"Just two months ago, accepted wisdom was that there would be no Galaxy S26 Plus, Samsung's mid-sized flagship canned in favor of a slim Edge phone. Now things have flipped, with the Edge supposedly cancelled and the Plus not only on track to release early next year, but revealed in new renders based on the phone's leaked specs. Our first potential look at the S26 Plus comes from leaker OnLeaks via Android Headlines, and for the most part it looks familiar enough."
"The biggest design change is to the camera island, though it won't have the full-width camera rumored for the S26 Edge. Instead the leak shows a small island sitting directly below the three lenses, similar to designs we saw in September for the S26 Ultra and S26 Pro - another phone we don't think is coming any more. Samsung's S26 line-up seems to have been in turmoil for some time."
"Android Headlines reports that the S26 Plus will be 7.35mm thick. That's about as thick as the S25 Plus, and comfortably chunkier than the 5.8mm S25 Edge, so this doesn't appear to be the second-gen thin phone with Plus model branding. The site separately reports that the regular S26 will be 7.24mm, a little thicker than leaks had pegged the Pro model, suggesting Samsung really is pulling away from the thin phone trend it itself started with the first Edge this year."
Leaked renders based on leaked specs show the Galaxy S26 Plus with a small camera island positioned below three lenses rather than a full-width camera. The S26 Plus is reportedly slated for release early next year while current indications suggest the Edge may be canceled. The S26 lineup has shifted, with a Pro concept apparently replaced by a regular S26 and the Edge concept swapped for a Plus model. Reported measurements list the S26 Plus at 7.35mm thick and the regular S26 at 7.24mm, both thicker than the 5.8mm S25 Edge. A separate "More Slim" codename implies an Edge variant may still be in development, but its future remains uncertain.
Read at The Verge
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