One of his trusted industry insiders I mentioned (Translated source) Samsung is considering using a 200-megapixel telephoto camera with a sensor about one or 1.5 inches in size. Now this is actually very good news.

A 200MP telephoto camera of this size will mean a huge jump in quality compared to previous Galaxy phones. Such a sensor could bring the clarity of the zoomed image closer to that taken with the primary sensor. However, looking a little deeper into what Samsung is doing makes it seem like this same basic sensor will remain the same.

You see, this same source reported that the cameras on… The iPhone 17 will also remain the same. If that’s true, it’s very likely that an observation made by another insider is also accurate: that Samsung won’t innovate because it won’t be pressured to do so by its biggest competitor.

The fact that news about Samsung thinking about new telephoto sensors has emerged but there is no information about a new primary sensor does not bode well either. There’s still a long way to go before the Galaxy S26 phones launch, but just like the S25 series, it looks like there won’t be much reason to upgrade.

Galaxy AI will be the biggest selling point in the S25 lineup. | Video credit – Samsung

Coming The Galaxy S25 phones are said to feature the same cameras, battery capacity, charging speeds, displays, and more. In fact, the only real upgrade seems to be the processor – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – that is being used across the lineup. And their biggest selling point is that it doesn’t look fancy after a leaked video surfaced Disappointing Galaxy AI features.

In short, it doesn’t look like the Galaxy S26 will get that much of an upgrade, and that’s more disappointing than anything else. Let’s hope against hope that this isn’t true.