Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series won’t bring an exciting camera upgrades, by most accounts. The latest report comes from reliable tipster Ice universe and claims all three Galaxy S26 phones (S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra) will use a 10MP IOCELL sensor for their 3x needs.
To be more specific, it’s the 10MP 1/3.94-inch ISOCELL with a 1.0μm pixel pitch, and a 36°, f/2.4 lens. That perfectly describes the 67mm f/2.4 camera inside the Galaxy S25 and S25+ and is a relatively mediocre imager. You don’t get niceties like pixel binning and improved digital zoom performance.
I can say with certainty that the Samsung Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra all use the same 3x camera specification, which is as follows:
3x camera : 10MP , ISOCELL , 1/3.94″ , 1.0μm , F2.4，36°
Its effective pixel count is 10MP, not 12MP.
Please take a screenshot and save it for… pic.twitter.com/PJoJOLLrQY— PhoneArt (@UniverseIce) November 10, 2025
This paints a very subdued upgrade over the Galaxy S25 series, which themselves were a bit of a snooze fest on the camera side – the Ultra model got a higher-res but not larger 50MP sensor for the ultrawide, while the vanilla and Plus models got unchanged camera systems.
Rumor has it, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S26 series on February 25. We’ll find out then.