ‘OnLeaks’ Hemmerstoffer saying the image was likely an AI-generated picture. Either way, you should be very skeptical of this picture.
Original article: October 8, 2025 (2:49 AM ET): We’ve seen a few orange smartphones over the years, but Apple joined the party with its iPhone 17 Pro series, offering an extremely orange color scheme. Now, a very questionable leak suggests the Galaxy S26 Ultra could offer a similarly vibrant shade of orange.
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Redditor Direct-Till-2680 posted a composite image (seen at the top of the page), which purportedly shows Galaxy S26 Ultra dummy units. One of the units has an extremely orange color scheme, and this option has received a largely negative reaction.
“That color has to be a joke,” said Redditor losplatanos1.
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