TL;DR
- It’s been claimed the Galaxy S28 Ultra will come with a 10-bit display.
- Leaker Ice Universe said before the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s launch that this year’s phone would make that upgrade, but it did not.
The Samsung Galaxy S26 series launched last month. They’re pretty minor upgrades coming from the Galaxy S25, with perhaps the most noteworthy update being the S26 Ultra’s surprisingly controversial new Privacy Display. We were also expecting the S26 Ultra to come with a 10-bit display, but that change never materialized. Now, though, it’s been claimed that upgrade is actually coming the year after next.
Leaker Ice Universe said in January that a 10-bit screen on the Galaxy S26 Ultra was “confirmed,” but the phone launched with the same 8-bit color depth as the other two S26 phones. Today, industry observer CID tweeted that the Galaxy S28 Ultra will launch with a 10-bit panel — presumably meaning next year’s S27 series will miss out, too.