{"id":504050,"date":"2026-02-25T23:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504050\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T23:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:05:09","slug":"i-am-once-again-asking-for-samsung-to-put-the-magnets-in-the-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504050\/","title":{"rendered":"I am once again asking for Samsung to put the magnets in the phones."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Feb 25, 2026 at 8:43 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>I am once again asking for Samsung to put the magnets in the phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Like last year, the Galaxy S26 phones are \u201cQi2 Ready,\u201d which means you\u2019ll need a magnet case to use Qi2 accessories. Which is fine, I guess, since you were gonna get a case anyway. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/mobile-accessories\/galaxy-s26-ultra-slim-magnet-case-light-violet-sku-ef-ss948cvegus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fifty bucks seems a little steep, though<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tm39ws4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/884337\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-price\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Hands on: I\u2019m super impressed with the Galaxy S26 Ultra\u2019s new Privacy Display\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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