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The under-display camera is a cool idea, butperformance has always been lackluster.

Hopefully thats changing, because Samsung may be adding one of the hidden lenses to the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

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The consequences of this decision are pretty big.

For starters, the under display camera on the Z Fold series has always been pretty inconsequential.

The fact that the hidden camera is pretty crappy doesnt matter too much.

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That wouldnt be true if Samsung brought this technology to the flagship Galaxy S series.

Lets just hope that, whatever ends up happening, the Galaxy S26 serieshas more on offerthan theGalaxy S25does.

Otherwise Samsungs going to have a lot of disappointed customers on its hands.

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