Samsung’s Galaxy S26 launch is just days away but, somehow, one YouTuber managed to buy a Galaxy S26 Ultra early and has shown off the Privacy Display, design, and basically everything else.

Tech YouTuber Sahil Karoul took to Twitter/X and Instagram earlier today, revealing that he managed to purchase a Galaxy S26 Ultra unit early in Dubai. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is then shown in hands-on images both on its own and compared to devices including the iPhone 17 Pro Max and a (broken) Galaxy S25 Ultra.

The updated design of Galaxy S26 Ultra looks nice in its white color variant, while one post shows that the S Pen sticks out a bit weirdly if inserted backwards. Unsurprisingly, there’s no Bluetooth in the S Pen after it was removed last year.

The biggest thing of note here, though, is a first look at Samsung’s Privacy Display feature in action on the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

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Like the privacy screen protectors available today, turning the feature on makes the display go black at off-angles. It’s not shown whether or not the effect can be applied to specific portions of the display and not others, as was hinted at in some previous teasers and a leak, but it can be applied to the whole screen at the very least. It also remains to be seen how this will look in person compared to through a camera.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra, and the rest of the series, will launch on February 25. Stay tuned!

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