Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Galaxy S25 Ultra: Is it worth the upgrade?

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Finally, Samsung unveiled its highly anticipated smartphone S series, Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, and Galaxy S26 Ultra with power-packed features and AI enhancements. The smartphones were launched at company’s Galaxy Unpacked in San Francisco. With this new release, users started comparing the latest models with last year’s Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup. We will be covering Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Galaxy S25 Ultra as both the devices sit at the top of Samsung’s Android lineup. Let’s see whether the new model brings meaningful improvements or just minor changes.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Galaxy S25 Ultra

Display

Galaxy S26 Ultra: 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: 6.8-inch Edge QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X

Processor

Galaxy S26 Ultra: Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC

Rear camera(s)

Galaxy S26 Ultra: Has four rear cameras: a 200-megapixel wide-angle primary sensor (f/1.4, optical image stabilisation), a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto camera (f/2.9, 5x optical zoom), a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens (f/1.9), and a 10-megapixel telephoto camera (f/2.4, 3x optical zoom).

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: For the photos and videos, the Galaxy S25 Ultra packs a quad-camera module having a 200MP with OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation, a 50MP 120-degree Ultra Wide sensor, a 10MP Telephoto lens (3x Optical Zoom, OIS F2.4, FOV 36˚) and a 50MP Periscope lens (5x Optical Zoom, OIS F3.4, FOV 22˚).

Selfie camera

Galaxy S26 Ultra: 12-megapixel wide-angle selfie camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: 12MP front camera

RAM and storage

Galaxy S26 Ultra: 12GB RAM with 256GB storage/12GB RAM with 512GB storage/ 16GB RAM with 1TB storage

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: 12GB RAM with 1TB storage/12GB RAM with 512GB storage/12GB RAM with 256GB storage

Battery

Galaxy S26 Ultra: 5,000mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: 5,000mAh battery

Operating system

Galaxy S26 Ultra: OneUI 8.5, which is based on Android 16

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: One UI 7 interface on top of Android 15

Price

Galaxy S26 Ultra: Rs 1,39,999

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: Rs 1,29,999