With the big phone launches of 2025 all in the books, we're starting to turn our attention to the next major release — Samsung's Galaxy S26 flagship, which should arrive toward the start of the new year. And the fact that rumors about Samsung's next phones are already circulating only piques our interest further.
This year's Galaxy S25 launch produced a lot of praise — but mostly for Samsung's suite of AI tools. Truth be told, substantial hardware improvements to the lineup were few and far between, especially when compared to the new look of Apple's iPhone 17 Pro models and the brighter displays offered by Google's Pixel 10 models.
