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TL;DR Some Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra displays are slowly turning reddish.
The impacted users say the effect has developed over time.
Samsung is onto the case, but doesn’t have an explanation yet.
One of the biggest changes Samsung brought along with the Galaxy S26 Ultra was its new Privacy-oriented display. With pixel-level modifications, the new display prevents shoulder surfers from ogling at your phone’s screen unless you want them to. While the feature works flawlessly, it has led to some qualitative setbacks for the display, according to some users. One that was widely echoed was the eye strain and visibility issues caused by the display changes at the microscopic level, which forced early adopters to return their units. And now, Galaxy S26 Ultra users are encountering another unpleasant display issue.
Many user reports on Reddit and the Korean social media platform Naver highlight that the S26 Ultra’s displays are slowly picking up a red tint, rendering hues differently from when the phone was bought. Reports span the past few months, starting in March — just weeks after the phone’s launch — and continue to this day.
Many of the affected users claim the phone has “developed” this trait over the last few months of use rather than immediately. That’s why some folks also conclude it’s a form of burn-in, visible more prominently on in-store demo units apart from those owned by individuals.
For most people, this appears like a subtle shade of pink rather than an actual solid red garishly spread across the screen. That’s also why some users may fail to identify it or pass it off without investigating it too deeply.
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However, even if pictures of the screens may not entirely justify the agony or frustration users may be going through, Samsung has confirmed that the issue is, in fact, real and not something people are imagining. It reportedly told Korean publication Newsway that it was “examining the matter internally to confirm the cause.”
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