Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Hands-on videos and benchmark test
Just days before the launch event of the Galaxy S26 series, new images, two hands-on videos, and two benchmark tests of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra have surfaced on social media. The leaks, which focus on the privacy display function and the S Pen features, reveal both AnTuTu and Geekbench test results for the smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Hands-on video
The video is from the YouTuber Sahil Karoul, who claims that a dealer in Dubai is selling the Samsung smartphone already.
The YouTuber shared several videos and pictures of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra on X, revealing important aspects of the device. In one clip, Karoul demonstrates the privacy display feature, which makes the screen difficult to view from certain angles.
Samsung has already confirmed the feature and even released a teaser, which demonstrates how it works.
Benchmark tests
In other videos, the YouTuber ran several benchmarks with the device. It achieved 3,720,219 points in the AnTuTu benchmark and 3,648 single-core and 10,898 multi-core points in the Geekbench test. According to Karoul, there were no overheating issues.
No Bluetooth functionality on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra S Pen
Last year, Samsung caused a stir with its controversial decision to disable the Bluetooth function of the Galaxy S25 Ultra S Pen. If you were hoping for better news regarding the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, we unfortunately have to disappoint you.
A new hands-on video of the Ultra model shows that the S Pen once again lacks Bluetooth functionality and merely functions as a pen.
Previous Bluetooth-enabled S Pens allowed users to use the pen as a small remote control for all sorts of tasks, such as a remote shutter release for the camera app, browsing photos in the gallery, or controlling presentation slides.
The removal of Bluetooth functionality from the S Pen on the S25 Ultra even fueled rumors that Samsung might completely abandon stylus support in the Galaxy S Ultra series. Fortunately, this proved unfounded, at least for the S26 generation.
According to the latest leaks, the Ultra is supposed to come with a Multi-agent perplexity AI, a new selfie camera and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Here is a overview of all current rumors.
