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There's a new base model in town.

At Galaxy Unpacked 2026, Samsung officially unveiled the standard Galaxy S26 — and on paper, it looks a lot like last year's Galaxy S25. But as always, the devil's in the details.

Let's not waste time: Here's how the base Galaxy S26 compares to the base Galaxy S25 in terms of price, design, specs, camera, and battery life.

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Google unveiled a new batch of Android updates, including more Gemini-powered tools and improved scam detection features at Samsung’s Galaxy S26 launch on Wednesday.

A new feature in the Gemini app will let users hand off multi-step tasks, like ordering a rideshare or building a grocery cart. The feature, which will first arrive in beta, runs in the background while users perform other tasks


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Three photos of the Samsung S26 Ultra. From left to right: with Privacy Display deactivated, with Privacy Display activated, and with Maxiumum Privacy Protection activated.

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone at Samsung Unpacked on Wednesday — or as the tech giant put it, their new "AI phone." Coming in at 0.3 millimetres thinner and four grams lighter than last year's S25 Ultra, Samsung's 2026 flagship phone continues to lean heavily into AI, aiming to transition machine learning from a feature to an integral part of its infrastructure.

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Samsung has just announced its latest flagship smartphone line for the year, the Samsung Galaxy S26.

Many eyes are going to be on the most powerful device in the lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. In fact, some of those smartphone users looking at the S26 Ultra may even be iPhone owners who are considering defecting to Android.

So, how does the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra stack up to Apple's most



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Samsung Galaxy Buds4 in their case

New Samsung earbuds are here, following announcements at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026.

Samsung announced two models — the Galaxy Buds4 and Galaxy Buds4 Pro, which will retail for $179 and $249, respectively. The earbuds were released alongside the new Galaxy S26 phones and will be available to buy starting March 11, with preorders starting today in select markets.

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You might have to pay a bit more for a new Samsung Galaxy — but it depends on the model you're planning to purchase.

The tech giant dropped its new line of Galaxy phones at its marquee Unpacked event on Wednesday. Samsung will start shipping the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra on March 11, and all three are available for pre-order now.

Unfortunately, the S26 and S26 plus do arrive with small



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As we prepare to leave the winter months, Samsung announced another family of Galaxy S flagships for those looking to upgrade. As usual, the company put its best components and features into the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but it also added more to the base S26 and S26+. The company has hit its groove with its smaller (and cheaper) flagships, delivering solid devices with increasingly better cameras


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