The Galaxy S26 Ultra is shaping up to be a phone that refines rather than reinvents. And the selfie camera is no exception.
Prolific leaker Ice Universe recently shared what appears to be official specs for the S26 Ultra’s front camera: a 12MP sensor on a 1/3.2-inch format with an f/2.2 aperture and 1.12-micron pixels. If those numbers look familiar, they should. They are functionally identical to what Samsung shipped on the S25 Ultra.
The one change worth noting is the field of view. The S26 Ultra is tipped to offer an 85-degree FoV, up from the 80-degree angle on its predecessor. It is a modest bump, but in practical terms it means more room in the frame for group selfies and potentially smoother-looking video thanks to the wider capture area giving stabilization algorithms more to work with.
On the rear, the story is similar. The camera hardware lineup reportedly carries over almost unchanged, with one notable exception: aperture upgrades on two key lenses. The 200MP main camera could jump from f/1.7 to f/1.4, and the 5x periscope camera from f/3.4 to f/2.9. Wider apertures mean better low-light performance, so the practical benefit is real even if the specs sheet looks conservative.
The rest of the package includes Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, an OLED panel with Privacy Display, and 60W wired charging. Samsung is holding the line at a 5,000mAh battery, a decision that will frustrate anyone eyeing the larger cells showing up in phones from Chinese competitors.
This is an iterative upgrade cycle. Whether that is enough depends entirely on what you are upgrading from.
