Samsung to carry its Galaxy S26 occasion on February 25

Samsung despatched out invitations Tuesday to its subsequent Galaxy Unpacked occasion, scheduled for February 25 in San Francisco, the place the corporate is anticipated to launch its Galaxy 26 collection of smartphones.

AI options can be on the forefront once more, as the corporate mentioned the upcoming telephones are “constructed to simplify on a regular basis interactions, encourage confidence and make Galaxy AI really feel seamlessly built-in from the second it’s in hand.”

A standout function the corporate has teased is a privateness show anticipated to debut on the Galaxy S26 Extremely. This function will enable customers to cover sure areas of the telephone’s display screen from onlookers to guard delicate info. For example, customers will be capable to cover the notification space from prying eyes.

Reports counsel that the highest telephone within the lineup will run Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon Elite Gen 5 processor within the U.S. and China. Samsung will possible go for its personal Exynos 2600 processor in different areas. The excellence issues, however more and more much less so. Snapdragon processors have traditionally outperformed Samsung’s Exynos chips in benchmarks and thermal effectivity, however the efficiency hole has been narrowing.

Based on a report from the tech web site SamMobile, the S26 will even have a 5,100 mAh (milliamp-hour, an ordinary unit of battery capability) battery and can help 60W wired charging and 25W wi-fi charging.

Along with telephones, Samsung is prone to launch up to date Galaxy Buds 4 wi-fi earbuds. The corporate plans to replace the design from the earlier technology, which drew widespread comparisons to Apple’s AirPods.

The occasion will start at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CET, and can be streamed dwell on Samsung’s website and its YouTube channel.

Samsung is providing a $30 promotional credit score to anybody who pre-registers interest in its upcoming gadgets. Pre-registering is merely an expression of curiosity; customers will nonetheless get the credit score as a reduction towards different Samsung merchandise even when they don’t find yourself shopping for the brand new gadgets. When you pre-register after which preorder one of many gadgets, the corporate will improve that to a $150 credit score — no trade-in required.