Samsung Electronics unveils 'AI-equipped' Galaxy S26 in the U.S. on the 26th

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Samsung Electronics will introduce its new flagship smartphone "Galaxy S26" series in San Francisco on the 26th.

Samsung Electronics announced on the 11th that it will officially distribute invitations for Galaxy Unpacked 2026 and unveil the new Galaxy S series in San Francisco at 3 a.m. on the 26th (10 a.m. local time) in Korea.

The event name of this year's Galaxy Unpack is 'Samsung Galaxy Event - The Next AI Phone Makes Your Life Easier'. The Galaxy S26 series is also expected to focus on AI functions as the event name has been named 'next-generation AI phones that make your life easier'.

The industry expects that the Galaxy S26 series will introduce a large number of AI functions that are close to daily life, such as privacy protection, security, and app-level device control.

The Galaxy S26 is likely to be equipped with Samsung Electronics' own App Processor (AP) called Exynos 2600. Based on this, the on-device image generation model "Edge Fusion" is expected to be applied.

Edge Fusion provides a function to create an image in one second based on a command entered in text. Samsung Electronics has already provided high-performance image editing function with Galaxy AI, which seems to be trying to add faster speed.

In addition, Google's AI model, Gemini, is expected to introduce the Purple Lexy model to the Galaxy S26 series. In particular, there is an expectation that the performance can be further enhanced by combining the Purple Lexity model with 'Bixby', the voice secretary of the Galaxy phone.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 5th generation, not Exynos 2600, is expected to be installed in the top ultra model. In particular, only Ultra models will be equipped with a "privacy display," the only AI-based new function. This function is a function that prevents others from looking into the smartphone screen by controlling the viewing angle of the screen by the device itself. It is expected to be a representative function of 'AI that makes my life comfortable' that Samsung Electronics will present at this event.

Meanwhile, the factory price of the Galaxy S26 series is likely to increase due to the recent increase in cost of parts such as semiconductors that have hit the entire IT industry. Industry sources predict that the starting price could exceed KRW 1.8 million for top-end models such as Galaxy S26 Ultra. The starting price of the previous Galaxy S25 Ultra was 1,698,400 won.

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