"The reason for this change is all about being able to fit better cameras into the body of the phone, apparently. And yet, we can't help but wonder whether the Korean company is once again being 'inspired' by an Apple design - the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will adopt a huge island themselves, and this has been rumored for many months now."
"Perhaps 2026 will be the year when a humongous camera island is used by non-Chinese brands to communicate camera prowess. We say "non-Chinese brands" because big camera islands have been a lot more prevalent in recent years when it comes to Chinese flagships - the Xiaomi Ultra series, vivo's X series, Oppo's Find family, and so on. The Korean report claims the growth of the S26 Ultra's camera island is actually an inevitability, "due to the performance upgrade of the main camera and telephoto camera" (machine translated from Korean)."
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra may return to a monolithic camera island design similar to the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The larger island aims to make room for upgraded optics, including a rumored Sony 1/1.1" 200 MP main sensor and improved telephoto modules. Reported design tweaks include even rounder corners compared with the immediate predecessor. Large camera islands have become common among Chinese flagship models such as Xiaomi Ultra, vivo X, and Oppo Find series, and larger islands are also appearing among non-Chinese flagships. The design shift appears driven by camera performance and internal component layout requirements.
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