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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Tipped to Offer a Higher Capacity Battery and Faster Charging

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Tipped to Offer a Higher Capacity Battery and Faster Charging

The Galaxy S26 Ultra was recently said to not offer any battery upgrades.

Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 25 July 2025 12:34 IST

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Tipped to Offer a Higher Capacity Battery and Faster Charging

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is said to sport a larger display than Galaxy S25 Ultra (pictured)

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Highlights

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to launch early next year
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could succeed the Galaxy S25 Ultra
The company is yet to confirm the launch of the phone

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, according to a tipster, is going to pack a larger battery and offer faster charging support. If this stands true, then it will be the first Galaxy S Ultra series phone to get a battery capacity bump, since the series was first unveiled in 2020. However, this comes days after another tipster said that the upcoming Samsung phone will house the same capacity battery as its predecessors.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra To Get a Higher Capacity Battery

Tipster yawn (@chunvn8888) has suggested via X (formerly Twitter) that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will launch with a 5,500mAh battery. The tipster also noted that the phone could offer 65W fast charging support. This is contrary to a recent leak that suggested that the phone would not see any improvements in battery capacity. The new development might be good news for people who have been expecting the South Korean tech giant to put a higher capacity battery in the flagship Galaxy S-series handsets for years.

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra was launched in 2020, and since then the company has not upgraded the battery size of the phones in the series. The current S-series flagship, Galaxy S25 Ultra, packs a 5,000mAh battery, same as its predecessor, the Galaxy S24 Ultra. However, it is important to note that not increasing the battery capacity is not a bad thing. The South Korean tech giant's Galaxy S Ultra series phones have been managing to deliver decent battery life without getting a higher capacity battery, primarily managed through software optimisation and efficient chipsets.

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According to earlier leaks, the rumoured Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is said to sport a slightly bigger display than its predecessor, which featured a 6.9-inch Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, QHD+ resolution. This means the handset could draw more power too. Additionally, it is said to come with a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 SoC, which could be manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process.

In the past, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has also been tipped to feature Sony's 1/1.1-inch 200-megapixel main camera at the back, which could be a big improvement over the previous generation's 1/1.3-inch sensor, made in-house by Samsung.

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Further reading: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra battery, Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra specifications, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

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Dhruv Raghav is currently working as a Senior Sub Editor at Gadgets360. He has previously covered the North American financial markets as a Headline News Correspondent for a major news agency. After taking a sabbatical to prepare for the Civil Services examination, he returned to journalism to cover tech policy, with a special focus on AI laws and online gaming regulation. Now, he is back in Gadgets360 to write features and edit stories. To unwind, he likes to spend time with his PS5, listening ...More