Galaxy S26 Ultra could mark the comeback of variable aperture cameras on Samsung phones

14 March 2025
It was first introduced by Samsung with the S9 series in 2018.

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DarlingYext, 2 hours ago"..then 5x telephoto on the S24 Ultra, ultra wide on t... moreAre you actually using the S25 Ultra or just filling the comment section with crap? Or you're just a hater and nothing else? I own S23 Ultra and 25 Ultra and the pictures are better on the S25 Ultra on all cameras especially the night ones. But I'm gonna bet it's just hate towards Samsung and nothing more.

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    Shamrock Sean, 5 hours agoAre you blind?? Upgrading cameras yearly on the Ultra model... moreSince the Galaxy S21 Ultra. Even the regular S22 had the same telephoto.

      DarlingYext, 2 hours ago"..then 5x telephoto on the S24 Ultra, ultra wide on t... moreThe 5x to 9x zoom is sharper on the S24 Ultra and S25 Ultra.
      It's true the S24 Ultra was inferior to S23 Ultra in long zoom range(20x to 100x), but I don't use those and the S25 Ultra with the 5x telephoto is doing better than the S23 Ultra with 10x telephoto, so the problem has been fixed.
      The ultra wide do take better pictures, have you watched recent videos with software updates?

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        DarlingYext, 2 hours ago"..then 5x telephoto on the S24 Ultra, ultra wide on t... moreObviously.

        Replacing a 1/2.6" bayer for 1/2.6" quadbayer has zero benefit.

          Eduard33, 6 hours agoSamsung really is going behind Apple's footsteps. Just... moreCan you spread some rumours amount Apple bringing back audio jacks too 😆😆 ?

            Shadocx, 3 hours agoI'm not blind, you just didn't understand my comm... more"..then 5x telephoto on the S24 Ultra, ultra wide on the S25 Ultra."

            Sure, they did change those sensors, but for the better? Well, I don't think so. We've now lost 10x optical zoom instead of getting an upgraded zoom lens that still does 10x optical. As for the ultrawide, yeah it's higher resolution, but it doesn't take better pictures.

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              Using s24 plus. Will wait for 16gb ram and 1tb storage version. Don't know if it comes with s27 plus or later. 4k screen won't be bad too.

                Shamrock Sean, 5 hours agoAre you blind?? Upgrading cameras yearly on the Ultra model... moreI'm not blind, you just didn't understand my comment, they changed main camera and selfie on the S23 Ultra, then 5x telephoto on the S24 Ultra, ultra wide on the S25 Ultra.
                Anyway, have fun making fun of people on GSM Arena. 👍

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                  Nokia N86

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                    Still cheap though.

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                      Looks better than the entire 'new' shit.

                        Shamrock Sean, 5 hours agoAre you blind?? Upgrading cameras yearly on the Ultra model... moreThey ARE upgrading their cameras, only it's done secretly and one can not even notice it.

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                          yungfishstick, 5 hours agoSamsung seems to have a pattern of changing the main sensor... moreLittle secret.

                          When samsung had those 1/2.55" 12mp main camera, sensor was new every year.
                          On both variants ( snapdragon / exmor , exynos/ isocell).

                          On Wikipedia, there was list with exmor , exmor r, exmor rs and phones that used each sensor. But someone removed the list.

                          Apple often gets new on every year, even if specs are same

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                            DarlingYext, 7 hours agoThat would finally be an actual camera upgrade, hopefully i... moreSamsung semicon does not have now anything more modern than HP2.

                              Shadocx, 6 hours agoWhen looking at it, they're upgrading cameras every ye... moreAre you blind?? Upgrading cameras yearly on the Ultra models?? They been using same 3x zoom 10mp sensor for too many generations

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                                Nameless, 6 hours agoSure, Ultra gets everything, but not midrangers S26 and S26... more>S series
                                >midranger
                                Excuse me wut?

                                  DarlingYext, 7 hours agoThat would finally be an actual camera upgrade, hopefully i... moreSamsung seems to have a pattern of changing the main sensor every 3 generations. S8-S10 had the same 12MP sensor. S20 Ultra-S22 Ultra had the same 108MP sensor. Even if Samsung does change the main sensor with the S26U, I can't imagine it being 50MP. It might be slightly larger but Samsung's been going after ludicrously high resolution in recent times, even if that comes at the cost of image quality. Binning fewer yet larger pixels almost always results in better image quality, especially in more difficult lighting.

                                    When looking at it, they're upgrading cameras every year on the Ultra model... But not the base and Plus models.

                                      Pretty sure Samsung’s previous efforts were better described as dual aperture rather than variable, but maybe that’s splitting hairs 🤷‍♂️

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                                        Sure, Ultra gets everything, but not midrangers S26 and S26+ staying again with same old cameras.

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