New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Samsung's Ultra phone has barely entered the rumour cycle and the conversation has already narrowed to one thing that actually matters, the camera. "Fresh leaks around the Galaxy S26 Ultra point to a hardware level change, with the launch window now being tipped for February 25. If both parts hold true, this is not another round of minor tuning. It is Samsung signalling that the Ultra story for 2026 will be told through the lens.

The reason this feels bigger than the usual early chatter is simple. Software tweaks come every year, and Samsung is good at them, but when leaks start talking about camera hardware, the stakes change. Hardware decides how much light the camera can collect, how stable zoom looks, and how mu...