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Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra now supports up to 60-watt wired charging and faster wireless charging, up from the 45-watt cap on previous flagships, while the S26+ also sees wireless speed gains. The base Galaxy S26 keeps 25-watt charging but gets a larger 4,300 mAh battery, up from 4,000 mAh in the S25.
Amazon is selling the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra for $949.99, a $450 cut from its $1,399.99 list price. The listing carries a 4.6-star rating, and the phone features a 6.9-inch display, S Pen support, a customized Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip, and storage options up to 1TB.
Amazon is currently offering a $100 discount on the 256GB Samsung Galaxy S26 FE. The phone features a 6.7-inch 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, 8GB of RAM, a triple rear camera system led by a 50MP main sensor, and a roughly 4,700mAh battery with wired, wireless, and reverse wireless charging. It ships with One UI 9 and Samsung's pledge of seven years of OS upgrades and security updates.
Android Authority's two-week review of the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE reports that it fixes last year's main complaint by upgrading the processor, but still ships with a meager 8GB/128GB base configuration, dated camera hardware, and a higher price than before. The design is nearly unchanged from the S25 FE, apart from a new camera island that the reviewer describes as made of cheap plastic.
A physical dummy unit built from leaked CAD files gives an early look at Samsung's Galaxy S27 Ultra, comparing its size and design against the iPhone 18 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro, and current Galaxy S26 Ultra. The leak shows the camera bar moved higher on the back, while dimensions and the S Pen slot remain largely similar to the S26 Ultra.
Android Authority's Zac Kew-Denniss has published a piece arguing the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is the standout Android flagship for power users in 2026. The phone reportedly runs a customized Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage, alongside a Dynamic AMOLED 2X display.
Amazon is selling the white Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus with 512GB storage and 12GB RAM for $970, a $429 cut from its $1,399.99 list price. The deal applies only to the white color option, and the phone otherwise retains its 6.7-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display and Galaxy AI features.
Xiaomi has launched the Redmi K100 in China at a starting price of roughly $525, featuring a 10,000mAh silicon-carbon battery with 100W fast charging. The phone joins other recent Chinese releases like the Redmi Note 17 Pro Max and HONOR Win 2 series in exceeding 10,000mAh capacity, while flagship devices from Samsung, Google, and Apple remain in the 5,000-6,000mAh range.
A like-new 256GB Galaxy S23 Ultra, which launched at $1,199.99 in 2023, sold for an average $404 on peer-to-peer marketplace Swappa as of October 23, 2026, compared with a top cash buyback offer of $291. Sellers can choose among buyback sites, Samsung trade-in, or direct consumer sales, with direct sales yielding the most cash but requiring more effort from the seller.
Android Authority's Andy Boxall compared the camera systems of Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra and OPPO's Find X10 Pro Max, testing main, wide, and telephoto lenses against each other. The OPPO phone uses three separate 200-megapixel sensors—one co-developed with Samsung and tuned with Hasselblad—while the Galaxy S26 Ultra relies on a single 200MP main sensor carried over from the S25 Ultra. In side-by-side shots, the reviewer found the Find X10 Pro Max produced more accurate colors, better dynamic range, and less noise than the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Amazon is selling the 512GB Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra for $1,199.99, a $400 (25%) discount off its $1,599.99 list price. The listing carries a 4.6 out of 5 rating from buyers. The phone features a 6.9-inch QHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip, 12GB RAM, a 200MP main camera with multiple telephoto and ultrawide lenses, a 5,000mAh battery, and runs Android 16 with One UI 8.5 and Galaxy AI/Gemini features.
An Android Authority writer tested a free app called Bubble Level after finding Samsung's built-in Surface Level tool on the Galaxy S26 Ultra inadequate for checking whether a narrow object, like a TV mounting frame, was level. Unlike Samsung's bullseye-style tool, which measures tilt across two axes for flat surfaces, Bubble Level provides a traditional single-axis spirit-level reading similar to the iPhone's Measure app.