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 predicted to launch its Galaxy 26 sequence of smartphones.

AI options shall be on the forefront once more, as the corporate stated 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 characteristic the corporate has teased is a privateness show anticipated to debut on the Galaxy S26 Extremely. This characteristic will permit customers to cover sure areas of the telephone’s display screen from onlookers to guard delicate info. As an illustration, customers will be capable to conceal the notification space from prying eyes.

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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 seemingly 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.

In accordance with a report from the tech website SamMobile, the S26 may even have a 5,100 mAh (milliamp-hour, a regular unit of battery capability) battery and can help 60W wired charging and 25W wi-fi charging.

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

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The occasion will start at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CET, and shall be streamed reside on Samsung’s web site and its YouTube channel.

Samsung is providing a $30 promotional credit score to anybody who pre-registers curiosity in its upcoming gadgets. Pre-registering is merely an expression of curiosity; shoppers 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. If you happen to pre-register after which preorder one of many gadgets, the corporate will enhance that to a $150 credit score — no trade-in required.