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iFixit praised the device’s built-in privacy display, but said it made for “one of the ugliest screen repair paths in a flagship phone,” giving it a provisional repairability score of 5 out of 10.

The QN90 has been Samsung’s flagship mini LED since 2021, but is no more as the company moves more towards RGB LED TVs, leaving the QN80H and QN70H as its main quantum dot 4K mini-LED TVs. A new “Mini LED TV” line has 11 less expensive, non-QD options.

Choi Won-joon, COO of Samsung’s Mobile eXperience Business, made the announcement at a press conference in Japan, according to Korean publication EBN.

The company is increasing production and research investments by 22 percent in 2026 in an attempt to overtake SK Hynix’s lead as Nvidia’s dominant memory provider. Co-CEO Jun Young-hyun says demand for agentic AI is fueling a surge in orders, with funds being funneled toward “future-oriented” sectors like advanced robotics.

Samsung has discontinued its TriFold phone after just a few months on sale, amid speculation that it only ever manufactured a few thousand devices. So long, TriFold, we barely knew ye.

At GDC 2026, the company announced plans to expand its support for “glasses-free 3D gameplay on the Samsung Odyssey 3D gaming monitor.” Samsung says over 60 titles are already supported through its Odyssey 3D Hub platform, but that will expand to over 120 by year’s end, including Rogue Factor’s Hell is Us releasing in March.

We still don’t know much about the AR glasses Samsung is building with Google, but Jay Kim, Samsung’s EVP of the company’s mobile division, tells CNBC the device will connect to your phone and have a built-in camera at “your eye level.”

Samsung Display has a helpful visual on its MWC booth showing how the Flex Magic Pixel technology in the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display works. The technology itself isn’t new — it debuted at MWC 2024 — but its application in a real, shipping product is.

The new Galaxy S26 series supports satellite-based messaging and data services — including emergency assistance — offered by Samsung’s telco partners in North America, parts of Europe, and Japan. “Select Galaxy smartphones” are also eligible for the wider coverage.

Like last year, the Galaxy S26 phones are “Qi2 Ready,” which means you’ll need a magnet case to use Qi2 accessories. Which is fine, I guess, since you were gonna get a case anyway. Fifty bucks seems a little steep, though.

The Galaxy Unpacked keynote ended less than an hour ago, and with it the announcements of the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. We watched the whole thing, but you don’t have to. Got twelve minutes?

Why, it’s right here on The Verge dot com! Samsung’s event kicks off at 1PM ET / 10AM PT on February 25th. It’ll be streaming on YouTube, and we’ll have Allison Johnson, Sean Hollister, and Owen Grove live blogging from the event.

Specifically, head gestures like nodding or shaking to accept and decline calls, SammyGuru reports. The upcoming Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro will also reportedly let you operate your phone camera remotely by squeezing the earbud stems, and activate Find My Phone using the earbud charging case.