The Galaxy S26 launch may very well be delayed as Samsung reshuffles its lineup

There have been loads of rumors currently about what is going on with the Samsung Galaxy S26 series. Initially, the lineup was rumored to incorporate three fashions: the Galaxy S26 Professional, Galaxy S26 Edge, and Galaxy S26 Extremely. Now, in accordance with the newest leaks, it appears Samsung has modified its plans for what it is going to launch, and that is additionally anticipated to have an effect on the launch timing.

Based on The Elec, Samsung has suspended improvement of the Galaxy S26 Edge and as an alternative intends to launch the Galaxy S26+ instead. Why Samsung has achieved that is seemingly because of the poor gross sales of the Galaxy S25 Edge. However for the reason that choice to change to the S26+ was made so near the telephone’s anticipated launch, it appears Samsung’s indecisiveness has delayed the complete S26 collection.

The most recent report from Windefuture signifies that Samsung might delay the Galaxy S26 collection till late February or early March, a few month later than it normally releases its new flagship telephones. For comparability, the Galaxy S25 series was introduced at an Unpacked occasion in January this yr, and the S24 series was launched in early February 2024.

Along with changing the S26 Edge within the lineup with the S26+, it is also being reported that Samsung has dropped the Galaxy S26 Professional from the lineup, and as an alternative goes to launch only a Galaxy S26 as an alternative, however it’s unclear if that can have any influence on the design of the telephone itself, or simply the identify. Now, the S26 collection lineup is rumored to incorporate the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, and Galaxy S26 Extremely, which is strictly what we’re used to.

Mass manufacturing will reportedly begin in December and January

Samsung would not need to delay its telephones too lengthy, particularly with the OnePlus 15 simply across the nook

One other large purpose the telephones may very well be delayed is a change to their mass manufacturing timeline. Based on The Elec, the complete S26 collection was slated to enter mass manufacturing in December, however as a consequence of last-minute adjustments to the lineup, solely the S26 Extremely will enter mass manufacturing in December, whereas the S26 and S26 Plus will not start till January.

Contemplating Samsung normally releases its telephones in January, beginning mass manufacturing the identical month of launch would not actually go hand in hand, so Windefuture’s report that the telephones will not ship till late February or early March makes quite a lot of sense.

Samsung most likely would not need to delay the S26 collection an excessive amount of, provided that many new Android telephones are about to begin transport or have already begun. Notably, in China, Xiaomi has already launched its new Xiaomi 17 lineup, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, and OnePlus is gearing as much as launch the OnePlus 15 in China on October 27, with a worldwide launch rumored for November 13.

If the S26 collection is delayed till late February or early March, and the OnePlus 15 launches within the US in November, that can give OnePlus fairly the higher hand, because it will not have any main competitors from Samsung for practically three complete months then.

Personally, I am probably not shocked by any of this. The S25 Edge has all the time appeared like a really area of interest telephone to me, and if it wasn’t promoting properly, a follow-up would not make a lot sense. I truly use a Galaxy S25+ day by day, so I would be a lot happier if Samsung launched an S26+ as an alternative of an S26 Edge. I’d a lot relatively my telephone be an inch thicker and have longer battery life than be ultra-thin and barely final the day.