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My workfellow Allison Johnson loved the Privacy Display successful her reappraisal of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The show feature, which blocks onlookers from getting a peep astatine what’s connected the surface erstwhile viewed from the side, is worthy getting the S26 Ultra for if you are superior astir privateness during your commute aliases elsewhere. And thankfully, it’s not arsenic costly to bargain the only instrumentality successful Samsung’s latest smartphone lineup that has the unsocial mode. The costs of an unlocked S26 Ultra pinch 256GB of storage has dropped to $1,099.99 astatine Amazon, Samsung, and Best Buy, which is $200 disconnected its original value — and now conscionable $100 much than the S26 Plus that has less features.
In summation to Privacy Display, the S26 Ultra is Samsung’s biggest, astir tin telephone yet. It has a 6.9-inch 3120 x 1440 OLED surface that tin spell up to a 120Hz refresh rate, and its dual telephoto lenses connection various optical zoom levels to thief you find the correct harvest without integer sound being added. Also of note, this is Samsung’s only S26 telephone that supports (and includes) an S Pen stylus.
It’s a flagship Android 16 telephone that isn’t missing galore features, unless magnet-based recharging matters to you. Unlike Google’s latest Pixel 10 phones, Samsung is still skipping connected magnets moreover though they’ve go a celebrated measurement to recharge. Despite lacking magnets, the S26 Ultra is nary slouch erstwhile it comes to boasting the latest wireless charging standard, pinch Qi2 speeds peaking astatine 25W pinch the correct charger, which is faster than different phones successful the series. You tin ever get a magnet-equipped lawsuit for the phone, and you won’t miss retired connected much.
If you aren’t swayed by the Privacy Display, the different S26 models sewage cheaper, too. The smaller S26 debuted astatine $899.99, and is now $799.99 for the 256GB exemplary astatine Amazon and Best Buy. The S26 Plus, which offers a bigger, higher solution surface and a bigger artillery (plus somewhat faster wireless charging astatine 20W versus 15W successful the S26), is $999.99 astatine Amazon and Best Buy, down from its original value of $1,099.99 wherever the S26 Ultra presently sits.
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