{"id":442673,"date":"2026-02-24T08:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442673\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:40:12","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-skips-much-anticipated-feature-as-first-unboxing-video-surfaces-ahead-of-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442673\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra skips much anticipated feature as first unboxing video surfaces ahead of launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra does not officially launch until Wednesday, February 25<\/a>, but the phone has already appeared in a hands-on unboxing video. Taking it to X<\/a>, YouTuber Sahil Karoul said he managed to get hold of a retail unit of the upcoming flagship and later shared a full unboxing on YouTube. At the same time, the YouTuber has been discussing the phone and posting a series of comparison pictures on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Responding to whether the new Galaxy S26 Ultra attaches to MagSafe accessories without a magnetic case, the YouTuber answered, “Nope doesn’t support,” essentially confirming that Samsung has once again skipped built-in magnets on its flagship. Just like the Galaxy S25 Ultra<\/a> with half-baked Qi2 support, users will need a magnetic case to use MagSafe and Qi2.2 wireless chargers, or any magnetic accessories for that matter.<\/p>\n

In comparison, the new Google Pixel 10 series<\/a> supports proper Qi2 wireless charging with built-in magnets. Google even launched its own line of Qi2 chargers under the PixelSnap branding<\/a>, and while only the Pixel 10 Pro XL<\/a> supports the full 25W Qi2 speeds, all Pixel 10 models attach magnetically to Qi2 and MagSafe accessories without needing a case. <\/p>\n

On Apple’s side, all iPhone models from the iPhone 12 through iPhone 17, except the iPhone 16e, include built-in magnets, with the latest iPhone 16<\/a> and iPhone 17<\/a> supporting 25W Qi2 charging. That leaves the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra a step behind rival flagships. <\/p>\n

That said, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is still expected to support faster 60W wired charging, a solid jump from 45W on the Galaxy S25 Ultra. The new Privacy Display feature<\/a> is another major upgrade and will likely take center stage at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra does not officially launch until Wednesday, February 25, but the phone has already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[268,160988,160984,160982,160986,160985,160980,154724,269,262,2306,267,261,270,266,263,129,118277,160983,160981,160987,86,265,264,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-442673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-benchmarks","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-charging","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-features","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-hands-on","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-magsafe","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-qi2","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra-unboxing","tag-galaxy-unpacked-2026","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-mobile","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra","tag-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-launch","tag-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-leak","tag-samsung-privacy-display","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}