Not next year, but possibly something significant in the flagship Galaxy S line. The Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra are all due in January, as usual. However, the Korean manufacturer may abandon the Galaxy S26 in 2026, which would mean a significant shift in its range.
Samsung has already implemented a comparable strategy for its top tablet lineup. The ‘vanilla’ edition of the Galaxy Tab S10 was not released this year; only the Galaxy Tab S10+ and Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra were. According to a recent report, the Galaxy S26 series may experience the same fate in 2026.
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Thus, only the Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra will come (probably in January 2026).
It is said that the base model will no longer be competitive in the market, which is why the shift is occurring.
The Galaxy S25 might barely make it through the flood of smaller devices with top-tier features that Chinese firms are developing for the next months, but the S26 might not stand a chance.
Naturally, if everything works out. Remember that Ice Universe, the source of this report, has a solid track record but is occasionally known to exaggerate, so this might be one of those occasions.
2.Thickness of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 Ultra confirmed by IceUniverse:
Samsung is developing the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones, and now we received confirmation of another crucial aspect: the thickness of the new models. Prominent leaker Ice Universe verified earlier rumors that the Galaxy S25 will have a thickness of 7.2 mm and the Galaxy S25 Ultra an 8.2 mm.
The S25 Ultra’s camera lenses would be 2.4 mm thick, while the S25 (and probably the S25+) will only stick out 1.8 mm from the body. By contrast, the distance between the top of the lens and the edge of the frame on the iPhone 16 Pro Max is 4.3 mm.
The Galaxy S25’s 7.2 mm body will make it the thinnest Galaxy S flagship in ten years; the Galaxy S6, which debuted in April 2015, was the last device with a body this thin. The Ultra’s 8.2 mm body, though it’s new as of February 2020, is still a significant milestone for the series.
We anticipate that the Galaxy S25+ will likewise have a 7.2 mm body, consistent with the Plus and vanilla models’ comparable thickness throughout the last five years.
In January, Samsung is anticipated to unveil the Galaxy S25 series. There are rumors that the Ultra will just update the ultra-wide shotter while maintaining the same primary and telephoto cameras as its predecessor.
Additionally, the phone is probably the sole model in the lineup to employ the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 exclusively, however this could alter given that we heard similar speculations regarding the S24 series last year.
