A latest leak means that Samsung plans to make subsequent 12 months’s Galaxy S26 Edge thinner and but pack in an even bigger battery. The identical supply additionally talked about that the Galaxy S26 Extremely is “100%” confirmed to assist charging speeds quicker than 45W. In the event you have been hoping the quicker charging speeds would include a bump in battery capability, that may not be the case.
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Extremely would possibly go even greater on display dimension
An virtually 6.9-inch panel!
In a sequence of posts on Weibo, Ice Universe — the unique supply for earlier leaks — shared extra particulars in regards to the Galaxy S26 Extremely. In response to him, Samsung reportedly goals to make the cellphone lower than 8mm skinny.
For comparability, the Galaxy S25 Extremely has an 8.2mm waistline — down significantly from the 8.6mm-thick Galaxy S24 Extremely. Sadly, this thinness will come on the expense of battery capability, with Samsung seemingly sticking to the identical 5,000mAh cell as its Extremely flagships from the previous couple of years.
It is unclear why Samsung is not going to use the identical “new” battery expertise that it supposedly plans to make use of on the Galaxy S26 Edge to suit the S26 Extremely with a beefier battery. Regardless of being an Extremely flagship, the Galaxy S25 Extremely packs the smallest battery amongst its rivals. The OnePlus 13, for comparability, packs a significantly bigger 6,000mAh cell — all due to using silicon-carbon tech.
Quicker charging speeds ought to make up for the modest battery capability
On the brilliant aspect, the leaker believes the corporate will increase the charging velocity to 60W, which ought to cut back the 0-100% charging time notably. Nonetheless, based mostly on how Samsung’s quick charging implementation at the moment works, the S26 Extremely will doubtless hit the total 60W price solely when the battery is almost depleted.
The leaker additionally mentions that Samsung will use the Qualcomm-supplied Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 ‘for Galaxy’ on its Galaxy S26 lineup. It’ll purportedly hit a peak frequency of 4.74GHz — considerably larger than the Snapdragon 8 Elite’s clock velocity of 4.47GHz. It ought to use TSMC’s newer fabrication node, which ought to enable it to run cooler and devour much less energy — at the least at decrease clock speeds.
Regardless of a number of drawbacks, the Galaxy S25 Extremely has turned out to be Samsung’s highest-selling Extremely flagship in the previous couple of years. This could possibly be as a result of cellphone’s sleeker design and deep AI integration. And it appears Samsung will double-down on this technique for subsequent 12 months, as a substitute of preventing a specs warfare with its rivals.