Samsung to hold its Galaxy S26 event on February 25

Samsung sent retired invites Tuesday to its adjacent Galaxy Unpacked event, scheduled for February 25 successful San Francisco, wherever the institution is expected to motorboat its Galaxy 26 bid of smartphones.

AI features volition beryllium astatine the forefront again, arsenic the institution said the upcoming phones are “built to simplify mundane interactions, animate assurance and marque Galaxy AI consciousness seamlessly integrated from the infinitesimal it’s successful hand.”

A standout diagnostic the institution has teased is a privateness display expected to debut connected the Galaxy S26 Ultra.This diagnostic volition let users to fell definite areas of the phone’s surface from onlookers to support delicate information. For instance, users volition beryllium capable to fell the notification country from prying eyes.

Reports suggest that the apical telephone successful the lineup volition tally Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Elite Gen 5 processor successful the U.S. and China. Samsung volition apt opt for its ain Exynos 2600 processor successful different regions. The favoritism matters, but progressively little so. Snapdragon processors person historically outperformed Samsung’s Exynos chips successful benchmarks and thermal efficiency, but the show spread has been narrowing.

According to a study from the tech tract SamMobile, the S26 volition besides person a 5,100 mAh (milliamp-hour, a modular portion of artillery capacity) artillery and volition enactment 60W wired charging on and 25W wireless charging.

In summation to phones, Samsung is apt to merchandise updated Galaxy Buds 4 wireless earbuds. The institution plans to update the plan from the erstwhile generation, which drew wide comparisons to Apple’s AirPods.

The lawsuit volition statesman astatine 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET/ 7 PM CET, and volition beryllium streamed unrecorded connected Samsung’s website and its YouTube channel.

Samsung is offering a $30 promotional recognition to anyone who pre-registers interest it its upcoming devices. Pre-registering is simply an look of interest; consumers volition inactive get the recognition arsenic a discount toward different Samsung products adjacent if they don’t extremity up buying the caller devices. If you pre-register and past pre-order 1 of the devices, the institution volition summation that to a $150 recognition — nary trade-in required.