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New Delhi: Samsung has officially confirmed that its Galaxy S26 Ultra features slightly lower brightness when compared to its previous model, Galaxy S25 Ultra. South Korean consumer electronics maker has suggested that this trade-off in brightness is linked to the latest Privacy Display, which has been preventing people from looking at their screen from a side angle.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra was showing slightly lower brightness levels when viewed from certain angles. Benchmark tests side-by-side comparisons indicated that the latest model’s 6.9-inch display appears dimmer than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra under the specific conditions, when both devices are set to maximum brightness and viewed from a side angle.
Minor variations in the peak brightness and colour density have also been noticed. Samsung has also stated that the Privacy Display is especially designed to protect users’ privacy by offering a vivid visual experience for using the device in normal use cases.
Some variation will be seen when the device is held at certain angles, and when set to maximum brightness, any impact on actual usage when holding the device should be negligible.
When the Galaxy S26 Ultra was introduced, it was communicated that the latest flagship features included a 10-bit display panel, as compared to the 8-bit panel present in its previous model. The display features an 8-bit display panel, and it has also added that the 10-bit refers to 10-bit mDNIe colour processing, not the panel’s native bit depth.
Display with the 10-bit colour depth which offers 1.07 billion colours, and it has opposed to a display with the 8-bit colour depth, which offers 16.7 million colours. This results in the reduced banding and better colour accuracy.
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