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Nicholas Sutrich

I've done extensive testing on the Galaxy S26 Ultra's 8-bit display, and it isn't a big problem, but it could be

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Viewing the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's display under a microscope.

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 Ultra at the late-February Galaxy Unpacked event, everyone was buzzing about the new Privacy Display feature. Not only that, but Samsung claimed it has finally upgraded its displays to true 10-bit panels, capable of displaying over a billion colors and eliminating the color banding that has plagued its flagships for years.

While that last part is true of the S26 Ultra's screen, Samsung confirmed to Android Authority that the displays were actually 8-bit panels (16.7 million colors), not 10-bit (1.07 billion colors) as initially advertised. Apple was sued back in 2008 over similar claims about its laptop displays. Meanwhile, competing flagship phones like the Honor Magic 8 Pro and OnePlus 15 utilize true 10-bit panels.

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